Comments on: Quick look at Rivals100 dispels some recruiting myths http://irish.nbcsports.com/2011/05/10/quick-look-at-rivals100-dispels-some-recruiting-myths/ Inside the Irish on NBCSports.com Wed, 22 May 2013 21:25:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: scardino http://irish.nbcsports.com/2011/05/10/quick-look-at-rivals100-dispels-some-recruiting-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-10765 Wed, 11 May 2011 14:44:23 +0000 http://irish.nbcsports.com/?p=4056#comment-10765 I like that Brian Kelly puts out offers to more kids. One apparent difference between Brian Kelly and Charlie Weis is that his ego is not a factor. I don’t mean for that to sound overly critical. Charlie Weis used himself as the selling point so if a student athlete said “No”, it was a personal rejection for Charlie Weis. Charlie seemingly put himself into as few opportunities for personal rejection as possible. Brian Kelly is not concerned about that. He is confident in himself, Notre Dame, and where Notre Dame is going. He isn’t offended if, as he seems to perceive it, someone else is not able to see it.

Will this help us get more big name recruits? It is hard to say. One thing we can say with certainty, though, is that you will never get big recruits if you don’t offer them a place on your team.

]]> By: nudeman http://irish.nbcsports.com/2011/05/10/quick-look-at-rivals100-dispels-some-recruiting-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-10764 Wed, 11 May 2011 14:41:26 +0000 http://irish.nbcsports.com/?p=4056#comment-10764 Interesting comment about Willingham and his golf game. I never understood why he wasn’t more successful at ND, particularly since they started off 8-0 in his first year. From afar, it seemd that he was a highly principled guy, a decent football man, definitely smart enough; but he seemed like an introvert. The kind of guy who was more comfortable diagramming plays and breaking down video versus being out on the recruiting trail, pressing flesh, warming up to Moms and Dads.

Weis struck me as a blowhard. A Parcells wannabe who thought his mere presence and SB rings would have 5 star recruits flocking to ND just for the honor of being near him. He was completely overrated as an offensive mind (remember his nonexistent “schematic advantage”?) and ran an undisciplined ship; they were routinely outplayed in the 4th quarter to teams like Connecticut, Syracuse and Navy – at home.

Kelly seems to be the real deal. Inherited a lousy team; rebuilding it from the inside/out with great OL and DL recruiting; and just the kind of guy you can imagine parents of a 5 star recruit loving. Time will tell. But this guy is so far superior to the last couple guys, it’s got to get better.

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