'26 VA RB Savion Hiter (Michigan commit)

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Stoerner Fumbles said:
I got the scoop. It’s medium boring. He was all Michigan until July. He grew close to a few of our players, and talked to them often. He loved being drivable to home and had a connection with Heuple and DeRaill. He started to second guess his decision to go to Michigan. His agent asked him if he wanted to do one more meeting with us to find out if he was making the right choice. He did. It went great. After that meeting he told our coaches he wanted to be a Vol. We changed our NIL structure to line up with the one Michigan offered. At this point, staff, others believed he was rock solid to us. A few days after my post AP said he believed we had the momentum. He told Michigan he was coming here and cut off talking with them. His mother was getting calls from Michigan and she vented to the coaches and said her son’s decision was not final and she didn’t appreciate people saying it was. He and his agent would not answer calls from Michigan. Sherrone kept on him and something happened in the last two weeks. I assume more money was offered, but don’t know. At this point he went silent with us. His agent kept talking to us, but it started to feel grim. I think his agent believed that this was the best destination for him and kept lines open, but somehow Michigan convinced the family otherwise. It’s a bummer, but I think we did everything we could. It doesn’t always go your way.
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Do you think the staff will keep recruiting him or has that ship sailed?
 
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Stoerner Fumbles said:
I got the scoop. It’s medium boring. He was all Michigan until July. He grew close to a few of our players, and talked to them often. He loved being drivable to home and had a connection with Heuple and DeRaill. He started to second guess his decision to go to Michigan. His agent asked him if he wanted to do one more meeting with us to find out if he was making the right choice. He did. It went great. After that meeting he told our coaches he wanted to be a Vol. We changed our NIL structure to line up with the one Michigan offered. At this point, staff, others believed he was rock solid to us. A few days after my post AP said he believed we had the momentum. He told Michigan he was coming here and cut off talking with them. His mother was getting calls from Michigan and she vented to the coaches and said her son’s decision was not final and she didn’t appreciate people saying it was. He and his agent would not answer calls from Michigan. Sherrone kept on him and something happened in the last two weeks. I assume more money was offered, but don’t know. At this point he went silent with us. His agent kept talking to us, but it started to feel grim. I think his agent believed that this was the best destination for him and kept lines open, but somehow Michigan convinced the family otherwise. It’s a bummer, but I think we did everything we could. It doesn’t always go your way.
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Sounds to me like it might not be over yet, even with him declaring. Is it possible that UT remains in contact with him and something happens over the next several months, or is that just a pipe dream at this point and we're better off just moving on?
 
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Stoerner Fumbles said:
I think it’s over.
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That's my uneducated belief, too. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but given how reserved he seemed to be during his ceremony, how tight-lipped and controlled the recruitment was, and how guarded the family was with regard to media and interviews, I just don't get the impression this young man is going to press further against what appears to be his family's (mother's) wishes.
 
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Orange. said:
The crooked NCAA's cheat-with-impunity policy for pets has consequences. That is all.
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I would much rather have a kid who wants to play for the Orange & White, irrespective of the circumstances surrounding another school.
I sensed in my gut that when UM didn't receive their just cumupence for their egregious cheating that would cinch the deal for this kid and make it a tough pull for us.
Best of lluck to the young man.
I hope he does well.
But as for Michigan - them and their equine conveyance.
 
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GetEmVols said:
I wanted Savion but there is definitely something weird about him. Didn't say a word and just grabbed the hat... had to read all the questions and decide which ones he wanted to answer. Maybe he just has high anxiety but it is a bit odd. Grats to Michigan though because all that matters is he can run the ball.
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Entitled maybe
 
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OGbabyaviVol said:
Could easily be another Brame recruitment. That’s another thing I love about our coaches…they don’t burn bridges. They keep lines of communication open, and then sometimes things happen that work out in our favor. You never know…Michigan may appeal the NCAA decision, then get hit with smaller fine but more punishment, like scholly reductions.
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Michigan should have their fines and non-monetary punishments both increased for this appeal BS when they have clearly worked against the NCAA the entire time instead of with them. Aholes need to take their medicine and shut up. They got lucky as hell.
 
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cncchris33 said:
You are moving the goalposts. I didn't reply to a post about scholarship reductions having an impact on the program. I responded to your claim that scholarships 78-85 never make an impact.

Those scholarship players I named were end of the roster types when they arrived on campus. If you eliminate 5 or 6 scholarships per year for 5 years, those are the kinds of guys you may end up sacrificing, which refutes your claim that scholarships 78-85 are useless and never produce results. They probably don't in year 1, but they certainly can down the road after maturation. Like a long-term mutual fund or your 401k. The results aren't seen overnight. They are an investment in the future. If you simply approach it on a year-by-year basis, sure, your point holds. But that isn't how it works in reality.
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Some of those guys aren’t even in that caliber when they are recruited. Telander, for instance, was easily a take. Brooks was a walk on anyway. When you reduce the total number and not the number per class, you aren’t going to have an issue with that, especially in the era of the portal when you are already going to have turnover anyway and marginal guys will move on on their own accord. It just really isn’t an issue of note to have 78 scholarships instead of 85, especially with the portal.
 
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
You can’t name scholarship players as evidence that scholarship reductions had an impact on the program. Show me a walk on who left here and succeeded elsewhere on scholarship or a guy we were 50/50 on offering a scholarship who went elsewhere and had success, then maybe you’d have a case. But naming a bunch of guys who were given scholarships as proof that scholarship penalties hurt us is nonsensical. Brooks played here his whole career, so clearly his lack of a scholarship initially didn’t hurt us either.
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Bishop was a PWO NIL guy, that made him even higher than 85. Seems to be working out.

You think Brooks was WHERE on the chart when he arrived? Heard he just got signed in NFL today.
 
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LaagerVol said:
So Mom wanted Michigan, and couldn’t find a good reason so she feigned indignance over information leaks to find something to be offended about?
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In fairness to her/them, she may have just wanted him to stand by his original decision to go to Michigan. I can’t judge their character based on gossip.
 
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VFL10 said:
Do you feel like your source is a little burned by what happened with it getting out that we lead or is just water under the bridge at this point?
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No. Everyone in the program was given a talk on what gets shared and what doesn’t. I’ll respect confidentiality when asked, as will others. It leaked out several channels. I don’t think it changed the outcome, but his family didn’t like it.
 
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Stoerner Fumbles said:
In fairness to her/them, she may have just wanted him to stand by his original decision to go to Michigan. I can’t judge their character based on gossip.
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Never know what’s been said by the other side either. People will believe BS if they want to. Most parents I think try to make what they believe to be the best decision for their kids. Kind of dumb to have an agent to handle stuff then not listen to their opinion on it with him thinking Tennessee was the best situation.

Michigan did win a national title recently though so it’s hard to really throw shade on them as a program.
 
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DaddyChad said:
Never know what’s been said by the other side either. People will believe BS if they want to. Most parents I think try to make what they believe to be the best decision for their kids. Kind of dumb to have an agent to handle stuff then not listen to their opinion on it with him thinking Tennessee was the best situation.

Michigan did win a national title recently though so it’s hard to really throw shade on them as a program.
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They blatantly cheated to get that National Title.

Whatever “shade” they’re receiving, it’s justified.
 
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