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Partridge has taken that role since December
The OFFICIAL MICHIGAN TEAM 137 THREAD: WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THAN US? NOBODY!!!
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Mother&Aunt prefer Michigan been that way since his official.We are right there but LSU is going to be tough to beat
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Yea that's what I've heard too.
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I prefer this staff method of recruiting.Go after the best in the South we'll strike out more often than not but the ones we do get
.We know those schools down there play by a different set of rules
Michigan Wolverine Football Depth Chart 2017
The offensive line depth chart is looking kinda scary. In a bad way. Not sure why we'd
Hebert. Graduate transfer time?
The offensive line depth chart is looking kinda scary. In a bad way. Not sure why we'd
Hebert. Graduate transfer time?
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He was gonna decommit any day there nothing the staff could've done.Other programs negatively recruited us hard he wasn't happy with the number of O-linemen we were taking scared of competitionMichigan Wolverine Football Depth Chart 2017
The offensive line depth chart is looking kinda scary. In a bad way. Not sure why we'd
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Excited as hell Greg Frey back he develops O-linemen especially at IU
Remember Erik Swenson? Cast aside by Michigan, he's thriving at Oklahoma
Fascinating story on what happened with Swenson (spoilerz: Harbaugh was correct)
A year ago, Harbaugh was not free to comment on Swenson, per NCAA rules. He responded to the intense criticism with this tweet: "'They said' artificial sweeteners were safe, WMDs were in Iraq and Anna Nicole married for love … 'they said.'"
Now "they said" can be "he said."
"From our perspective, the first time I met Erik was in the spring of '15," Harbaugh told the Tribune. "I had just gotten the job and introduced myself. He was a committed player for more than a year to Brady Hoke and his staff. I said: 'Great to meet you and, hey, we have camps coming up. There's a camp in June, and we really want you to come so we can see you.' It ended up, after a couple of conversations, that he wasn't going to come to camp.
"I said: 'We're going to be in Indianapolis in the beginning of June for a satellite camp. It's closer to your home.' He said no. I said, 'We really need to see you for ourselves.' He said, 'Just evaluate my senior tape.' 'OK, that's what we will do.'"
In evaluating that tape, Harbaugh saw what everyone did — a sinking level of play. At the same time, Michigan's recruiting class was soaring, with massive talent flowing in from New Jersey and California.
"In October I asked Coach Drevno: 'Talk to the high school coach and find out: Is (Swenson) hurt? Is he full strength?'" Harbaugh recalled. "The feedback we got was that he needed to get stronger. We said, 'He needs to pick it up.'
"By the end of the season, December was rolling around and all we had to evaluate him was the tape. I said, 'This class is going to be tight.' We could not guarantee that we'd offer him aid. I said: 'There's still a good chance we'll have a preferred walk-on spot. That we can guarantee. But we can't guarantee a letter of intent in January.'"
What's unclear is how much of that Harbaugh, or Drevno, relayed to Molinari or Swenson.
"In January after (the decommitment) went public, I talked to the high school coach and he was upset," Harbaugh said. "I said, 'These conversations have been happening since April.' (Swenson) said: 'I'm a four-star, evaluate me on my senior tape. I'm not going to be going to camp.' That is a fact."
Swenson was one of several committed players in Michigan's 2016 class not to sign. Rashad Weaver, a defensive end whose 247Sports composite ranking had fallen to 210th among prospects from Florida, pulled out after saying the coaching staff had basically ignored him from July to January.
Finally, Weaver wrote on social media: "I was informed by coach Harbaugh that there is a 50/50 chance that he would or would not have room for me on (national signing day). So I was basically a plan B."
Weaver signed with Pittsburgh but said he had no hard feelings: "It's OK. It's all business."
Harbaugh's defenders pointed out that players are free to decommit, so why give coaches flak for shuffling their class before prospects sign?
Shortly before signing day last year, Harbaugh called his weeding-out process a "meritocracy." He told the Tribune many factors go into whether Michigan will honor a verbal commitment.
"The biggest is I'm not the admissions director," he said. "In Erik's case, he committed to a previous coach and we wanted to see a (certain) level of play.
"Not talking about Erik now, going big picture, somebody could be disciplined at his high school; he could do something where law enforcement is involved. Somebody could take a knee academically or athletically in a variety of ways, from quitting the game to not playing at a high enough level to losing their love for the game. You have to continue to strive to earn a grant-in-aid."
With recruiting, as in life, the key is communication. By all accounts, Swenson and Molinari did not get the message Harbaugh and Drevno were trying to send.
"Bottom line, you make a very good point," Harbaugh said. "It was not the way they understood it, they knew it. I have fingerprints on it. I have to do a better job.
"I don't want to put people in that position ... did they know, did they not know? We're striving to be perfect — telling the truth and communicating so people don't misunderstand."
Fascinating story on what happened with Swenson (spoilerz: Harbaugh was correct)
A year ago, Harbaugh was not free to comment on Swenson, per NCAA rules. He responded to the intense criticism with this tweet: "'They said' artificial sweeteners were safe, WMDs were in Iraq and Anna Nicole married for love … 'they said.'"
Now "they said" can be "he said."
"From our perspective, the first time I met Erik was in the spring of '15," Harbaugh told the Tribune. "I had just gotten the job and introduced myself. He was a committed player for more than a year to Brady Hoke and his staff. I said: 'Great to meet you and, hey, we have camps coming up. There's a camp in June, and we really want you to come so we can see you.' It ended up, after a couple of conversations, that he wasn't going to come to camp.
"I said: 'We're going to be in Indianapolis in the beginning of June for a satellite camp. It's closer to your home.' He said no. I said, 'We really need to see you for ourselves.' He said, 'Just evaluate my senior tape.' 'OK, that's what we will do.'"
In evaluating that tape, Harbaugh saw what everyone did — a sinking level of play. At the same time, Michigan's recruiting class was soaring, with massive talent flowing in from New Jersey and California.
"In October I asked Coach Drevno: 'Talk to the high school coach and find out: Is (Swenson) hurt? Is he full strength?'" Harbaugh recalled. "The feedback we got was that he needed to get stronger. We said, 'He needs to pick it up.'
"By the end of the season, December was rolling around and all we had to evaluate him was the tape. I said, 'This class is going to be tight.' We could not guarantee that we'd offer him aid. I said: 'There's still a good chance we'll have a preferred walk-on spot. That we can guarantee. But we can't guarantee a letter of intent in January.'"
What's unclear is how much of that Harbaugh, or Drevno, relayed to Molinari or Swenson.
"In January after (the decommitment) went public, I talked to the high school coach and he was upset," Harbaugh said. "I said, 'These conversations have been happening since April.' (Swenson) said: 'I'm a four-star, evaluate me on my senior tape. I'm not going to be going to camp.' That is a fact."
Swenson was one of several committed players in Michigan's 2016 class not to sign. Rashad Weaver, a defensive end whose 247Sports composite ranking had fallen to 210th among prospects from Florida, pulled out after saying the coaching staff had basically ignored him from July to January.
Finally, Weaver wrote on social media: "I was informed by coach Harbaugh that there is a 50/50 chance that he would or would not have room for me on (national signing day). So I was basically a plan B."
Weaver signed with Pittsburgh but said he had no hard feelings: "It's OK. It's all business."
Harbaugh's defenders pointed out that players are free to decommit, so why give coaches flak for shuffling their class before prospects sign?
Shortly before signing day last year, Harbaugh called his weeding-out process a "meritocracy." He told the Tribune many factors go into whether Michigan will honor a verbal commitment.
"The biggest is I'm not the admissions director," he said. "In Erik's case, he committed to a previous coach and we wanted to see a (certain) level of play.
"Not talking about Erik now, going big picture, somebody could be disciplined at his high school; he could do something where law enforcement is involved. Somebody could take a knee academically or athletically in a variety of ways, from quitting the game to not playing at a high enough level to losing their love for the game. You have to continue to strive to earn a grant-in-aid."
With recruiting, as in life, the key is communication. By all accounts, Swenson and Molinari did not get the message Harbaugh and Drevno were trying to send.
"Bottom line, you make a very good point," Harbaugh said. "It was not the way they understood it, they knew it. I have fingerprints on it. I have to do a better job.
"I don't want to put people in that position ... did they know, did they not know? We're striving to be perfect — telling the truth and communicating so people don't misunderstand."
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We are going to close extremely strong
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Hope we can still l get Nico Collins 
HNIC973
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We are getting him more spread passing attack this year Pep wants thatHope we can still l get Nico Collins
