Hello: Rashad Weaver
Committed to The University of Michigan. #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/yXy2FYPTx0
— Shad (@R_Weaver80) June 14, 2015Congrats Rashad! Welcome to the family
The comeback of the 2-star mafia! Welcome aboard Rashad! Work hard and prove those rankings wrong!
I would LOVE to see this kid a TE!
I see JH likes people with a good cerebral on top of the shoulder and the athleticism to execute... My goodness.. Columbia offer... I think Khareem has Harvard.... Just saying.. smart kid + athleticism = great execution!
Marcellus Wiley is sitting somewhere saddened at the prospect of losing a potential Columbia commit...
This kid sounds like a real class act, I love the pic.
Apparently recruited by Air Force and "several" Ivys. Must be a smart dude.
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I'm gonna trust the coach who turned Stanford into a national power instead of looking at 'cruiting starz.
we probably could HAVE.
You were asked to not record by Harbaugh, yet you did anyway...while trespassing where you weren't invited or welcome
That every National Champion has won it only after they have turned in highly rated classes. We all know that Nick Saban is a great coach, but he wasn't winning national championships at MSU. He only started winning NCs once he started turning in top ranked classes. How many NCs did Urban Myer win at Utah? He again started winning NCs once he turned in back to back top recruiting classes at Florida and taking over and adding top recruits at OSU. How did Pete Carroll win it? By outrecruiting everyone. Texas, LSU, FSU and of course Miami all did it first by landing big time recruit classes.
This isn't some obsure fact or a small sampling. You can knock stars ranking until your blue if the face. But one thing is undeniable, if you want to win a NC then you have to first turn in highly ranked classes.
If Harbaugh wins a NC with this approach at recruiting then it will be an exception and not the rule. And you have to ask yourself, is it sustainable?
Look, i don't think anyone doubts Harbaugh's ability as a coach. In my opinion he is the best coach in football, college or pro. But what I am afraid of is that he is underestimating the impact recruiting unquestionably has on winning, espeically NCs, which I think we all agree should be the goal.
I just don't want to be here four years from now saying OSU is only beating us and winning Big Ten champsionship cause they have more talent then us. We should start closing the talent gap as soon as we can. And I don't think we can say we are doing that so far, or even staying close to them in all honesty.
To win a NC you need great coaching and great recruiting (i.e., Carroll, Myer, Saban). That has always been the way you build a program.
I would not assume that Harbaugh's future classes won't be top classes.
He has to start somewhere, and a top 15ish class, which is where this one will finish by the time it's all said and done, is a good start.
I think it is imperative that he does turn in highly ranked classes if his goal is to replace OSU as the Big Ten standard bearer.
I was merely stating facts about how important recruiting has proved to be. We can only go with what we have seen so far. National Championships have never been built on 2 and 3 star classes. They have all be buit on 4 and 5 star classes. So it does give one pause.
I think it is imperative that he does turn in highly ranked classes if his goal is to replace OSU as the Big Ten standard bearer.
I was merely stating facts about how important recruiting has proved to be. We can only go with what we have seen so far. National Championships have never been built on 2 and 3 star classes. They have all be buit on 4 and 5 star classes. So it does give one pause.
But I think you are under the assumption that this class is the two star army. Just looking at Rivals, we have the no. 16 class, 23 in overall starz. Thats not fantastic, but nothing to be ashamed at. We could still very much win with it, especially considering we are still in on our top guys like Gary and Kelly.
Just pointing out as well, We have been nationally embarrased these past two seasons and have had exactly one relevant season the past seven years. We are not going to have a top five class before one game of the Harbaugh era.
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Not sure if true but seems like a lot of players are Michigan silent commits as of late
I doubt any coach is taking silent commits that are going to wait for many months to make it public. They're smart enough to know when a recruit is just stringing them along.
Some recruits have trips planned, others have coaches or someone else they want to inform in person, others have a specific date when they want to announce. Some are committed somewhere else and have a decommitmnet to handle first. Sometimes the coaches even encourage commits to make sure first.
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I wonder what Harbaugh is seeing in these under the radar kids that the local powerhouse schools aren't seeing...
You'd think the Florida schools would check these kids out first...
Just being nearby doesn't give you that perspective.
It could be that at this stage, coaches are going hard after the top guys on their big boards, which are probably the blue chip guys. The Weavers and Johnsons of this world are probably the guys that coaches go after/evaluate later in the process when they strike out on the top names, and then promptley turn into Jake Ryan.
Harbaugh could just be accelerating the process after seeing these guys live, while still going after the top guys.
I'm not sure UM can beat OSU going that route.
If by plateaued, you mean lost to the two national finalists (Oregon/ OSU) and about to put together their best recruiting class ever, then yeah
They should have lost to Baylor. Oh and they lost their DC too. All this while Michigan was flopping around like a freshly caught fish.
...they didn't lose to Baylor.
They lost their DC. Turnover happens. You'll notice OSU lost their OC. Is that some kind of foreboding event?
Also, not sure what Michigan has to do with it.
How will that impact MSU football? Harbaugh arrival also makes Michigan a much more challenging opponent for MSU. Plus, MSU no longer has the cupcake schedules of years past.
MSU has questions to answer. Can they take that next step like OSU did? How will they adjust without Narduzzi?
They've gone 13-1 and 11-2 the past couple of seasons.
Dantonio runs that defense.
Michigan has a ways to go to catch up to them.
.500 against Ohio State in their last 4 matchups. Quite close to being 3-1 in their favor, honestly.
The sky isn't falling for MSU, no matter how many vaguely concerning rhetorical questions you think they need to answer.