Michigan is hiring Georgia’s John Collins as assistant director of recruiting, a source tells 247sports. Spent the last two years at Georgia as a personnel and recruiting analyst.
Homerun hire. The only reason why Georgia was any good at recruiting. The brains behind Kirby Smart. Best analyst of all time. Etc.
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Honestly no idea. More Georgia recruiting influence/knowledge can't hurt, though.
I'm goin' with the first part.... the brains behind Kirby, analyzing with enthusiasm unknown to mankind.
All of Sherrone’s moves on the recruiting front have been fantastic. Hopefully they’re in time to make a difference for the 25 class. We really need some more elite talent, especially on defense, to make up for the 23 and 24 classes.
Agree! Defense has been a glaring weakness of this team for years!!!
I said 23 and 24 classes. And while I really like the new defensive hires, it will be hard to keep up the player development that turned unheralded guys like Jenkins and Sainristil into elite players.
I don’t think it’s just player developent. Michigan has a “type” when recruiting. They like guys who play multiple sports. They like guys who were captains. They like guys who are just good at football, not necessarily how they perform in T-shirt and shorts. They like guys with certain physical traits. It’s not about recruiting rankings.
That’s how you flip a Mason Graham from Boise State. That’s how you get a 3* Kenneth Grant and call them gifts from the football gods as true freshmen. That’s not development, that’s having a system and doing it better than the recruiting sites do it.
Michigan is certainly good at player development, and there’s no reason to believe that’s going to change. But I’d argue Michigan has really excelled at talent identification. If you’re looking down on Michigan’s 23 and 24 classes, you’re not paying close enough attention to the details.
March 28th, 2024 at 10:06 PM ^
Jay Harbaugh was a big part of this.
Queue up the Georgia fan sites complaints and bitches that he wasn't that good anyway, and was only a hindrance to the real recruiters on the staff.
Based on all of his moves so far I predict Michigan is going to be fking awesome again because they have the best defense in the country. There will be a drop off when the best defense in the country goes into the draft. In a 2/3years, Michigan will be a top the Big Ten, and competing for championships year in and year out. I'm high on Moore! well see...
Did you miss the part where Rod Moore is basically out for the year? We won't have the best defense again, probably top 10 still but definitely not a generational one like last year.
Wait until you find out about our CB2 last year. They are going to start a guy from UMASS.. UMASS!! The machine will continue to eat.
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If he is responsible in any meaningful way for what Georgia's done on the recruiting trail, this is -- as our current President once said -- "a big f'ing deal."
Looks like things are getting real
I was gonna say what sport?
If we had as many recruits committing as recruiting directors we would be all set.
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Sounds like positive news to me!
Great, so you we are finally getting serious about recruiting
I like your theory.
N-I-L
Thank you Warde!
Beat Fresno
March 27th, 2024 at 11:57 PM ^
Why did Willie Sutton rob banks?
Aggressive and illuminating indeed.