T

February 7th, 2018 at 9:49 AM ^

At this point in time, I think the staff needs to fire off a bunch of last minute offers to any remaining unsigned 3 star OTs, for any remaining scholarship slots. At least take a shot at it. It won't make a difference for the '18 or '19 seasons, but I'm really concerned about the effects our lack of OL depth for 3-4 years down the road.

reddogrjw

February 7th, 2018 at 9:56 AM ^

we still have 5 OL from the 2017 class

we have 2 in 2018

1 already in 2019

I would say we need at least 3-4 in 2019 total

we lost 2 OL this year - Cole and Kugler - along with Hall who transferred out of the big 2017 class

 

the sky isn't falling geez

Rabbit21

February 7th, 2018 at 10:02 AM ^

3 years down the road is when Ruiz and Spanellis are Seniors and Steuber, Honigford, Filiaga, and Hudson are Juniors.

Plus who knows what happens in 2019/2020 cycles?

There are a lot of young bullets in the chamber right now and even Vastardis looks like he might become functional.  I know it's fashionable to wring our hands about everything with the O-Line, but there's a base of young players there and any gaps that the current two man class creates can be managed.

I admit the situation isn't perfect, but it stops short of being concerning.

maize-blue

February 7th, 2018 at 10:21 AM ^

If Reese goes to Georgia the tea leaves were there with many visits. We just choose to ignore those signs to best fit our narrative.

Jkidd49

February 7th, 2018 at 10:44 AM ^

but its hard to undersell how terrible the last month of recruiting has been for Michigan.. 

- DT Friday picks OSU at the last minute

- OT NPF goes from total toss up to OSU at last minute

- OT Patterson picks ND who just lost their OLine coach

- WR Chase who had picked up some stream drops off the board

 

- LB Reese, a long long time commit flips to Georgia

- Michigan signs its 5th DB for reasons unknown

- Michigan gets a 6th DB (transfer) for reasons unknown

- Michigan picks up PWO Kicker and QB......

 

"waves tiny flag"

Djrobinson007

February 7th, 2018 at 10:39 AM ^

I think my breaking point with Jimmy will be if he loses to MSU next year. Can’t get beat by them again..