'24 MA OT Guerby Lambert (Notre Dame Signee)

[Reaper97]

So is Wiltfong backing off his OSU comment about “liking their chances” now?

 

[arrowryan]

So is Wiltfong backing off his OSU comment about “liking their chances” now?

I think I remember someone saying that he liked their chances only because they had the most recent visit. I could be wrong though.

If you’re visiting Harvard after an OSU visit, OSU probably isn’t the school for you. Those schools couldn’t be more opposite of each other.

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I really hope Notre Dame survives the Harvard visit lol.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

I think I remember someone saying that he liked their chances only because they had the most recent visit. I could be wrong though.

If you’re visiting Harvard after an OSU visit, OSU probably isn’t the school for you. Those schools couldn’t be more opposite of each other.

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I really hope Notre Dame survives the Harvard visit lol.

It's actually pretty on brand for 2024

 

[Terry Jillery]

Guerby might be the most ND kid in the country.

 

[arrowryan]

Guerby might be the most ND kid in the country.

A couple summers ago, Matt Freeman told me that Keeley was a top 5 ND kid in the 23 class. Too bad his uncle and mom fell victim to the get rich quick scheme.

 

[Terry Jillery]

A couple summers ago, Matt Freeman told me that Keeley was a top 5 ND kid in the 23 class. Too bad his uncle and mom fell victim to the get rich quick scheme.

We can’t compete with that Harvard NIL machine.

 

[Irishdrunk]

Ryan Day putting some of his $12MM to work? Nah, I actually think this kid will be Irish.

 

[stlnd01]

I do wonder if there’s some strong pull here to stay close to home. Some family reason we don’t know about or something. Only taken four visits, two of them to schools within 10 miles of where he lives.

 

[ab2cmiller]

I do wonder if there’s some strong pull here to stay close to home. Some family reason we don’t know about or something. Only taken four visits, two of them to schools within 10 miles of where he lives.

When I was looking through the Elevenwarriors site the other day, they did reference at least one analyst from On3 that felt like BC was the leader for this very reason.

 

[Domina Nostra]

I do wonder if there’s some strong pull here to stay close to home. Some family reason we don’t know about or something. Only taken four visits, two of them to schools within 10 miles of where he lives.

Haha! The "family" reason is family.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Imagine having the chance to go to ND for free - but deciding on BC instead
That's insanity

 

[stlnd01]

Imagine having the chance to go to ND for free - but deciding on BC instead
That's insanity

We don’t lose recruits to them very often but the ones we have - AJ Dillion, Luke Kuechly - turned out to be annoyingly good football players.

 

[Reaper97]

We don’t lose recruits to them very often but the ones we have - AJ Dillion, Luke Kuechly - turned out to be annoyingly good football players.

If I remember correctly, ND didn’t even recruit Kuechly?
And didn’t ND pass on Dillion?

 

[lcaps20]

If I remember correctly, ND didn’t even recruit Kuechly?
And didn’t ND pass on Dillion?

ND wanted Dillion at linebacker, right?

 

[Reaper97]

ND wanted Dillion at linebacker, right?

I can’t remember.
Something was strange with Dillon but don’t remember the situation.
Kuechly wanted to go to ND badly, but the LB coach liked someone else instead. Oops.

 

[Irishdrunk]

Imagine having the chance to go to ND for free - but deciding on BC instead
That's insanity

BC is an excellent school. Is it ND? No. But its excellent and I believe they have had as many first round picks as ND has. They can tell a recruit their ceiling to the pros is somewhat equivalent to NDs....

But if his family has issues or health concerns he may well be going to BC then.

 

[stlnd01]

I can’t remember.
Something was strange with Dillon but don’t remember the situation.
Kuechly wanted to go to ND badly, but the LB coach liked someone else instead. Oops.

We wanted Dillon to play LB (so did Michigan, I believe). He wanted to play RB so he went to BC.
I wrote Kuechly, which yes was an oops, but I was actually thinking of Brian Toal and Ty's legendarily awkward visit right before Signing Day.

 

[Blazers46]

ND wanted Dillion at linebacker, right?

Didn’t Notre Dame want a Ezekiel Elliott at linebacker as well?

 

[allenm5333]

Didn’t Notre Dame want a Ezekiel Elliott at linebacker as well?

Wanted him at CB, and Dillon at LB

 

[stlnd01]

BC is an excellent school. Is it ND? No. But its excellent and I believe they have had as many first round picks as ND has. They can tell a recruit their ceiling to the pros is somewhat equivalent to NDs....

But if his family has issues or health concerns he may well be going to BC then.

Yes if you look at a very narrow window of handpicked seasons they've had as many OLs picked in the first round as we have. (This came up in some other thread recently). If you go back a couple years before to include Nelson and McGlinchey and Stanley, etc, we blow them out of the water. We also produce vastly more NFL players overall than they do.

But yes, BC certainly develops offensive linemen. If Lambert has some personal life reason to stay in Boston, God bless. I too am from Boston and don't particularly want to live anywhere else. But if he's willing to go away for school, he should absolutely be Irish.

 

[P_Rose]

Didn’t Notre Dame want a Ezekiel Elliott at linebacker as well?

I think it was safety they wanted him to play

 

[Reaper97]

We wanted Dillon to play LB (so did Michigan, I believe). He wanted to play RB so he went to BC.
I wrote Kuechly, which yes was an oops, but I was actually thinking of Brian Toal and Ty's legendarily awkward visit right before Signing Day.

I meant oops by the LB coach.
I can’t remember who he liked more, but it wasn’t anyone notable.
Edit: I think it was Dan Fox.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

I think it was safety they wanted him to play

Corner

 

[IA4irish]

We wanted Dillon to play LB (so did Michigan, I believe). He wanted to play RB so he went to BC.
I wrote Kuechly, which yes was an oops, but I was actually thinking of Brian Toal and Ty's legendarily awkward visit right before Signing Day.

Brian Toal. That is a throwback recruiting name. Remind me what happened with ty and him?

 

[ColinKSU]

I meant oops by the LB coach.
I can’t remember who he liked more, but it wasn’t anyone notable.
Edit: I think it was Dan Fox.

It was. Tenuta preferred Fox to Luke. An obviously horrible decision in retrospect, but I remember thinking highly of Fox as a prospect that came from an equally impressive Ohio H.S. pedigree at Iggy.

 

[stlnd01]

Brian Toal. That is a throwback recruiting name. Remind me what happened with ty and him?

For as easy as it is to make jokes about Willingham’s priorities (namely his golf game), the Irish were never out front in recruiting players during his regime, and Willingham was far from active on the recruiting trail, often times sitting out the spring evaluation period when head coaches were allowed to visit schools. The story of Willingham spending hours in blue-chip recruit Brian Toal’s living room, only after he starred in the Army All-American Bowl and dismissed the Irish, epitomizes the criticism of Willingham in the eyes of the Irish faithful.

Quick look at Rivals100 dispels some recruiting myths

It's been spoken as gospel that Notre Dame won't have access to the best players in the country because they can't get them through admissions.

irish.nbcsports.com

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Kerry Coombs (Cincinnati) and DJ Durkin (Stanford) saw fit to offer Kuechly. Notre Dame, Ohio State and Michigan did not. So it goes.

If Kuechly were a three star recruit today with the offer list he had then, I think a good many of us would probably say "yeah, it's worth an offer."

Then you'd have the regular douche crew pissing and moaning about some other four star linebacker recruit that had moved on from ND months ago, filling the thread with their tears and ass water.

 

[StPaul_Irish]

Kerry Coombs (Cincinnati) and DJ Durkin (Stanford) saw fit to offer Kuechly. Notre Dame, Ohio State and Michigan did not. So it goes.

If Kuechly were a three star recruit today with the offer list he had then, I think a good many of us would probably say "yeah, it's worth an offer."

Then you'd have the regular douche crew pissing and moaning about some other four star linebacker recruit that had moved on from ND months ago, filling the thread with their tears and ass water.

Interesting

 

[Irishdrunk]

Yes if you look at a very narrow window of handpicked seasons they've had as many OLs picked in the first round as we have. (This came up in some other thread recently). If you go back a couple years before to include Nelson and McGlinchey and Stanley, etc, we blow them out of the water. We also produce vastly more NFL players overall than they do.

But yes, BC certainly develops offensive linemen. If Lambert has some personal life reason to stay in Boston, God bless. I too am from Boston and don't particularly want to live anywhere else. But if he's willing to go away for school, he should absolutely be Irish.

I think we are in agreement. But ND needs to place much more 1st rounders in the NFL. Recruits do follow this.

 

[Chicago Domer]

Imagine having the chance to go to ND for free - but deciding on BC instead
That's insanity

BC is a top notch school. In a number of surveys it comes out on top of ND.