'15 LA OT/DT Jerry Tillery (Notre Dame Early Enrollee)

[ResLife Hero]

I'm clearly jaded, because the first thing I assumed this meant is that Tillery isn't a true ND commit.

I immediately assumed Blake was recruiting him to UO. Not really sure what to make of it though since Blake posted that same picture a few days ago.

 

[PANDFAN]

ONE positive is that the moment Waller was offered by us, Tillery followed him on twitter....ONE bad thing, he also followed Cam Cameron before that...but he also just followed Barajas

 

[ResLife Hero]

ONE positive is that the moment Waller was offered by us, Tillery followed him on twitter....ONE bad thing, he also followed Cam Cameron before that...but he also just followed Barajas

He also follows the Oregon football staff's account. It probably means very little since he's following over 1700 accounts though.

 

[ulukinatme]

Tillery swapping would be the trifecta of bad things to happen this week: Tillery, Barnett, Flanagan.

 

[koonja]

I wouldn't worry about Oregon. Don't they prefer smaller lineman anyways?

 

[IrishLion]

Tillery swapping would be the trifecta of bad things to happen this week: Tillery, Barnett, Flanagan.

Bad things do come in threes....

 

[WakeUpEchoes]

http://bit.ly/1pgpQM9

On phone. Tillery talking about other schools recruiting him. Premium Rivals.

 

[Redbar]

He told Mike he committed to ND because he loved it up there, loved the people the coaches. Keeps in regular (weekly) contact with the coaches. Texas and LSU are coming at him hard. He feels zero pressure to stay in state, he will go where best suits him and what he is trying to accomplish. He has no visits planned right now,, but that could change. The Arkansas and LSU "visits" were for other things but the coaches quickly tried to make them opportunities for football visits. He would not place a percentage on his commitment would only say that his words speak for themselves he is committed to Notre Dame.

 

[johnnycando]

He told Mike he committed to ND because he loved it up there, loved the people the coaches. Keeps in regular (weekly) contact with the coaches. Texas and LSU are coming at him hard. He feels zero pressure to stay in state, he will go where best suits him and what he is trying to accomplish. He has no visits planned right now,, but that could change. The Arkansas and LSU "visits" were for other things but the coaches quickly tried to make them opportunities for football visits. He would not place a percentage on his commitment would only say that his words speak for themselves he is committed to Notre Dame.

So far sounds good.

I can understand the heat.

But commitment, that's another level of action altogether.

Here's to hope.

 

[rtrn2glory]

i would only be concerned if he said he was 100% committed to ND

 

[Cackalacky]

Call me crazy but I will take those kinds of comments all day. If he is feeling zero pressure to stay in state it seems maybe his parents might be covering for him after all. I would think if there is pressure it would be the most from them.

 

[andre784]

His comments sound pretty solid to me.

 

[Irish#1]

Call me crazy but I will take those kinds of comments all day. If he is feeling zero pressure to stay in state it seems maybe his parents might be covering for him after all. I would think if there is pressure it would be the most from them.

Agree, as long as he doesn't go to bed wearing an LSU t-shirt! lol

 

[aubeirish]

Agree, as long as he doesn't go to bed wearing an LSU t-shirt! lol

Nobody put nice clothes to go to bed. Hehe. As long as he wears the ND gear on Sunday.

 

[Kaneyoufeelit]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Hacked&src=hash">#Hacked</a> by <a href="https://twitter.com/JerryTillery">@JerryTillery</a>, but he's still pretty good! RT <a href="https://twitter.com/RivalsCamp">@RivalsCamp</a>: People, <a href="https://twitter.com/JerryTillery">@JerryTillery</a> is the best athlete here.</p>— Rivals Camp Series (@RivalsCamp) <a href="https://twitter.com/RivalsCamp/statuses/475427022068793344">June 8, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[GBdomer]

Will visit Texas
II camp
Bama vs LSU game
Michigan game
Bye week for the Stanford game

 

[rtrn2glory]

so he's coming to ND for 2 games??

 

[johnnycando]

so he's coming to ND for 2 games??

And..he's committed to us.

 

[Irish#1]

I still like our chances.

 

[NDinL.A.]

Will visit Texas
II camp
Bama vs LSU game
Michigan game
Bye week for the Stanford game

Like I've said for months, dude is far from solid. Solid commits don't take visits. Hope we're still recruiting another lineman hard.

 

[WakeUpEchoes]

Wtf? Like mike frank always says, watch what a recruit does, and not what he says.

Visiting Texas? Bama v. Lsu? Child please. He's gone.

 

[Kaneyoufeelit]

Wtf? Like mike frank always says, watch what a recruit does, and not what he says.

Visiting Texas? Bama v. Lsu? Child please. He's gone.

He's looking but trust in Harry H. I have no delusions about the risk of him leaving. The staff just needs to keep working to close this one and in Harry I trust.


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[stlnd01]

Wtf? Like mike frank always says, watch what a recruit does, and not what he says.

Visiting Texas? Bama v. Lsu? Child please. He's gone.

So we shouldn't also watch him taking three visits to Notre Dame in four months? He may be curious about Texas, and who wouldn't want to go to the Bama-LSU game. But he sounds pretty solid at this point.

 

[pumpdog20]

He told Mike he committed to ND because he loved it up there, loved the people the coaches. Keeps in regular (weekly) contact with the coaches. Texas and LSU are coming at him hard. He feels zero pressure to stay in state, he will go where best suits him and what he is trying to accomplish. He has no visits planned right now,, but that could change. The Arkansas and LSU "visits" were for other things but the coaches quickly tried to make them opportunities for football visits. He would not place a percentage on his commitment would only say that his words speak for themselves he is committed to Notre Dame.

Appears this changed pretty quickly.

 

[ResLife Hero]

I like that he's visiting us 3 times, and I don't blame him for taking the 2 visits he has scheduled. Texas doesn't really concern me because they've been a dumpster fire lately in recruiting, and Strong hasn't generated much buzz for anything except being really strict with players.

Honest question, how many elite players don't take visits? I only follow ND closely, but it sounds like other teams' commits are taking visits all the time, and the majority don't result in flips so is there really anything to panic about? I know we lost Blake so the pain is fresh, but he didn't have the UO offer until right before he started to waiver. Tillery has had LSU and Texas offers for a long time without taking secret visits or going silent.

 

[IrishFaninTX]

I like that he's visiting us 3 times, and I don't blame him for taking the 2 visits he has scheduled. Texas doesn't really concern me because they've been a dumpster fire lately in recruiting, and Strong hasn't generated much buzz for anything except being really strict with players.

Honest question, how many elite players don't take visits? I only follow ND closely, but it sounds like other teams' commits are taking visits all the time, and the majority don't result in flips so is there really anything to panic about? I know we lost Blake so the pain is fresh, but he didn't have the UO offer until right before he started to waiver. Tillery has had LSU and Texas offers for a long time without taking secret visits or going silent.

I'm not really concerned about those particular visits but if ND played hard ball with Barnett (and we don't know that's what happened), then wouldn't they do the same with anyone taking visits? So unless he has convinced the staff that he just wants to have the chance of a lifetime to watch an Alabama/LSU game in person then Kelly could possibly tell him if he's looking we're looking. Not sure how to explain the TX game, though.

 

[stlnd01]

I'm not really concerned about those particular visits but if ND played hard ball with Barnett (and we don't know that's what happened), then wouldn't they do the same with anyone taking visits? So unless he has convinced the staff that he just wants to have the chance of a lifetime to watch an Alabama/LSU game in person then Kelly could possibly tell him if he's looking we're looking. Not sure how to explain the TX game, though.

The "if you're looking, we're looking" approach has generally not been the path taken by Kelly. It was for a time under Weis. I believe Brady Hoke has that philosophy at Michigan. It tends to backfire more than it helps. Especially for kids who commit early in the process like Tillery did. Especially if those kids don't come from the traditional ND recruiting background (i.e. they're from the Deep South, say). I don't begrudge them looking around a bit to make sure they make the right decision on the most important decision of their life to date.

Also I think there's a big difference between being upfront and open about being curious, as Tillery is, and going silent or taking "secret" visits, as Barnett appears to have done. Hard to tell exactly what went down with Barnett, but it felt like more than just an "I'm curious about Oregon" thing and Kelly playing hardball. I suspect Oregon was a top choice of his all along, and the dynamics there changed to where it became his first choice. Also, you only have room for one QB in a class and a late defection really screws you. We'd still have other offensive linemen even if Tillery flips in November.

 

[irishog77]

The "if you're looking, we're looking" approach has generally not been the path taken by Kelly. It was for a time under Weis. I believe Brady Hoke has that philosophy at Michigan. It tends to backfire more than it helps. Especially for kids who commit early in the process like Tillery did. Especially if those kids don't come from the traditional ND recruiting background (i.e. they're from the Deep South, say). I don't begrudge them looking around a bit to make sure they make the right decision on the most important decision of their life to date.

Also I think there's a big difference between being upfront and open about being curious, as Tillery is, and going silent or taking "secret" visits, as Barnett appears to have done. Hard to tell exactly what went down with Barnett, but it felt like more than just an "I'm curious about Oregon" thing and Kelly playing hardball. I suspect Oregon was a top choice of his all along, and the dynamics there changed to where it became his first choice. Also, you only have room for one QB in a class and a late defection really screws you. We'd still have other offensive linemen even if Tillery flips in November.

Not being confrontational here, but what is the Deep South? Lax refers to it (and I'm sure others) as well.

ND lands kids from Georgia, Florida, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Texas on the reg. Do they have a harder time in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas? Sure, I suppose so. But truth be told, ND probably actually loses more battles than they actually win in every region of the country.

Is Deep South, then, really just a description for more rural, perhaps less-worldly areas of the south?

Just wondering.

 

[IrishLax]

Not being confrontational here, but what is the Deep South? Lax refers to it (and I'm sure others) as well.

ND lands kids from Georgia, Florida, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Texas on the reg. Do they have a harder time in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas? Sure, I suppose so. But truth be told, ND probably actually loses more battles than they actually win in every region of the country.

Is Deep South, then, really just a description for more rural, perhaps less-worldly areas of the south?

Just wondering.

To me, I've always considered "deep south" to be Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

I consider "southeast" to Florida and Georgia... potentially extending to the Carolinas and even southern/coastal Virginia depending on context.

 

[Huntr]

I prefer "lower south."