Rumors: Paddy Mullin & Munir Price

[sblxdoc]

NDnation talked about an Illinois recruiting board as saying both Price and Mullen are taking a hard look at Illinois now. Can't imagine why, especially after getting verbals from both Frazer and Jones. Anybody else hearing this?

 

[BigIrish]

i'd be interested to know...i can't imagine it's true, considering 1) the way the overall recruiting class is shaping up, and 2) the way mullen talked about ND when he verballed. the guy bleeds blue and gold.

 

[jiggafini19]

It would make no sense for Prince to go to Illinois since Rashard Mendenhall is there for his freshman year and has already gone through spring drills as well. That and Mendenhall is far superior at running back to Prince in nearly every aspect of the position.

Prince had verballed to Iowa and switched over. Not a big deal with Aldridge. Could open the door for Elzy in Ohio, who might also be better than Prince.

 

[Batch]

Whether true or not I would imagine you are going to hear these kinds of things until signing day. Other schools, and fans of other schools are starting to take notice that ND is getting a lot of quality recruits and it is probably making all of them a little nervous at what that means to their recruiting and when they face us on the field.

I dont think we should put much stock into any of this until we hear it from the recruits mouth.

-Batch

 

[Irish Legend]

Look at all these foolish rumors! There is too much time to worry about it. As long as recruiting is going as well as it is, nobody will defect.

 

[Guest]

The only way I see Paddy leaving is if he doesn't keep his grades up. Definitely a possibility, considering his grades aren't very good.

I don't know about Prince, he's already decommitted from a school once, it would look pretty bad to decommit from a second school. Plus he's good friends with Aldridge. Maybe Jabbie possibly moving to RB may have hindered his decision.

Who knows, I wouldn't worry yet.

 

[Irish Envy]

NDnation talked about an Illinois recruiting board as saying both Price and Mullen are taking a hard look at Illinois now. Can't imagine why, especially after getting verbals from both Frazer and Jones. Anybody else hearing this?

Do you have a link the the recruiting board mentioned?

 

[sblxdoc]

Do you have a link the the recruiting board mentioned?

Unfortunately no. On Ndnation.com under the "rock report" it was reported being seen on "orangeandbluenews.com". I tried to verify, but this is a subscription site.

 

[erod24]

Mullen/Prince....

Mullen/Prince....

are staying put. From another recruiting website. They throw away any mail they receive from other schools.
GO IRISH!

 

[Irish Envy]

Do you have a link?

 

[Irish Envy]

Unfortunately no. On Ndnation.com under the "rock report" it was reported being seen on "orangeandbluenews.com". I tried to verify, but this is a subscription site.

Right on.

That is what I hate... unfortunately, it sounds like sour grapes from some Illini fans since we took the D-Train from them. I mean, why would you want a hamburger when you already have a filet mignon on your plate?

 

[VAIRISH84]

Rumors

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I don't pay much attention to rumors. I don't think they amount to much. As was said, Mullen may just be looking for grade reasons. Prince ahs a history of looking, but I doubt he still is. Jabbie moviong should not be counted in as I would imagine the rumor started before that.

 

[BigIrish]

Right on.

That is what I hate... unfortunately, it sounds like sour grapes from some Illini fans since we took the D-Train from them. I mean, why would you want a hamburger when you already have a filet mignon on your plate?

there is a thread on one of the boards that is titled prince/mullen, and there are a few responses to it. unfortunately, that's a subscriber section and i can't read it.

jabbie won't scare off prince. mullen may have a problem with his grades, but if that WERE the case, i envision that being a situation where he becomes academically ineligible once he's on campus and subsequently transfers to another school. i don't see him bailing due to grades before he ever steps on campus.

 

[irishnd31]

Rest easy lads...they aint goin' nowhere.

 

[jiggafini19]

Ron Zook has one TE and two DE committed already, so I'm not sure what Mullen's interests would be there.

As for Prince, I'm not really sure what to think. He is a flight risk because he backed out of his verbal with Iowa to come to ND. I think Mullen and the friendship with Aldridge will keep him around. I would not underestimate Illinois and Zook right now, though. Their class looks very good and will only get better. Zook has already fenced in most of Illinois' best in a very short time.

Mullen and Prince aren't going anywhere, but they'll have coaches snooping around them until Signing Day.

 

[Guest]

Illinois fans are pumped because they have this so called recruiting genius on there hands in Zook. Lets see how well that bum recruits down the road when he's losing 7 or 8 games a year.

Anyone can recruit down in Florida, people are giving this guy too much credit. Bottom line the guy is just as bad if not worse a coach then Ty willingham, probably even worse....

 

[erod24]

Do you have a link?

Sorry Svoboda. It was from a paysite. Also, I wasn't able to access the internet for much of the day so I couldn't respond sooner. Sorry.
GO IRISH!

 

[Irish Envy]

Sorry Svoboda. It was from a paysite. Also, I wasn't able to access the internet for much of the day so I couldn't respond sooner. Sorry.
GO IRISH!

Alright, then I'm going to merge this into the rumor post since there isn't any new info to be had.

 

[BGIF]

Some of the responses to the Mullen and Prince rumor are worse than the rumor.

Jabbie moviong should not be counted in as I would imagine the rumor started before that.

Regardless of when the rumor started what RB worth his salt would be frightened by a career DB that accumulated 1200 ALL PURPOSE YDS? I went back through Jabbi's recruiting writeups. I found no mention of carries, yards rushed, or TD rushing. When Jabbi graduated HS his only offers were Temple and Hofstra which equates to ONE Division 1 offer. He went to The Hun School to improve his performance and that's were he rolled up the 1200 All Purpose yds as the equivalent of a 5th year HS senior.

Meanwhile Prince as a HS sophomore ran for 1,397 y/13 TD on 197 carries and as an injured juniors still managed to rush for 986y/11 TD on 166 carries. Munir's coach claims he runs a 10.3 40 and a 10.6 100 and has good hands out of the backfield. And he's been a special teams starter since he was a freshman.

Prince was offered by ND, Iowa, OSU, MSU, NU, NW and KU not the likes of Temple and Hofsta.

Why in the world would Prince or anyone RB with those accomplishments be intimidated by a converted DB with no RB accomplishments?

If he should be concerned about anyone it would be Aldridge, his childhood buddy and Prince has plainly said he looks forward to playing with Aldridge. check this 5/12 interview:

John Dunford puts Munir Prince under the spotlight.
Dunford: When I first met and interviewed you at the US Army Game you were committed to Iowa. You didn’t want to look around at other colleges, even though many had interest in you. Then you went to Notre Dame for their first junior day. Then you decommitted from Iowa, opened your recruiting up, and then committed to Notre Dame. Why did you switch from Iowa to Notre Dame?
Prince: The main reason why I switched over is because Iowa had recruited several runningbacks. They didn’t make that clear to me when I committed there. Because of that, I kind of felt that they were lieing to me. Then I went to Notre Dame, liked the campus, and found out more about their academics. Coach Weis is also such a great coach, and I knew I wanted to be a part of their rebuilding process.
Dunford: Talk about what you bring to the table at the running back position.
Prince: I am a complete running back. I can catch the ball out of the backfield, carry the ball twenty times a game, and when I get out in the open, people can’t catch me when I break away.
Dunford: How do you feel about Notre Dame bringing in another running back in James Aldridge?
Prince: First of all, James and I have been friends since sixth grade. We played with each other in junior high. When I think about it, it’s really going to be a privilege to play with one of the players I played with in junior high. We already talked to each other about the competition. We decided that better man wins and that there won’t be any bad feelings. It’s kind of like Ronnie Brown and Cadillac Williams at Auburn. The shared carries and we’ll share carries. Plus, the competition will make each of us better.

He also noted that in 2 years ND will be playing for a NC.

Would he be able to do that at Illinois?

Let's stop perpetuating senseless rumors.

 

[jiggafini19]

Illinois fans are pumped because they have this so called recruiting genius on there hands in Zook. Lets see how well that bum recruits down the road when he's losing 7 or 8 games a year.

Anyone can recruit down in Florida, people are giving this guy too much credit. Bottom line the guy is just as bad if not worse a coach then Ty willingham, probably even worse....

Zook has done more in the last five months than Turner did in five years.

Isiah Williams, Chris James and Marques Wilkins are all on board down in Champaign. He also has a TE, 2 LB and a safety from Illinois that have verballed.

Coming to you live from a local Land of Lincoln guy, that's more than Turner ever did. The best four and five star kids are all in Iowa or various other places because Turner did not put a premium on recruiting the state hard. Zook will fence this place off, as will Weis.

Florida was his first head coaching job and he replaced a legend, so Zook was more than likely to fail. Spurrier's record was pretty lofty. Illinois is a better fit and as long as he recruits and gets the talent, I doubt there will be 7 or 8 loss seasons in their future. They should be making bowl appearances as long as they can beat the likes of Minnesota, Indiana and Northwestern.