TomVH: Three Recruiting Notes **Update**
K Matt Goudis told me he's committed for now, but will be visiting Miami next weekend the 14th.
Dallas Crawford told me tonight that Michigan still leads. There is a rumor that he might be visiting Miami soon too. Michigan hiring Les Miles would help with Dallas.
I also spoke with Kris Frost tonight. He said he talked to one of the Auburn coaches this evening, and is expecting a phone call tomorrow from Gene Chizik. The phone call tomorrow will be when he finds out if Auburn accepts his commitment or not.
He said he was really upset when Michigan decided to fire Rich Rodriguez. He also said it's looking like Michigan may be out of it completely. The coaching change took a lot out of him, and he's not sure where they stand right now. It's obviously tough for Michigan because no one can call him right now to talk him out of it. We'll see what happens.
January 9th, 2011 at 1:17 AM ^
Spread Offense by Bobby!
January 9th, 2011 at 12:56 AM ^
...the HC annoucement is made and Stoops or Malzahn or Gruden or Patterson starts his recruiting push, the last minute commits he achieves will seem all the more amazing given the loss of Hart and Frost (and perhaps Crawford and Goudis).
/We must hit rock bottom before we can achieve the greatest heights.
January 9th, 2011 at 6:12 AM ^
out of the Josh Groban song?
January 9th, 2011 at 12:58 AM ^
It seems like these recruits were shocked when RR was fired. Where have they been the last month?
January 9th, 2011 at 1:03 AM ^
during visits and telling them "RR is going to be here for a long, long time" had something to do with it.
January 9th, 2011 at 1:08 AM ^
Thanks, Cap... err you.
January 9th, 2011 at 1:10 AM ^
where is that quote from? doesn't really sound like something he would be foolish enough to do
January 9th, 2011 at 1:43 AM ^
see below
January 9th, 2011 at 1:20 AM ^
that probably didn't happen.
January 9th, 2011 at 1:43 AM ^
when it did?
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/david-brandon-rich-rod
RT @mc_espn: UNC commit Marquise Williams reports Mich AD David Brandon told recruits Saturday Rich Rod would be in Ann Arbor "a long time."
January 9th, 2011 at 2:01 AM ^
I don't doubt that he said this, but the team was also 5-0 at the time. Brandon probably did believe this to be the truth.
January 9th, 2011 at 4:14 AM ^
Well I stand corrected. I figured DB would be smart enough to avoid such a brash claim.
January 9th, 2011 at 1:13 AM ^
I hit rock bottom when I decided to be this program's wingman and took the fat chick home from the bar last night. I thought the world was ending due to this whole coaching search. I woke up this morning and realized the opposite, then had to ditch a fat girl before breakfast....... not an easy task! I took mine for this team, now find us a coach Brandon, you dipshit! ( still a little bitter about the fat chick)
January 9th, 2011 at 1:25 AM ^
So if we has kept RR we would have had: Hart,Frost,Lyon, and the rest of the recruits would have been solid. Also if we got a new DC, with all the freshmen coming back the defense could have been 2011's Denard in terms of improvement........hope DB knows what he's doing.
January 9th, 2011 at 1:35 AM ^
We would've had a current roster that had lost faith in their head coach.
January 9th, 2011 at 6:21 AM ^
From everything I had heard RR still had the support of the team. I adfmit I haven't read all the million posts that have occurred since the fire, but I hadn't heard anything about the players not having faith in RR. Are you just pulling this out of your ass?
January 9th, 2011 at 8:08 AM ^
If that is the case, might it not be possible that the team was reacting to all of the negative things being said by the fans and the media as well as the very real feeling over the final month that a coaching change was inevitable? They are, afterall, largely 18 and 19 year olds who tend to, you know, be reactive emotionally.
If DB would have said after OSU that RR was going to get a achance to coach throughout his contract, the atmosphere and mentality leading up to the bowl game would have been different.
January 9th, 2011 at 1:28 AM ^
Tom, thanks for providing something I can read and actually believe.
January 9th, 2011 at 1:41 AM ^
need to find our coach.I hope it is a guy that has Michigan ties,Les Miles.We still have time to get our recuirting class right.GO BLUE!!!
January 9th, 2011 at 9:05 AM ^
We really need Dallas Crawford. Anytime we have a shot at a talented corner, gotta lock him up.
January 9th, 2011 at 11:44 AM ^
Just commenting so this is put in the Tom tab.
January 10th, 2011 at 2:36 PM ^
"Tony Posada and Dallas Crawford both said they will "most likely" stick with Michigan. That most likely is their way out, so it's not 100%. Dallas is being actively recruited, so that's something to watch. [Ed. He did say he was "solid" on Facebook today, FWIW.]"
The use of "most likely"...kinda implies they were looking for a way out and now they got one....why would they want a way out?
January 10th, 2011 at 8:30 PM ^
Crawford has named miami his leader, visiting Miami, UNC and USC(e? I am guessing) and will decide after his final visit
January 11th, 2011 at 11:54 AM ^
I've read on various sites that at one time there were 4 silent commits to Michigan. I've learned that Frost was one. Could someone enlighten a newbie (you say howdy, I say hi) as to who the other 3 possibly were?
Thanks.
January 12th, 2011 at 7:03 AM ^
Chris Bryant and Hakeem Flowers were two, I believe.
January 12th, 2011 at 8:51 AM ^
I had read/inferred that Prince Holloway might have been one also. Either way appreciate the info.