Any breaking news on him? I noticed we werent able to get any chants going for him which I didnt like, still had a great time at the spring game. Thats big Anzalone is in!
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Some rumors flew that he had committed, but he has clarified that he has not. However, he is spending the night on campus with Anzalone, and it appeared that Anzalone and Bosa (and possibly Heuerman) hit it off really well. I believe Anzalone's brother called them the Bash Bros. All signs are good at this point, so hopefully Bosa just wanted to give Anzalone his day to shine and will announce soon. I am hopeful for a commit this week, although crazy things sometimes happen.
I really hope he does not wait until July 11th (I think thats when he plans to announce). The sooner the better hopefully this week!
He has to be in! Commits who have been buckeye fans all their lives don't act like him. He is feeling it so much I don't see how he doesn't become a buckeye.
You didn't like that probably 10-20% of the crowd pays enough attention to recruiting to know he was there? The majority of the people were there to watch the game, the new offense, Meyer, etc. not chant some 16 year old's name.
I was thinking the same thing. Would have been rude to chant a recruits name and only one. I was actually thinking a chant should have been for Sully but I think that might have been rude too.
Maybe a chant for Simon would have been the thing to do. Bosa would have been impressed by that.
I do not think you guys have anything to worry about here......just a matter of time.
Congrats on two good pick ups. Boy, looks like there is going to be some classics in "THE GAME" in a few years. Looking forward to it!
Sure does Rational. We'll see if Hoke knows how to coach though because I'm still not convinced since he's running a hybrid of Rich Rod's spread. We need to see how he does implementing his pro-style offense. Not directed at you but rather all ttun and tOSU fans appointing Hoke as the next big thing. Also, last year was first full season of a healthy Denard
Hoke certainly knows how to coach, he was a great hire for Michigan. As you mentioned he is handicapped right now with his offense because of the personnel he has left over from Rich Rod biggest example being Denard. Not to say he isn't a good player he just isn't the type of QB that Hoke typically would have in offense.
Michigan is bringing in good classes with Hoke guys they are definitely back on track to being Michigan. The most important thing which I'm sure Michigan fans know is he gets the culture and also understands the rivalry, something which Rich Rod didn't. The players know that as well I had two close friends play there recently one for Carr/RichRod and the other RichRod/Hoke and the thing they both say is how much Hoke gets what Michigan is.
That said Ohio State hired a great coach his track record speaks for itself, Urban is also a guy who gets it. Both what it is to coach at Ohio State and the rivalry. No need to elaborate on why it is Urban gets it posters on this site know.
Ultimately, I think after another season or two with both programs getting back track another 10 years war might kick off. This should be a great decade for both programs and the rivalry, especially with both schools seemingly bringing in guys who already understand and respect the rivalry.
I wouldn't say someone who has had back-to-back losing seasons and a sub .500 record after 8 seasons "certainly knows how to coach" but that's just me.
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I'm not saying Hoke is handicapped by Denard.. Quite the opposite actually.
Hoke was able to avoid the second-half slide that got Rich Rod, but I'm curious to see how he does with his own offense and his own players, that's all. By all accounts he had a successful campaign last year, but how much do we credit him for that?
Not trying to ruffle feathers because I personally think he was a good hire for ttun and I hope that the rivalry is back, but I'm not ready to appoint him as a great coach because I haven't see his product on the field
Do not take his record for what it is.....the guy is a baller and flat out great football coach! I have seen it on many occasions up front and personal. The other thing people underestimate with coaching, is how hard you get your players to play for you. The players at Michigan will run through a wall for Brady Hoke, Greg Mattison, and Borges. I feel the love between the coach and players everytime I am there and that love and trust makes average players great players.
Also, Brady Hoke has taken on projects where he has had to build a program from scratch. He did that at both stops! San Diego State was in shambles when Harbaugh left, nobody wanted to play there.
Also, after hearing Al Borges at the coaches clinic he admitted he hated the spread and wanted nothing to do with it, but that he had no choice because he had Denard. After doing the research and implementing some of it he has, "taken a liking to aspects of the spread." He admitted that some of his stuff will be here to stay in regards to the spread but will be more of a pro style.
It is funny you guys say you are not sure if he can coach with the stuff that he knows, when he had success with the stuff he did not know. (spread offense) What he did this year should be enough to prove that he can coach. He took players that did not fit well in the system he would like to run and adapted to his players. If Rich Rod did that I do not think his tenure would have come to a start like the way it did and may be still coaching in Ann Arbor. I want to emphasize the MAYBE.
I think we need to wait longer than a year to see how well he can coach. Playing a powder puff schedule last year (for the most part) didn't exactly help us analyze his coaching abilities. He won games he was supposed to win.
Remeber back when Charlie Cheeseburg was in ND and went to 2 BCS Bowls his first 2 years, every Michigan fan was saying something like that waiting for a couple of years see how he does. Now it really brings back that memory. Charlie brought 0 head coaching experience and Hoke brought <.500 head coaching experience and both had veteran super star QB to win games.
One more thing they have in common, they did not win anything prior. And they still have not won anything yet.
Won games he was supposed to win?? Nobody expected us to win 7 games! Everyone had us at 6-6. The talent level was not exceptional last year! Still is not where it should be either. He exceeded expectations.
Tressel's resume was kinda similar to Hokes, (yeah he had a couple of national championships, but at the I-AA level, and I remember people thinking wtf when he was hired) and Mattison is the real deal. He took RichRod's terrible defense and made it decent, plus florida and baltimore. Now, I'm not saying Hoke is going to have Tressel's success, b/c I don't think he will (he's a good recruiter, but I'll take Urban Meyer over him in that regard and while I haven't followed his career at all I haven't seen him develop talent) I think he did a good job last year and he seems like a good college head coach (he's the face of the program, he doesn't cost his team games, and players want to play for him) Borges doesn't mean much to me, Scum's offense took a step back from richrod, and Denard is what he is, a good college qb who can run really fast but will get hurt and throws jump balls, so it will be interesting to see what happens once he graduates (You better hope Morris is the real deal b/c Gardner looks like a bust). I remember far to well what UFM did to Tressel's best team, and I have faith that he can do that to rest of the big ten. Especially Michigan.
Tressel's record at Youngstown is 135-57-2 with 4 national champions. That is close to Hoke's record? I would like some of what you are having.
You can't deny their is a renewed sense of energy at Michigan and OSU. I'm glad Michigan is on the way back up. I hated the Rich Rod years. Turned a Bigten juggernaut into a bunch of scat back, no defense pussy whimps. The Bigten is at it's best when Michigan and OSU are on top. I hope Michigan wins every game except against us. Let's face it, we need Michigan to be good to legitimize a Bigten title.
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Yeah, key words are "at Youngstown" but still you're right. I was more trying to compare how their respective careers started at OSU/Mich. Both were dark horse candidates that disappointed fan bases when the news broke that they were hired. Both had solid 1st seasons (technically Hoke's was better) both came in after polarizing coaches and made a name for themselves by revitalizing the rivalry in a way the former coach never did, (Hoke's Ohio schtick, and never wearing red and tressel's famous speech predicting a michigan game win at the basketball game where he was announced), then backing them up by winning their first games. I don't like Hoke, and I don't think he'll have tressel-level success, but I think there's no reason to hate on his coaching job so far.
Bosa just tweeted "bye Columbus :(" without even committing. My confidence level in him went wayyyy down.
Alex stated he was a Buckeye. So I'm sticking to what he says. He knows what he's talking about.
He's a buckeye, just a matter of time
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
If he has his mind set on announcing in June like has been mentioned you can't really read in to anything about not hearing about a committment yet. For all we know he gave a verbal to the coaches but isn't going to announce publicly until June. I like the position we are in with him. He seems to love it here and when a prospect decides to visit all the way from Florida in back to back weeks it is only a matter of time guys.
Alex also stated Love was a Buckeye. We know how that turned out.
BlockOHBuckeye if you were paying attention Alex said he had recently been informed that Love was not in fact a lock and that there were other players for his service. It seemed like the staff cooled on Love whereas they are definitely going after Bosa hard. Big difference between the recruitment of the two players.
Would you prefer that he'd be excited and smiling about leaving Columbus? No need to overreact to everything a 16 year old tweets.
^ OMG he tweeted that he likes Grape soda, what if Urban Meyer likes Grape soda and stops recruiting him?????
Swede, I'm just stating my opinion. My confidence level has gone down. Farrell and others tweeting that Bosa probably committed. Then Bosa goes out of his way to text Bill Kurelic at 247sports to say that he did NOT commit. What's wrong with being bummed out? Isn't that what message boards are for? To share our thoughts no matter how legit or ludicrous they may seem?
@Rational - No one expected you to win 7 games??? Western Michigan, San Diego State, Northwestern, Illinois, Eastern Michigan, Purdue, Minnesota... those should be 7 wins almost every year save for Purdue and Illinois having fluke good years...
@Iwearmocs, on the record, I am not hating Hoke. I was just simply saying that his track record is not great. And definitely not on par with JT's. And stating that Tressel's resume was similiar to Hoke's is really an insult to JT no matter how you spin it. I am not trying to say Hoke would not be successful either. I am just saying that we should wait for a few years or at least until he actually wins something before crowning him. The way Michigan fans talking about Hoke now really resembles the way ND fans talking about Charlie back then.
Maybe we can start comparing coaches' HS coaching records, while we're at it. Tressel earned enough respect that his record at Ohio State stands tall enough. Some Buckeye fans on here have already acknowledged the degree of difficulty involved in taking over Ball St. It's comparative to taking over Vanderbilt and bringing it to the top of the SEC in 6 years. I agree, Hoke has many years ahead of him and one year at Michigan is going to sell anyone on him being a great coach.
What he did was bring structure and set fire to a team of non-believers. He instilled confidence in a defensive unit that, in the two previous years, set marks as the two worst defenses in Michigan history, only to go on to be the in the top 30 in just about every major defensive category. He brought back tradition and made the rivalries important again. So maybe he's not the best spoken or best looking coach, and maybe not the best X's and O's guy on the field, but he knows what it takes to produce winners, and I'll take that over anything else.
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You're right I shouldn't be providing a counterpoint to anybody's opinion on a message board, that is clearly not what they are for.
Swede - exactly. My comments should be the end all be all to message board posting. j/k
Maybe I am overreacting a bit. Bosa is my number 1 get on our board. Maybe I was expecting too much from people saying that he might have committed. (They /Bosa/Heuerman may have in fact committed but not yet made public.)
Bosa did tweet 'tonight ;)' on Saturday whilst Heuerman tweeted 'this morning' today. Could be slight hints that they had pledged.
^^BOOM. Powerful Alex.
Bosa being sad to leave Columbus is a good thing.
Yea I'd be worried if he said, "F yea I'm out of Columbus". Being sad is good.
Tough times never last, tough people do
There is absolutely ZERO reason that Bosa's tweet saying bye to Columbus is in any way a sign that he is not going to commit to OSU. I'd say if anything it might be a sign that he missed Columbus and maybe didn't want to go back home. From what I've heard he had a great time and it sounds as if OSU is the team to beat for his services. Personally I'd be shocked if he isn't a Buckeye but yes stranger things have happend in the past. I am a pretty big Buckeye fan and I would consider myself pretty knowledgable/ well informed but I've never gone insane enough to start following these kids via Twitter. Get a life!
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Rational, Harbaugh coached at U of San Diego, not San Diego State.
And don't be silly, Bosa is sad to be leaving cbus and that is a very good thing.
Love to see Bosa commit but a must get? I'd say at this point he is a luxury with us signing 3 of the top 10 DE's last year. Not to mention Hayes and Miller the year before. Dominant O-line man and top flight wr's are must gets with the schollies left.
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lol at the sparks created by my Hoke comment =) I'm not saying Hoke can't coach, I'm just saying that fans need to reserve judgment until he implements his own offense (which by most accounts is completely different from his current spread) and has his own players. The guy obviously can motivate and he's a better coach than Rich Rod, but I think early results can be deceiving. Also, no doubt he can recruit.