Small Derrick Green Updates (Good)
Mods feel free to delete if you feel this is redundant, but there have been quite a few updates since the last thread, and it got so big that I doubt people were still checking it. So here's a quick rundown of the tweets from various sources:
Samm Webb: "@SamWebb77: Positive vibes from visitors in Ann Arbor today. Reason enough for a commit watch. No gut feelings, but commitment is a real possibility now"
Sarah Hughes: "@SarahMHughes87: Got a couple texts from recruits on campus right now saying good shot Green commits this weekend. Also, 2014 WR Artavis Scott mentioned."
Tremendous: "@TremendousUM: I wouldn't have called me back either @BrOoKyLn_boii27: Wit mi big bro Denard robinson #MICHIGAN"
A Green tweet from much earlier in the day: 'juz finished having a #GREAT talk with coach hooke #michigan'
And finally, a great picture from Green's twitter of his visit. Looks like the coaches are putting on the full court press.
More, thanks to jbr12: Per Mike Farrell at Rivals, Derrick Green has always texted back "no" when asked if he was going to commit on any visit he's been on. Tonight? "idk". The anticipation builds for tomorrow
Too bad he and Denard would never play together.
More running plays for him if he plays here with Shane.
I'll bookmark this post in the event both are playing on the same nfl team.
The RUN DMC shirt, classic.
Yea, love it.
Hey now, there's a 50/50 chance they end up in the same Conference after they are drafted, and would then be Pro Bowl teammates.
If the Pro Bowl is still around then...
That’s if NFL doesn’t drop the ProBowl by then.
Per Mike Farrell at Rivals, Derrick Green has always texted back "no" when asked if he was going to commit on any visit he's been on. Tonight? "idk". The anticipation builds for tomorrow
RIGHT?
I need to go to the gym.
the fact these young men are only 16 or 17 blows my mind
Alright, I have got to man up and admit my ignorance: Who the HELL is that guy?
Thank you many times, sir or madam.
Madam
A real madam? 8)
you mean tim and eric?
for Manning Up.
It's Chevy Chase before he got fat, Or if he was ever not fat. I don't know.
The internet has accelerated the learning curve in almost all sports. In football, coaches have access to a lot more info concerning conditioning, drills, and schemes. People know nutrition a lot better. Kids are being "recruited" at 14, and it motivates many to get serious about conditioning at that age.
High schools supposedly don't recruit, but a lot of blue-chippers somehow end up at schools with state of the art training facilities. Also, kids with the potential to be elite athletes are under a lot more pressure from their familes, especially if they are poor, to earn a scholarship and play professional sports.
It even goes down to little league, and coaches naturally take an interest in kids who show the potential to play in college. If a kid really wants it, he can start developing himself while he is still in elementary school.
Consequently, I'm not surprised that some of these kids already look like men.
There have always been guys who looked like men. Sometimes it's just genetics. I don't know what Green's story is, but Bo Jackson is a perfect example of someone who was completely ripped and rarely lifted weights. Herschel Walker mostly just did push-ups and sit-ups.
Booby Miles also comes to mind.
One GM at the time said Hershal Walker was the only kid he had seen that could have gone from high school to the NFL.
pics of her on his web site. But I thought that she spelled it with an -ie rather than -y at the end of her name.
Learn somethin' new every day, i guess.
Jake Long brand pads.
might need to dye the hair more maizey.
But what shade of maize??
I was thinking Green was a little over-rated until I saw the Run DMC shirt. We MUST get this guy.
I've been saying for a while that he's a better shot to commit than most have given credit for, it looks like a very real possibility now that he's actually visited and talked with coach Hoke. It looks like I might be getting the best kind of vindication: the kind that results in a Michigan commitment.
We may have gotten a bit lucky with the auburn situation, but IMO that may help him commit soon to avoid a repeat
Jacked for a HS senior. Has the Trent Richardson build, looks like a tank.
"Dude is a beast." And you give other MGBloggers shit for not adding creative of unique comments that add value to the board?
Baaaaaaaaah.
Perhaps "Baaaaaaah" itself will become a catchphrase on the board. That would be quite ironic.
I'm confortable staying in tonight to soak up the random Green commitment tidbits. I hope he commits early so my entire Sunday isn't wasted, too. Ha.
That conference room looks like it was put together in the 90s.
Just needs a big water cooler, clunky fax machine, and shit laser printer.
Pretty bad, hope that's part of the latest remodeling.
I should probably withhold judgment without seeing the rest of it, but that slide looked dated.
Then again, who cares when you've got a Heisman for the kid to tote?
It's the content that counts. The presentation probably showed him the following equation: ginormous Michigan offensive line commits + Derrick Green equals Heisman. That's why he's holding it.
I wonder if Hoke piped in some Spin Doctors just to set the mood of the room.
Looks like mister T back in the day..... If he's running the show, I'm getting out of the way!
Man, I like Deveon Smith's play so it would be great to see him and Green battling it out to tote the ball on Saturdays.
Or a one two punch you in the face combo Ingram/Richardson style wouldn't be bad either.
But I too like this thunder + more thunder concept and was thinking the same. I shall spare this post and wait for your next inevitable redundant commentary.
I like it
That'd be nice but Borges has said repeatedly he wants one guy. I'd only see another guy coming in as a situational change of pace back, like V-Smith.
I believe he has only stated that about this group of backs. If he had a couple of horses he could run he would. He didn't seem to have a problem with two backs when he had Ronnie Brown and Cadillac at auburn.
Question: If there is not a lot of separation, are you comfortable rotating a few guys or do you really want a go-to guy?
Al Borges: “I don’t like it, never have.”
Question: You don’t like rotating?
Al Borges: “I don’t like rotating, but that being said, if two guys are on an equal plane then we may do it. I’ll never say never, but it has never been my preference
Agreed. Deveon is going to surprise people at the next level. Underrated.
Really call him underrated. Scout has him as the #10 overall back in the country, and 247 has him at 17. He is a 4-star on ESPN and a high 3-star on Rivals. Rivals has him at #32 overall, his lowest ranking of the four sites. With those rankings I would consider him pretty highly touted at this point.