Mike DeBord Quotations

I text one guy several times, and I never heard back from him. So I thought that was kind of a sign I'm not going to text you, I'm not interested.

It doesn't matter if you are considered a run blocker or pass blocker. If you are an offensive linemen you want to come to Michigan and you feel like you can fit in here.

It could very well be because you don't know when you're getting a kid. You don't if he's at class, you don't know if he's at lunch, you don't know where he is at that time. So when you leave that text, you don't know what he's involved with. I think kids feel like they have to get back right away when somebody texts, and I think it's interfering with things they should be doing. You don't want to overdo it, because you don't want to upset the kid or the family.

We have always done a good job of evaluating offensive linemen. But more than anything, I think their success at the pro level has to do with the pro-style offense we run. We have used a mix of the run game and pass game for several years now and guys are forced to develop in both areas.

You're trying to give them information. You might give them a stat about the University of Michigan academically or you may give them a stat about the football program. It's a way to communicate, and a way to give them information.

As a coach, you've got to respond whenever you're maybe doing something, too, because if you get one from a recruit, they want to hear back.