Dropping a recruit may be a net positive for them

This bad. 

Threw stone first. Then, heard you out. Satified with my decision.

Debate is no allowed on here, only group think and circle jerks.

No. Just no.

LOUD NOISES !!!!!!!!!

It's FUBAR.

*Fubar

Probably doesn't hurt their chances of landing somewhere else especially now with JH at the helm.  I see your reasoning and don't disagree.

Not really a bad thought, but the MgoCommunity won't let ya get away with a thread like this.  It's alright man, everyone on here usually gets completely blasted for a thread post every now and again.

they debunked it alright.

My cat's breath smells like cat food.

what you've just said... Is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point, in your rambling, incoherent response, were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."

Stock Room?  We're going to need more stones on Aisle Six.  That's more stones on Aisle Six.

then while you are rehab meet a nurse who becomes your wife. Someone might call that accident a net positive.

I admit it isn't the best process and probably an emotional train wreck for the kids but I have to believe having them offered by Michigan, accepting, and being let go will land them better opportunities than never being offered in the first place. 

So, what you're implying is that we should instill a bad process that is emotionally harmful to kids just so that they can build their resume in hopes that they don't go to a "worse" school (by whatever arbitrary metric is used to judge quality).

Basically, we waste our time and effort to insult the intelligence of high school kids while bursting open the Pandora's box that is the 24-hour news cycle and we can't tell our side of the story.

I'm sure that in the history of mankind there have been worse ideas, but the only one that comes to mind is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_boy_hoax

I think that JH could have saved himself (& UM) a lot of grief, if he had been up front with these recruits from the beginning.

We all like to talk about being Michigan Men, but Harbaugh was treating the lower ranked recruits as kiddies.  Cutting all contact for several months and they are supposed to magically channel that UM has put them on the back burner, just in case.  These young men are just entering the adult world and still take everything they are told literally.  Thus the recent hiccups and bad press.

Why not just treat them as adults and say that we are giving you an offer, but we may need the roster spot later.  So have a backup plan, just in case.  In the mean time, you will be put on the recruiting map and get offers that you never would have had otherwise.  Win - win for all parties.

Also, as we have seen, things have evolved greatly since JH was at Stanford.  With TwitterWorld and the increasing microscope put on the recruiting process, nothing stays hidden very long and the backlash goes viral.

Most likely, either Hackett or Manuel will tweak the system next year and with another good year on the field, this sort thing will no longer be needed.

because any player receiving an offer from a recognized "expert" as to evaluation of talent will almost alway result in a player who is a  non-kicker receiving an almost obligatory bump from a 2* to a 3* and suddenly schools, as you suggest, who were not looking at the young man prior to his offer from one of the recognized schools whose success is precicated on their ability to target, evaluate and acquire talent, might suddenly take an interest.

So I cannot argue with your premise that the recruit can only benefit, and that is due to nothing more than possibly not even having an offer. If he is fortunate enough to receive an offer from a P5 school prior to receiving an offer from a lesser school, he is a receipient of a rare gift; scenarios of this type are obviously very rare.

There are times when coaches actually find a diamond in the rough. In cases such as this, it is more likely the recruit will have no ranking at all simply because he has not appeared on the radar, usually due to not attending camps where the separation begins and also result in many kids receiving offers and those who answer the obvious questions, based on their performance, will often receive offers and this is where fhe fun starts. I recall one year at W.VA when RR sent three OLmen to the pros. One was the Remmington(maybe Rimmington) Award Receipient and was rated a 3 star coming in. The other two received no ranking at all, due I am almost certain, to their lack of exposure.

This is why I like Jim's idea for these satellite camps because they are affordable and in addition to increasing the size of the Michigan footprint, many of the kids do receive offers to schools that may not be of the FBS level, but with exposure being the main objective and the players loving the idea of receiving coaching from the recognized best, it's pretty much a win-win. In the senario you provide, yes, the young man can and obviously in the case of Weaver, even though he had no bitch against UM or Harbaugh, someone was pulling the strings, as he stated, but the schools that offered would not have done so if they had not seen something they like. Scholarships are simply too valuable to be tossed about freely.

The danger to the school making the offer is real too, in the form of bad press as we saw. These young men who go from one offer, possibly, to receiving one from a P5 school are not aware of how the process normally works and in this case, where schools normally are able to deliver their message by cutting off contact, much like what occurs in the private sector when a would be employer cools on a prospective employee, It's understandable, I guess, because incidents of this nature are rare and players at a level where they receive offers from the "who's who" of cfb are fully aware of the fluidity of the situation and realize schools that offer but basically quit recruiting are sending a message. Unless its their dream school, not much is made of it due to their status of being highly coveted. I was surprised at some of the fan's reaction, thinking that an offer, if accepted, basically constituted a binding agreement, although they have seen many prosepects commit and decommitt over and over through the whole process.

While it's good to let a prospect know early in the process, unless you are certain he has answered all your questions, through camp performances, developing a relationship where both the recruit and the recruiters concerns are addressed and forming a bond, we saw the negative ramifications that could occur if you make an early offer and the young man decides the recruiting process is over. I am sure changes will be made going forward, but I hope Jim continues these satelitte camps because its good PR for the school, and as I said, it does provide exposure many of these young men would not otherwise receive due to the high cost of some of these camps. I really have no idea why SEC coaches have a problem with them. They are aware of all the players they are interested in and if a young man receives an offer to an FCS school, they should be happy for the young man. Hell, Bama and LSU and Clemson for that matter aren't going to be hurt by these mini camps. It's obvious, the positive press Harbaugh receives due to hosting these satelitte camps are what these other coaches object to.

Now SEC schools have offered such a high number of players for so long, it's rare when we hear something of the nature we heard from Weaver. Meyer, coming from the SEC, does the same thing but the majority of his offers will go to young men who receive the same from Bama, LSU, MI, ND, USC, etc., so in most cases it's the recruits game. But I think your contention makes absolute sense. Hell, we only have to look at one instance and the fact he received the majority of offers after his announced decommittment, indicates the majority of the schools would not have watched his tape if not for the publicity his decommit generated.