UM Football Recruiting - by WM Wolverine

[Optimus Prime]

Talent, I hope someone has the good sense to remove all sharp objects from your office and have you made any recent purchases of firearms?

[iam416]

Recent? No. That suggests I wasn't already fully-armed for doomsday.

[Chuck Mallory]

Aren't we just the jolliest bunch of ass holes this side of the nuthouse..

[Rocky Bleier]

Talent,

Stay away from prescription meds, please.

[hack]

Pretty clear for a while Treadwell isn't coming. Of course they should recruit him until he really and truly says no, but the same goes for Conley if they didn't burn their bridges. He is potentially a nice WR too.

That said, I can't get worked up about WRs all that much. The WRs they put out there last year weren't spectacular but they were good enough. And I imagine that it's not going to take 5* prospects to improve ``good enough'' to something better. More important, IMO, to get Green and to keep piling on with those OL recruits. A great offensive line and a reliable 4 ypc is going to make the WRs and the OC look much better.

[Hannibal]

Butch Jones making a late run at Derrick Green.

Tell him he better keep his fucking hands off.

[Rocky Bleier]

Some guy named Neyland News posted this on Facebook. Then went on to say Green will be a Vol by NSD:


"Per Brent Hubbs, it's down to UT and Michigan to land highly coveted '13 VA RB 5* Derrick Green, with his mother pushing him towards UT because of distance. I think with a commitment from him and Marquez North would start the ball rolling with this class."

My 2 cents says with recruiting being about relationships, Jones doesn't have much time to establish one.

[geo weidl]

I thought Green was an EE?

[lineygoblue]

That's the first I've heard of Green's mother influencing his decision. Not saying its not true, but its the first mention of it that I recall.

[WM Wolverine]

McQuay is an EE, not Green.

[WM Wolverine]

re: Treadwell -

Two interviews in the past month, he asked for M to recruit him harder and said he wanted to hear from M more. M was in his top 4 at the time. I don't know why but it sounds like M didn't recruit him very hard or knew they'd be a bridesmaid or knew he was being taking care of.

[Rocky Bleier]

Recruit me harder? What hubris...

[lineygoblue]

"Recruit him harder"?

I don't understand how you do that. He knew Michigan was interested, but when he started spending so much time visiting others, they backed off.

Maybe he needed some $$$ handshakes?

[Hannibal]

Whatever he wanted, we should have done it. Beggars can't be choosey.

[Rob F]

So Michigan should be going "Full-Clarett" in their effort to lock down Treadwell?

uh...NO!