The Athletic reranks 2018 recruiting class, Michigan #3
Few things from the article...2/3 of P5 schools have had a coaching change in the last 5 years.
Re-rank as follows:
5:for All-America, award winner or top 50 NFL pick
4: Multiyear starter/all-conference honors
3: 1 year starter or key reserve
2: Career Backup
0 Minor/no contribution/left program
Amounts are averaged throughout the class:
1 Georgia
2 Clemson
3 Michigan:
Originally ranked 22nd, 10 guys made all conference, 8 starters on this years squad, only 4 left pre-graduation and 2 as post grads.
5 Bama
6 Iowa
9 Penn St (originally ranked #6)
12 Ohio St (originally ranked #2)
February 14th, 2022 at 11:24 AM ^
I am retroactively more excited about the potential future performance (but now, in reality, observed past performance) of the 2018 recruiting class.
February 14th, 2022 at 9:27 PM ^
I post-pre-agree with you
February 14th, 2022 at 11:26 AM ^
I SAID 50 MILES FROM THE STADIUM! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE. I SAID FIFTY MILES. I'M GOOD WITH THE GOD DAMN CUSTOMER.
all caps = logic
February 14th, 2022 at 11:37 AM ^
Beaublue, is that you??
February 14th, 2022 at 11:41 AM ^
I still live in (insert anywhere 50+ miles from the stadium).
February 14th, 2022 at 12:34 PM ^
If my premise is that i'm only talking to people that are with-in a 50 mile radius, then if you live over fifty miles, you cannot exist. Don't you see? your life is a lie!
February 14th, 2022 at 2:38 PM ^
Not a lie so much as an illusion.
February 15th, 2022 at 2:35 AM ^
Not so much an illusion as irrelevant...
February 14th, 2022 at 2:57 PM ^
I use the zip code rationale, works much better for me.
February 14th, 2022 at 2:31 PM ^
LOL. All these goddamn pizza places cut me off from delivery because I missed it by a block. I wish they will use 50 mile radius so I can have pizza delivered during the basketball games.
February 14th, 2022 at 6:53 PM ^
"Why don't you go to the games?"
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/why-don%27t-you-go-men%27s-basketball-games
February 14th, 2022 at 8:40 PM ^
Phil? Phil Connors?!?
February 14th, 2022 at 12:09 PM ^
Is 4-star a multiyear starter or all-conference honors or is it an AND? Seems like you'd need both to be a legit 4 star, otherwise half the players on Illinois or Rutgers are 4-stars.
February 14th, 2022 at 12:51 PM ^
It's one or the other. In terms of value to your team, if you recruit a guy who starts for multiple years, that's a recruiting win.
February 14th, 2022 at 1:36 PM ^
I think what he's trying to say is that sucky teams, like Rutgers, still have players that start. So being a starter alone doesn't tell you how good they actually are as players in relation to other players from that same class. Every team has the same number or starters, so you can't say that Alabama's starters are equal to Rutgers starters simply because they are starters.
February 14th, 2022 at 2:19 PM ^
Exactly.
February 14th, 2022 at 3:58 PM ^
I get that but I would venture to guess that the value added to their team is the basis for the re-rank. There are many variances though, Take OSU linebackers, while highly recruited, have often underperformed and not many have started a lot of games. Compare that to that guy at Indiana (Micah McFadden) who has been lights out for 2 years and and was just barely inside the top 2000 (1985) as a recruit. The re-rank places value on McFadden, while moving down the OSU guys. (same number of starts at LB for each team, one gets rated higher than the other.
Also factor in, how many guys from other classes are taking up those starting spots and there is an idea of how valuable a starting position is, albeit at Rutgers or Alabama.
Keep in mind, for all highly touted kids Bama gets, 10 out of this class left the program.
February 14th, 2022 at 12:13 PM ^
Maybe link the article?
February 14th, 2022 at 12:44 PM ^
This is what I wanted too - Googled and forgot it is a paid service.
Do you have a sub? Curious if it is worth, I used to really enjoy the content before it was paid.
February 14th, 2022 at 12:50 PM ^
Definitely...the writing is much more in depth than most places other than Mgo.
Only other place I'd recommend is Scott Bell, but his newsletters are only weekly I think.
February 14th, 2022 at 2:19 PM ^
I agree; I typically find the Michigan articles to be enjoyable. There was, however, a mini revolt in the comments section following Nick Baumgardner's...snitty article summarizing Michigan's standing after Harbaugh confirmed his return.
February 14th, 2022 at 1:17 PM ^
And just think where we would be if Harbaugh could develop talent! /s
February 14th, 2022 at 2:45 PM ^
Further illustrating trying to "rank" all players 1-2000, regardless of position or fit is a near impossible task.
Cool thing is this gives a great blueprint for the types of recruits that can be very successful at UofM.
- Children of former players. Welcome Will Johnson!
- Multi-sport athletes with position flexibility
- late risers from under evaluated areas
- JayBaugh's
- leaders!
You can see this was the year they really figured out who can best be successful here,
February 14th, 2022 at 3:13 PM ^
Whoa Nellie
February 14th, 2022 at 3:41 PM ^
Makes up for the 2017 class i suppose...
February 14th, 2022 at 5:21 PM ^
Aaron Donald was a three star when recruited.
This kind of post eval is really useful - they should do this more often.
February 14th, 2022 at 6:03 PM ^
I strongly recall snowflakes here bitching about how weak this class was. Love it how it's now up their ass...
February 14th, 2022 at 8:29 PM ^
The best was Mazien would melt down at the words "Ronnie Bell".
February 15th, 2022 at 6:33 AM ^
He's still lurking, under the 5th or 6th user name. Darker Blue or some such maybe?
February 14th, 2022 at 6:26 PM ^
Recruiting is 'not settled'
February 14th, 2022 at 7:30 PM ^
Who fucking cares??? Do we get a trophy? Hang a banner? What difference does the ranking make after the players have already played?
Edit: I meant a recruiting rank trophy.
February 14th, 2022 at 7:41 PM ^
I know right? I mean name me one trophy or banner the class of 2018 was a part of…
oh.
February 14th, 2022 at 8:33 PM ^
Begs the question:
What difference does the ranking make before the players have played yet?
February 14th, 2022 at 9:47 PM ^
That's not what "begs the question" means.
To beg the question is to assume the truth of a claim as part of the evidence for the claim. This report begs the question of whether CJ Onyechi was more valuable to Rutgers as a multiyear starter than Ojabo was for Michigan as a one-year starter.
February 15th, 2022 at 2:26 AM ^
We beat OSU, won the B1G and made it to the playoffs. I just hope the 2019-2021 class can be coached up to do the same. This season we will need the offense to score more points. I don't think the D will be as good as last season.
February 15th, 2022 at 6:35 AM ^
Because of the COVID year, some of the '18 class could still have 2 years of eligibility left! So maybe they'll win another trophy!