Jacie
12/13/2008, 12:09 AM
He would have been Lloyd Carr's recruit but Rich Rodriguez' player. RR's offense requires a highly mobile quarterback, more in the mold of McCoy, Tebow and definately Pat White. But some UM fans wonder what might have been if OUr guy had become their guy . . .
Report: Missed call might have hurt U-M's chances to land QB Sam Bradford
FREE PRESS STAFF REPORTS • December 9, 2008
The New York Times published a big feature story last week on Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford, a strong candidate to win the Heisman Trophy on Saturday.
Included in Thayer Evans' article was a passage about Bradford's recruitment by Michigan. A snippet:
Just days after (Oklahoma assistant coach Chuck) Long’s visit, Michigan’s quarterbacks coach at the time, Scot Loeffler, watched Bradford throw. He, too, promised a scholarship offer the next Monday from Lloyd Carr, the Wolverines’ coach at the time.
But Carr did not call that Monday. On Wednesday, Loeffler called (high school coach Bob) Wilson and explained that Carr did not call because one of his grandchildren had been born over the weekend.
Loeffler told Wilson that Carr would call the next Monday with a scholarship offer. The next day, Bradford had his meeting with Stoops and Long. He committed to the Sooners before Michigan made an offer.
“There was no question we would have loved to have him,” Carr said in a telephone interview. “We felt in evaluating him that he was going to be a great player.”
Report: Missed call might have hurt U-M's chances to land QB Sam Bradford
FREE PRESS STAFF REPORTS • December 9, 2008
The New York Times published a big feature story last week on Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford, a strong candidate to win the Heisman Trophy on Saturday.
Included in Thayer Evans' article was a passage about Bradford's recruitment by Michigan. A snippet:
Just days after (Oklahoma assistant coach Chuck) Long’s visit, Michigan’s quarterbacks coach at the time, Scot Loeffler, watched Bradford throw. He, too, promised a scholarship offer the next Monday from Lloyd Carr, the Wolverines’ coach at the time.
But Carr did not call that Monday. On Wednesday, Loeffler called (high school coach Bob) Wilson and explained that Carr did not call because one of his grandchildren had been born over the weekend.
Loeffler told Wilson that Carr would call the next Monday with a scholarship offer. The next day, Bradford had his meeting with Stoops and Long. He committed to the Sooners before Michigan made an offer.
“There was no question we would have loved to have him,” Carr said in a telephone interview. “We felt in evaluating him that he was going to be a great player.”