[Mick]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=12298.msg121240#msg121240 date=1435114873]
[quote author=Publius link=topic=12298.msg121238#msg121238 date=1435110728]
How many of those offers are "commitable"?  Which by the way is something I don't understand.  How is that even an offer?

I have a marketing director who fields all of our requests to invest in large-scale events.  The events always come with many prominent names attached and in very small font next to the big name is the word "invited" in parentheses...meaning not committed.  So the event organizers use big names to sell the event to attendees and sponsors, crossing fingers and hoping that the big names show in sufficient numbers.

I suspect that may be what's going on here, "invited" versus "committed."  After all, he's just listing offers, including every kid who doesn't want to go to Michigan but that hasn't yet turned them down publicly. 

Apart from that, several of my Michigan alum friends are convinced that Harbaugh is going to try to "run" as many players off of the existing roster as possible because of a noticeably severe talent shortfall on the existing roster.
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It appears that your friends' suspicions are correct:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...sured-quit
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The word amongst the alums here in the "mitten" (ugh) is that UofM has a talent shortfall that is more drastic than most people realize.  They also want Harbs to win at least 9 games (they won 5 last year) and Harbaugh has only done a four game improvement one year in his college career, his last year at Stanford.  He was the master of the slow build going from four wins to five to eight to twelve in four seasons at Stanford, not the instant success (which he admittedly had in the pros).  the implication is that the talent wasn't there, which is supposedly the case (at least on offense) at UofM now. 
The player in the story, though...after the concusion and the leg issues and the lack of playing time...isn't your body telling you something?  And they'll keep you on a full ride, and you can graduate.  Seems like a good deal to me.

[Mick]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=12298.msg121240#msg121240 date=1435114873]
[quote author=Publius link=topic=12298.msg121238#msg121238 date=1435110728]
How many of those offers are "commitable"?  Which by the way is something I don't understand.  How is that even an offer?

I have a marketing director who fields all of our requests to invest in large-scale events.  The events always come with many prominent names attached and in very small font next to the big name is the word "invited" in parentheses...meaning not committed.  So the event organizers use big names to sell the event to attendees and sponsors, crossing fingers and hoping that the big names show in sufficient numbers.

I suspect that may be what's going on here, "invited" versus "committed."  After all, he's just listing offers, including every kid who doesn't want to go to Michigan but that hasn't yet turned them down publicly. 

Apart from that, several of my Michigan alum friends are convinced that Harbaugh is going to try to "run" as many players off of the existing roster as possible because of a noticeably severe talent shortfall on the existing roster.
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It appears that your friends' suspicions are correct:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...sured-quit
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The word amongst the alums here in the "mitten" (ugh) is that UofM has a talent shortfall that is more drastic than most people realize.  They also want Harbs to win at least 9 games (they won 5 last year) and Harbaugh has only done a four game improvement one year in his college career, his last year at Stanford.  He was the master of the slow build going from four wins to five to eight to twelve in four seasons at Stanford, not the instant success (which he admittedly had in the pros).  the implication is that the talent wasn't there, which is supposedly the case (at least on offense) at UofM now. 
The player in the story, though...after the concusion and the leg issues and the lack of playing time...isn't your body telling you something?  And they'll keep you on a full ride, and you can graduate.  Seems like a good deal to me.