Buckle Up
April 16th, 2018 at 10:04 PM ^
It is looking like complaining about 2019 recruiting is going the way of 2018; just earlier in the cycle. Most dont think we have a top 100 recruit. We got a couple of good arguements early, and will probaby have another one, but after that there were not too many bright posts. Filling Hello posts with comments in the 500-1000 range doesnt make me optomistic about our chances with having an enjoyable summer eiether. Its disappointing that we make up our minds on guys' entire careers 10 months before signing day. Worse, its is at probably our biggest area of need, and biggest weaness, but we still complain about getting commits from OT . These are the type of posts I have come to expect whenever I come here.
April 16th, 2018 at 10:12 PM ^
April 16th, 2018 at 11:54 PM ^
Yes, but this is referring to Matt Dudek's twitter handle. Sometimes when we get a commitment, Dudek tweets the gif of Ralphie from The Simpsons waving, which he did just a little while ago.
Might be a good idea to stop saying "star gazers" like it's a derogatory term considering all the statistics out there that show stars and recruiting rankings are a great indicator of future success.
...it is NOT an indicator of future success....(of the team he signs with). As many teams with multiple top 10 recruiting classes have tanked.
It IS an indicator of how much these recruits have the size, speed and athleticism that is going to get themk drafted no matter what college they attend.
On the the other hand, you probably have more than a 5x better chance to win the championship when your blue chip ratio is over 60% as oppossed to under 50%.
......if the worldwide bleeder of market share sez so.......
Yeah I get it Alabama, OSU, FSU, Georgia get the best players and they win....
....or maybe they win so they get the best players
April 17th, 2018 at 12:54 AM ^
April 16th, 2018 at 11:09 PM ^
another poster pointed out that UM's best o-linemen were both top 100 guys. Sorry but OSU isn't winning recruiting 2 and 3 star kids.
Does anyone really expect him to NOT go to OSU?
Like the only way that doesn't happen is if both of his parents are Michigan alums or something.
I actually don't ever expect anyone to go to OSU, not even if they grew up in columbus and their whole family went there, because once you visit anywhere else, life just opens up, and you realize that the sun and sky are maize and blue, and not whatever grey or scarlett color off of the back side of your local columbus strip mall.
Marcel the shell?
April 16th, 2018 at 11:04 PM ^
1.Marcel Lewis
2.Karsen Barnhart
3.Zach Carpenter
4.Jack Stewart
1000. Zach Harrison
You know, over the years, I've noticed that we usually get good commitment news when I am working the longer hours of storms around here, so I will do my best to stay on duty this week.
I do enjoy a good "Hello" post to brighten up the rather drab stretches of the OT season.
the star gazers are going to go nuts
Is star gazers supposed to be a derogatory term or something.
Yes. As in "people who only look at how many recruiting stars a new commit has, tend to shit all over any player who isn't a four star or better after the commit, and question the intelligence of the coach staff who would dare to take anyone outside the top 100". They're...kinda common around here.
April 16th, 2018 at 11:12 PM ^
People are shitting on one of the highest paid coaches in college football who can't beat a damn team with a winning record and can't recruit for shit.
99% of the people on the blog agree that ratings for a class are important to the success of a team. "Star gazers" think that Michigan should only recruit guys that are above a certain ranking.
Which is ridiculous because if the analysts were so good that they rarely missed on players (in both directions) - they would be on a P5 staff making a million dollars a year vs. working for Rivals at a fraction of that.
Everyone misses on players, including our coach, and even the NFL who spends millions of dollars and a significant amount of resources vetting NFL draft picks every year. I tend to look at things in the macro sense. Are recruiting rankings accurate? The answer to that question is unequivocally yes. I don't fault people for putting a lot of stock into them when the programs at the top of the rankings every year are the same ones in the CFP.
For me last years class was more about who they didn't get than who they did. Otis Reese, Emil Ekiyor, Nicholas Petit Frere, Eyabi Anoma, Josh Jobe, etc were all guys UM was in prime position for and failed to sign. There have been way too many misses and it looks like that has started to carry over to this class. Lot of time left of course so I'm going to withold judgement until NSD.
Pretty much all Power 5 recruits are going to have a good looking highlight film so that really doesn't mean much to me. I wouldn't expect him to move up the rankings unless he camps a bunch of different places this summer and acquits himself well. Just being realistic.
Yes, everyone misses on players, even your "Are recruiting rankings accurate?...unequivocally yes" recruiting sites.
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