Harbaugh Going to Florida to Watch Gary v. Nauta
We probably could have guessed where Harbaugh was going to be on Friday night, but now we know. He'll be watching Rashan Gary's team take on Isaac Nauta's team.
http://michigan.247sports.com/Bolt/Harbaugh-To-See-Top-Targets-40459341
October 22nd, 2015 at 12:36 PM ^
Convenient timing.
October 22nd, 2015 at 12:37 PM ^
That game is also on ESPN2
October 22nd, 2015 at 12:40 PM ^
Now I face the decision of staying in with a beer and watching that game or going to my alma mater for their final game of the year.
October 22nd, 2015 at 1:22 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2015 at 3:01 PM ^
They have this great technology called a DVR, get wtih the 21st century :)
October 22nd, 2015 at 8:32 PM ^
Real game and your real life always. Have fun bein' with your people.
October 22nd, 2015 at 12:41 PM ^
And I'm guessing there might be more than a couple shots of a certain college coach watching from the stands.
October 22nd, 2015 at 12:42 PM ^
I know what I'll be watching this Friday. Only got the chance to watch Brandon Peters play this year so this should be quite the show with 2 top flight recruits.
October 22nd, 2015 at 12:43 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2015 at 3:55 PM ^
This bye week just got better!
October 22nd, 2015 at 12:38 PM ^
Hope he can bag them both.
October 22nd, 2015 at 12:38 PM ^
What's the rule on this? Is he allowed to go talk to them after the game? Or do they just have to look at him up in the stands.
October 22nd, 2015 at 12:50 PM ^
It is the "quiet period" in the recruiting calendar right now.
During a quiet period, a college coach may only have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents on the college’s campus. A coach may not watch student-athletes compete (unless a competition occurs on the college’s campus) or visit their high schools. Coaches may write or telephone college-bound student-athletes or their parents during this time.Within the quiet period, a school can have 42 days of "evaluation period" where coaches are allowed to visit schools.
October 22nd, 2015 at 12:51 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2015 at 12:53 PM ^
You probably replied after I added that with in the quiet period (Aug 1 - Nov28) a school can choose a 42 day evaluation period, where coaches are allowed to go to games and visit HS, but they can't have face to face with a recruit or parent off campus.
October 22nd, 2015 at 1:48 PM ^
then you "accidentally" bump into them a few times and later self-report it along with 29548 other secondary violations for the NCAA to ignore
October 22nd, 2015 at 2:17 PM ^
"Rashan?! Isaac? Hey! Funny seeing you here! I was just on my way to the food store to get some food and I saw these lights and decided to head over and see what the big whoop was! What a small world! Well, see you later! I have to return to my home with my food from the food store that will surely be getting warm in my car that is definately not a rental and is totally mine."
October 22nd, 2015 at 4:38 PM ^
is in the house. So, even though he can't talk to them, it definitely has a positive effect. It reminds me of how Bill Frieder used to work this angle. He'd make sure to stand in some prominent spot when the players were leaving the floor so they could clearly see him.
October 22nd, 2015 at 12:40 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2015 at 12:42 PM ^
Oakland is still in play.....
October 22nd, 2015 at 12:44 PM ^
He's in Florida so obviously this is a coup by Stephen Ross to land Jimmy as the coach of the Dolphins. Clear as day.
October 22nd, 2015 at 1:11 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2015 at 1:18 PM ^
His wife still insists on living in the Bay Area.
Tampa Bay.
October 22nd, 2015 at 12:48 PM ^
Is phenomenal. Well done.
October 22nd, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^
I can't stop watching that GIF.
October 22nd, 2015 at 1:48 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2015 at 3:38 PM ^
+1 for Ren & Stimpy reference.
October 22nd, 2015 at 12:40 PM ^
Quick somebody ask Hoke what he thinks about this and if he would do anything differently?
October 22nd, 2015 at 12:44 PM ^
We practiced getting on the plane all week we did a real good job in practice. we just couldnt execute when it came to actually boarding the plane and we will continue to practice and work hard.
October 22nd, 2015 at 1:10 PM ^
+1 Funny
October 22nd, 2015 at 1:46 PM ^
Don't forget the "a little bit"s.
October 22nd, 2015 at 12:45 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2015 at 2:12 PM ^
Can't judge last year - he was a guy who was trending down and then once ND hit we looked like a MAC team and then Shane-gate and Brandon on fire and all that. It was a disaster. His earlier classes were high on paper but he only recruited well on 1 side of the ball. Defense. We see that now - his players combined with real coaches leads to a near elite unit. On offense I disagree with the consensus he was a great recruiter. He did fine by rankings but the aside from Funchess who was a TE he did not find one top 10 Big 10 WR, not one top 10 Big 10 running back, Glasgow was not a scholarship player and he got Cole. Guys like Kalis and Magnuson if you put them in a Minnesota uniform would just be "another guy". QBs? LOL.
October 22nd, 2015 at 5:32 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2015 at 2:28 PM ^
Hoke the "great" recruiter:
OL
- Chris Bryant (INJ - so inconclusive but was this guy headed for 2nd team Big 10?)
- Tony Posada (MIA)
- Blake Bars
- Ben Braden
- Kyle Kalis
- Erik Magnuson
- Kyle Bosch
- David Dawson
- Chris Fox (INJ)
- Patrick Kugler
- Dan Samuelson
- Scott Sypniewski
- LTT (Gone)
- JBB
- Mason Cole
RB/FB/HB
- Thomas Rawls (well he had NFL talent apparently)
- Sione Houma
- Drake Johnson
- Dennis Norfleet
- Derrick Green
- Deveon Smith
- Wyatt Shallman
TE
- Chris Barnett
- Jake Butt
- Khalid Hill
- Devin Funchess
- AJ Williams
- Ian Bunting
WR
- Jehu Chesson
- Amara Darboh
- Jaron Dukes
- Da'Mario Jones
- Csonte York (GONE)
- Freddy Canteen
- Drake Harris
- Mo Ways
QB
- Russ Bellomy
- Shane Morris
- Wilton Speight
*Justice Hayes was a 2011 recruit but recruited by RR.
That's 4 yrs of Hoke's recruiting before the house caved in last year. I'll give him a pass for 2011 where he had a few months only. But where are the difference makers outside of a few TEs? Who scares anyone from an opposing staff? What OL player does the opposing team scheme against like a Conklin? Cole is the only guy on the OL with any trajectory aside from Glasgow. Glasgow was having trouble with McDowell (pending UFR). Calhoun destroyed Magnuson etc. What WR do you have to devote time worying about? RB? QB? Who is All Big 10 2nd team?
This new staff was able to make AJ Williams a competent player so if there was extreme talent to be had that had not been developed, it would be unearthed by now. It was decent recruiting on paper but an elite recruiter can do more than recruit half the side of the football field. Hoke could recruit defense - he couldnt recruit offense - he was not an elite recruiter.
In 4 years: Funchess, Cole (maybe), Butt as elite or near elite players on offense.
October 22nd, 2015 at 3:45 PM ^
Again, read my comment below. Too many people confuse 'Recruiting' with 'Player Development'. Hoke did one very well. He did not do the other very well. There is a HUGE difference.
October 22nd, 2015 at 5:24 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2015 at 3:44 PM ^
Your confusing 'Recruiting' with 'Player Development'. Dont.
October 23rd, 2015 at 4:35 AM ^
October 22nd, 2015 at 3:43 PM ^
You are kind of right. Hoke recruited very well. Harbaugh 'appears' to be on his way to recruiting very well - probably top 3 in all of football.
What we DO know is that Harbaugh puts in a hell of a lot more work recruiting than Hoke did. Harbaughs ambition is amazing. His energy is off the charts. He works harder than any coach we have had to be blunt.
If Harbaugh keeps putting in this work, there is little doubt in my mind Michigan will multiple recruiting championships AND national championships. Wish i had half this guys ambition and energy.
October 22nd, 2015 at 4:44 PM ^
are not even through Harbaugh's first full recruiting season. Howevuh, Harbaugh's QB recruiting has already beaten Hoke's soundly. And I strongly believe other positions will follow suit within the next several seasons. Only a matter of time.