Haha. I wondered.SportsAndLady;1069680 wrote:WTF I could have sworn I put that in the Schiano thread..there was talk on there about where Fuller would end up; no idea why I put that in this thread lol my bad
Yes and no. Obviously yes because they would have been great prospects to land. But I think some UM fans' confidence was a little skewed. I still think Reeves was going to be hard to nab because of Williams. And Michigan joined the party late on Kozan, so not a huge surprise there either. I think Garnett was the biggest surprise of the 3, although as I stated above, the word was Stanford for about 36 hours leading up to his announcement.Midstate01;1069707 wrote:Michigan really struck out today.
WebFire;1070311 wrote:Willie Henry has committed to Michigan.
I don't think it's Michigan "reaching" so much as it's Michigan trying to open that Glenville-pipe door a little more.Midstate01;1070336 wrote:His list of offers is almost all smaller schools. You think Michigan is reaching now?
More this. They do like Henry a lot. He will obviously be one they develop do play later in his career, unlike a 4 or 5* that might come in and contribute right away. But they may gain that foot in the door to Glenville, which is well worth a scholly.Scarlet_Buckeye;1070365 wrote:I don't think it's Michigan "reaching" so much as it's Michigan trying to open that Glenville-pipe door a little more.
I wouldn't say they wanted him more than Schutt, as in "let's take Henry over Schutt". But they definitely passed on Schutt. That's not even arguable. I think they had scholarships open that they didn't think they'd have, so they offered this kid.Midstate01;1070384 wrote:Only funny thing is Michigan posters on their sites say they "passed" on Schutt, so they wanted this kid more then Schutt??
WebFire;1070575 wrote:I wouldn't say they wanted him more than Schutt, as in "let's take Henry over Schutt". But they definitely passed on Schutt. That's not even arguable. I think they had scholarships open that they didn't think they'd have, so they offered this kid.
vball10set;1070627 wrote:With all due respect, I'd really like to see a link or an article showing that tsun 'passed' on Tommy Schutt. I just find it hard to believe that if he wanted to go there, that Hoke wouldn't have given him a scholly.
Anyone saying this is just trying to justify it. I've not seen anyone really say they'd rather have Henry over Schutt. I wasn't happy they passed on Schutt.Midstate01;1070664 wrote:I'm guessing it's like us passing on diamond maybe? He visited and we decided we werent interested. Maybe the same with Schutt. I just got a kick out of a few Michigan posters saying they'd rather have this kid over Schutt.
Link on that? As far as I knew, Diamond eliminated OSU, not the other way around.Midstate01;1070664 wrote:I'm guessing it's like us passing on diamond maybe? He visited and we decided we werent interested. Maybe the same with Schutt. I just got a kick out of a few Michigan posters saying they'd rather have this kid over Schutt.
WebFire;1070672 wrote:Anyone saying this is just trying to justify it. I've not seen anyone really say they'd rather have Henry over Schutt. I wasn't happy they passed on Schutt.
Another likely scenerio is that UM was close to landing Pipkins, who they REALLY wanted. The week Pipkins was announcing was the same week that ND turned Schutt away and he announced he was visiting UM. UM may have been worried that a visit and commitment by Schutt would scare Pipkins away.
I do think this definitely played a part, but I still think there was more to it. They didn't really slow play him, the no played him. They flat out told him not to visit. It wasn't like they couldn't take 2 DTs at the time. But, maybe they only wanted 1 at the time.Midstate01;1070682 wrote:That makes sense. They could have just slow played him. But def makes sense.