2010 Michigan Recruiting: Ryan Vinapol

2010 Michigan Recruiting: Ryan Vinapol


School: Cardinal Mooney
Height: 5 ft - 11 inches
Weight: 185 lbs
Position: ATH-Athlete
Class of: 2010
Home Town: Boardman
State: Ohio
Offers: Michigan, Bowling Green, Kent State, Air Force

Overview: He is a versatile high school player who plays all three phases of the game. Solid athlete who does a lot of things okay, but nothing great.



Strengths: Physical player who delivers a solid shot. Maintains solid leverage and is fundamentally sound. Good quickness and okay feet. Shows good instincts and ball skills.



Need work: Plays upright and needs to learn to bend his knees. Back pedal is not as smooth and this hurts his ability come out of breaks. Solid hitter when tackling, but needs to learn to wrap up when tackling.



Final thought: At this time we do not feel he is a Michigan type caliber recruit, but we are not college coaches, we are not on the Michigan staff, and we are not evaluating complete game film. This is our opinion of this athlete and not trying to put him down, but we believe this kid would be a Plan B or C type of player at least in our opinions for Michigan.

We would have rather taken another player like Micah Hyde from Fostoria, Ohio last year who committed to Iowa. He is a better athlete and also has more speed.

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Mailbag question: Coach Robinson getting more control

Mailbag question: Coach Robinson getting more control

GBMW,

Hi, love the site and keep up the good work.

In regards to the defense, I know the only way to get out of this mess on D is to recruit, recruit, recruit. Yes, I heard it here.

Also, in your opinion do you believe that Coach Rod has to hand the keys, so to speak, to Coach Robinson and basically give him total control of the D and allow him to hire and fire his own defensive assistants to help get the defense back on track, with Coach Rod just focusing solely on offense? If Coach Rod continues to be stubborn when it comes to the defense and defensive recruiting, are, in your opinion, his days in Ann Arbor numbered?

Thanks
Chris

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Thanks for the question and comments.

Wins fix everything. Maybe that is not the way it should be, but it is indeed the way it is.

If Coach Rod wins, it will not matter who his assistant coaches are.

The reality is that Coach Gibson is not going anywhere, regardless of who the defensive coordinator is.

Coach Tall is probably not going anywhere either.

Coach Robinson realized this situational reality when he came to Michigan. He now has to make the best of it, assuming he stays.

Hopeful having two full springs under the same basic structure will help things out, and improvements, however small, will be realized.

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Mailbag question: What seniors with eligibility left?

Mailbag question: What seniors with eligibility left?

GBMW,

Could you please tell me, which seniors will be leaving and which seniors have another year of eligibility.

Thanks Russ

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Thanks for the question.

No Eligibility Left (Seniors or 5th Year now):

Stevie Brown, Brandon Minor, Greg Mathews, Carlos Brown, Kevin Grady, Ricky Reyes (walk-on), Zac Baker (walk-on), Zoltan Mesko, Ohene Opong-Owusu (walk-on), Brandon Graham, David Moosman, Tim McAvoy, Mark Ortmann, LaTerryal Savoy, Tim North (walk-on), and Jason Olesnavage (walk-on).

Could return for a 5th year, but will they? (Red-shirt Juniors now):

Jonas Mouton, Nick Sheridan, David Cone, Nick Koenigsknecht (walk-on), Chris Berry (walk-on), Bryan Wright, Mark Moundros, Obi Ezeh, Benjamin Sutton (walk-on). Stephen Schilling, Bryant Nowicki (walk-on), John Ferrara, Perry Dorrestein, Jon Conover (walk-on), Greg Banks, Mike Therman (walk-on), and Adam Patterson.

GBMW would be shocked if all the soon to be 5th year seniors (red-shirt juniors now) would all return. We see several that will probably move on with their life or be “asked” not to come back.

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Mailbag question: All the negative talk

Mailbag question: All the negative talk

GBMW,

GBMW is an excellent web site, great job guys!

I was just wondering about the state of the program, all the "drama" going on, the negative pub, etc. The program is getting a new A.D, so what does that mean? All the BAD loses, I could keep going, but is Coach Rod going to be able to make it for another year? I support the program, first and foremost, whoever the coach is, I support. I do not want to see coach Rod leave or be forced out. I thought coach Rod quit WVU, his home, his alma mater, his dream job, because of the school president; I might be wrong. But if a president got Coach Rod to quit, I tend to think all this stuff going on right now has got to be worse than anything that was going on at WVU. The new A.D. (not named yet), is there going to be pressure on whomever that person is to replace coach Rod with a new coach, or is MSC going to hire somebody that will be able to handle all the outside pressure and give coach Rod the time he needs to get us to were we need to be? So back to the bottom line, do you guys think Coach Rod will be here next year? I know you can’t see the future but in your honest opinion what do you guys think is going to happen?

Thanks, again great job guys.

Eroc I miss you at scout.

Mark,

From Monroe, MI

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Thanks for the question and the comments.

In our opinion Coach Rod will be back next season regardless of what happens.

The only way he does not return is if something comes out of the “investigations” that is deemed to be a major ethics or NCCA violation.

If Coach Rod does not show major improvement in 2010, we could see a new athletic director wanting his own person as head coach of the football program.

Note: As far as not being on Scout, it is best for both parties that we have parted ways. I can always be found here at GBMW along with CoachBt, MaizeMan, and Doc4blu. So please stop by often and thanks again for writing to GBMW.

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Mailbag question: Question about a head coach

Mailbag question: Question about a head coach

GBMW,

First let me say what a great job you do presenting the facts and answering the questions. Can you please explain to me why everyone thinks UM would never consider Jim Harbaugh for the position of head coach? Just think about it, he is a proven winner at Stanford, was an excellent NFL quarterback and a great former Michigan player. He understands Michigan football and most importantly the rivalries with ND, MSU and OSU. I know he spouted off about the academics, but is that the only reason he has become such an outsider?

Thanks!
Chris B.

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Thanks for the question and comments.

We think Coach Harbaugh should be considered if (and only if) Michigan needs a new head coach at some point in time. So everyone out in cyberspace, please understand, this is a response to answer a reasonable question that may some day be pertinent. This is not a grandstand for a coaching change.

In our opinion Coach Harbaugh is very qualified and would make an excellent candidate for almost any head coaching position. What we have come to realize is how political these hirings and the associated processes truly are. Egos get bruised and vendettas get carried over to the point where even though the page has been turned, some want to turn the page back and some want to skip the page and create a new one, even though the current page is still hot off of the press.

With the current UM administration, fan climate (the perception of Harbaugh), athletic department and academic workforce (who all got bashed to the point of near ludicrousy by Harbaugh), we see very little chance that Coach Harbaugh would be seriously considered. Coach Harbaugh may have even less interest in the position than Michigan has in him as a candidate. Do not hold fast the underlying assumption of many that Coach Harbaugh may want the job.

We guess sooner or later the people that make all the major decisions for Michigan are going to either have to swallow a little pride and ask coaches such as Harbaugh to come back home and save the program that their mentor Bo Schembechler created, or stick behind what UM has now and hope the current situation works itself out. When that time is, only the few at the highest level know.

People should not condemn a man for a couple of comments that had to do with the direction a school was pushing players regarding educational programs, because for the most part players (reality here everyone, not a value judgment) do not have the time to become a great student and a great athlete at a school like Michigan. There are exceptions.

Also, it is unwise for people to throw out rumors of what Harbaugh did back in school, or what happened twenty-years ago, clearly many people make mistakes and most of us are lucky enough that our embarrassing mistakes are not in the public eye.

Too bad! He is a great coach, fiery, passionate, and has that fire to be an excellent coach that recruits like hell (I mean look what he has been able to do at Stanford) and look at how he was able to turnaround that program that was left for dead before he arrived.

Harbaugh brings toughness and an attitude that says we are going to beat you down. Sooner or later fans, donors, alumni, etc., will grow weary (or at least we hope) of getting beat down on the football field and beat down by the media, and will seek higher expectations and real results. It almost seems like the expectations have become lowered to the point that program followers are just hoping for .500 anymore, so much for "Leaders and Best" and hello to mediocrity and the land of the bottom dwellers of the Big Ten Conference.

Let us hope Coach Harbaugh does not receive a couple of offers to coach at places where UM might have to go against him, such as a place like Notre Dame and tears it up, think about how bad that would be if one of our own takes it to us?

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Mailbag question: Bowl practices

Mailbag question: Bowl practices

GBMW,

Thanks for all your insight, guys.

You have often mentioned the importance of bowl practices in developing the young players. Well, now it appears we are about to miss a second straight year of bowl practices. My question is can a player ever really recover from missing all those practices when you compare him to a similar player at OSU or PSU? And if so, how far back will it set them?

I cannot help but think that a kid like OSU's Etienne Sabino is going to be more prepared to hit the field for playing time next year than a kid who came into UM at the same time, J.B. Fitzgerald, just because Sabino has had 30 more prime out-of-season practices.

And with next year's schedule looking awfully tough and our defense potentially being worse with no Graham and Brown, a bowl isn't a given next year either. It is hard to imagine how much the lack of opportunity might be setting back Fitzgerald, BRob and especially our young OL like Barnum, Mealer and Khoury, when compared with the seven Big 10 schools that will each have been to bowls in 2008 and 2009.

Your thoughts?
JP

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Thanks for the question and comments.

These fifteen bowl preparation practices are crucial to player development.

Once the season begins most young players stop learning the Michigan system and become strictly demo players.

Their job is to simulate the offense or defense of Michigan’s opponents.

These guys get very little, if any, time learning and running their own team’s schemes.

The fifteen practices give the youngsters needed reps, and lets the staff start to look at replacements for this year’s graduating seniors.

Do not overlook the recruiting benefits of those fifteen practices. Most high school seasons are over and this gives players a chance to visit and see bowl practices first hand.

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Mailbag question: Log books

Mailbag question: Log books

GBMW,

I recently started reading your blog and really enjoy it. As somebody who is knowledgeable about the football program, what is your opinion on the missing workout logs information that came out today as a result of the internal university audit?

Jon
Brighton, MI

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Thanks for the question and comments.

Same as we feel about the entire matter, another piece of dirt that is making a mountain out of a molehill.

Those logs are a complete joke, you can write down anything and there is no way to verify their accuracy. The problem we have with them is the coaching staff knows they need to do these and they completely dropped the ball for the entire 2008 year (or at least what the Detroit News) made it seem and this is not their first college coaching job or Coach Rod's first head coaching tenure.

If you noticed, every Big Ten program backed Michigan up. Because they know they could not stand up to the scrutiny either and realize that they are doing it as well.

The problem for Coach Rod and the entire Michigan football program which includes the coaches, football office administrators, players, athletic department, academic advisors, conditioning coaches, and anybody else that has a hand in this football program keeps giving ammo to not only the media, but to other college coaches to use against this program to negative recruit against Michigan.

It seems almost on a weekly basis anymore that something is coming out or something is being discussed on a problem at Michigan and the football program.

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1969 Michigan Football

Michigan Football: Ohio State at Michigan -- "The Game"

Ohio State at Michigan
"THE GAME"
Michigan leads the series 57-42-6
November 21, 2009
12:00pm EST. - 3:30pm EST.
DirecTV Channel: ABC
Your local ABC

at Michigan Stadium

The stadium project will include preservation of the existing structure and enhancements that will improve the game-day experience for all Michigan fans. Planning has been under way for more than three years. Construction is scheduled to begin at the end of the 2007 football season and to be completed by August 2010.

Improvements include:

• Wider seats and aisles with handrails to make it easier for fans to move in the aisles.
• New elevated concourses with additional restrooms and concessions along both sidelines.
• More wheelchair locations along the sidelines.
• Two new buildings on the north end of the stadium that will house additional restrooms, concessions and public safety services.
• A new building on the south end of the stadium that will offer additional concessions and restrooms.
• A new press box.
• Refurbished restroom facilities.
• 650+ new chairback seats on the west side.
• 46 suites in the west side structure (33 suites located on the first level and 13 suites on the second level).
• 1,900+ outdoor club seats and stadium lounge on the first level of the east side structure.
• 250+ indoor club seats and 850+ covered outdoor club seats and stadium lounge on the second level of the east side structure.
• 36 suites on the third level of the east side structure.
• Four towers, one at the end of each sideline structure, which will have elevators and wide stairways to bring patrons to the new concourses and premium seating areas.

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What Coach Rod: "Pre-game pep talk" could be

Desmond and Woodson

GBMW: Michigan Football -- Ohio State at Michigan -- Predictions

Ohio State at Michigan

Go Blue Michigan Wolverine -- Predictions

CoachBt:
Ohio State 34
Michigan 17

MaizeMan:
Michigan losing

Coach Webb:
Ohio State 27
Michigan 20

Doc4Blu:
Ohio State 35
Michigan 10

ErocWolverine:
Ohio State 36
Michigan 17

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