Solomon trending to Bama?

Submitted by 1464 on
Feel free to shoot the messenger. Sam Webb posted an article ($) in regards to Solomon reporting that his mind is made up. I do not pay, so I don't know the content, but the Twitter reactions seem to indicate that it sounds like he's going to be headed to Bama. Boo. EDIT: Posting using phone autocorrect is a dangerous proposition. Fixed the spelling errors. Although to be fair, Soloman does sound like an antisocial super hero, which would be interesting.

George Pickett

January 27th, 2017 at 10:16 AM ^

Maybe we should have seen this coming when he said "Alabama still leads big" one week ago.  Then again, he also said "fuck Michigan," so anything could happen.

mGrowOld

January 27th, 2017 at 10:41 AM ^

I know I speak tor the entire board when I say I am shocked beyond measure that a highly rated recruit, who had us once as his favorite and even committed to us at one time, ends up at an SEC school instead.

I mean that NEVER happens does it?

jabberwock

January 27th, 2017 at 10:48 AM ^

Any top 25 team is probably going to prepare you adequately for the NFL (at least in these kids eyes).

We havent won the big10 in 15 yrs, and have'nt made the playoffs yet.

Either of those things WOULD probably help with closing on a couple guys.

Trader Jack

January 27th, 2017 at 11:22 AM ^

I mean, can't it be both? Don't you think it's possible that he'd chose 'Bama because their program is on such an impressive run lately, but also be somewhat influenced by a bagman? Both of those things can be true and happen at the same time.




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JonnyHintz

January 27th, 2017 at 1:40 PM ^

Wow. Such a profound idea. What about this... hey, maybe if these highly ranked guys start committing to Rutgers, they start winning.

Hate to quote Dantonio here, but when you're recruiting elite kids it's about selling results, not hope. There's a reason the schools with the most success in the past 5-10 years are generally the ones leading the recruiting game.

jmblue

January 27th, 2017 at 12:07 PM ^

Not just any SEC school, too, but Bama at that.  

If Michigan is going head to head with Alabama for a recruit, it probably won't end well for us (unless the kid is a Michigan native or U-M legacy).  Saban gets who he wants.

 

 

M-Dog

January 27th, 2017 at 3:49 PM ^

If we are chasing 4/5-star kids from the deep south and we don't have them locked up by December . . . it probably ain't happening.

Getting a kid from the south to commit to Michigan in January, the week before NSD, is a tall order.

Solomon, Gay, Collins . . . these are long shots right now.  The top of the SEC is chasing them hard, with all that implies.

This is not the same thing as flipping kids from Iowa and BC. 

 

Baffin

January 27th, 2017 at 10:42 AM ^

Whether we get him or not, I'm glad that Harbaugh is still putting the full court press on him despite his disaparaging remarks about the Mitten. If this were a Beilein recruitment, that would have been the end of it.  

NE OH Mich Man

January 27th, 2017 at 12:48 PM ^

How people thought UM still had a shot here. If you pull out all the stops at his in-home visit (which Harbaugh did) & he comes out & says that Bama still leads then it's not going to happen. What was going to change his mind if the visit didn't? 

There was so much optimism over the past week that I thought I must've missed some report debunking the "bama still leads" comment. 

A Real Toe Tapper

January 27th, 2017 at 10:00 AM ^

Suffice it to say that the article ends with a quote from Solomon himself that, if you read between the lines, points very strongly in Alabama's direction.  Sounds like a done deal to 'Bama.

BigPuppy4

January 27th, 2017 at 10:15 AM ^

It has nothing to do with being in the national championsip four out of the past eight seasons, or almost their entire defense being drafted every single year.

If you are a top player in the country, why would you not want to go to Alabama? There is a good chance that you will win at least a national title as well as achieve your dream of making it to the NFL (especially as a defensive player)

ElBictors

January 27th, 2017 at 3:16 PM ^

Love comments like this - over reacting to a post and generalizing a defense about a whole state ..

 

How many years have you spent in Alabama?  The South, at least....  I mean, have you ever listened to the Paul Finebaum show or stopped on the road, alongside a cotton field and picked a little bit of cotton for a keepsake?

 

Firstbase

January 27th, 2017 at 11:03 AM ^

...Solomon recently said, "Academics matters more to me than football," he said. "Football has created academic opportunities for me and has created opportunities that will carry me financially after I'm done playing football. That's really important to me."

If he really believes that and acts accordingly, Ann Arbor is the clear winner.

thisisme08

January 27th, 2017 at 11:40 AM ^

I say this with no snark but when a Top 50 player says that they are just "coach speaking" their way out of a question and giving the reporter a good sound bite.  If it were true than Stanford would be pulling in Alabama-type classes year in/year out.  

 

Honk if Ufer M…

January 27th, 2017 at 11:44 PM ^

Um, I think you got on first base via an error this time. Number one he said player graduation rate, not academics, and the latest released results actually favor Bama from what I read, but I doubt it over several years.

But also, academics and graduating don't just mean who has the most prestige, pull, or connections attached for everybody. It can mean a place with easier academics that a person thinks they can handle. It can mean a place with smaller classes or other factors they feel would be more conducive to their learning style or prospects, or a place with particular programs they like better, academic advisers or counselors they like better, etc. etc.