Jussie?
No that makes no sense. If you need the portal next year or two, you do that regardless. The portal isn’t going to be used to fill QB depth, anyone going that route will be looking for a place to start. Best case scenario Buchner is a stud, and Carr is his heir apparent, we need depth in case of an injury.
Is Steve Angeli not enough depth to cover that period of time?
I actually like Angeli a lot, and if we could get someone of his level this class that would be more than fine. But you want more than just one QB as a backup. Too many variables with injuries, suspension, transfers, COVID protocols, That could easily see you drop to your 3rd or even 4th guy on short notice.
At this point, we are trying to get a Ron Powlus, which we already have for a 3rd QB to fill in. That's why I said we are better off looking through the Transfer Portal unless we can get a flip from a previous guy we tried with.
I did. I thought he threw a nice ball and could rise up the rankings this year with more exposure.
Well, we probably have a better chance to flip here than Minchey, who is committed to a historic power in a tougher conference
RKG
LMFAO I certainly didn't. It's more commentary on the putrid QB recruiting this cycle.
I doubt Smolik has a commitable offer anyway. Let's see how things look on NSD before calling for Rees' head. Lots of things could happen--including Minchey committing or Carr reclassifying--that everyone would be happy with.
Yes, the famous French actor/quarterback
Ehhhh I hear you, and I do agree he can only be judged on this cycle once it closes. However, when you factor in Rees's body of work in terms of who he has signed, sealed, and delivered since Clark it's...not very impressive.
Pyne (4 star composite 20), Buchner (top 100 overall 21), Angeli (4 star composite 22), ??? (23), Carr (5 star 24).
it aint happening
Yes it is
Right. And Rees squeezed every molecule of potential out of Book, so he's clearly developing the guys that commit. Whoever ends up as our '23 QB is important, but it's not like his entire legacy hangs on it.
Hopefully going forward the QB recruiting gets a fair bit better than that. Carr is a big get but do we consider him committed in this day and age? Have Bama etc even considered him yet?
He seems pretty all-in, and we have some built-in advantages like proximity (but also far enough from home) and the fact that we seem to do well with kids from families who know the score when it comes to big-time football life.
Who is the "we", because all major recruiting sites, ND fans, 2024 QBs and 2024 prospects consider him committed.
