Are the 2022 and 2024 classes somehow exempt from the effects of NIL?
As Alex himself points out we also lost a bunch of coaches last year and with them a ton of relationships. More than just NIL has changed with respect to 2023.
I'm not all that worried about the 2023 class. Sure, I would like it to be better and I hope they still get some guys in (Nyckoles Harbor and Jyaire Hill would go a long way to changing how this class looks on paper), but I'm willing to reserve judgment until 2024 or until someone can actually report facts about NIL before I start worrying that the sky is falling.
There is very little real evidence to support your take that Michigan is behind the curve on NIL. Conversely, I've seen plenty anecdotes and arguments from people around a variety of big schools asserting that their program is doing NIL all wrong and is going to lose out on recruits because of it. I don't think anyone actually has a clue right now, which you more or less admit yourself.
"Notre Dame boasts the #3 class in the country. Are they going wild with the $$$ like Texas A&M? None of the reporting seems to suggest that, but they have their NIL game in order and Michigan doesn't."
This is a really weird set of assertions without any evidence to back up any of it. It is entirely possible that ND has stepped up its recruiting a bit under an exciting new coach. It's entirely possible that Michigan is just having a down recruiting year, like the occasionally have had in the recent past (ex: the 2018 class was ranked #22, but it was sandwiched between #5 and $10 classes). The truth is that no one really knows at this moment, and the degree to which it can all be chalked up to NIL or not is a giant question mark right now. Seems borderline irresponsible to so publicly dump all over Michigan over it without much in the way of evidence or reporting.
Before this turns into a thread dumping on UofM students, I'd just like to share a story. I'm a grad student and earlier this week I was in class when there was an incredibly loud bang right outside our classroom. My first gut instinct was that there was a shooter in the hallway, and I've never before had such a feeling of fear. It turned out to be a maintenance guy in the next classroom over accidentally knocking over a door.
I grew up around guns and know how to operate them, and what they sound like. But young people today have grown up in a world where this sort of thing happening at a school or college campus is a weekly occurrence and it's a reasonable fear for us. God forbid we might be a little hypersensitive to this threat.
Haven't gotten mine in Ann Arbor yet. I leave for vacation in a few days and I'm terrified that it won't be here in time for me to bring it. Honestly considering just going to grab a copy from UGP, even though I really don't want to pay for it twice.
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Last week’s recruiting/NIL critique was a little premature.
Meanwhile OSU's starting running back is out here liking tweets calling out OSU's NIL and saying they are falling behind:
https://twitter.com/WashedUpTweeter/status/1600666361046630403
Nobody has any clue what is going on, even the players.
Are the 2022 and 2024 classes somehow exempt from the effects of NIL?
As Alex himself points out we also lost a bunch of coaches last year and with them a ton of relationships. More than just NIL has changed with respect to 2023.
I'm not all that worried about the 2023 class. Sure, I would like it to be better and I hope they still get some guys in (Nyckoles Harbor and Jyaire Hill would go a long way to changing how this class looks on paper), but I'm willing to reserve judgment until 2024 or until someone can actually report facts about NIL before I start worrying that the sky is falling.
There is very little real evidence to support your take that Michigan is behind the curve on NIL. Conversely, I've seen plenty anecdotes and arguments from people around a variety of big schools asserting that their program is doing NIL all wrong and is going to lose out on recruits because of it. I don't think anyone actually has a clue right now, which you more or less admit yourself.
"Notre Dame boasts the #3 class in the country. Are they going wild with the $$$ like Texas A&M? None of the reporting seems to suggest that, but they have their NIL game in order and Michigan doesn't."
This is a really weird set of assertions without any evidence to back up any of it. It is entirely possible that ND has stepped up its recruiting a bit under an exciting new coach. It's entirely possible that Michigan is just having a down recruiting year, like the occasionally have had in the recent past (ex: the 2018 class was ranked #22, but it was sandwiched between #5 and $10 classes). The truth is that no one really knows at this moment, and the degree to which it can all be chalked up to NIL or not is a giant question mark right now. Seems borderline irresponsible to so publicly dump all over Michigan over it without much in the way of evidence or reporting.
Why, so no one reads it?
Before this turns into a thread dumping on UofM students, I'd just like to share a story. I'm a grad student and earlier this week I was in class when there was an incredibly loud bang right outside our classroom. My first gut instinct was that there was a shooter in the hallway, and I've never before had such a feeling of fear. It turned out to be a maintenance guy in the next classroom over accidentally knocking over a door.
I grew up around guns and know how to operate them, and what they sound like. But young people today have grown up in a world where this sort of thing happening at a school or college campus is a weekly occurrence and it's a reasonable fear for us. God forbid we might be a little hypersensitive to this threat.
Nada.
I don't think this is him. I just searched several other 2019 recruits who are committed and none of them showed up in the directory.
Haven't gotten mine in Ann Arbor yet. I leave for vacation in a few days and I'm terrified that it won't be here in time for me to bring it. Honestly considering just going to grab a copy from UGP, even though I really don't want to pay for it twice.