lilpenny1316

January 18th, 2016 at 2:03 PM ^

Obviously Gary at #1 is the big get.  But there are a couple others in that list that we have a punchers chance for:

Devin Asiasi #46
David Long #81

If you care about their rankings, then nabbing three or four out of their top 100 would be pretty good.  If you saw Khaleke Hudson's tape, then that should put your mind at ease about any of our commits that aren't in any service's top 100.  That kid looks like an instant starter on ST and spread smasher on defense.  If that kid is on one side of the field and Pep on the other by time we play OSU, I like our chances.

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CraigB

January 18th, 2016 at 2:11 PM ^

I find it odd that these services can be so far apart sometimes. I read that 247 was close to giving Onwenu a fifth star and he's not even in the Rivals Top 100. Oh well, I still think we have a very strong class this year.

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WichitanWolverine

January 18th, 2016 at 2:16 PM ^

I know I'll get bashed for saying this, but Harbaugh's recruiting has been good-not-great so far. 1 player currently committed in the top 100. 3 players from MI in there, none of which we landed.

Long and Gary would certainly improve this, but we're simply not recruiting like OSU, ND, Bama, etc.

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BigBlue02

January 18th, 2016 at 2:40 PM ^

Even if you trust rivals, which you used for your numbers, we have the 4th best class right now. How can you say he has been good but not great? By your own measuring stick he is recruiting as good if not better than OSU, ND, etc.... I'm actually impressed that you contradicted yourself in consecutive paragraphs in the same post

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WichitanWolverine

January 18th, 2016 at 2:33 PM ^

We are ranked that high because of quantity, not quality. We are ranked 11th in average star rating. I'd consider that good, not great.

I do expect this to change with all the changes/rumors swirling around. Adding Gary and Long while dropping Weaver would boost us quite a bit.

I still have faith in the staff and expect great things, but they just aren't recruiting at the level I had hoped (yet).

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BigBlue02

January 18th, 2016 at 4:56 PM ^

So you just couldn't wait those whole two weeks to see if Harbaugh would live up to your recruiting standards? And getting two guys in the top 100 shouldn't push your ranking from good to great. That's ridiculous considering we have more than 20 recruits and the 4th best recruiting class. Not only are you impatient but you're awful at analyzing recruiting. No, we aren't ranked that high because we have more recruits as Rivals only uses the top 20 recruits.

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Magnus

January 18th, 2016 at 4:16 PM ^

I feel like a broken record, but the team recruiting rankings are based on only the top 20 recruits in each class. Quantity has little to do with it at this point, since many teams have 20 or more recruits. Michigan is currently #5 on Rivals, and 3 of the 4 teams ahead of them have 20+ recruits.

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Magnus

January 18th, 2016 at 5:06 PM ^

But they might fill out their class with 3-stars. And we might fill it out with a 5-star and a couple high 4-stars. Who knows?

But if the class ended today, we're ranked higher because we have more "bullets in the chamber." There should be a cutoff (which is 20), but you also can't say that a class that has three commits (all 5-stars) should be the best recruiting class in the country. So it strikes a balance between quantity and quality.

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WichitanWolverine

January 18th, 2016 at 5:24 PM ^

You're right. It is a balance, but I just feel it should be tweaked a bit. Teams like Georgia, Clemson, and USC are getting "punished" a little in the rankings because they have fewer than 20 commits. And that's where I think looking at average star rating is a better metric.

But because I didn't state that Harbaugh is the greatest human being ever born, I am also a total moron. So take what I say with a grain of salt.

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Clarence Beeks

January 18th, 2016 at 3:24 PM ^

Let me fix that for you:

"...but Harbaugh's recruiting has been good-not-great so far in terms of recruiting site player evaluations."

Seriously, just for a few minutes, go back and take a look at what the recruits he brought to Stanford went on to do compared to their "star" rankings. He knows what he's looking for and that doesn't necessarily jive with the pay site player evaluations (and even so he's still doing a damn good job), but the proof is in the outcomes.



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