Pregame

I prefer this approach, you can always offer and then back off a kid.

I hear what you’re saying, but there are plenty of sales and relationship organizations that value college athletes for their intangible skills. Also, of the alternative being no exposure to higher education and the connections made with college classmates, some kids who can’t or wouldn’t goto college without sports don’t even know about what else is out there. As a vehicle for broadening horizons, I think it’s amazing that sports gives some people opportunities they’d otherwise miss out on.

You keep saying people only want coaches to be “nice guys.” No one has said that, period. You’re creating a boogie man to argue against and it simply doesn’t exist. But go off, king.

Are you an accountant for Notre Dame? What are you talking about? Revenue from home games a) easily covers the cost of room and board for not only the football team, but plenty of other athletes as well; and b) is a small part of the ledger as a whole for Notre Dame athletics.

Luckily for Dante and us, if he comes to ND his OL, WRs, and RBs will also be much better than 8 of the teams on our schedule, better than 3 of the teams on our schedule, on par with one team, and likely equal to or worse than 1/2 teams in the CFP.

While this has nothing to do with NIL, I personally think its amazing that kids with no shot at graduating from a college with ANY degree are able to leverage their athletic abilities into a college graduation and a diploma. I know people who likewise wouldn't have gotten into ND in my class had they not been the children of prominent donors, alums, professors, etc. Did I, or anyone in their class, ever give a shit how or why they got to ND? No, not really and their piece of paper says the same thing my piece of paper says at the end of 4 yrs. Life is about taking advantage of your advantage, whatever that may be, and athletes really are no different (and probably more deserving of a shot than some others).

Chansi Stuckey is official and can begin recruiting out on the road:

As expected, but I don't think this recruitment is quite over:

I see your guys point about a better control group or maybe some clear methodology. On the other hand, who gives a shit, its a positive for ND to cite in recruiting and its a poll about 15-18 yr old recruits' perceptions of college facilities. Recruiting is nothing but a popularity contest.

Sneed and Wagner have been bumped up to 5* status by On3. They're already committed to ND and signed, but it is still nice to be able to go tell all of our 2023 recruits that they can come play with more 5*s. https://www.on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fighting-irish/news/notre-dame-football-recruiting-five-star-2022-jaylen-sneed-aamil-wagner/

I'm interested to see what happens with Tosh and Carmody. Tosh I think will stay at tackle and I think he could be all-world, if nothing else, he's a great backup because we know its unlikely that Fisher and Alt will take a full seasons worth of snaps without a break. Carmody could be a G or T, wonder if Hiestand will push him inside.

Agree on the elite recruits part. Another thing to consider, OU is 2hrs from Bowen and he likely has friends there and he went with teammates to visit. I'm not overly concerned because I too enjoyed visiting colleges and having fun when I was in HS.

You’re right about the lack of loyalty, me first mentality. Conference realignment, ADs jumping jobs, coaches jumping jobs, coaches being fired quickly after being hired, bowl game/Playoff realignment. There’s a complete lack of loyalty and a permeation of the me-first mentality from every single person in a position of leadership. oh wait, did you mean the players?

The dude looks like a basketball player, he could be a beast if he’s able to get bigger without losing a ton of mobility. All of the AA game reports said despite being skinny, he plays strong, even stronger than some of the 300 pounders.

Nah, they don’t. The crystal balls are 50/50 Ohio St and UGA and his leas recruiter at Ohio State was Al Washington.

ND just offered Tre Reader a PWO spot. Reader is a close friend and teammate of Keeley. Readers brother is a baseball commit for ‘23.

Why would a WR need a RB coach in place?

Tony Alford just promoted to run game coordinator so we can probably eliminate him from the open RB spot at ND.

This is his 2022 recruiting profile: Includes: Sonny Styles (5*) and CJ Hicks (5*). Lowest rated recruit was Koji Antwi 4* WR and 146 nationally ranked recruit.

Elston was a fine recruiter but had a better eye for talent and ability to develop that talent. Those are very valuable traits, especially at Northern schools not located in Columbus, Ohio. Elston seemed like a good guy, it sucks that he's leaving, but he's at Michigan now so he can go f*ck himself along with the rest of that sh*thole program (kidding, at least about Elston). However, Freeman has us fishing in different ponds as evidenced by immediately upgrading LB recruiting and then bringing in Keeley, Vernon, Shuler, Bowen, Rhett, and Bowen. I'm not expecting a recruiting drop off due to the loss of Elston in the mid-long term. We may see some hiccups in the short-term, especially in recruiting operations (Elston was Recruiting Coordinator), but even those hiccups can be overcome because we have plenty of time to make hires, re-organize, and keep our current DL commits assured that ND is the best place for them. If Keeley or Vernon leave, they leave, but I think recruiting as a whole will continue to improve and new blood at DC and DL can even improve recruiting.

Everyone relax, Faith was just taking a stab at it! Honestly it doesn't matter to me whether they play 3 down, 4 down, 5 down, whatever. Alabama runs a 3-4 but it doesn't really matter because Will Anderson and Frosh Dallas Turner are freak pass rushers at LB and both guys can just as easily drop into coverage. I think too much is made of the "system" and more emphasis (as fans) should be paid to who we have running the system. For example, next year: 3rd and Long, we line up in a 3-3-5 with Foskey (Vyper), Jayson Ademiola (NT), Mills (Big End), Botelho (Rover), Kiser (MLB), Marist (WB), and 5 DBs. From that "system" they can easily rush 3, 4, or 5 with Botelho and Marist. They can bring a DB on a blitz or they can rush Kiser up the middle. So long as you have a guys like Botelho/Marist (and projecting Kollie, Snead, Burnham, and Ziegler) who are comfortable in coverage and rushing the passer, that 4th rusher doesn't matter as much on passing downs. I like a 3-4 or 3-3-5 IF you continue to bring in the caliber of player we're bringing in because it gives you a ton of athleticism on the field all at once. All that to say I think we'll continue to see ND line up 4-3, 3-4, and 3-3-5 under Freeman.

Football Scoop reporting Heacock staying at Iowa State fwiw.

Of course they could, but I doubt they will.