Rashad Weaver Decommits

Best of luck to him.  He didn't make the cut and understands that in sports not everyone is going to make the team and get a trophy.  I also do not know the whole story, so I have no opinion on if it was handled correctly or not.  I do feel bad that he won't be able to come to Michigan.  But there are other players who were not cut, so they must have shown something, that the coaches felt warranted a spot in this class.

This happens in almost every P5 program

Weaver has been taking visits at other schools.  Hard to say you're committed to Michigan when you're doing visits at other schools.  I don't think it's realistic to think there won't potentially be repercussions when you say one thing and do another.

I have zero issues with this and like how Harbaugh is maximizing this class.

Some of you are acting like this kid didn't know. Maybe it's because he's a high school senior and caught up in all the hoopla of the process. This is like sleeping with a girl once, telling her you want to get married in 8 months, then you show up at the alter after not speaking with her for 8 months. Ffs this kid took visits to other colleges, and NEVER took one to Michigan. He's just trying to play the victim and throw mud at our coach and program.

Ambry Thomas released his early top 5, we aren't on it. Same kid tweeted about the Swenson incident.

It seems obvious to me that these kids are being given conditional offers. Something along the lines of, "I'd like to offer you a spot on the team and if the numbers work out a scholarship as well." Kid commits knowing the risk and knowing his commitment will get him publicity. Kid is finally told the numbers crunch isn't going to break in his favor but he has a PWO spot if he wants it. Kid saves face by trashing Harbaugh for pulling his scholarship knowing full well that it didn't go down that way.

It's unfortunate, and it shouldn't work this way, but the kid is right: it's a business.

Harbaugh was brought here to win championships and to beat OSU. While I really hope this does not become a growing trend for Harbaugh's recruiting classes in the future, as its not a good look, but it is what it is. You look at guys like Saban and Meyer, who've been known push the envelope as far as it can go, but they do it to put the absolute best team on the field and win championships. And they're both pretty damn good at doing that. There's a reason you don't see guys like Bill Snyder and Mike Riley hoisting crystal footballs.

College football should not be this way, but to think its not a business is living with your head up your ass.

Good luck to Rashad.  I'll be following him.

One thing's for sure. You probably won't see as many lower level recruits committing to Michigan this summer based off how these last few weeks have gone. Whether it's Harbaugh learning a few lessons from the social media parade from these decommits or the kids themselves not fully trusting the offers presented to them, I'm not expecting as much from this summer's satellite camp run.

Give the staff the benefit of the doubt. I will be shocked if this possibility was not communicated to Weaver long ago. When did he set up his fist OV? Looks like it was long ago. To anyone thinking this was just sprung on Weaver, EVERYONE has known he was not going to be in this class for weeks. Stop taking one biased view and actually consider the fact Weaver was told about this possibility and he took visits as result. Don't make the same mistake of rushing to judge the staff until you know the full story.

Rashad Weaver was never good enough to play at Michigan.  That's why he has offers from Colgate, Mercer, Dartmouth, Columbia, and Lafayette.  The staff probably should never have offered him, or at least made it clear that the offer was conditional.

That said, the outrage here is absurd.  Instead of getting a free ride to Michigan, he's going to get a free ride to another FBS school to play football.  Is that really a tragedy that warrants an article in the Chicago Tribune and Detroit Free Press?  Dear Lord.

in today's game. Just like coaches have back up plans to recruits, recruits should also have back up plan schools.

Let's not start a fire where there is no smoke. It's pretty obvious there is nothing here we all didn't know about. We have been talking attrition for at least a couple month's now and everyone here had him at or near the top of the list. He has been taking visits elsewhere, crystal ballz have him going to Temple and I'm sure that he was taking taking visits because he knew this was a possibility. 

I wish he wasn't upset about it because he did say his position was 50/50 and he understood that it was business. He was offered a PWO (if the education part of it was important) and sometimes having the opprtunity to compete against high level competition is all anyone can ask for.

There are no guarantees in life except one. If Harb. doesn't do well at his job he will be fired!!! Beest of luck to Shad, I hope he succeeds in what ever he chooses and Michigan folks need to stop the negative posts because we all know its business too.   

Donovan Peoples-Jone's is tweeting about this. Not good.

He admitted being told his chances were 50/50.  That means there was a chance he would not be a part of this class.  He posted how he truly felt, and you can't fault him for that.  He's disappointed but the fact that he was told there might not be a spot for him is good enough for me. 

Criticize Harbaugh all you want, but he's not hiding the ball. 

The perception of this way of handling commits is going to have ramifications for Harbaugh and Michigan.   So, Harbaugh will have to deal with them.  For one thing, at the NSD press conference, he is going to be asked about it.  So, he better have some response that is credible.  Of course he may also choose to not answer the question.  That will not be a good look IMO.  Also, high school coaches of these kids may be less apt to recommend kids in the future to consider Michigan.  So it could be counterproductive in establishing new pipelines.  

Do people really think this is going to matter to kids from the '17 class a year from now? We're talking about about 16/17 year old kids. Make the playoff next year and it won't matter one bit!

Would find this news concerning, but outside of a few, it looks like this will blow over pretty fast

Oh boy oh boy oh boy please let that deleted Mike D'Antoni tweet be real