2025 Montana Recruits

[ilovethecats]

I won't pretend to know the situation. But this one is a weird deal to me. The kid obviously want to play QB. No issue with that. But did he not have that discussion with UM when he committed? Did he commit content with playing a different position and then change his mind? And especially in light of their current qb situation, why wouldn't UM at least give him a shot there to start and see what happens?

All just questions I have but the couple times I saw him play this seems like an absolute haul for Tech. Good for them and Merek as well.

[HelenaCat]

I won't pretend to know the situation. But this one is a weird deal to me. The kid obviously want to play QB. No issue with that. But did he not have that discussion with UM when he committed? Did he commit content with playing a different position and then change his mind? And especially in light of their current qb situation, why wouldn't UM at least give him a shot there to start and see what happens?

All just questions I have but the couple times I saw him play this seems like an absolute haul for Tech. Good for them and Merek as well.

It really might be as simple as he looked hard at how Hauck and his coaches have totally destroyed their QBs over the last few years and have moved most Montana raised QBs to other positions......

[wbtfg]

I won't pretend to know the situation. But this one is a weird deal to me. The kid obviously want to play QB. No issue with that. But did he not have that discussion with UM when he committed? Did he commit content with playing a different position and then change his mind? And especially in light of their current qb situation, why wouldn't UM at least give him a shot there to start and see what happens?

All just questions I have but the couple times I saw him play this seems like an absolute haul for Tech. Good for them and Merek as well.

Pure speculation on my part. Merek is great athlete and up until this year, I think he was probably a better track athlete than a football player/qb. In fact, I assumed he'd be going to college as a hurdler rather than a football player. Sometime in the last year, I think something really clicked with him and he worked himself into being a great football player and a great QB. Because of that I think is paradigm shifted a bit in terms of how he saw himself....and how coaches saw him.

It would be interesting to know how the communication piece went during this process. It seemed like it was a bit of an abrupt decision, as he had his UM commitment pinned up on his twitter until yesterday afternoon.

[RickRund]

I won't pretend to know the situation. But this one is a weird deal to me. The kid obviously want to play QB. No issue with that. But did he not have that discussion with UM when he committed? Did he commit content with playing a different position and then change his mind? And especially in light of their current qb situation, why wouldn't UM at least give him a shot there to start and see what happens?

All just questions I have but the couple times I saw him play this seems like an absolute haul for Tech. Good for them and Merek as well.

Pure speculation on my part. Merek is great athlete and up until this year, I think he was probably a better track athlete than a football player/qb. In fact, I assumed he'd be going to college as a hurdler rather than a football player. Sometime in the last year, I think something really clicked with him and he worked himself into being a great football player and a great QB. Because of that I think is paradigm shifted a bit in terms of how he saw himself....and how coaches saw him.

It would be interesting to know how the communication piece went during this process. It seemed like it was a bit of an abrupt decision, as he had his UM commitment pinned up on his twitter until yesterday afternoon.

Could the hauck/Fife incident been on his mind?

[ilovethecats]

I won't pretend to know the situation. But this one is a weird deal to me. The kid obviously want to play QB. No issue with that. But did he not have that discussion with UM when he committed? Did he commit content with playing a different position and then change his mind? And especially in light of their current qb situation, why wouldn't UM at least give him a shot there to start and see what happens?

All just questions I have but the couple times I saw him play this seems like an absolute haul for Tech. Good for them and Merek as well.

Pure speculation on my part. Merek is great athlete and up until this year, I think he was probably a better track athlete than a football player/qb. In fact, I assumed he'd be going to college as a hurdler rather than a football player. Sometime in the last year, I think something really clicked with him and he worked himself into being a great football player and a great QB. Because of that I think is paradigm shifted a bit in terms of how he saw himself....and how coaches saw him.

It would be interesting to know how the communication piece went during this process. It seemed like it was a bit of an abrupt decision, as he had his UM commitment pinned up on his twitter until yesterday afternoon.

Could the hauck/Fife incident been on his mind?

Not out of the question. With what they did to the QB position all season I could see that being a factor for a kid wanting to be QB.

And playing for Kyle Samson.

[Camo_Cat]

I won't pretend to know the situation. But this one is a weird deal to me. The kid obviously want to play QB. No issue with that. But did he not have that discussion with UM when he committed? Did he commit content with playing a different position and then change his mind? And especially in light of their current qb situation, why wouldn't UM at least give him a shot there to start and see what happens?

All just questions I have but the couple times I saw him play this seems like an absolute haul for Tech. Good for them and Merek as well.

Pure speculation on my part. Merek is great athlete and up until this year, I think he was probably a better track athlete than a football player/qb. In fact, I assumed he'd be going to college as a hurdler rather than a football player. Sometime in the last year, I think something really clicked with him and he worked himself into being a great football player and a great QB. Because of that I think is paradigm shifted a bit in terms of how he saw himself....and how coaches saw him.

It would be interesting to know how the communication piece went during this process. It seemed like it was a bit of an abrupt decision, as he had his UM commitment pinned up on his twitter until yesterday afternoon.

Could the hauck/Fife incident been on his mind?

It seems like Merek is a great athlete, and playing QB was his first goal. From everything I have heard, the Mihelish family is a great group of people, and I am sure this was a very hard decision for them to make.

But if we are being honest, the team on the other side of the hill was Merek's only D1 offer. I don't believe the Cats made him an offer. He got interest from Tech, Carroll, and Western, all NAIA team. So it feels like he's taking the path that will lead to the greatest opportunity for success. And there is nothing keeping him from developing into a great QB at Tech for a couple years and then take the leap up to D1 football.

Best of luck to Merek - I'm always rooting for those Montana kids!

[BelligerentBobcat]

I think it’s as simple as UM didn’t want him at QB, he was good with that, as the season went on he changed his mind and is now going somewhere that will let him play QB. I don’t think anybody is at fault, nothing UM did wrong, nothing Mihelish did wrong.

I’m still gonna laugh about losing a commit to an NAIA school though.

[wbtfg]

I won't pretend to know the situation. But this one is a weird deal to me. The kid obviously want to play QB. No issue with that. But did he not have that discussion with UM when he committed? Did he commit content with playing a different position and then change his mind? And especially in light of their current qb situation, why wouldn't UM at least give him a shot there to start and see what happens?

All just questions I have but the couple times I saw him play this seems like an absolute haul for Tech. Good for them and Merek as well.

https://406mtsports.com/college/big-sky ... 8423c.html

This is a pretty good article with quotes

[ike11ike]

I won't pretend to know the situation. But this one is a weird deal to me. The kid obviously want to play QB. No issue with that. But did he not have that discussion with UM when he committed? Did he commit content with playing a different position and then change his mind? And especially in light of their current qb situation, why wouldn't UM at least give him a shot there to start and see what happens?

All just questions I have but the couple times I saw him play this seems like an absolute haul for Tech. Good for them and Merek as well.

https://406mtsports.com/college/big-sky ... 8423c.html

This is a pretty good article with quotes

From the article:

"The Griz did offer the Capital QB the chance to play the position he wanted but by then, his mind was made up.

"After I told them I was going to decommit, they gave me a quarterback offer," he said. "

Epic fail

[BelligerentBobcat]

Arguably one of the funniest moments in Montana recruiting history. That’s piss poor recruiting by them.

[ilovethecats]

Arguably one of the funniest moments in Montana recruiting history. That’s piss poor recruiting by them.

All smack aside, it really does appear that Bobby is a poor recruiter. Seems like he's finding that 2.0 is way more difficult that 1.0. His first time around it was a given they were going to get the best in-state kids. That's far from the case now. Looks like he and his staff need to get with it.

[BelligerentBobcat]

Arguably one of the funniest moments in Montana recruiting history. That’s piss poor recruiting by them.

All smack aside, it really does appear that Bobby is a poor recruiter. Seems like he's finding that 2.0 is way more difficult that 1.0. His first time around it was a given they were going to get the best in-state kids. That's far from the case now. Looks like he and his staff need to get with it.

Be cooler if they didn’t.

[coloradocat]

I won't pretend to know the situation. But this one is a weird deal to me. The kid obviously want to play QB. No issue with that. But did he not have that discussion with UM when he committed? Did he commit content with playing a different position and then change his mind? And especially in light of their current qb situation, why wouldn't UM at least give him a shot there to start and see what happens?

All just questions I have but the couple times I saw him play this seems like an absolute haul for Tech. Good for them and Merek as well.

Pure speculation on my part. Merek is great athlete and up until this year, I think he was probably a better track athlete than a football player/qb. In fact, I assumed he'd be going to college as a hurdler rather than a football player. Sometime in the last year, I think something really clicked with him and he worked himself into being a great football player and a great QB. Because of that I think is paradigm shifted a bit in terms of how he saw himself....and how coaches saw him.

It would be interesting to know how the communication piece went during this process. It seemed like it was a bit of an abrupt decision, as he had his UM commitment pinned up on his twitter until yesterday afternoon.

Could the hauck/Fife incident been on his mind?

It seems like Merek is a great athlete, and playing QB was his first goal. From everything I have heard, the Mihelish family is a great group of people, and I am sure this was a very hard decision for them to make.

But if we are being honest, the team on the other side of the hill was Merek's only D1 offer. I don't believe the Cats made him an offer. He got interest from Tech, Carroll, and Western, all NAIA team. So it feels like he's taking the path that will lead to the greatest opportunity for success. And there is nothing keeping him from developing into a great QB at Tech for a couple years and then take the leap up to D1 football.

Best of luck to Merek - I'm always rooting for those Montana kids!

Based on how Bobbi and team develop and manage QBs, he's probably more likely to play QB for them as a transfer than as a HS recruit.

[Cataholic]

Arguably one of the funniest moments in Montana recruiting history. That’s piss poor recruiting by them.

All smack aside, it really does appear that Bobby is a poor recruiter. Seems like he's finding that 2.0 is way more difficult that 1.0. His first time around it was a given they were going to get the best in-state kids. That's far from the case now. Looks like he and his staff need to get with it.

What makes this whole scenario even more bizarre, is that I don’t believe UM offered any of their 4 commits a full scholarship. I am guessing they are all partials.

[cat-o-nine]

I won't pretend to know the situation. But this one is a weird deal to me. The kid obviously want to play QB. No issue with that. But did he not have that discussion with UM when he committed? Did he commit content with playing a different position and then change his mind? And especially in light of their current qb situation, why wouldn't UM at least give him a shot there to start and see what happens?

All just questions I have but the couple times I saw him play this seems like an absolute haul for Tech. Good for them and Merek as well.

https://406mtsports.com/college/big-sky ... 8423c.html

This is a pretty good article with quotes

From the article:

"The Griz did offer the Capital QB the chance to play the position he wanted but by then, his mind was made up.

"After I told them I was going to decommit, they gave me a quarterback offer," he said. "

Epic fail

As much fun as it is to stick a finger in UM's eye over this, another factor in this decision for this young man is how much better his education will be at Tech. I have to believe that most Tech grads come out with a much more marketable and potentially lucrative degree than UM grads. I say "Good luck!" to Merek both on and off the field - he made a better choice for his future.

[ike11ike]

I won't pretend to know the situation. But this one is a weird deal to me. The kid obviously want to play QB. No issue with that. But did he not have that discussion with UM when he committed? Did he commit content with playing a different position and then change his mind? And especially in light of their current qb situation, why wouldn't UM at least give him a shot there to start and see what happens?

All just questions I have but the couple times I saw him play this seems like an absolute haul for Tech. Good for them and Merek as well.

https://406mtsports.com/college/big-sky ... 8423c.html

This is a pretty good article with quotes

From the article:

"The Griz did offer the Capital QB the chance to play the position he wanted but by then, his mind was made up.

"After I told them I was going to decommit, they gave me a quarterback offer," he said. "

Epic fail

As much fun as it is to stick a finger in UM's eye over this, another factor in this decision for this young man is how much better his education will be at Tech. I have to believe that most Tech grads come out with a much more marketable and potentially lucrative degree than UM grads. I say "Good luck!" to Merek both on and off the field - he made a better choice for his future.

All that may be true. Epic fail by Griz regardless.

[4KornerKat]

I won't pretend to know the situation. But this one is a weird deal to me. The kid obviously want to play QB. No issue with that. But did he not have that discussion with UM when he committed? Did he commit content with playing a different position and then change his mind? And especially in light of their current qb situation, why wouldn't UM at least give him a shot there to start and see what happens?

All just questions I have but the couple times I saw him play this seems like an absolute haul for Tech. Good for them and Merek as well.

https://406mtsports.com/college/big-sky ... 8423c.html

This is a pretty good article with quotes

From the article:

"The Griz did offer the Capital QB the chance to play the position he wanted but by then, his mind was made up.

"After I told them I was going to decommit, they gave me a quarterback offer," he said. "

Epic fail

As much fun as it is to stick a finger in UM's eye over this, another factor in this decision for this young man is how much better his education will be at Tech. I have to believe that most Tech grads come out with a much more marketable and potentially lucrative degree than UM grads. I say "Good luck!" to Merek both on and off the field - he made a better choice for his future.

Love it. Don't stick a finger in UM's eye as you stick a finger in UM's eye.

[cat-o-nine]

I won't pretend to know the situation. But this one is a weird deal to me. The kid obviously want to play QB. No issue with that. But did he not have that discussion with UM when he committed? Did he commit content with playing a different position and then change his mind? And especially in light of their current qb situation, why wouldn't UM at least give him a shot there to start and see what happens?

All just questions I have but the couple times I saw him play this seems like an absolute haul for Tech. Good for them and Merek as well.

https://406mtsports.com/college/big-sky ... 8423c.html

This is a pretty good article with quotes

From the article:

"The Griz did offer the Capital QB the chance to play the position he wanted but by then, his mind was made up.

"After I told them I was going to decommit, they gave me a quarterback offer," he said. "

Epic fail

As much fun as it is to stick a finger in UM's eye over this, another factor in this decision for this young man is how much better his education will be at Tech. I have to believe that most Tech grads come out with a much more marketable and potentially lucrative degree than UM grads. I say "Good luck!" to Merek both on and off the field - he made a better choice for his future.

Love it. Don't stick a finger in UM's eye as you stick a finger in UM's eye.

Ha! Guess I did, didn't I. The truth hurts. It's such a target rich environment over there.

[coloradocat]

Arguably one of the funniest moments in Montana recruiting history. That’s piss poor recruiting by them.

All smack aside, it really does appear that Bobby is a poor recruiter. Seems like he's finding that 2.0 is way more difficult that 1.0. His first time around it was a given they were going to get the best in-state kids. That's far from the case now. Looks like he and his staff need to get with it.

What makes this whole scenario even more bizarre, is that I don’t believe UM offered any of their 4 commits a full scholarship. I am guessing they are all partials.

Gotta save scholarship money for all the FBS drop downs.

[1890Griz]

I won't pretend to know the situation. But this one is a weird deal to me. The kid obviously want to play QB. No issue with that. But did he not have that discussion with UM when he committed? Did he commit content with playing a different position and then change his mind? And especially in light of their current qb situation, why wouldn't UM at least give him a shot there to start and see what happens?

All just questions I have but the couple times I saw him play this seems like an absolute haul for Tech. Good for them and Merek as well.

https://406mtsports.com/college/big-sky ... 8423c.html

This is a pretty good article with quotes

From the article:

"The Griz did offer the Capital QB the chance to play the position he wanted but by then, his mind was made up.

"After I told them I was going to decommit, they gave me a quarterback offer," he said. "

Epic fail

As much fun as it is to stick a finger in UM's eye over this, another factor in this decision for this young man is how much better his education will be at Tech. I have to believe that most Tech grads come out with a much more marketable and potentially lucrative degree than UM grads. I say "Good luck!" to Merek both on and off the field - he made a better choice for his future.

A degree from Tech is more valuable than that of most MSU and UM degrees. However, certain MSU engineering degrees are better. UM has amazing pre-law, pharmaceutical, wildlife biology, and forestry degrees