Recruiting director Matt Dudek responds to Twitter trolls...

Submitted by fharajli on

   So there is a small, but growing faction of people, who have been voicing their displeasure and concern about the '18 class. They claim that we are getting left in the dust in comparison to OSU's recruiting. When you look at the recruiting rankings and the classes OSU has coming in over the next few years, that may be true. That frustration boiled over in a heated Twitter exchange with recruiting director Matt Dudek. Looks like the trolls have finally gotten to him.

Links below:

https://twitter.com/Thee_Matty_D/status/942087402818023424
 
https://twitter.com/Thee_Matty_D/status/942139017096761344

 

Personally, I'm not a star gazer or one who puts tremendous stock in recruiting rankings, but there are many in the fanbase that do. True, there is a stark difference in talent that OSU has in the '18 class and what Michigan is getting star-wise. I think it's just a result of some misses on our end and a bad season and I think the '19 class will be as good as any and there's no reason to worry.

 

For those out there that are worried about the '18 class or the disparity in apparent talent that OSU is bringing in and what Michigan is bringing in, can you explain the rationale of why you're freaking out over one average class?

 
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ThadMattasagoblin

December 16th, 2017 at 8:28 PM ^

I think you can be both happy for the kids that commit and at the same time be concerned that we only have one top 100 guy, our rival has the # 1 class in the country, we might have decommits, and the guys that we're in on (Friday, Chase) are trending away.

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Caesar

December 17th, 2017 at 7:37 AM ^

I read somewhere that 11 of their dudes are ranked higher than our highest-ranked guy. 

I'm of the opinion that Harbaugh has a good eye for athleticism and talent, especially for the kind of stuff he wants to run. I also think that Michigan's coaching staff is better than what Ohio State has, particularly with the stability now on defense. But even bearing all that in mind, you're hoping Michigan can pull in some dudes that pull up the probabilities of hitting on a star.

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GoBluePhil

December 16th, 2017 at 8:29 PM ^

If you think you can do better then put your application in for something other than “Big mouth know it all”. Complain, complain, and complain some more. It’s almost like these coaches came to Michigan to sabotage this football team into the depths of obscurity. If you don’t believe in this staff, the players they recruit and the goals they have for Michigan then go root for the damn Toronto Argonauts. Bunch of whiners. So troll and bitch and bitch some more. You aren’t helping at all.

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mylesm

December 16th, 2017 at 8:32 PM ^

A more telling statistic for a recruiting class is star average. According to Rivals, Michigan's average star level is 3.45, which is about the 6th of 7th best in the nation. Michigan's low ranking is mainly linked to the small class size.

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The Krusty Kra…

December 16th, 2017 at 8:58 PM ^

It's about that maybe our recruiting director shouldn't be getting into arguments with trollz on the internet. I get on one hand that Harbaugh does it from time to time but Harbaugh actually calls out real people, he's not just yelling at nameless, faceless folks about nonsense. Just focus on the 'croots Matt.

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taistreetsmyhero

December 16th, 2017 at 8:59 PM ^

are the same ones saying that Harbaugh’s performance against rivals is UNACCEPTABLE!!!

How is Harbaugh supposed to recruit at the same level as Bama and OSU if we aren’t performing at that level on the field?

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You Only Live Twice

December 16th, 2017 at 9:14 PM ^

from Ole Miss?  I heard transcript issue a couple days ago and I apologize for spending less time on the blog than usual :-)  been busy....  so does transcript mean he didn't have the grades?  

I prefer we get wherever we can get, with whoever we can get, with the required grades, and without cheating.  Meyer and Saban don't care about either.  

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jabberwock

December 17th, 2017 at 10:02 AM ^

Everyone knew they improved after we played them last year and had McSorely & Barkley back etc.

But after last years drubbing, NO ONE here predicted the ass-pounding they handed out this year.  Maybe not as surprising as the MSU loss, but probably more demoralizing.

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holt1974

December 16th, 2017 at 9:32 PM ^

I just laugh sometimes at how our fan base acts and overreacts to recruiting among other things. Amazing how watchers from the couch act like they know what the coaching/recruiting staff discuss behind closed doors and the game plan for filling out our roster. It’s a shame that all highly rated senior football players don’t all come to Michigan and appease our minority of whiners that complain about anything. Just like the wise John U. Bacon says, some Michigan are only happy if they’re unhappy.

And before anyone acts like I don’t care about wins and losses, you’ll be hard pressed to find anyone more competitive and wanting to win every game than me.

This board should have a rule that you can only complain about the football team if you watched every game from Rich Rod’s first season.....I did, but I doubt very few of the complainers did.

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1VaBlue1

December 16th, 2017 at 9:58 PM ^

You have no "rights" when it comes to anything sports related.  You can feel unhappy if you want.  But then you just prove you're only about wins and losses today, and not about the trend of the program.  If you can't see that its in FAR better shape now than it was when Hoke was hanging out, you're a fucking idiot.

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Matte Kudasai

December 16th, 2017 at 9:50 PM ^

I don't think there's anything wrong with being concerned about the quality of this class at this time.

It's nowhere near as good as what we've seen the past 2 years.

That being said, let's let the coaches and staff finish the class before freaking out.

We won't know for 2-3 years in all reality, but there are plenty of great 3 star recruits as Dudek stated.

 

 

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CLord

December 16th, 2017 at 10:03 PM ^

Twitter might be the worst invention in the last 100 years next to hot dog eating contests.  The last thing the world needs is quips that should be confined to a family room bullshit session around a game being put on full blast for the world to ponder, dissect and analyse.  Twitter is just garbage.  Never been on it, never will.

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1WhoStayed

December 16th, 2017 at 11:40 PM ^

The initial part about the twitter exchange was OK. But asking why people don’t like the 2018. class is inadvertant (?) trolling. The same people who have been complaining over and over and over (and over) are coming here to make their same argument. It just gets old. Really old. The discussion on whether the twitter exchange is a good idea is at least fresh! Just my opinion! PS - One thing that gets overlooked is the fact that a class ranking doesn’t factor in positions of need. An exaggerated example would be landing two 5* QBs and four 5* safeties in a class. Great class ranking but you’ll never have them on the field at the same time. (I know, two 5* QBs increases the chance of a star. But the point remains. If they are equal, it’s an inflated class ranking) Apply this to multiple classes and it’s more exaggerated. Yes, stars matter - but so does roster management.

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fharajli

December 17th, 2017 at 5:40 AM ^

I think it's a fair question and I was curious as to why are all doom and gloom over one less than steller recruiting class. Especially, when '19's class looks great so far. Rough crowd, I suppose.

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SMart WolveFan

December 16th, 2017 at 10:42 PM ^

There are probably only 2, maybe 3 thousand people who don't think this is unprofressional and a really really bad idea that might get him fired.

Ask Moeller; you don't ever ever defend yourself against your own fanbase, especially when they have unreasonable expectations, gigantic entitlement issues and delusional confidence in their total understanding of everything about college football. 

 

Of course.... the 3000 people who might think this is kinda cool are all 15-17 year old high school football players that might appreciate someone sticking up for the commits because........ well, ......a lot of you college football fans are assholes.

 

So maybe Matt is doing his exact fucking job.

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Witz57

December 16th, 2017 at 10:45 PM ^

I mean, I want him to do well because: Michigan recruiting.

But his twitter's a bad look. Best practice is not to feed trolls. It just draws things out, is very unlikely to make you come off well, and there's not a ton of upside.  Plus you have the chance to get skewered for some dumb misstep in some battle you didn't have to fight. 

As John U Bacon quotes: never turn a one day story into a two day story.

Also looking at responses. More than once he goes for the insult about someone having a low amount of followers. And another time he brags about an expensive dinner. Way to punch down bro! Scoring points off of privledge is a pretty poor strategy long term. So is repeating your "just being mean" hot take.

Honestly these people are jerks for trolling him, but after reading his account it's hard to think highly of him. 

I'd prefer he had a bit more self control, or at least found someone more versed in social media best practices to vet him. He's pretty embarassing. 

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butuka21

December 16th, 2017 at 11:09 PM ^

Honestly we are never going to consistently recruit or should I say have as high of ranked classes as Ohio. There is better high school football to pick from and higher ranked players in the state coming out of high school that the majority of them grew up Ohio fans. Look at Michigan States team a lot of there solid players were 2nd tier or not even on Ohio’s radar. But if Michigan can be consistently top 10-15 there is not that big of a gap. Coaching building strength and a little luck come into play. Plus with harbaugh and staff there they will get some game changers pretty consistently. It would be nice to be top 5 every year but I don’t think it’s realistic. I think top 10-15 every year with a few top 5s every now and then is.

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The Krusty Kra…

December 16th, 2017 at 11:16 PM ^

I actually looked up Matt's tweet and while I get he is responding to a troll man does he come off like an asshole (also, someone should tell him Ruth's Chris is the 3rd best steakhouse in town at BEST, Chop House and Knight's run cirlces around it)

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1WhoStayed

December 17th, 2017 at 12:07 AM ^

The collective recruiting expertise of MGOBlog will eventually be our salvation! /s (Just in case) PS - In the words of Rodney Dangerfield - “now I know why tigers eat their young!”. Edit: Reply was to Chas

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