Sam Webb on Swenson Decommitment

He heard but hasn't yet confirmed that the kid never worked out for the current staff. They had repeatedly tried to set something up but he never made himself available for a workout.

 

regardless of what happened, good luck to him. If he's a legit 4 star he'll land somewhere.

Makes more sense. He comitted to Hoke and Harbaugh kept an eye on his performance and told him he will need to step up his game if he wants to play at Michigan. Then they also told him he should take all of his official visits.  It sounds like Swenson thought because he stayed loyal Harbaugh would honor the his comittment even if his performance on the field was poor. I can see the argument from both sides, but Harbaugh is all about performance.  They said he could come as a prefered walk-on because he obviously did not earn a full scholarship. In real life, companies or professional teams will not accept poor quality work and accept the decrease in productivity or success because of loyalty.  

I'm glad to hear a confirmation of sorts that our staff is doing things the way that we want them to be done. However, this is a high school kid, so there are some people who may want to lighten up on him a bit. He might have been able to put forth a better effort, but he's not a monster, just a kid. Hopefully he finds a good fit for him and develops, and hopefully we find an OT that fits what Harbaugh and Drevno envision for their line, as it is a must have for us. Everyone wins. No need to bash the kid.

Never mind...

I am sure all sides of the story will be presented once Michigan is allowed to comment on recruits.

I am sure there will be plenty of questions from the freep at the press conference.

Wow, I don't feel bad at all now. 

 

We need some non-coaches to get this story public to fight back against the negative recruiting and publicity other schools will use against us. 

is he a legitimate 4-star LT or not? If he is/was, how could he be so bad now that the staff told him he would never see the field? I don't think this situation has nearly as much to do with football as some would believe.

who were so quick to bash Harbaugh and his staff's tactics will offer up an apology in light of this new information. I knew there was something more to this, and I was right. People were so quick to fire off downvotes and "how can our program sink to this level" hot takes yesterday. Bet ya they won't take their medicine today, they all should eat lemons.

Michigan "pulling" his offer wasn't out of the blue at all.

 

A new coaching staff needs to evaluate you in person to ensure you are up to their standard. Afterall, they didn't extend the offer in the first place.

 

I don't see how this is an "unforseen circumstance" if they were constantly requesting to evaluate him in person.

Disinfect me! I just checked the Freep to see if they had a follow-up story.  Nawww.  I am sure that Snyder is going to do a revised article as soon as he figures out what a "countable hour" is.  Same old crap.

Truth is always somewhere in the middle of the two sides.  Another reason to wait a few days or weeks before reacting or overreacting to any news.

Hope to hear the coaches response vs others . Sam's info was enlightening. Sounds like a typical Harbaugh challenge that was not acted upon by the recruit. If that is true, we are better off with another recruit that wants it more.

Bruce Wayne was Batman the WHOLE time?

It is completely reasonable and above board to rescind a scholarship offer of there are changes in the ongoing evaluation of a prospective student athlete.

In this case, the evaluation is essentially over once a players senior football season is over, unless there are open items academically (likely not the case here, as Northwestern is now thought to have offered).

The difficult question to answer will be why they waited 2 months to rescind the scholarship offer.