Michigan has been making the rounds and by many accounts is doing very well on the recruiting trail. Lets hope the Wolverines avoid a repeat this classic recruiting faux paus from earlier this year.
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The Wolverines and defensive line coach Greg Mattison made a last gasp effort to get three-star defensive end Daishon Neal — a Nebraska commit — to flip his commitment away from the Cornhuskers, but it backfired in the worst possible way.
Daishon Neal's father: "Michigan was a powerhouse, they stormed in hard and tried to get him."
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) January 27, 2015
Neal's father says Michigan's coaching staff made one mistake, said his son probably wouldn't be able to get into school w/out football
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) January 27, 2015
Oh no, Michigan. You can't do that.
At that point, Neal's father told U-M's coaching staff to leave the house -- he was leaning toward U-M, then threw them out of the house
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) January 27, 2015
Neal: "They basically tried to call me stupid in my own house." ... Apparently Michigan offended the Neal family quite a bit there
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) January 27, 2015
Rule number one of recruiting: DO NOT INSULT THE RECRUIT IN HIS OWN HOME. There are certain things you just can't do, and insinuating that a recruit is not smart enough to actually get into school is pretty high up that list. If that is a part of the Michigan recruiting handbook, they should probably rip that page out.
You can listen to Neal's full interview on his recruitment by Nebraska and Michigan here:
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