Wolverine247 Board

i agree i dont think we poach anymore recruits this year. Thompson is going to be the lone dove i think.

Yeah i hear ya. That's why i put the maybe. He is the only one i could even possibly see flipping to OSU.

Hoke has surprised me, do you think the success you have had in recruiting is mostly coaching or your quarterback. Not trying to troll your board, I do think Hoke will do well at Michigan. I like all of your recruits, but that doesn't mean I would trade your class for ours. I like Thomas, but "IF" we get V Bell we will be fine. We can't match you on O-line, but hopefully we can get Pocic and maybe Rodgers or Johnson. I will give you the edge at QB because of his recruiting, but like Barrett alot. I think Butt will be a very good tight end, but I think Baugh is a beast. You will beat us at RB if you get Isaac, otherwise we are pretty even right now. This isn't a knock on D. Smith. He looks Like he will be a good one, but we already have plenty of backs like him. We will have to see how tOSU and Michigan end up at WR. So far I am happy with Marshall and would not have gone after the one you pulled from Columbus. I think we are tied at this point at LB. Gedeon and McCray are both good pick ups. I would take Bosa over Taco any day. I watched Taco's film and thought he looked good, he should be a good one. I am a bit confused if you have a player like that, why would they set up a scheme that he isn't part of though. I would take our DB class over yours even without Bell. Congrats, I am looking forward to a good rivalry game.

The recruiting success i'd split 50-25-25, between Hoke-Mattison-Others... Hoke lives and breaths Michigan football, and he comes off as 100% genuine when talking about his adoration for everything Michigan. That goes a long way when you actually believe in what you're selling. They are a coaching staff without as much cache as other staffs, but they come off as good ol' boys that parents feel very comfortable letting their kids go to play for. But I think the past success of Mattison & Borges makes things much easier for the staff as a whole.

Your post doesn't come off as trolling at all, and conversations w/ rival fans is fun for me if they have some sense (which seems to be the case here). I don't think anybody on either side of the rivalry would trade classes, Michigan fans are ecstatic about where we sit, and i'm sure Ohio loves the haul they're getting as they should.

I'm still confused at the whole Taco talk though... Ohio fans seem to think he didn't play consistently or start for his HS team but he recorded 60 tackles as an end. Anzalone (who is a great pickup btw) had 58 tackles as an LB but i've never seen his PT questioned.

A lot of time still left but I see both Michigan and Ohio pulling in great classes, and the rivalry getting back to the ways of old.

Yeah, he said he comes out in their 3-4 defense... a bit confusing to me as well, but it didn't seem to hurt his numbers. They are high school kids, so nobody is obviously near a finished product, but he has a lot of abilities for the staff to work with over the next few years.

Jalin Marshall has me a bit nervous, he's a natural playmaker and getting the ball in space will help his game out a lot. Not sure if he's ever done much route-running, but i'm sure he'll pick up on that pretty quick.

If we get gang raped down in Jimmy World against Bama, I can see the full court press on all our recruits. Hey, I would expect our coaches to do the same if there is a kid of interest. All's fair in College football

I'm 100% sure that urban ((((won't)) flip any of our commit's

Ditto.

The heaviest sarcasm I could muster, meow.

All the Buckeye fans that said the ole fence around Ohio is going back up just dont realize Urban will battle for the elite Ohio kids but he is going nationwide...Couple that with Hoke's recruiting prowess and Michigan, lil brother , nd will get Ohio Kids . Urban just wont stick to Ohio,,,

I think the balance is back in the big ten and as much as I wish no one got any Ohio recruits it was inevitable after what happened that the recruiting there would shift. Like you said about the comparisons between urban and RR, urban will get much better talent fitting the big ten. I have not seen anyone post this opinion but i think what tressel did was great for OSU and horrible for the big ten. Without many national recruits and not missing on Ohio talent we didn't do well competing nationally (in games) and other programs like you guys and MSU struggled getting less talent from Ohio. Our conference has taken a lot of scrutiny for this and to have more teams competive (whether we like seeing rivals win or not) nationally is good for all of us. Even if it goes back to the big 2 it helps us both to be portrayed in a strong conference that can recruit and play with the SEC.