Via Brandon Justice OT Jarrett Patterson down to ND/UM
January 22nd, 2018 at 8:58 PM ^
Ben Bredeson (4-star, 0.9871); Mike Onwenu (4-star, 0.9571); Cesar Ruiz (4-star, 0.9786); Chuck Filiaga (4-star, 0.9475); Ja'Raymond Hall (4-star, 0.8948); Jalen Mayfield (4-star. 0.8988)...
Those are the 4-star OL that Drevno recruited. He also recruited Spanellis, Stueber, and Honigford. That's pretty much all of the OL that played well or have any positive outlook.
January 22nd, 2018 at 10:01 PM ^
Thanks for the much needed perspective.
January 22nd, 2018 at 10:39 PM ^
January 22nd, 2018 at 10:42 PM ^
January 22nd, 2018 at 11:42 PM ^
You should probably not ever post again
January 22nd, 2018 at 11:48 PM ^
January 22nd, 2018 at 10:54 PM ^
Vast majority of those kids haven't touched the field yet. Bredeson has not performed near his almost 5-star potential; Onwenu missed stunts left and right last year and Ruiz was okay. All 3 leave a lot to be desired in pass protection.
Not impressed.
January 23rd, 2018 at 2:57 AM ^
And yet you claim to be a Michigan fan. Let me guess the next few posts from this clown...
- Rashan Gary and Aubrey Solomon are busts that have underperformed their ranking.
- Mo Hurst was mediocre but he is gone now.
- David Long and Lavert Hill get hurt too much
- Chase Winovich and Devin Bush would be faster if they cut their hair
- Khaleke Hudson doesn't hit hard enough
- Shea Patterson had bad numbers against Bama
- Tarik Black and DPJ are too short
- Don Brown needs to shave his mustache
January 23rd, 2018 at 9:38 AM ^
January 23rd, 2018 at 10:35 AM ^
January 22nd, 2018 at 10:12 PM ^
His recruiting has been sub par at best, play-calling definitely negative, and player development has been subpar.
January 23rd, 2018 at 9:32 AM ^
What 4/5* hasn't he been able to recruit in our own backyard? If you're referring to Devantae Dobbs, Michigan hasn't recruited him. You think Drevno made a choice on his own whether to recruit the guy, or not?
Tell us more about this "subpar" recruiting...
January 23rd, 2018 at 10:28 AM ^
Wisconsin came in and stole Logan Brown. I guess it isn't really our backyard, but it's an in-state kid. Multiple insiders said that Drevno constantly gets outworked on the recruiting trail.
January 23rd, 2018 at 11:19 AM ^
Fair example. But it's one guy. One guy = "subpar recruiter"? While it may be true that he sometimes gets outworked recruiting, he's still brought in a good number of highly rated OL. I don't know why Brown chose UW, and niether do you. But sometimes kids just choose to go elsewhere. Besides, it's not like UW never has good OL's - that's serious competition.
Isaiah Wilson? Chalk that one up to bagmen. I'd rather blame something else, anything else, but nothing else makes sense with that situation.
January 22nd, 2018 at 8:40 PM ^
January 22nd, 2018 at 8:44 PM ^
Patterson visited ND this past weekend so it's possible things may have changed and Sam hasn't talked to people about this yet. The positive in all this is that Michigan is definitely a top 2 and if ND is the other team to beat then weather/proximity to home is not a factor. Now just to make that last push and be his top choice.
January 23rd, 2018 at 1:17 PM ^
And the Kelly to Bears HC job news could be good for us good guys!
January 22nd, 2018 at 9:04 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2018 at 7:41 AM ^
Bud, to be honest with you. We dont have room for half the people coming in so expect some attrition.
January 22nd, 2018 at 10:01 PM ^
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January 22nd, 2018 at 11:02 PM ^
The pay sites are there to supply the demand for information. I'm with you that I will never, EVER pay for recruiting information because I do not care enough about it. Brandon is currently charging nothing however, his new setup doesn't exactly have the credo and he isn't batting a high enough clip on hunches or proper info that he has the credence that you would get from Sam or someone similar.
January 23rd, 2018 at 8:37 AM ^
I don't get all of that hate for Brandon Justice on this blog. He breaks just as much information as the "insiders." People hate him because his name isn't Sam Webb, TomVH, or Brandon Brown.
January 23rd, 2018 at 9:52 AM ^
BJ is the wannabe Brian (but with rumors and speculation). That's about it.
January 23rd, 2018 at 10:09 AM ^
"TIME TO THROW AWAY ALL JOURNALISTIC CREDIBILITY AND GET RECKLESS! THIS IS SOMETHING WE LIKE TO CALL RECKLESS EH-SPECULATION" - sound you hear as soon as you log on to Wolverine Lounge
January 23rd, 2018 at 9:57 AM ^
Brandon Brown isn't on the same level as those other two.
Brandon Justice is like a 20-year-old kid who's trying to break into the business. If I recall correctly - and someone correct me if I'm wrong - Brice Marich started doing this stuff when he was like 14 years old, and now he's turned that into a job with Scout/247. Maybe it will go somewhere eventually for Justice.
January 23rd, 2018 at 10:24 AM ^
I would agree. Brandon Justice hasn't fully broke into the business, but I think he put out good information. I think he gets a bad wrap because he isn't working for one of the big names (ESPN, Rivals, 247).
Better than the clowns over at TTB. /s
January 23rd, 2018 at 5:58 AM ^
January 23rd, 2018 at 7:11 AM ^
I thought Sam had some good points on getting DB numbers up and that OL numbers were already where they should be. Taking 5-6 OL and leaving DBs thin isn't a good plan
January 23rd, 2018 at 10:00 AM ^
You don't want to have too few defensive backs, true, but the OL is thin. IIRC, we have 13 linemen set to be on the roster in 2018. That's very, very low at a position that ALWAYS plays 5 and often plays 6, not to mention that it's a position where age/strength/knowledge are at a premium. IMO, you need at least 15 guys on the roster who can play OL.
In order to get to the bare minimum, we need two of the following: Patterson, Petit-Frere, or Calvin Anderson (or some other late pickup/transfer).
January 23rd, 2018 at 10:40 AM ^
JBB leaves then 4 OL will have left
Cole and Kugler out of eligibility
JBB - handshake/whatever
Hall - transferred
so 3-4 is what we need to backfill IMO
we have 2 in Hayes and Mayfield
with JBB we currently have 13 plus Vastardis as a walk-on so 1 more OL is a must to get to 15
January 23rd, 2018 at 9:06 AM ^
Hope they can get him. As much as I dislike ND, Kelly has had a great track record with his OL since he's been there. He's sent at least a few of his guys in the first round of the draft, and will be sending at least one more in the draft this May.