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Hand Has Amazing Michigan Visit

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Woody04 said...
YES! I am so happy he enjoyed his visit and I think the part about him wanting to change his major after this visit is def the biggest part of it! Now he knows if he goes to Michigan he can make that choice and Michigan has one of the best engineering and sports management programs in the country. He said he felt like he knew all the guys he hung out with for years which has to make him feel way more comfortable with Michigan which is what he really wanted to see on this visit, how comfortable he could be there. Great article Steve!

Going to be a looooong spring and summer .... but we could not have asked for a better visit.
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I'm very interested to see if a summer visit materializes. I think it will be very telling if he makes it back in the summer. And I don't think it's necessarily a bad sign if he doesn't, just a very positive one if he does.
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The same way Drake Harris did not switch from basketball to football because of Urban Meyer offering, I do not think Hand switched from engineering to sports management with one visit to Michigan. If he is serious about sports management, he has been thinking about it for a while. Countess is in the program, so it's apparent the coaches knew where his academic interests were focused days/weeks in advance.

This post was edited by Mitch Again on 3/17/2013 at 5:58 PM
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I'm very interested to see if a summer visit materializes. I think it will be very telling if he makes it back in the summer. And I don't think it's necessarily a bad sign if he doesn't, just a very positive one if he does.

Agreed. I wonder if Michigan would work the BBQ around Hand's schedule??
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The same way Drake Harris did not switch from basketball to football because of Urban Meyer offering, I do not think Hand switched from engineering to sports management with one visit to Michigan. If he is serious about sports management, he has been thinking about it for a while. Countess is in the program, so it's apparent the coaches knew where his academics interests were days/weeks in advance.

+1 .... good point. Our coaches are very smart.
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I'm very interested to see if a summer visit materializes. I think it will be very telling if he makes it back in the summer. And I don't think it's necessarily a bad sign if he doesn't, just a very positive one if he does.

I think this is the right way to look at it too. Not a bad thing if he doesn't, but a really good thing if he does.
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Sooooooo yeah, I think we blew him away.
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If he is as serious about academics as he seems than I think we have a really good chance of landing him. Va Tech and UNC are good schools as well but Michigan's coaches and the players in the '14 class could give us the edge.
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xxmgobluexx said...
That is a nice pic with Hoke, Hand and Mattison.
My question, who are the names listed 1, 2 and 3 under the E?

Bump? Can anyone read what is on the board?
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xxmgobluexx said...
That is a nice pic with Hoke, Hand and Mattison.
My question, who are the names listed 1, 2 and 3 under the E?

2 looks like M. Godin and 3 looks like T. Strobel.
Can't read the first one.
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I saw on another thread that an Ohio fan asked Hand if they would get another visit, and he said "nah"
That is just as sweet.
Mich Alum '92 & '94.
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MaizeandBlue21 said...
2 looks like M. Godin and 3 looks like T. Strobel.
Can't read the first one.

First one might be K Heitzmann
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Ducksworth said...
First one might be K Heitzmann

I was thinking the same thing. It looks like it starts with a "K."
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First one might be K Heitzmann

That would make sense. The first letter has the shape of a K, L, or an E, but I don't think there are any end players that have a first name that start with L or E.
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xxmgobluexx said...
That is a nice pic with Hoke, Hand and Mattison.
My question, who are the names listed 1, 2 and 3 under the E?

What does the E stand for?
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What does the E stand for?

I assume it stands for "end" as in defensive end.
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MaizeandBlue21 said...
I assume it stands for "end" as in defensive end.

That would be my assumption. All those listed have been SDEs.
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Agreed. I wonder if Michigan would work the BBQ around Hand's schedule??

Highly doubtful
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Agreed. I wonder if Michigan would work the BBQ around Hand's schedule??

I don't think there's any chance whatsoever this happens. For all we know, the coaches value Drake Harris more than they do Da'Shawn Hand. If they reschedule the BBQ to suit one recruit, that would rub many other recruits the wrong way. If he makes it, great. If not, he will be here for UTL round II, which is 10x more important IMO.
If we're still near the lead in his recruitment for the ND game, and the atmosphere is electric, I strongly feel it will put Michigan over the top for him. For those who were there two years ago, I'm sure you'd echo the sentiment that it would be nearly impossible for a recruit to walk away from that environment and not want to play football at Michigan.
We have the coaches Hand wants, we have the academics no matter which of the three fields he enters (engineering, business, sports management) and on September 7th, we will show him the environment that makes Michigan unparalleled.
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Mitch Again said...
For those who were there two years ago, I'm sure you'd echo the sentiment that it would be nearly impossible for a recruit to walk away from that environment and not want to play football at Michigan.

Unless you are Steve Elmer of course.
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MaizeandBlue21 said...
Unless you are Steve Elmer of course.

Shhh. He doesn't count.
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Great ... thanks. Going to be a lazy, hazy summer till the ND game ....
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