Good piece on Brown from Webb. His trainer essentially recommended UM to Brown, at which point Brown’s uncle (UM alum) made a call to the coaching staff, and everything took off from there. Love the fact that Jordan is the lead recruiter for Brown. Bonus fact - Brown’s cousin is currently a student at UM and member of Maize Rage.
Good piece on Brown from Webb. His trainer essentially recommended UM to Brown, at which point Brown's uncle (UM alum) made a call to the coaching staff, and everything took off from there. Love the fact that Jordan is the lead recruiter for Brown. Bonus fact - Brown's cousin is currently a student at UM and member of Maize Rage.
There has been talk about how our championship and elite 8 run didn’t have any effect on recruiting. Clearly, based on this article, this is not true. The pitch that was given to Brown was how all those guys came in as non top 100 players, and became lottery picks. No way he would have ever considered us, and actually reached out to us, without Burke, Stauskas, Hardaway making the huge splash that they did.
Good piece on Brown from Webb. His trainer essentially recommended UM to Brown, at which point Brown's uncle (UM alum) made a call to the coaching staff, and everything took off from there. Love the fact that Jordan is the lead recruiter for Brown. Bonus fact - Brown's cousin is currently a student at UM and member of Maize Rage.
There has been talk about how our championship and elite 8 run didn’t have any effect on recruiting. Clearly, based on this article, this is not true. The pitch that was given to Brown was how all those guys came in as non top 100 players, and became lottery picks. No way he would have ever considered us, and actually reached out to us, without Burke, Stauskas, Hardaway making the huge splash that they did.
I was thinking the same thing as I read the article.
He really seems to have it together. Sounds like he would be such a great addition to a team even beyond just what he can bring to the court.
Good piece on Brown from Webb. His trainer essentially recommended UM to Brown, at which point Brown's uncle (UM alum) made a call to the coaching staff, and everything took off from there. Love the fact that Jordan is the lead recruiter for Brown. Bonus fact - Brown's cousin is currently a student at UM and member of Maize Rage.
There has been talk about how our championship and elite 8 run didn’t have any effect on recruiting. Clearly, based on this article, this is not true. The pitch that was given to Brown was how all those guys came in as non top 100 players, and became lottery picks. No way he would have ever considered us, and actually reached out to us, without Burke, Stauskas, Hardaway making the huge splash that they did.
To be fair, he didn’t consider us independent of his trainer’s recommendation and/or family ties. From that standpoint, UM was never on Jaylen Brown’s mind…so to say ‘development’ had a huge impact on Brown is a stretch in my view. He actually needed that brought to his attention. I’m sure it has entered the logic once brought to his attention though, so it will serve its purpose hopefully.
Good piece on Brown from Webb. His trainer essentially recommended UM to Brown, at which point Brown's uncle (UM alum) made a call to the coaching staff, and everything took off from there. Love the fact that Jordan is the lead recruiter for Brown. Bonus fact - Brown's cousin is currently a student at UM and member of Maize Rage.
There has been talk about how our championship and elite 8 run didn’t have any effect on recruiting. Clearly, based on this article, this is not true. The pitch that was given to Brown was how all those guys came in as non top 100 players, and became lottery picks. No way he would have ever considered us, and actually reached out to us, without Burke, Stauskas, Hardaway making the huge splash that they did.
To be fair, he didn’t consider us independent of his trainer’s recommendation and/or family ties. From that standpoint, UM was never on Jaylen Brown’s mind…so to say ‘development’ had a huge impact on Brown is a stretch in my view. He actually needed that brought to his attention. I’m sure it has entered the logic once brought to his attention though, so it will serve its purpose hopefully.
Well it doesn’t really matter if he noticed it all on his own. What matters is that somebody noticed that about Michigan, brought it to him, and he was drawn to it. But I do agree that this was only one piece of the whole puzzle, and family ties did play a large role in his interest in Michigan. But still, his trainer could have given him his pitch, and Jaylen could have just said: “it’s not a common place for a one and done” or “Michigan might be good to develop under the radar guys, but I don’t need this, I’m at the top of my class”.
Also, how many 5-star guys (or their families) are actively going to reach out to a non-blueblood program to recruit them? Although it’s great that someone in his camp saw a good fit, made the case to Brown, and reached out to U-M, it seems that would be an unusual situation and not something to bank on for the future. Isn’t it the program the should be reaching out to guys like him?
Good piece on Brown from Webb. His trainer essentially recommended UM to Brown, at which point Brown's uncle (UM alum) made a call to the coaching staff, and everything took off from there. Love the fact that Jordan is the lead recruiter for Brown. Bonus fact - Brown's cousin is currently a student at UM and member of Maize Rage.
There has been talk about how our championship and elite 8 run didn’t have any effect on recruiting. Clearly, based on this article, this is not true. The pitch that was given to Brown was how all those guys came in as non top 100 players, and became lottery picks. No way he would have ever considered us, and actually reached out to us, without Burke, Stauskas, Hardaway making the huge splash that they did.
To be fair, he didn’t consider us independent of his trainer’s recommendation and/or family ties. From that standpoint, UM was never on Jaylen Brown’s mind…so to say ‘development’ had a huge impact on Brown is a stretch in my view. He actually needed that brought to his attention. I’m sure it has entered the logic once brought to his attention though, so it will serve its purpose hopefully.
Well it doesn’t really matter if he noticed it all on his own. What matters is that somebody noticed that about Michigan, brought it to him, and he was drawn to it. But I do agree that this was only one piece of the whole puzzle, and family ties did play a large role in his interest in Michigan. But still, his trainer could have given him his pitch, and Jaylen could have just said: “it’s not a common place for a one and done” or “Michigan might be good to develop under the radar guys, but I don’t need this, I’m at the top of my class”.
I totally agree with you. Just saying that apparently the F4 and Elite 8 runs didn’t necessarily have an impact on Brown/other elite recruits based on the fact that a trainer literally has to bring up UM to Brown and we’re only 1 year removed from those runs. I’m with you though, its a moot point now…just get the kid to sign the damn LOI!
Saw the Wheeler student section tweet. I wonder why they believe he won’t go to Kansas… really curious as to what they’ve heard from those close to Jaylen.
I guess the main bit of new news for me was who was his lead recruiter. Definitely glad it’s Val. Also re-reading the comment about “2 years” at least makes me think that finding the school that may offer him the easiest road to the NBA is not top on his list. hope I’m right.
Saw the Wheeler student section tweet. I wonder why they believe he won't go to Kansas... really curious as to what they've heard from those close to Jaylen.
I believe Webb said somewhere along the line, maybe on his Scout board, that things with Kansas had gotten off track.
I have been following Webb for awhile. He was the only one saying that UM was top 2 for awhile. When he makes statements like that, and starts publishing articles in DetNews, he usually has a pretty good hotline into the recruitment.I am starting to be on board with the good vibes.
Still, Webb is only confident that we’re top two, and in a top two with a desperate Kentucky is a precarious place to be. Clearly reason to be hopeful right now but hard to feel great until it’s official.
Re: Kansas, if that’s true, I just wonder why he didn’t eliminate them along with UCLA and the Georgia schools.
If we don’t land Brown, I can’t help but think, JB not actively recruiting him on his own accord is what moved the needle.
If we land him, it’s irrelevant but I can’t help but shake my head that our staff didn’t at least reach out to this kid at some point before his trainer and uncle made the call. How is that even possible?
If we don't land Brown, I can't help but think, JB not actively recruiting him on his own accord is what moved the needle.
If we land him, it’s irrelevant but I can’t help but shake my head that our staff didn’t at least reach out to this kid at some point before his trainer and uncle made the call. How is that even possible?
I get what you mean in terms of initial contact. Maybe our staff just thought it was such a longshot that it wasn’t worth the resources to just strike out once again with a top level recruit. Obviously if that’s the reason, it was definitely the wrong move.
But Brown has made it clear that he didn’t want a relationship, being called everyday, and coaches overwhelming him until it is necessary and he has made a decision. So along those lines, I think Beilein is probably the best fit for how he wants to be recruited.
I am hoping it could be today or tomorrow. With Ingram on Monday, Diallo on Tuesday, I’m seeing a snowball effect that might make Brown decide within this week. Pure speculation of course. But it aligns well with his statement about announcing by the end of the month (although it’s obviously not a set in stone statement)
Still, Webb is only confident that we're top two, and in a top two with a desperate Kentucky is a precarious place to be. Clearly reason to be hopeful right now but hard to feel great until it's official.
Re: Kansas, if that’s true, I just wonder why he didn’t eliminate them along with UCLA and the Georgia schools.
Yeah, I get it. Not a lot about his recruitment is normal. I know Webb did say at one point that he hasn’t gone into a lot of detail on much, as to not harm UM’s chances. He was ahead of the curve on what he was willing to put out there(Top 2), so following him as long as I have, my gut tells me he knows more than he is letting on.
Then again, a Kansas guy ended the streak and put in a CB for Kansas this morning, so who knows?
I am glad Kenny Williams is still visiting, and visiting last at that!
I don’t expect the staff to reach out to every highly-ranked kid (although they could stand to cast a wider net than they already do). My concern is that the staff doesn’t seem to recruit purely athletic slasher/finisher guys like Brown (with very few exceptions). As others have noted, guys like that are a handful to defend and create scoring opportunities for our perimeter shooters and bigs alike.