Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Wolverine Wednesday: Black To Texas and Markus Allen To Ann Arbor

Tarik Black finally picked his next school, he left the program in December and we hadn't heard a peep from him until last night when he announced he was going to be a Longhorn.   Black's career jumped off the field when he was catching bombs against Florida in Jerry's World and then took a bad turn when he broke both feet.

When he did see the field last year, he seemed a bit slow and uninterested.  A play that sticks out in my head, was a 3rd and 7 in red zone and Black runs his route 5 yards.   Gattis just lit him up coming off the field.

Still this guy has a huge ceiling and losing him and DPJ is going to hurt Michigan's offense next season.  Texas is getting a guy that could be a first rounder or a college back-up, its all depends on him and his health.   If Black can graduate, he will be eligible immediately and have 2 seasons to play.   On a side note, Black did play his best football in the State of Texas.

Marcus Allen is in the NFL Hall of Fame and a Heisman Trophy Winner, he is also 60.  Markus Allen is a 3 star WR Ohio and the #20 prospect out of Ohio.  If Markus can get to 50% of what his name sake did, this will be a win for Michigan.

Markus committed to Michigan last night and is a 6'2 190 pound WR.  His offer list included the likes of Army, Air Force, BC, MSU, UK, Purdue, Pitt, Syracuse, WVU, and Wisconsin.   Markus is rated the 494th player in the country and 83rd WR to 24/7.

Josh Gattis led this recruitment and he must of seen something he loved in the Ohio WR.  This recruitment will not help the Michigan 3 star Mafia that feels this type of player might be talent but not the type of player that will beat OSU or get Michigan into the Big Ten Championship game.

The other side of this discussion is that the Michigan coaches have much more information then we do and know talent when they see it.  That is where we have to have faith and let the coaches earn their salary by identifying and adding the right talent.   Now they need to earn that salary by winning some big games.

  • UCLA loses a 5 star guard that signed an LOI to the G-League and its new program. 

7 comments:

BlueManGroup said...

Dantonio built a Big Ten Championship team and BCS playoff contender by recruiting 3 stars and developing them. It works if you hit a homerun at the QB position - which he did with Cousins and Cook. The opposite was true at Michigan - recruiting 4 and 5 star talent, but repeatedly striking out at the QB position. When your 5 star WR gets drafted in the 6th round and your 5 star QB is left without even a FA contract, that's all you need to know.

Cmfgoblue said...

Very good points, Jim cannot develop talent....

MichiganMan said...

He can't teach talent nor he can see...Don Brown is not solution to the equation....fire in the hole$$$$$....I said I went long on AXL and MRO....ching ching....cashed out today....can't get greedy like some of guys....I am satisfied winning 8 to 9 games a year.... yeah that's the solution get two and three star players and develop them that is really working.... delusionam

Blue for Life$$$$

MichiganMan said...

" delusional delusional"

szanreno said...

When EF Hutton speaks.... Hahaha

Goose said...

Michigan man every time I read one of your comments I think I'm having a stroke.

Cormac said...

I disagree that losing Black and DPJ will hurt the Michigan offense. Neither man was the main focus. DPJ was maybe second fiddle and underperformed while Black was MIA most of the year.