Michigan once made such a terrible recruiting pitch coaches were thrown out of Nebraska commit's hom ·

05 Jan 2025, 00:00

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.

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:

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/188133686"]

Michigan once made such a terrible recruiting pitch coaches were thrown out of Nebraska commit's hom

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