'08 PA LB Shayne Hale (Pitt Verbal)

[Irishknight1023]

haha wow thats bad and insulting...but i said monthes ago he is a OSU lock and has zero interest in ND.

[IrishCalves]

Originally Posted by GoshenGipper

At this point I would think 5 or 6 depending on who that 6th might be. That includes players like Flemming at OLB rather than DE where most recruiting services have him listed.

You really think 5 at least? Weis has stated he wants to get more equal #'s from class to class, so this year probably won't be a jumbo haul.

That being said, with Goodman committed and 6 offers extended a receiver (Tate, Odoms, Floyd, Butler, Baldwin, Alexander), it looks like they're gunning for more than one more verbal at WR.

Combine that wish so many other area's of numerical need (2 way OL for the spring game, a guy who was already a small 4-3 DT and a converted Olineman backing him up at NG, and the potential to lose Ferrine, Lambert, and Wooden after this year, leaving us with 4 corners on the roster), I just don't see 5 being the minimum.

I'd say its more like they're aiming for 4, with 5 being the "stud" spot, which as of now looks like Arthur Brown or bust. Shayne Hale sounds like he could care less, and most every other stud LB has a leaning towards a different program (Sabino towards UNC, Sweat towards OSU/PSU, Beal towards... everywhere). The only one offered that sounds good with the Irish is Filer, who would make a nice 4th addition.

[GoshenGipper]

You really think 5 at least? Weis has stated he wants to get more equal #'s from class to class, so this year probably won't be a jumbo haul.

Yeah, as long as the 5th or 6th would be a high quality player. If Filer commits that would give ND four LBs, and do you really think they would tell players like Sweat, Beal, Sabino, or Brown "no"?

[irishunclebill]

Originally Posted by GoshenGipper

Yeah, as long as the 5th or 6th would be a high quality player. If Filer commits that would give ND four LBs, and do you really think they would tell players like Sweat, Beal, Sabino, or Brown "no"?

I don't think they would turn down any of those 5 LB's if scholarships are available. It's not going to happen anyway, but there is nothing wrong with having 8 stud LB's in a 3-4 Defensive scheme, even if they are all in the same recruiting class, and especially when you have little or no current depth at that position. Half of them would not play Freshman year, so ND would have arguably the best LB corp in the nation for the next 5 years. It's all a pipe dream anyway, I'm not even sure we get Filer to make it 4, the other 4 are all questionable in a lot of ways. I would like to see another offer go out, maybe to Jordan Futch, who is not quite on the level of these guys, but who with an offer, would give ND a better shot at Sabino, who might be better than all of the guys mentioned here, except obcourse for Arthur Brown.

[Irish93]

Shayne's Top Ten: Miami, Alabama, Oregon, Ohio State, West Virginia, Rutgers, Michigan, Virginia, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Florida.

No stated leader.

[GoshenGipper]

No stated leader.

Right... *cough* Ohio State *cough*

Even though ND made Shayne's cut, I still don't think they have any real chance with him.

[Irishknight1023]

I think he's Oregons to lose. Oregon? lol where'd they come from?