MililaniBuckeye;1385476; said:
Maybe because a lot of your all-time best and most famous players are from Ohio, and because Ohio is one of the most talent-rich states in the entire country and is located adjacent to your state?
and 90% of recruiting is local...
zwem;1385486; said:
Yeah like I said Michigan can get a few players from Ohio.
Will they put in the effort to get the guys who need convincing? Or will they just go to Florida where it's easier?
Carr had trouble securing talent in Michigan and people were ok with that. RR has trouble and people are all over him.
Balderdash. The boards were absolutely livid when Rojo got away, and again with Perry.
Check out 2007
Rivals.com Prospect Rankings
Have no clue what the deal is with that.
That year was much different than most, at least with regard to the poachers from far away.
I wonder how many of them watched his performance in the Army AA game. Maybe we should also point out to them that fellow Ohioan (and Buckeye commit) Jamie Wood is rated higher at safety (#2 nationally) than is Turner (#3) by Rivals.
That would serve as the umpteenth example of why Rivals' take on Ohio is generally garbage, imo.
IIRC, he did have an interception (albeit on an underthrown ball where the receiver had him beat) but got torched for a long TD.
He gave up about a half-dozen passes, only looking bad on 1. The game is severely slanted towards the O. The two missed tackles were bad, and certainly not erased by the INT thrown only to JT (it was an acrobatic catch but certainly not a sign of greatness).
In general, those who adore UM declare his performance as great, and those who hate them declare it as woeful. It was neither, by a longshot imo... boo boo's AA game was much closer to the latter. He will be a good one for them.
It is a problem but what can you do. Losing Rojo and Barksdale a few years ago really hurt. I thought Michigan had Nick Perry but he bailed for USC as well. RR needs to start building relationships in Michigan with highschools and coaches. I'm not the biggest fan of RR but I am behind him.
Dantonio certainly loves RR's attention down south, not only for Michigan, but the sleepers in Ohio as well. Kids like Johnny Adams, Nate Klatt, Greg Jones (before RR), Steve Gardiner.
I didn't think Michigan needed to panic and go with a spread option. Find a Qb that is a great passer and scramble when things break down and run a few options....that's it. I honestly see Michigan winning 4-6 games next year. I think year 4 is where I "hope"they will get back to competing for big ten titles and bcs games. The question is will people be patient because I think Michigan will have another subpar year in 2009. Of course I hope I'm wrong.
Agreed. I'm not sure UM needed a shakeup on offense whatsoever, just some better playcalling. Personally, I think they targeted the wrong side of the ball to overhaul.
Michigan turns out a tremendous amount of NFL talent on defense. The problem is, much of that talent is underdeveloped until after they reach the league or right before (senior year). If they brought in a coach to finally begin realizing their potential, UM would be a force once again.
Smart, fundamental football is what UM has been missing, yet too many UM fans bought the obsession with Barwis. UM may be better conditioned, but Stevie Brown still blows coverages, Brandon Harrison comes flying in but whiffs or fills the wrong hole, and so forth.
I think there's a strong argument to made that UM has downgraded their defense with this hire.
