I can see it now…
Ben when Tim Hardaway Jr. committed:
“Michigan continues to settle for unranked players. Here comes more years of mediocrity.”
Ben when Trey Burke committed:
“This guy was Ohio Mr. Basketball and Ohio St. STILL didn’t even want him. Beilein and Michigan settling for Ohio St.'s scraps.”
Ben when LeVert committed:
“RAGE”
Im glad you guys are ok with us not getting who we actually want.
But I also think its ok to excempt some frustration when we very rarely actually get who we first want.
No bet. I don't like to bet against things I want. That would be great - I guess that would mean we get all of : pg= Thornton 2g - Coleman F = Leaf That be great. Hope we do.
Well, Coleman is 2015. I think we get a 4+ star PG (and I do hope it’s Thornton), plus Towns and Teske, at a minimum. And given the wing should be easy for us to recruit with PT available, I’m going to assume we get a stellar one as well, though I guess that depends partly on what happens in 2015.
Im glad you guys are ok with us not getting who we actually want. But I also think its ok to excempt some frustration when we very rarely actually get who we first want.
The 2014 class was definitely frustrating. But I’m not unhappy with how it turned out.
Who said he seriously considered us or had us in pole positions (besides UM fans)?
Dude you are hilarious. He publically declared we were in his top three and set up a visit. You obviously choose to ignore facts that don’t support your argument or you are a troll or both.
Hey Ben, you’re right…the team is not getting who YOU want…they are getting who THEY want!
Trust in the culture!
Who said he seriously considered us or had us in pole positions (besides UM fans)?Dude you are hilarious. He publically declared we were in his top three and set up a visit. You obviously choose to ignore facts that don’t support your argument or you are a troll or both.
And he did the same for Purdue, except their insiders knew they had no chance.
Just because a list is made doesn’t mean a guy isn’t 95% sure where he wants to go.
If interest was legit then the staff has to stop deferring visits and letting guys like Matta and Izzo get first pitch.
Chazer- - um no= = the coaches are not getting who THEY want. See Booker, Blackmon, Harris, Bluiett, Bates Diop, the list goes on. Go ahead & convince yourself that Marr, Dawkins, & even Wilson were their first choices…
Ben, seriously, stop being such a whiner. Unreal.
You’re not going to get every single big time recruit. Booker went to UK. In case you haven’t noticed, they are pretty good at recruiting. Blackmon went to the hometown school (rejected UK too, by the way). Both guys signed at a time when no one had any idea Stauskas would be a two and done player. Blueitt - we cut him loose, not the other way around. Bates Diop? Yep, we certainly wanted him. He went to OSU - another school that’s pretty good at recruiting.
Chatman? He picked up over Arizona - another school that’s pretty good at recruiting.
Grandstaff? Those in the know have said he was always going to a Nike school, no matter what. So I wouldn’t worry about that one.
Here’s the bottom line - there is a lot of competition out there for top players, and we’re going to miss on more guys than we’ll sign, that’s always how it works. Not to mention we don’t pay players, or create a system of academic fraud so they don’t have to attend class.
Be thankful this staff has been so good at identifying and developing talent. By my count, only Louisville has won as many NCAA tourney games (8) as we have the past two years. By all accounts, we’re looking at a very strong 2016 class. In the meantime, we’ll have to “settle” for top 100 talents like Walton, Irvin, Wilson, and Donnal for now, along with a future NBA player in Caris. It’s rough, I know.
If you’ve been a fan of Michigan basketball for more than 10 minutes, well, I don’t get the consternation. We didn’t make the tourney for 10 years. Now it’s a tragedy when we don’t land a five star player? Get some perspective. Here’s a list of relative “no name” recruits this staff has turned into very good players: Burke, Hardaway, Morgan, Douglas, Novak, Robinson (top 120 player when he committed), Stauskas, Levert, Albrecht. I think we’ll be OK.
Hey Ben, LOL…I can’t buy what you’re selling! Having followed JB for over 35 years its really not about 5 star players. Its about the team, team,team!! You don’t get to where he is today relying on 17 year old kids and recruiting. You have to buy into the system and some kids just don’t fit.
Sorry Ben, you will probably be frustrated with JB in the future…he does it his way not yours or mine! Funny everyone complains about the number of offers…just says to me only a few kids are worthy!
Ask Chris Paul about his last college game at Wake Forest…beaten in Double OT by JB and a bunch of 2 and 3 star kids nobody ever heard of!
So chill dude and trust in the culture! I will let the results speak for themselves!
Good for you.
Thank you.
Mods- do you guys have any insight what happened with the Harris recruitment. Seems odd he wouldn’t at least visit
Not sure how credible but a poster on MLIVE is stating M cancelled the visit.
Not sure how credible but a poster on MLIVE is stating M cancelled the visit.
According to Mgoblog posters, Sam Webb said that Harris wanted to bring his friends along on the visits and State was fully accommodating in that regard while Belein said no. I have no idea of that is true or not but it sounds plausible given the culture of the two schools/programs.
Not sure how credible but a poster on MLIVE is stating M cancelled the visit.According to Mgoblog posters, Sam Webb said that Harris wanted to bring his friends along on the visits and State was fully accommodating in that regard while Belein said no. I have no idea of that is true or not but it sounds plausible given the culture of the two schools/programs.
wonder who are those friends that he wants to bring in. I smell more stories behind this.
First of all, stop fighting with each other guys we’re all Michigan fans here (hopefully) and just because we have different opinions doesn’t mean we should fight. Secondly, and on a more positive note, perhaps the coaches know something about the Jalen Coleman recruitment that we don’t (we’re his leader or something like that), and we cut off the visit because of that.