What if Rocket Watts wants to commit?
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The Winston/Simpson situation is hardly the same. Beilein knew Simpson would commit on the spot if he was offered. Essentially, as soon as Beilein brought Simpson and his dad on campus, Winstonās offer was no longer commitable. Would that have ever happened without Winston postponing his planned visit? I doubt weāll ever know.
Of course, these offers are commitable when Beilein extends them. Do they remain commitable after new offers go out, but havenāt yet been accepted? I wonāt pretend to know, but Iāve never assumed they all are. I do assume the coaches keep in touch with recruits and let them know where they stand, especially if they are getting close to making a decision.
Yeah, Iād lean toward Girardās offer being committable now too for that reason. I would just be completely shocked if JB took a commitment from Girard and then took his offer to Carton off the table.
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Like he did with RJ Barrett and Iggy?
I donāt know if thatās really accurate. We were not, in all likelihood, going to land RJ Barrett. Weāre in pretty good shape with Carton. And I imagine we would take both him and Girard.
Is that what happened?
reading between the lines, yes. iggy took the spot.
I didnāt even realize we rescinded the offer, thatās why this is news to me.
This is not accurate. Iggy committed September 22nd. Adrien Nunez committed October 2nd. You think we would have said āno thanksā to Barrett before his visit and then subsequently taken Nunez?
Far more likely that Barrett wasnāt ever going to be much of an option.
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Yeah I think in Barrettās case, Michigan decided to stop wasting time and resources on him when he was never actually going to come to UM. Iām sure the coaches had a good read on his interest level.
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Yes, I do. Whether itās accurate or not is subjective.
OK, letās frame it a different way. If our staff believed Barrett was a realistic option, they would not have moved on to Nunez without first determining what Barrett was going to do.
No halfway competent coaching staff would do that. And since weāve made the national championship game twice in the past five years, Iād say the time for challenging the compentency of this staff has long come and gone.
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Nunez has little if anything to do with it. Itās kind of obvious that the Iggy & Barrett offers were for the āwolfā spot. Once they had Iggy (arguably a 5*) they really didnāt need Barrett. Bird in the hand.
Dude, come on.
We regularly recruit wings who can and do play multiple positions. Barrett was the #1 recruit in the country, and at 6-6 could play anything from the 1-3 at a very high level.
There is no chance the coaches said, āWell, we got our stud wing player, now we donāt need Barrett, but we should still recruit Nunez.ā
What is far more likely is that after we got Iggy, we wanted to make sure Barrettās interest was indeed strong, because if he was a long shot, we still wanted to be able to land Nunez as a fallback option because we liked him enough to offer. And I think thatās exactly how it played out. We didnāt stop recruiting a five star wing player because we preferred a three star instead.
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This is the Joe Girard thread, no?
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How much you talkin?
āI talk to Coach Beilein at least a few times a week,ā the younger Girard said. āObviously, my dad played for him and Iāve had a really good relationship with him my whole life.
āHe calls me, lets me know how heās feeling and everything. Heās a really open guy and does everything by the book. Heās done a really good job communicating with me and making me feel wanted at Michigan.
āHe tells me Iām the best shooter in the country and that I can come in and play right away with their style of basketball.ā
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