Was this part of the agreement to get him to ND or are we not going aggressive at the portal?
I’m sure he came with the idea that he’d eventually be on scholarship but also Notre Dame is allergic to going aggressive at the portal.
same deal with JD Bertrand few years ago. The simple answer is there is always room
As well as Marist.
JD Bertrand was a really good football player and 1 time Georgia commit at a position we were fairly well stocked at. The optics of this are poor. Probably at the worst position group on the team and he's a stretch scholarship offer at best. I still think passing on Catalon could end up being a disastrous error in judgement.
I'm all for the idea that O'Leary made a disastrous error in recruiting judgement, but ND doesn't really do a lot of the four-year scholarship commitment thing anymore - at least not in practice. If this ends up being a wasted scholarship, this staff doesn't seem afraid of having those discussions about their future on the team.
So, are we really going to act like O’Leary is making these calls on his own?
I am going to act like O’Leary deserves to be held accountable for his position group when it’s the one that stands out from every other one with a returning coach as a clear issue, yes.
You and I agree on quite a bit.
That gives him a shot to be a big surprise rather than a big flop.
It's early and I've only had one cup of coffee but so confused at this thread. Is what Mac wrote here a (perhaps sarcastic) prediction or a statement of fact?
It was Ryan Roberts, not Driskell.
