Danny O'Brien (2012 DT, Flint (MI) Powers Catholic) (Tennessee signee)

 

 

Danny O'Brien

Defensive Tackle

Flint (MI) Powers Catholic

6'3, 300 pounds

Recruiting Profile w/Highlight Video

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Had an awesome camp showing in the summer and should be one of the top in-staters next year.

And according to TomVH, he'll be at the UMass game and could receive a verbal offer.

word is he received his verbal offer after the game and was thrilled...

Watched him play against a sophmore center against Davison and didn't impress me...at all.  How did he get a 4 star rating?

Verbally offered after the game today.

Our first 2012 commit?

UMWolverine5


Our first 2012 commit?

Could be, 2012 could be quite the defensive class if the pieces fall our way. Why we've offered O'Brien but not Wormley I don't understand.

MichFan4Life

UMWolverine5


Our first 2012 commit?

Could be, 2012 could be quite the defensive class if the pieces fall our way. Why we've offered O'Brien but not Wormley I don't understand.

 
Maybe if Wormley was more reasonable/legitimate about his interest in Michigan and showed it as much as he likes to talk about it, he'd have an offer. Hasn't camped, visited once just recently, as opposed to O'Brien, who camped here and has been in for more than one game now, it's a no brainer. Wormley needs to wrap his head around the rules and stop acting like a jaded lover. Try taking some initiative and call Michigan yourself instead of waiting for the phone to ring.

Uh...still not sure why we're recruiting this kid.  Watched him in two games this year and not a single time has he looked like anything more than a D2 recruit...

EFWolverine

MichFan4Life

UMWolverine5


Our first 2012 commit?

Could be, 2012 could be quite the defensive class if the pieces fall our way. Why we've offered O'Brien but not Wormley I don't understand.

Maybe if Wormley was more reasonable/legitimate about his interest in Michigan and showed it as much as he likes to talk about it, he'd have an offer. Hasn't camped, visited once just recently, as opposed to O'Brien, who camped here and has been in for more than one game now, it's a no brainer. Wormley needs to wrap his head around the rules and stop acting like a jaded lover. Try taking some initiative and call Michigan yourself instead of waiting for the phone to ring.

Look if the staff is not prepared to deal with sensitive egos and kiss the ass of 17 year olds they are in the wrong business. Dealing with drama queens is just part of the recruiting game in 2010 if you want to succeed (and especially if you aren't having a lot of success).
 
Its not the kid's job to recruit himself.

MichFan4Life

EFWolverine

MichFan4Life

UMWolverine5


Our first 2012 commit?

Could be, 2012 could be quite the defensive class if the pieces fall our way. Why we've offered O'Brien but not Wormley I don't understand.

Maybe if Wormley was more reasonable/legitimate about his interest in Michigan and showed it as much as he likes to talk about it, he'd have an offer. Hasn't camped, visited once just recently, as opposed to O'Brien, who camped here and has been in for more than one game now, it's a no brainer. Wormley needs to wrap his head around the rules and stop acting like a jaded lover. Try taking some initiative and call Michigan yourself instead of waiting for the phone to ring.

Look if the staff is not prepared to deal with sensitive egos and kiss the ass of 17 year olds they are in the wrong business. Dealing with drama queens is just part of the recruiting game in 2010 if you want to succeed (and especially if you aren't having a lot of success).

Its not the kid's job to recruit himself.

We don't need anymore drama queens like Justin Turner on this team. 

MichFan4Life

EFWolverine

MichFan4Life

UMWolverine5


Our first 2012 commit?

Could be, 2012 could be quite the defensive class if the pieces fall our way. Why we've offered O'Brien but not Wormley I don't understand.

Maybe if Wormley was more reasonable/legitimate about his interest in Michigan and showed it as much as he likes to talk about it, he'd have an offer. Hasn't camped, visited once just recently, as opposed to O'Brien, who camped here and has been in for more than one game now, it's a no brainer. Wormley needs to wrap his head around the rules and stop acting like a jaded lover. Try taking some initiative and call Michigan yourself instead of waiting for the phone to ring.

Look if the staff is not prepared to deal with sensitive egos and kiss the ass of 17 year olds they are in the wrong business. Dealing with drama queens is just part of the recruiting game in 2010 if you want to succeed (and especially if you aren't having a lot of success).

Its not the kid's job to recruit himself.

 
If you say so.

MichFan4Life

EFWolverine

MichFan4Life

UMWolverine5


Our first 2012 commit?

Could be, 2012 could be quite the defensive class if the pieces fall our way. Why we've offered O'Brien but not Wormley I don't understand.

Maybe if Wormley was more reasonable/legitimate about his interest in Michigan and showed it as much as he likes to talk about it, he'd have an offer. Hasn't camped, visited once just recently, as opposed to O'Brien, who camped here and has been in for more than one game now, it's a no brainer. Wormley needs to wrap his head around the rules and stop acting like a jaded lover. Try taking some initiative and call Michigan yourself instead of waiting for the phone to ring.

Look if the staff is not prepared to deal with sensitive egos and kiss the ass of 17 year olds they are in the wrong business. Dealing with drama queens is just part of the recruiting game in 2010 if you want to succeed (and especially if you aren't having a lot of success).

Its not the kid's job to recruit himself.

 
+1000
 
 
This isn't the first time that this staff was very slow in geting an offer to a big time recruit from the state of Ohio, either. The recruitment of Justin Turner comes to mind.
 
 
Sorry, EF, your post smacks of TJB type excuses.

xxmgobluexx

MichFan4Life

EFWolverine

MichFan4Life

UMWolverine5


Our first 2012 commit?

Could be, 2012 could be quite the defensive class if the pieces fall our way. Why we've offered O'Brien but not Wormley I don't understand.

Maybe if Wormley was more reasonable/legitimate about his interest in Michigan and showed it as much as he likes to talk about it, he'd have an offer. Hasn't camped, visited once just recently, as opposed to O'Brien, who camped here and has been in for more than one game now, it's a no brainer. Wormley needs to wrap his head around the rules and stop acting like a jaded lover. Try taking some initiative and call Michigan yourself instead of waiting for the phone to ring.

Look if the staff is not prepared to deal with sensitive egos and kiss the ass of 17 year olds they are in the wrong business. Dealing with drama queens is just part of the recruiting game in 2010 if you want to succeed (and especially if you aren't having a lot of success).

Its not the kid's job to recruit himself.

We don't need anymore drama queens like Justin Turner on this team. 

 
Good luck ever fixing this wretched defense without some big time recruits.

LOL, anytime somebody disagrees, the other side's always using "Tom Beaver excuses". That **** is well past stale at this point. This is not a perfect staff when it comes to recruiting by any means, but give me a ****ing break with this crap about Wormley. You really expected this staff to fudge the rules while NCAA investigators were ON campus? It's not as simple as "they can call the coach and have the coach tell the kid to call." At some point it actually DOES come down to the kid picking up a phone. Were they a step slow in recognizing Wormley? Sure seems like it. And that somehow excuses Wormley for everything afterward? He had a standing offer to attend Michigan's camp, and the self-professed lifelong Michigan fan chose to go to OSU's camp instead.
 
It's not the kid's job to recruit himself, right. It's called a middleground. If I'm as big a Michigan fan as Wormley claimed to be, I'm not waiting around for UM's coaches to get in touch with me, I'm going to be proactive and call them myself. But hey, what do I know, I'm just making Tom Beaver excuses.

EFWolverine


LOL, anytime somebody disagrees, the other side's always using "Tom Beaver excuses". That **** is well past stale at this point. This is not a perfect staff when it comes to recruiting by any means, but give me a ****ing break with this crap about Wormley. You really expected this staff to fudge the rules while NCAA investigators were ON campus? It's not as simple as "they can call the coach and have the coach tell the kid to call." At some point it actually DOES come down to the kid picking up a phone. Were they a step slow in recognizing Wormley? Sure seems like it. And that somehow excuses Wormley for everything afterward? He had a standing offer to attend Michigan's camp, and the self-professed lifelong Michigan fan chose to go to OSU's camp instead.

It's not the kid's job to recruit himself, right. It's called a middleground. If I'm as big a Michigan fan as Wormley claimed to be, I'm not waiting around for UM's coaches to get in touch with me, I'm going to be proactive and call them myself. But hey, what do I know, I'm just making Tom Beaver excuses.

Did we fudge the rules with James Ross?
 
Wormley would not have been the first 2012 kid we would have offered without having stepped on campus, and he wouldn't be the first kid to say he wanted an offer before showing up (Yes I know Ross does not fall in that category). Yeah I`d love for Wormley to be more proactive, I would have loved to see him show up to camp, or attend all the junior day events and BBQ's but at the end of the day I'd rather see him in Maize and Blue than anything. Its one thing to cite the NCAA as the reason why we weren't more active, its quite another to cite the NCAA then offer other kids during the same period. These kids aren't stupid, they have the internet, they know who is getting a lot of love and offers.
 
In this specific case it may end up a moot point (since he's set to show up for the Iowa game) but Wormely isn't first kid we've been late to the party on. We were a step slow with certain guys long before the NCAA showed up.

anyway, back to the main topic, I watched obrien last night, and I don't see it either. He has a very solid frame, buut he needs to lose about 15lbs. He definitely doesn't look like a 4* recruit. I've played against and watched 4 and 5* players, and I just don't think obrien falls into that category. I could surely see him playing up at grand valley, but that's about it. I hope I'm wrong.

EFWolverine


LOL, anytime somebody disagrees, the other side's always using "Tom Beaver excuses". That **** is well past stale at this point. This is not a perfect staff when it comes to recruiting by any means, but give me a ****ing break with this crap about Wormley. You really expected this staff to fudge the rules while NCAA investigators were ON campus? It's not as simple as "they can call the coach and have the coach tell the kid to call." At some point it actually DOES come down to the kid picking up a phone. Were they a step slow in recognizing Wormley? Sure seems like it. And that somehow excuses Wormley for everything afterward? He had a standing offer to attend Michigan's camp, and the self-professed lifelong Michigan fan chose to go to OSU's camp instead.

It's not the kid's job to recruit himself, right. It's called a middleground. If I'm as big a Michigan fan as Wormley claimed to be, I'm not waiting around for UM's coaches to get in touch with me, I'm going to be proactive and call them myself. But hey, what do I know, I'm just making Tom Beaver excuses.

MF4Life made the point better than I did.  This isn't the first time that this staff has been late to the party with a recruit. It's happened with recruits well before the NCAA investigation ever came about.
 
Childhood fandom only takes you so far. If I'm a recruit, I expect someone from the coaching staff to get in touch with me and let me know that they're interested. Wormley shouldn't have to recruit himself.

I like that people are arguing about a completely different recruit when the conversation is taking place that THE KID ISN'T GOOD!  Stop talking about other people, get to work talking about the fact that the kid couldn't play D-1. 
 
Both Vicious and I know talent when we see it, and he is not talented.  STOP WASTING A SCHOLORSHIP ON A GUY WHO COULD BARELY WALK ON AT GRAND VALLEY!

Offered by MSU today.

Josh mentioned over at Rivals tonight that Godin is very much in O'Brien's ear about Michigan now. I mentioned it when Godin committed that it would be interesting to see what happens with Dan. He's not the #1 (or #2) DT on Michigan's board, but if he were to try to commit, they wouldn't say no. Not saying that's going to happen or anything, but I don't think O'Brien is a deadset lock to Tennessee like a lot of people are assuming.