UM Football Recruiting - by WM Wolverine

[lineygoblue]

We're still at least one season away from firing any assistants, or showing them the door via retirement (Fred Jackson). We would NOT have gotten Derrick Green without Fred Jackson. He closed the deal. And as far as Borges, I think he should be given one more season. I have confidence in Coach Hoke that he will pull the trigger if he feels he's not getting the results he needs from Borges.

[hack]

I hope you're right.

[geo weidl]

Be careful what you wish for Jeff.


Michael Rothstein @ mikerothstein Michigan hires Mike DeBord, the former football coach, as a sports administrator with field hockey, XC, gymnastics, track and tennis.

[hack]

THOSE WHO STAY WILL BE CHAMPIONS!

(or endlessly recycled through jobs they probably aren't qualified for).

[Rob F]

Agreed ..... I don't think this is his thing. 330 lb men who are just plain fat don't impress me or, I would think, elite offensive players.

But, hell, Weis seemed to get away with it, albeit wearing those super bowl rings that Belichick and Brady won for him - he is such a fraud.

Hoping Borges isn't in the same mold but he could very well be. I don't trust the guy. Sorry. meanwhile leave the recruiting of our offensive guys to Funk Jackson (fading fast but what the hell he brought in Green, according to the press on him, and, I guess, Hoke .... I do trust that guy. If Borges is OK with him, then, he's OK with me ..... for the time being.

Who in the h*** is Funk Jackson? Sounds like the name of the star of some blacksploitation film from back in the 70's. Was he in Superfly maybe?

[Jeff Buchanan]

THOSE WHO STAY WILL BE CHAMPIONS!

(or endlessly recycled through jobs they probably aren't qualified for).

This sentiment is spot on. I don't think Michigan is alone here. The coaching community, in general, is rife with nepotism. I don't think it is a positive thing either.

[Rocky Bleier]

Isn't nepotism the giving of favors to relatives? Hoke and Borges are friends.... like Rodriguez and Tony Gibson. However, Borges > Gibson.

[Hannibal]

Nero > Gibson

[DennisT]

Plum coaching jobs should only be handed out to internet geniuses.

[Chuck Mallory]

I know of at leat 5 on this site that def knows more...

[Mike]

I can't wait until we play an important game with the Rose Bowl/playoffs on the line and we run off tackle on 3rd and 4, punt, and lose. It'll be just like old times!!

And it will only cost the die-hards several hundred dollars to witness in person!!

[Jeff Buchanan]

It doesn't take a genius to decide the cost of a ticket, flight, meals and a hotel isn't worth the disappointment.

The Atlanta Braves, once a perennial pennant contender, sold only 60% of their tickets in 2012. Fans got tired of shelling out $400 for a game and paying for $30 hamburgers for a family of four to watch the Braves bullpen give up a three run lead in the late innings and lose.

Owners overplayed their hands, decimating the Braves once powerful farm league with stupid trades for shitty players. Before the fall from grace, fans bitched just like some of us here are. It happens

[Detroit Dan]

Plum coaching jobs should only be handed out to internet geniuses.

[Optimus Prime]

Brian at MGoBlog tallied the Big Ten recruiting ranks (including ND) and it appears the laws of mathematics do not respect SPEED!

Hoke and Kelly averaged above Meyer over the 4 major ranking services.

BIG TEN+ RECRUITING CLASS RANKINGS (Average - # of recruits, Rivals, Scout, 247, ESPN)

1 Michigan
2 Notre Dame
3 Ohio State
4 Nebraska
5 Illinois
6 Purdue
7 Rutgers
8 Maryland
9 Indiana
10 Iowa
11 Michigan State
12 Northwestern
13 Wisconsin
14 Penn State
15 Minnesota

http://mgoblog.com/

[iam416]

LMMFAO. Only a M fan could actually take 4 services where Ohio State is ranked higher than M in EACH AND EVERY ONE, combine them and rank M ahead of OSU. LOL. I guess he's really putting a high value on M's oversigning. Heh heh heh.

Scout

1. Ohio State 5121
2. Michigan 5112

Rivals

2. Ohio State 2903
5. Michigan 2661

247

2. Ohio State 778.69
5. Michigan 768.24

ESPN

3. Ohio State
6. Michigan