Or does it!?
Hi vsauce here
August 10th, 2020 at 5:24 AM ^
Long story made short: his dying grandfather wanted him to go to ND and the kid promised he would just before he died 1+ year ago.
At least we'll never have to play against him
Didn't the ND insider say he was stiff and not very impressive in his workout video?
phrasing
Well which one is it? Stiff or not impressive??
I guess he's a grower, not a show'er.
It doesn’t, you just choose to remember the negatives.
Though I remember the positive recruits that ended up.. But this just remind me of Isaiah Wilson.. Maybe just the timing of it with Isaiah Wilson story....
Rocco committed silently to Notre Dame over a month to two months ago. A coach here on the site even said as much. I’m not sure why anyone got their hopes up. He’s been going to Notre Dame for a long time. Michigan will still have a better offensive line than Notre Dame all 4/5 years of Roccos career. You can write that down somewhere.
And you did.
August 8th, 2020 at 10:24 PM ^
Why? Because many sites put out BS to get clicks.
Spindler said he finalized his decision and informed Notre Dame “a couple weeks ago,” asking the coaching staff to keep quiet. He wanted his decision to truly be a surprise
Exactly. Same with the “can’t win a big game” crap. It’s conveniently only a big game when we lose apparently. People choose to focus on the negative and magnify it’s importance
Congratulations to Rocco. That being said...... the Hell with Notre Dame!
Ughhh...atleast he pump faked the Penn State hat lol.
Hate to see an in-state guy head elsewhere. A tough loss on this recruit. Good luck to Rocco.
Gotta make sure we prioritize Kendall now. Good luck Rocco
This sucks, but if we get Drew Kendall, we’ll be fine
Agree. Plus, of all position groups, we're ok on the O-line.
Still sux! Good luck to the kid.
I just posted a scouting report on Kendall if anyone's interested (LINK). He's a really good player in his own right.
Kendall vs. Spindler? Hard to tell at this time because of weight?
But as far as technique, athleticism, etc?
It's a little tough to tell, but Spindler is the better player. I think he has first round potential, because he's strong, nasty, fundamental, and pretty athletic while already having the size.
Kendall is all those things without having the size yet. Probably lower upside unless he hits a growth spurt. Not that they're similar in style, but we could potentially see Kendall have a Jon Runyan, Jr.-like career, where he's an all-conference player but a late round draft pick.
Thanks...from all of us!
August 10th, 2020 at 9:52 AM ^
We won’t.
ROCCNO!!!!
It does happen literally all the time. Of the thousands of scholarship high school football players only around 25 go to Michigan each year.
Meh. He's an eighteen year old deciding where to go to school to.
I don't care where he goes particularly 'cause I don't know him that well personally.
Weird. Sam and Marc Spindler appeared to have such a close relationship.
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Spindler’s Missed
I see what you did there.
You word artisan, you!
Underrated post
How long have you been waiting to use that?
It seems like he actually ND for some very solid reasons. He loved the tradition, the smaller size of the school and the dorm situation of living with other students not football team members. Good luck to him.
In his commitment speech, he said he made a promise to his grandfather and that he was keeping it by committing to ND. Given that, not sure there was anything the staff could do. If anything, it’s a pretty remarkable job by the staff making it such a close decision if his grandfathers wish was for him to play at ND (or not play at UM).
Ah, the old "I promised my grandpa" bit. Have fun in a town that looks like it's been sheltering in place for 50 years.
Maybe so but I think it’s borderline embarrassing to lose a coveted in-state player to Notre Dame.
From the guy who did nothing but shit on our ol for the first half of last season when 4 of the 5 got drafted..
Rich..
No surprise. Marc Spindler used to bag on Michigan all the time back in his sports talk radio hosting days.
Oh well, Michigan may no longer have the appeal to instate kids like it use to have. That's what a decade plus of soso football can do to recruiting. I heard he was a big Michigan fan growing up until recently, then went all ND gaga. Hope he has a great career at ND.
Last year's dismantling must have been the deciding fact then, eh?
Hope he stays healthy and Notre Shame loses every game they play forever.....
So only 1 or 2 of the top 5 players in the state will play for Michigan? Gotta get better in the recruiting department as Michigan has nearly slid out of the top 10 again with 6 months to go until signing day and a nearly full class.
ThadMattasagoblin, stating the obvious on MGoBlog since about 08/24/2011.
Ouch
Well .... the best players in Michigan ..... hmmm .... who cares. Can’t win em’ all. Onward to the next one. If this costs us other recruits. Oh well. Onwards to the ones after that.... keep moving forward. We weren’t beating OSU anytime soon anyway.