February 3rd, 2021 at 9:13 AM ^
Woohoo!
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:14 AM ^
All the DT's!!! We has nice things!!!!
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:14 AM ^
DTpalooza!
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:14 AM ^
Merry 2nd Commitmas, everyone!
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:14 AM ^
I was beaten to the punch by Booted with this...
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:15 AM ^
HTTMFV, thanks to SMFN.... also, JMFH
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:51 AM ^
Is it objectively strange that I read this with no problems?
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:15 AM ^
This class has gone from "man, DT is in trouble" to "there's a non-zero chance one of these guys winds up moving around to get playing time" in a minute. Nice problems to have
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:15 AM ^
3 DTs?!?! ??
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:16 AM ^
NUA UNLEASHED!
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:17 AM ^
I might like this pickup over the much higher rated Benny and Rooks.
Staff did an amazing job. This feels like the Michigan of old.
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:17 AM ^
We are a DT school!
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:17 AM ^
This is all just bizarre. Like, I just don't even get it. Why in the world was Brown against DTs? He leaves and UM flips two and gains one almost instantly? Hopefully this is another lesson for Harbaugh and that while he can let the DC do his thing, he may need to keep a better eye on these completely bonkers situations like just not bringing in a whole position group.
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:20 AM ^
Pretty sure Don Brown's goal was to field a team of linebackers. Big linebackers, small linebackers, fast linebackers, slow linebackers.
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:56 AM ^
Big linebackers, small linebackers, fast linebackers, slow linebackers
This sounds like an excerpt from Dr. Seuss' ill-fated football book
February 3rd, 2021 at 10:51 AM ^
I ready it more like Bubba from Forrest Gump.
February 3rd, 2021 at 11:07 AM ^
No "red" fish, though, unless we can flip some of osu's recruits.
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:27 AM ^
It was and still will be his philosophy at Arizona. He believes in creating chaos with stunting including DL stunts constantly against the opposing OL so the QB has little time to throw. This can be done by playing man to man with your secondary. Lighter and faster DL are needed for this and especially the DE positions. The problem is when you face a very well coached offensive team who can block that chaos then you essentially have a free reign throwing the ball because you either live or die in man coverage. A huge problem when you face a team who can run and throw like OSU/PSU etc. Wisconsin is essentially a one dimensional running attack and Brown's defenses where not schematically fundamental against this type of well coached machine and this is why they have beat the shit out of Michigan the last couple of years. Even Urban Meyer commented about this without disrespecting Brown on TV. Brown has great stats as a DC but the teams he coached on overall were not that good. He was hired based upon his stats and I think was a poor choice after Durkin left. Brown won with Brady Hoke's defensive recruits at UM period and he was handed and excellent DL which he did not care for later on with his shitty recruiting and it was shitty
February 3rd, 2021 at 11:45 AM ^
He wasn't against DTs - Michigan was in on Benny and Rooks for a good amount of time, and clearly both weren't against the idea of sticking with UM because they didn't commit when they had chances. Now, maybe the uncertainty about the program and who stuck around turned them off, but this narrative that Brown hated DTs seems illogical to me. Now maybe that's true and Nua really was limited in who he could recruit on that side of the ball but that also feels a bit like PR talk after Brown left to justify why they kept some guys around.
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:17 AM ^
So is it safe to say it wasn't Nua's fault for the lack of tackles? I'd say this all but confirms the reports he felt hamstrung in recruiting.
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:31 AM ^
Maybe?
He was hard after Benny and Rooks while Brown was here, but Ike seems like an example of the type of player he is now free to go after. I do wonder if he would have been allowed to sign 3 DTs in one class. He'd probably have to argue that Rooks can play SDE.
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:49 AM ^
At this point, I don't know how we can come to any other conclusion (given the evidence we have at the moment) other than Brown was the problem, not Nua.
You'll never convince me it was just "pure coincidence" that we literally can't get a DT to save our lives for multiple classes and then as soon as Brown is gone we magically get a barrage of DT commitments?? Nah, that's no coincidence. Brown clearly just didn't believe in traditional DTs for whatever reason. And given how abysmal our DLs have been lately, I think we can all be thankful that Brown and his "reasons" are now someone else's problem.
I get that he did a great job early on, but that's when he had fantastic DLs bolstered by *SHOCK* strong DTs recruited by Hoke! Who coulda thunk it?? This isn't a Don Brown hate post, he put up some good numbers early on...but I can't say I'm sorry he's gone either.
February 3rd, 2021 at 10:23 AM ^
As fans, maybe we are too quick to pass judgment on these guys. Nua was "clearly" the problem until he wasn't.
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:17 AM ^
All your DT are belong to us!
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:19 AM ^
Don !!!!
IKE gonna SPIKE QBs into the ground.
Go Blue.
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:20 AM ^
This is turning out to be one of the most complete classes we’ve seen in awhile. One more elite CB would be nice, but this is a monster group. Woot!
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:28 AM ^
Don’t forget McBurrows made a HS All American team. One more CB would be nice though.
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:39 AM ^
Yeah, not sleeping on him, but adding a Ceyair Wright type guy as well would have made this class virtually perfect.
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:21 AM ^
#thebeefisback
Three legit DTs on signing day? Yes.
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:24 AM ^
Beef - it’s what’s for dinner...
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:27 AM ^
Glad we're not a vegetarian team, anymore!
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:33 AM ^
Vegan! Abstained from eggs as the chicken is a nervous bird!
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:22 AM ^
I do vaguely remember Dudek saying the DL issues would be addressed in February. I guess he was right. Never thought we’d flip Benny. But Benny, Rooks and Ike is a nice start to getting a dline again!
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:23 AM ^
DTs everywhere!
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:23 AM ^
Great success!
Now let's turn those recruiters loose and get some DBs and LBs and an edge or two for the next class
LFG
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:26 AM ^
If we can flip 4-star WR Julian Nixon from Tennessee, my prize political button will be relevant.
https://247sports.com/Player/Julian-Nixon-46051268/
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:36 AM ^
But he signed in December...is his recruitment open again?
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:45 AM ^
I think he's just making a joke.
February 3rd, 2021 at 10:02 AM ^
You never really know about recruiting...
February 3rd, 2021 at 11:40 AM ^
I think there is every reason to think Nixon would re-sign.
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:44 AM ^
Good news. Good things are happening.
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:48 AM ^
And here I was thinking that getting the DTs was a bad thing.
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:54 AM ^
Anyone else worried that we've signed too many bodies on the interior DL?
/s
/But I'll bet there's some UM fan out there who will complain about this
February 3rd, 2021 at 10:04 AM ^
I think 1-2 or might. Good call!
February 3rd, 2021 at 10:05 AM ^
LFG!!
February 3rd, 2021 at 10:33 AM ^
Welcome Ike, way to GoBlue!
February 3rd, 2021 at 11:32 AM ^
Hell yeah!!
February 3rd, 2021 at 11:39 AM ^
Does this also count as a recruiting L for Tucker?