Report: Ahmir Mitchell Likely Headed to Rutgers
I hope Ahmir gets his act together. He has a lot of talent and, even though Rutgers is our most hated rival (/sarcasm), you never want to see a kid fail.
4-star #Michigan WR transfer Ahmir Mitchell leaning towards in-state #Rutgers #RFootball #B1G @HSSportsNJ https://t.co/XMb5mXWtpT
— Todderick Hunt (@TodderickHunt) August 31, 2016
August 31st, 2016 at 10:34 AM ^
August 31st, 2016 at 10:43 AM ^
War is hell.
August 31st, 2016 at 11:02 AM ^
How sad. He would have had Peters or McCaffery or another stud throwing him the ball for 3 or 4 years. Now, he will have a blind monkey with a chronic masturbation problem doing the throwing...
EDIT: My apologies. This was rude. To all the blind sticky-handed primates out there, you have my apologies...
August 31st, 2016 at 12:12 PM ^
accepted.
August 31st, 2016 at 3:57 PM ^
A talking monkey!
August 31st, 2016 at 4:04 PM ^
Infinitely.
August 31st, 2016 at 12:41 PM ^
August 31st, 2016 at 12:50 PM ^
Wow, you can write in Swedish! COOL!!!
August 31st, 2016 at 1:18 PM ^
alls fair in love and war
August 31st, 2016 at 10:36 AM ^
They think they are all good now since they have a top 25 recruiting class for the first time ever. Puffing their chests out, but in all reality they are just picking up our scraps of people we don't want or people who just don't pan out.
August 31st, 2016 at 10:39 AM ^
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August 31st, 2016 at 3:12 PM ^
My WolvinLA2 e-mail post alert has been broken for a bit, so I must admit I am not up to date on everything you have posted either...
August 31st, 2016 at 4:09 PM ^
August 31st, 2016 at 4:42 PM ^
Are these legit rumors? I haven't heard anything that makes it seem like its a serious possibility.
August 31st, 2016 at 6:03 PM ^
August 31st, 2016 at 10:40 AM ^
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August 31st, 2016 at 10:50 AM ^
He's enjoying the back-up QB effect. He's the new guy, the unknown, the blank canvas to project all hopes and dreams onto. Once he gets his teeth kicked in this season, not sure whatever he's selling recruits is going to resonant all that well. I'm guessing the Michigans and Ohios and Penn States of the world are going to raid their commits pretty bad come February.
August 31st, 2016 at 10:51 AM ^
Its a quantity over quality ranking at this point. It won't remain a top 25 rank for long. Even still, a new coaching hire does wonders for a program's recruiting. Mark Stoops had a couple top 25 classes when he was hired at Kentucky a few years ago.
It gives the new coaches the ability to sell hope instead of results in the first few years of a program.
August 31st, 2016 at 11:07 AM ^
Just to add to this point...the average 247 score of their class is 84.47. Illinois' average score is 84.79, but they aren't in the Top 50 because they only have 11 guys.
Last year, Rutgers' current average would put them JUST above Louisville (who had the 38th ranked class, in large part due to quantity over quality).
August 31st, 2016 at 11:10 AM ^
I think people are too quick to judge Ash at Rutgers. Yes, his class won't end top 25, but it's headed towards a top 40 finish which is 10+ spots better than any class in the last 4 years for them. Yes, the Rutgers 247 writers are ridiculous. And while Ash has no HC experience, he does have experience working under some very successful HCs.
And people may be ruffled by the fact that Ash is going after Michigan, but it's very similar to what Harbaugh did at Stanford setting his sights on USC. If he wants to go after the top dog, he should be going for OSU but he came from there, and currently perception is that Michigan is an easier target. It's a bold strategy and he may look foolish in a couple years when Rutgers is still 4-8, but I respect him for trying to make Rutgers not a doormat.
August 31st, 2016 at 11:22 AM ^
I don't think it's because Michigan is an easier target so much as they have had a lot of recent success recruiting in New Jersey.
August 31st, 2016 at 11:47 AM ^
Good point, forgot about the recruiting in NJ angle. Though I do find humon in their using OSU to stop Michigan from recruiting NJ, who will just steal the same recruits from Rutgers if they could.
August 31st, 2016 at 10:41 AM ^
"You haven't gotten under my skin" than referring to teenagers as scraps.
August 31st, 2016 at 10:55 AM ^
Was going for a dog at dinner. Once the owner is full of everything he ate, he will then throw some of his leftovers on to the ground for the dog to eat. Harbaugh has a full recruiting class, and now is leaving the other players that are still great in talent to Rutgers.
August 31st, 2016 at 11:39 AM ^
August 31st, 2016 at 12:32 PM ^
Harbaugh isn't "leaving" Mitchell and Walker to Rutgers because of a full recruiting class.
August 31st, 2016 at 11:23 AM ^
their class is built on volume of recruits not in the top 1000
their 2017 class will be eblow average in the B1G (8th or lower) and nationally (33rd or lower amongst power 5 teams (including ND, BYU as power 5)
August 31st, 2016 at 10:39 AM ^
He may still be here but the snap chatting at parties at 3am while suspended did him in. That's my guess.
Sad as we were all thrilled when he committed.
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August 31st, 2016 at 11:16 AM ^
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August 31st, 2016 at 3:37 PM ^
August 31st, 2016 at 10:38 AM ^
August 31st, 2016 at 10:57 AM ^
I'm normally all about letting kids go whereever they want, but I gotta be honest, I don't like this one. He'd be going to a team not only in the same conference, but the same division. They're on the schedule every year.
He's going to have knowledge of the scheme, personnel, and playbook that he's going to take with him that Rutgers can use immediately, even if he himself can't play for a year. And who knows what Ash is going to share with Meyer.
August 31st, 2016 at 11:05 AM ^
August 31st, 2016 at 11:19 AM ^
Yeah, I mean, blocking a transfer almost universally ends up looking bad for the coach. I mean, people went after Mr Nice Guy John Beilein of all people for doing it. That's a big part of why I always come down on the "let the kid go where he wants" side. I guess I'm saying in this case, I can see the other side of the argument. I'm guessing Harbaugh doesn't make too much of a stink about it and I'd be fine with that.
August 31st, 2016 at 11:08 AM ^
From what I've heard, he was routinely late to practice, wouldnt pay attention in practice, or wouldnt even bother showing up. Meaning that his knowledge of the playbook, scheme, and personnel is probably pretty limited.
August 31st, 2016 at 11:31 AM ^
Way to waste an opportunity of a lifetime. Hope Coach Ash is ready to coddle you
August 31st, 2016 at 12:16 PM ^
How do you not show up to practice? Seriously - who does that? Even kids that play Pop Warner or little league baseball don't skip practice. This is Division I Football (in my Dan Hawkins voice).
August 31st, 2016 at 11:27 AM ^
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August 31st, 2016 at 10:40 AM ^
Almost assuredly.
August 31st, 2016 at 10:41 AM ^
August 31st, 2016 at 10:41 AM ^
As an early enrollee, I'd be pretty much positive this is so. Considering how raw he seemed per reports, I'd figure it doubtful he would contribute at even Rutgers without a fall camp's worth of work anyway.
August 31st, 2016 at 10:41 AM ^
Yes, he signed his LOI and enrolled at Michigan, so he would have to sit out a year. What I'm not sure of, is whether there are any rules that prohibit him from transferring within the conference. Didn't Rudock have to get special permission from Iowa to come here?
August 31st, 2016 at 10:45 AM ^
Isn't he also prohibited from accepting a full ride because of it being an in conference transfer?