Adam Rittenberg Channels My Recruiting Agita

by LVS on Jun 15, 2009 2:09 PM CDT in Michigan State Spartans Football Comment 7 comments

MICHIGAN STATE

2010 verbal commits: 2

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Quick take: Some Spartans fans are a bit concerned about the low number of commits, but Michigan State should be fine, especially if quarterback Robert Bolden or defensive end William Gholston hop on board.

(Emphasis mine.) Obviously we're not remotely finished with the recruiting year, but I'd be lying if I said that the numerous commitments thusfar to Penn State, Michigan, and even Iowa, while our commit list remains static, doesn't make me a little nervous. We're linked with good recruits all the time, but it seems as if we're either losing out on them, or they're apparently not the early-commitment types.

So, what say you, TOC commentariat? Are you nervous? Do you think we'll eventually be fine? Little of column A, little of column B?

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Not exactly nervous. Dantonio has given us no reason to distrust him in recruiting. I think the lull is because we’re duking it out with top programs for top prospects, whereas schools with a ton of commitments like Michigan are riddled with three star recruits that no one else was really after. Dantonio’s approach seems to be more about evaluation and getting people really committed to MSU, where Rodriguez shotguns offers out en masse and sorts it all out afterward.

I expect to see commitments soon, though. After camp?

by Ozymandias on Jun 15, 2009 3:56 PM CDT reply actions

You guys will be ok

You are an up and coming program. There are a lot of three star guys out there holding out for Michigan and Notre Dame offers. When they don’t get them, you will be their next choice. I don’t mean that as an insult. It’s just the current landscape of college football. Michigan State is a second teir program. But if Dantonio can keep you going in the right direction you will be competing for the big boys soon enough.

BTW, there’s a rumor floating around the PSU message boards that Bolden has made his decision and he will be a Spartan. TIFWIW, but that’s a good get for you guys that could give your recruiting class a major shot in the arm.

Mike
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by BSD on Jun 15, 2009 4:08 PM CDT reply actions

I wouldn't stress too much

It’s only mid-June, and a lot of kids still have to go to camps yet. The problem is I think a lot of State fans are going to compare this year to last year, when last year was the perfect storm of recruits tailored to MSU’s system, Michigan’s sluggishness in in-state recruiting, and the dominoes falling one after another.

It might not be as good a year as last year, but it’ll definitely better than what is was during John L.’s reign.

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by Pete Rossman on Jun 15, 2009 6:13 PM CDT reply actions

Even Michigan fans are giving us some credit.

http://mgoblog.com/content/bolden-msu-rumor

FWIW, they think Gholston is going green.

by Ozymandias on Jun 15, 2009 8:19 PM CDT reply actions

Also Olaniyan . . .

. . . which would be all kinds of tremendous.

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by LVS on Jun 15, 2009 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions

LVS...

…your (and Rittenberg’s) timing in posting this was certainly peccable.

Also, I’ve been following the Freep’s recruiting stuff and MSU is recruiting a lot more out of state kids, especially out east. Stands to reason they’d take longer to commit to MSU than kids from in state.

Also to Pete’s perfect storm (boy, that wasn’t a good movie) point, nobody on the coaching staff has seen fit to father a four star prospect for 2010.

by witless chum on Jun 16, 2009 7:36 AM CDT reply actions