'15 ID OL Tristen Hoge (Notre Dame Early Enrollee)

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IrishLax said:
Hiestand is a gangsta. I mean players really, really love him... the recruiting is spectacular... and the performance is very solid (pass protection for a statue like Rees has been superb, last year run blocking was the focus and was awesome... eventually you have to think we put both together).

Absolutely fantastic hire by Kelly.
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This thread is funny from back in 2011:
Hiestand interviewing with Ohio State?
 
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Grahambo said:
I remember when people were killing the hire.
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That's because they have all of the answers right there on their couch, and are exponentially wiser than the professionals.

ATTN Tenn fans: If Brian Kelly and Urban Meyer want your coach, he's probably no slouch at a minimum...
 
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Buster Bluth said:
That's because they have all of the answers right there on their couch, and are exponentially wiser than the professionals.

ATTN Tenn fans: If Brian Kelly and Urban Meyer want your coach, he's probably no slouch at a minimum...
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Sounds about right.
 
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Grahambo said:
I remember when people were killing the hire.
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I annihilated the hire, and I was absolutely wrong. I had no idea what I was talking about.

Harry is doing a tremendous job, his players love him, recruits love him and I wouldn't want any other OL coach right now. Tremendous hire by BK.
 
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Can someone find the original thread on here? I don't know what I said and would like to find out.
 
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greyhammer90 said:
Found it nvm:

http://www.irishenvy.com/forums/notre-dame-football/66072-nd-hires-new-ol-coach.html
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This deleted gem from NDOM is priceless... absolutely priceless...
This is a P I S S poor hire. But what do you expect coming from me? But what do I friggen know? Because apparently 8-5 is good enough for Notre Dame to give Kelly a 2 year contract extension. That's what our standards are so I guess I'm just gonna have to get used to it. Pathetic.
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Got to keep scrolling to see if I said anything stupid...
 
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Post #24 in that thread...

Buster Bluth said:
It is absolutely pointless to nitpick over assistant coaching hires, let alone an OL assistant coach. The minutiae of the position is unreal, and previous situations do not apply to this one at Notre Dame. Every school and every scheme is apples and oranges big time.

Brian Kelly his been in this business for 20+ years and has a tremendous winning percentage. I trust his judgment when it comes to hiring coaches. He does, in fact, know what he is doing.
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IrishLax said:
This deleted gem from NDOM is priceless... absolutely priceless...


Got to keep scrolling to see if I said anything stupid...
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I see this from you:

Very good hire. Guy with deep Midwest/Big Ten roots and NFL pedigree. History of turning out NFL caliber linemen at the college level (even from bad schools).

What else can you ask for?
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Nice work there Lax.
 
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IrishLax said:
This deleted gem from NDOM is priceless... absolutely priceless...


Got to keep scrolling to see if I said anything stupid...
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I wasn't thrilled with the hire, and while I still want Wickline, Harry has been better with the running game than what I thought he would. Pass pro is consistent with other stops and his recruiting has been fantastic.

All in all, I was wrong.

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I'm just saying, i LOVED the hire. I knew he would make ND's offensive line elite and would bring in countless big name recruits. Plus i knew ND was going to hire him like 2 months before it was released.....i am what they like to call a genius
 
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andre784 said:
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He looks happier than a pig in shits with all that ND stuff. Kinda what I'd look like if I were wearing an ND jersey, in the locker room.

He's 100% Irish. It's going to take a major shake up at ND for him to not be in a gold helmet in '15.
 
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Same thing I thought..he looks really big for a 16 year old. Gotta love that 4.2 GPA too.
 
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PANDFAN said:
read somewhere he had a bad injury
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Most recent article I could find on him:

Down a pair of key players, Highland was still too much to handle.
Senior running back Christian Atkinson stepped in for an injured Thad Hansen midway through the second quarter and helped guide the Rams past Mountain View 37-17 in the 5A state playoff quarterfinals.
“When (Hansen) goes down, we have a good back to replace him,” said Highland head coach Gino Mariani. “We missed Thad’s physical presence, but I thought Christian came in and did a nice job.”
Atkinson finished with 121 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries. He added seven receptions for 59 yards.
“I just knew I had to go in there,” he said. “I knew our offensive line was going to help and I had to get some tough yards. It sucks seeing Thad go out because he’s been our back the whole year and been a hard worker. I just had to go in there and do the best I can.”
The Rams also saw stud offensive lineman Tristen Hoge hobble off the field in the second half. He didn’t return and was replaced in the lineup by senior Chance Hallinan.
Highland jumped out to an early lead when Hansen scored from 2 yards out on the Rams’ first drive.
The Mavericks responded when star running back Josh Buss found the end zone for a 2-yard score.
It was all Highland from there.
Dallan Rodriguez hit a 24-yard field goal, Nate Page caught a 45-yard pass from Tommy Jewell and Atkinson raced 28 yards on a fourth and one. The Rams went into the half up 24-7.
“They’re a good football team and we needed to get out fast, get a lead and continue to put the pressure back on them,” Mariani said. “If we could make them a passing team, we knew we had the advantage.
“They’re a tremendous running team, and if we could make them one-dimensional in the second half — which I thought we did — we would get them into things we like to do.”
Buss, who had rushed for over 1,800 yards and scored 20 touchdowns on the season, was held to 55 yards and a score on 14 carries.
“They did an awesome job because he didn’t have those big runs like he’s been having most of the year,” Mariani said. “They did a tremendous job of keeping him contained. He’s not an easy back to (do that to).”
The Rams’ early lead forced Mountain View to abandon its bread and butter and become more of a passing team.
The Mavericks sent Buss out wide, and he caught four passes for 40 yards. Highland held one of the state’s top stars to under 100 yards of total offense.
“I thought our game plan against him was pretty good,” Mariani said. “They did a tremendous job of keeping him in front of us.”
Atkinson was amped to watch his team’s defense step up like it did.
“It was really good to see that,” he said. “All we’ve heard about is how good he is and how much he’s done over there. For us to do that, that shows a lot about our defense.”
In the second half, Highland got a second touchdown run from Atkinson plus a 12-yard score from Jewell.
Up 37-10 with time running out, Highland sent the backups in. Mountain View scored one more time on a trick play, but it was too little, too late.
On to the semifinals go the Rams.
“That’s a team that’s been playing well. They’re a physical team,” Mariani said. “I thought we played pretty well against them. We got pretty banged up against them and we kind of had to make-shift in the second half. But the kids responded. That’s why we have backups. They were ready to go and played pretty well.”
Defeating a team the Rams didn’t know much about handily is a good omen.
“It feels really good because that means we are ready,” Atkinson said. “We don’t have to know everything about a team; we can adjust during the game and go with what we have.”
The injuries to Hansen and Hoge are not considered serious.
Highland (10-0) will host Rocky Mountain (10-1) in Holt Arena next week in the semifinals. The Grizzlies defeated Eagle 36-21 Friday night.
“Rocky is a good team,” Mariani said. “I don’t know much about them, but it will be a challenge.”
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rikkitikki08 said:
Every day it seems like a new school leads for this kid
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ND has lead the entire way even after all of the visits...lsu was up there, florida was up there but still had ND ahead...idk what the article says but it says rumors...so i wouldn't worry
 
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He is a heavy ND lean. He will visit Florida in 2 weeks. Nothing to be worried about. Coach Elliott will visit him on Friday. Per Loy.
 
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Legit reporting from Loy on this one, even dropped a pretty emphatic direct quote from Hoge.

It's the nature of the business for these guys to make up buzz (see: Farrell with Hand today), and then it drums up even more clicks for someone to come along and dispel the rumors... it just is what it is.
 
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