November 27th, 2013 at 9:50 PM ^
I wonder waht plan C is?
November 27th, 2013 at 9:50 PM ^
his name really is Jhonny.
November 27th, 2013 at 10:04 PM ^
November 28th, 2013 at 12:10 AM ^
November 27th, 2013 at 10:23 PM ^
and you are correct. I didn't mean for my post to appear to be sniping at the OP; I'm just grumpy about football lately and was annoyed by the content. Still... Jhon? Really? It's just impractical - everyone must spell that kid's name wrong.
November 27th, 2013 at 10:05 PM ^
November 28th, 2013 at 10:38 AM ^
November 27th, 2013 at 9:50 PM ^
November 27th, 2013 at 10:05 PM ^
November 28th, 2013 at 3:37 AM ^
November 28th, 2013 at 3:46 AM ^
but boo fucking who....U-M needs guys that don't give a shit about that and have an attitude of getting after it. Not fearful guys of what the offense might or might not do. Worry about your own side of the ball, if a recruit has a fearful attitude, take that crap elsewhere, I don't want to root for guys like that anyway.
November 28th, 2013 at 6:22 AM ^
November 28th, 2013 at 11:44 AM ^
I keep beating this drum: we, the fans, are pathetic and need to quit whining...
and if you believe a player, especially a defensive player, chooses not to come here because of our offensive suck then you are myopic and ignorant. Hand choose Alabama because they have the best coach in college football, play multiple marquee games, and will help him get into the NFL. As for MM if he wanted to come here he would have. And if he wants to go elsewhere good for him. One player does not make or break a team...
man up, chumps.
jdon
November 28th, 2013 at 8:35 AM ^
When a kid who is as familiar with Michigan's program as MM is and whose parents want him to come to Michigan still cannot bring himself to commit, I suspect that he's looking for reasons not to come here. When you're looking for reasons not to make a decision, you're generally gonna find them, regardless whether it's college choice or anything else in life.
But I would agree that the downturn in our season can't be helping things.
November 27th, 2013 at 10:26 PM ^
I have no idea who this is.
November 27th, 2013 at 10:35 PM ^
For his sake better than Missouri.
November 27th, 2013 at 11:17 PM ^
November 27th, 2013 at 11:16 PM ^
November 27th, 2013 at 11:17 PM ^
If your big names crash, it time to go after commits at WI, IA, IL or other smaller schools across the country! A good 3* will probably hold the depth. We probably will not have a great recruiting class in '15 but I think after that the top recruits will pour in as we start winning more than 10 games a year.
November 27th, 2013 at 11:20 PM ^
November 28th, 2013 at 12:24 AM ^
November 28th, 2013 at 12:18 AM ^
in my long long time...i know no one knows shit about recruit
November 28th, 2013 at 12:00 PM ^
November 28th, 2013 at 1:23 AM ^
When I try to jump in on a recruit in the last recruiting week of my NCAA 05, it rarely works. I totally could've told Brady that
November 28th, 2013 at 1:29 AM ^
November 28th, 2013 at 3:40 AM ^
put our eggs in one basket, go after all the guys that the staff finds intriguing and take the commitments as they come.
Fuck the guys that tease you and leave you dangling and all bummed out, Hand did what was best for him, well we need to do the same damn thing.
November 28th, 2013 at 3:44 AM ^
November 28th, 2013 at 3:47 AM ^
November 28th, 2013 at 7:32 AM ^
Sadly, a sizeable portion of the UM fanbase, not to mention the tool AD, have given Michigan the reputation of an unstable program where coaches don't get enough time to do their jobs.
If Brady Hoke has proven anything, it's that he is a wonderful recruiter when he is given the full resources of an elite program. David Brandon botched the RR era by making it obvious that he wasn't going to be retained past year three, but keeping him the entire season, which fucked up RR's last class and Hoke's first.
Brandon needs to stop being a loose cannon and somehow stop giving the impression that he is a poobah who wants to throw his weight around and meddle in playcalling.
It is the AD's job to make a lot of money for the program, and Brandon has proven that he is an expert at making money. But it is also the AD's job to protect the flagship program, which is obviously football, John Beilein's success notwithstanding.
If David Brandon continues to undermine the football team by combining meddling with a gross lack of understanding of modren football, he should be fired.
November 28th, 2013 at 3:50 AM ^
November 28th, 2013 at 6:26 AM ^
November 28th, 2013 at 10:22 PM ^
And I am shocked. The main reason for N.D. was location. It's only 40 minutes from the family home.
November 28th, 2013 at 7:59 AM ^
November 28th, 2013 at 8:49 AM ^
So a selling point now is "cold weather"?
You can't make this stuff up.
November 28th, 2013 at 9:16 AM ^
November 28th, 2013 at 12:02 PM ^
November 28th, 2013 at 10:14 AM ^
Yes. Missouri is doing better in the SEC than Big 12. Doesn't make the SEC look good.
November 28th, 2013 at 11:21 AM ^
I'll ignore the fact that we currently have the 18th rated class in the country for 2014. If we lose Peppers we'll fall out of the top 25. I have to ignore that because I've been telling myself all season, "well, at least Hoke is a great recruiter."
November 28th, 2013 at 11:25 AM ^
Maybe he should push that "cold weather" angle a bit harder.
November 28th, 2013 at 11:58 AM ^
But don't jump. M has 16 total commits, where most of those ahead of us have 20 or more (Rivals based on total points). On an average star rating, we'd be #12
And you're being selective. ESPN has us with the #7 class. 247 #11
November 29th, 2013 at 8:37 AM ^
November 29th, 2013 at 8:44 AM ^
Some of us called it awhile back, that we were going to be losing recruits to this piss poor coaching & playcalling on the offensive side of the ball.
November 29th, 2013 at 9:03 AM ^
November 29th, 2013 at 9:01 AM ^