'24 IL DL Justin Scott (Miami [FL] Verbal)

[Dale]

Real or not we saw plenty of parents like Kelly over the last decade haha. Plenty of parents of the current roster I’m sure. Scott has also not visited almost any schools so it’s not like Mom has a ton to compare to. Some Keeley angst getting unloaded

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

High school football preview: The top 10 defensive players

The state’s only consensus five-star prospect and six Big Ten recruits are among the area’s top 10 defensive players for 2022.

chicago.suntimes.com

Back to Scott. Brian Kelly should not hijack his thread or any other for that matter.

Pretty good praise since he's only a junior. Note that Lightfoot is way up the list too.

 

[NDdomer2]

I know a lot of people that know BK and knew him long before he got to ND. I knew Jeff Quinn. I won’t say too much more but I coached Jeff’s kids. Quinn was likable. Maybe Quinn liked Kelly, I’m not sure. Kelly is kind of a dick from what everyone has said and I believe them bc I know them well. I can’t say the guys I know hated him, but he wasn’t a lovable guy in any way. If he’s coming off that way to mom, it’s fake.

25ish kids a year for a decade came to ND so I don't think it really matters if it's fake or not.

 

[du Lac]

25ish kids a year for a decade came to ND so I don't think it really matters if it's fake or not.

Bc it’s ND

 

[du Lac]

None of this recruiting seems to matter much at all because Alabama can wait 15 months before getting them on campus and paying them off.
Signing day remains the only relevant day. Even that’s a joke now.

 

[ColinKSU]

None of this recruiting seems to matter much at all because Alabama can wait 15 months before getting them on campus and paying them off.
Signing day remains the only relevant day. Even that’s a joke now.

Agreed. If Notre Dame isn’t going to play the NIL game the way schools like Bama do, it’s a waste of time to care about five-star verbal commitments. They may as well not be committed until signing day if everyone’s got an uncle we didn’t know about.

 

[Reaper97]

I know a lot of people that know BK and knew him long before he got to ND. I knew Jeff Quinn. I won’t say too much more but I coached Jeff’s kids. Quinn was likable. Maybe Quinn liked Kelly, I’m not sure. Kelly is kind of a dick from what everyone has said and I believe them bc I know them well. I can’t say the guys I know hated him, but he wasn’t a lovable guy in any way. If he’s coming off that way to mom, it’s fake.

I had interactions with BK.
Multiple players & GA’s of his over the years have trained with me.
He’s not a dick at all. He just runs things from a CEO perspective, which many people don’t realize, is how a lot of successful coaches run things. He got along with players & families just fine. He wasn’t their best friend, but guess what, they didn’t want to be his best friend.
His sense of humor is just off & not for everyone. And he is just easily annoyed, and I 100% get it, by people who don’t know 1% of football as him questioning every little thing he does.
He knew college football was a business before most did, & he just treats it that way. As ND fans, it’s hard to deal with, but whatever.
Can’t rewrite history though. He turned ND around with that approach.

 

[du Lac]

Agreed. If Notre Dame isn’t going to play the NIL game the way schools like Bama do, it’s a waste of time to care about five-star verbal commitments. They may as well not be committed until signing day if everyone’s got an uncle we didn’t know about.

And bc of that, we simply cannot expect MF to win a title. His hands are tied. As hard as that is for all ND fans to accept. The media and university likes to sell us on that potential so they can continue to generate excitement and thus revenue for themselves and the companies that sell merchandise certainly want us to think that. The vast majority of fans don’t follow recruiting close enough to understand the gap. Finishing #6 or #7 on signing day might look better than #9 or #10 like BK, but it’s not going to translate to beating Georgia and Bama back to back in playoff games to win a title. Keon and the dozens of other Keons are simply better than the guys we get to sign.

 

[IHateMarkMay]

I've said it before, get away from a signing day. Sign whenever you want. Want out? Transfer. Doesn't matter when you sign, it's considered your one free transfer. Make the commitment worth something at least.

 

[ab2cmiller]

I've said it before, get away from a signing day. Sign whenever you want. Want out? Transfer. Doesn't matter when you sign, it's considered your one free transfer. Make the commitment worth something at least.

Not a bad idea IF they would've implemented it back at the time that they implemented the "One-time free transfer" rule. It would've been viewed totally different. We'll give everyone a free transfer ..... but we are implementing a new "signing rule". Sign it whenever you want, you back out of your signing, you are using your one-time free transfer.

You try to implement it now, it's just viewed as taking something away from "vulnerable" recruits who could be manipulated to commit and sign on a visit.

 

[IHateMarkMay]

Not a bad idea IF they would've implemented it back at the time that they implemented the "One-time free transfer" rule. It would've been viewed totally different. We'll give everyone a free transfer ..... but we are implementing a new "signing rule". Sign it whenever you want, you back out of your signing, you are using your one-time free transfer.

You try to implement it now, it's just viewed as taking something away from "vulnerable" recruits who could be manipulated to commit.

Absolutely. If they implemented it now, it would have to be for a future class. They'd literally have to say "Class of '25 can sign whenever they want. Under 18, get a parent or guardian need to sign as well. If you want out of the signing, it is your one free transfer. No special cases, no sick grandmothers."

 

[NDdomer2]

Bc it’s ND

And now it's LSU what's your point. Easily over 50% of these coaches are fake. 100% of them will sell you a Iowa oceanfront property to play football for them.

 

[Rizzophil]

I had interactions with BK.
Multiple players & GA’s of his over the years have trained with me.
He’s not a dick at all. He just runs things from a CEO perspective, which many people don’t realize, is how a lot of successful coaches run things. He got along with players & families just fine. He wasn’t their best friend, but guess what, they didn’t want to be his best friend.
His sense of humor is just off & not for everyone. And he is just easily annoyed, and I 100% get it, by people who don’t know 1% of football as him questioning every little thing he does.
He knew college football was a business before most did, & he just treats it that way. As ND fans, it’s hard to deal with, but whatever.
Can’t rewrite history though. He turned ND around with that approach.

Great post bud

 

[Dale]

Example #2 (CC: Gabriel Williams thread)

 

[dublinirish]

 

[Dale]

 

[Dale]

 

[Dale]

Visited Miami and OSU so far this year.

“The things I normally look for are the atmosphere, fan base, coaching staff”

Ohio State has 'shot up to the top' for 2024 On3 5-star DL Justin Scott

2024 five-star defensive lineman Justin Scott had high praise for Ohio State following his unofficial visit to Columbus this weekend .

www.on3.com

Sounds like this is gonna be more a legit football powerhouse battle rather than the kid from Ignatius is a ND layup handicap it started as.

 

[stpeteirish]

Atmosphere? I guess we don’t have to worry about Miami then

 

[irishandy]

This one seemed like a lock for ND. He is now a 5*? I thought he dropped in the rankings??

Washington & Golden going to have to battle the big boys for this one.

 

[NDFAN2008]

If he’s looking at game day atmosphere count us out then

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

This one seemed like a lock for ND.

Sooner or later, everyone needs to enter into adulthood and realize there is no such thing until pen meets paper. I don't care who it is.

 

[ThePiombino]

If he’s looking at game day atmosphere count us out then

I'm sure he's looking forward to attending game day mass.

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[Jiggafini19Deux]

This young man is the anchor of a very good defense. They absolutely pulverized my ND Dons last week in the quarterfinals.

They face a very high powered offense in Prairie Ridge on Saturday in the semifinals and the winner likely gets East St. Louis in the 6A Final in Champaign.

Looking forward to seeing Scott on the big stages here.

 

[IrishSpartan]

Feel like we shit the bed on this one

 

[Dale]

Feel like we shit the bed on this one

Because maybe the #1 NT in the country is actually considering others? Why would we just auto win a recruitment over Bama and OSU?

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Feel like we shit the bed on this one

"Feel" and reality are pretty far apart.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

This young man is the anchor of a very good defense. They absolutely pulverized my ND Dons last week in the quarterfinals.

They face a very high powered offense in Prairie Ridge on Saturday in the semifinals and the winner likely gets East St. Louis in the 6A Final in Champaign.

Looking forward to seeing Scott on the big stages here.

Prairie Ridge Crystal Lake?

 

[Panda]

I thought ND is favored to land him??? Wtf did I miss??

 

[CanadalovesND]

I thought ND is favored to land him??? Wtf did I miss??

He hasn't made a trip to campus for a game this season, but has made trips to Ohio State, Michigan & Miami. He's not expected to be at the BC game, so no visits for a gameday this fall. Considering he's only about a two hour drive, it's puzzling.