This all makes sense to those who are ND-centric people, like ourselves. But does this hold water in the living room of a current gen teenager who grew up during the age of SEC dominance? I hope you're right, I'm just not so sure that Lyght's resume will mean as much to them as it does to us.
Buster made a solid point that Lyght "will have little trouble communicating the greatness of Notre Dame
to teenagers who want to do exactly what he has done."
After you took issue that because Lyght's accomplishments weren't in the timeframe of teenagers, I pointed out that Lyght was far better qualified to talk about ND and the NFL than Cooks was.
Now you switch issues to Lyght experience was not part of the age of SEC dominance.
No kidding. Neither was Crooks who was 247's #26 recruiter. Neither was Alford's or anybody else on the ND coaching staff with the exception of BVG - briefly.
ND is still in the snow belt. Most kids from warm weather climates will still want to stay in warm weather like they did before the rise of SEC dominance. ND will still have parietals and will still NOT have co-ed dorms nor athletic dorms. ND will still have tough academic requirements and the expectation that student athletes graduate in 4 years, doing their own work. High school jocks in SECland (and other parts of the country) that were passed through school because of their athletic ability will still recoil from ND's expectations of excellence in education.
Lyght, like other ND coaches before him, will still have to deal with all the recruiting negatives that have long been associated with ND. Many other ND coaches have done well recruiting around the country through the decades despite those negatives
Most kids will still want to stay local so their families and girl friends can see them play in person. Some will even claim they want to stay local because of an ailing grandma. What decade Lyght played in the NFL isn't relevant to the desire of a recruit to stay locally but that's one other objection he's bound to hear.
Recruits that chose a college because of the paint scheme of the helmets, or the jersey design, or because a tutor will write their papers, or a booster will provide spending money are still going to choose the easy way regardless of Lyght's pedigree.
As Buster originally stated Lyght "will have little trouble communicating the greatness of Notre Dame
to teenagers who want to do exactly what he has done."
Teenagers who aspire to a great education, to win a national championship, to make AA, and to play in the NFL will relate Lyght, if those are their true goals.
Recruits that don't want to "play college" will still choose elsewhere.
