Dayne Crist

[WeAreND15]

I know Dayne is one of the top recruits and quarter backs in the country but I'm just a little afraid of his knee problem and if he can be a leader for this young Notre Dame team. We've already seen him show some skill (touchdown pass to Goodman in Washington State game) but I am still very afraid we might have a year of bumps and bruises.

 

[KPENN]

I know Dayne is one of the top recruits and quarter backs in the country but I'm just a little afraid of his knee problem and if he can be a leader for this young Notre Dame team. We've already seen him show some skill (touchdown pass to Goodman in Washington State game) but I am still very afraid we might have a year of bumps and bruises.

I'm not worried about anything with Dayne especially leadership. Everything I've heard about him has been great. A member of the USC staff(cant remember exactly what he did) said that Dayne was his favorite recruit he's ever recruited. And with the knee its 2010. The fact that he played in the spring game shows he'll be ready. I'm really confident with Dayne as the QB

 

[Riddickulous]

I know Dayne is one of the top recruits and quarter backs in the country but I'm just a little afraid of his knee problem and if he can be a leader for this young Notre Dame team. We've already seen him show some skill (touchdown pass to Goodman in Washington State game) but I am still very afraid we might have a year of bumps and bruises.

The ACL is completely healed. If he's careful, it won't be an issue.

Back in December, Kyle Rudolph said that Dayne was looked to as a leader last year, despite not being the starter. It should not be a problem.

I'm not worried about anything with Dayne especially leadership. Everything I've heard about him has been great. A member of the USC staff(cant remember exactly what he did) said that Dayne was his favorite recruit he's ever recruited. And with the knee its 2010. The fact that he played in the spring game shows he'll be ready. I'm really confident with Dayne as the QB

I agree.

I, admittedly, panicked a little (as I usually do when even minor things occur) last year when Dayne was throwing short passes in the dirt against Purdue and Washington State. But he looked good in the spring game. He made a few mistakes, forcing a pass into coverage that was picked by Calabrese and a forced throw toward a well-covered Tai-ler Jones. I am confident.

 

[KPENN]

I agree.

I, admittedly, panicked a little (as I usually do when even minor things occur) last year when Dayne was throwing short passes in the dirt against Purdue and Washington State. But he looked good in the spring game. He made a few mistakes, forcing a pass into coverage that was picked by Calabrese and a forced throw toward a well-covered Tai-ler Jones. I am confident.

Plus i think the spread fits him a little bit better

 

[Riddickulous]

Plus i think the spread fits him a little bit better

Especially Kelly's spread. It's so quarterback friendly that it's almost like a video game.

 

[KPENN]

Especially Kelly's spread. It's so quarterback friendly that it's almost like a video game.

Yep. Plus he's got a cannon. I'm really excited to see what he can do. Plus Kelly has a great track record with QB's and none have the ability like Dayne has

 

[IrishLax]

Devil's Advocate: sometimes when you have an injury, even when it's healed that are still lingering mental effects. I hope he doesn't get happy feet in the pocket.

With that being said, he's an awesome athlete and more importantly an awesome leader. Half the reason I'm so confident for this year is that he is taking the snaps.

 

[jason_h537]

Devil's Advocate: sometimes when you have an injury, even when it's healed that are still lingering mental effects. I hope he doesn't get happy feet in the pocket.
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Agree entirely. Everyone here should know i love Crist (Cali in the house) but there is no way of knowing how the injury could affec him in a live game. Spring Game is diferent when he only plays a lil bit and knows he wont be touched. ACL is a major injury. If he is truly 100% healed and can get his head in the game the guy is a future top 10 pick, but thats a big if

 

[WeAreND15]

Yep. Plus he's got a cannon. I'm really excited to see what he can do. Plus Kelly has a great track record with QB's and none have the ability like Dayne has

I was impressed with the way he threw the ball in that washington state game so i definetly have faith in his arm

 

[WeAreND15]

Agree entirely. Everyone here should know i love Crist (Cali in the house) but there is no way of knowing how the injury could affec him in a live game. Spring Game is diferent when he only plays a lil bit and knows he wont be touched. ACL is a major injury. If he is truly 100% healed and can get his head in the game the guy is a future top 10 pick, but thats a big if

I couldnt agree more..

 

[WeAreND15]

I love Crist so I'm not against him but what I'm trying to point out is that everyone was all hiped up about Clausen and I think you all remember his freshman and sophmore year.. I just hope and wish Crist will be as good or better than Brady Quinn

 

[Riddickulous]

I love Crist so I'm not against him but what I'm trying to point out is that everyone was all hiped up about Clausen and I think you all remember his freshman and sophmore year.. I just hope and wish Crist will be as good or better than Brady Quinn

The only comparisons I see with Quinn are number and measurables.

 

[KPENN]

I love Crist so I'm not against him but what I'm trying to point out is that everyone was all hiped up about Clausen and I think you all remember his freshman and sophmore year..

Thats not a very good comparison,this team is far ahead of that 2007 team. You could have put any QB in college football behind that line and they would have looked terrible. Golden Tate was the only deep threat he had and still Tate was a RB playing WR that could only run fly routes and I think we can all agree that Jimmy had some growing up to do his first 2 years. Plus you said it yourself Jimmy was a freshman and a sophmore, Dayne's a Junior or RS Sophmore whichever way you wanna look at it. Dayne has been here for 3 years and he knows what it takes to be the QB at Notre Dame.

 

[WeAreND15]

Thats not a very good comparison,this team is far ahead of that 2007 team. You could have put any QB in college football behind that line and they would have looked terrible. Golden Tate was the only deep threat he had and still Tate was a RB playing WR that could only run fly routes and I think we can all agree that Jimmy had some growing up to do his first 2 years. Plus you said it yourself Jimmy was a freshman and a sophmore, Dayne's a Junior or RS Sophmore whichever way you wanna look at it. Dayne has been here for 3 years and he knows what it takes to be the QB at Notre Dame.

well that definetly changed my mind on Dayne.. I'm all for him I just keep on forgetting that were not in the Weis era anymore.. Brian Kelly took on Cincinati and built them from the ground up.. if he can take a bad team like that and build it with very little recruits then notre dame is paradise considering the recruiting is amazing

 

[KPENN]

well that definetly changed my mind on Dayne.. I'm all for him I just keep on forgetting that were not in the Weis era anymore.. Brian Kelly took on Cincinati and built them from the ground up.. if he can take a bad team like that and build it with very little recruits then notre dame is paradise considering the recruiting is amazing

I don't know if I'm the best person to base your opinion on. lol. I'm always been very high on Dayne since we got him. I just think he's got "it"

 

[Junkhead]

I *want* to think Dayne will be great this year.....but I don't think he has Clausen's accuracy, or experience for that matter. He should have a better run game, better D, and better coaching than Clausen had. Part of me thinks he will exceed expectations, and the other part says the will be just average this year, but way better in 2011.

 

[WeAreND15]

I don't know if I'm the best person to base your opinion on. lol. I'm always been very high on Dayne since we got him. I just think he's got "it"

he better have it.. hes got alot of pressure on him.. I will be happy if we have a 3 loss season since its the first season.. but I would be really happy if we got a bcs bid..

 

[GreatGolson]

Dayne Crist has the talent to brake a lot of records at ND (thanks to Kelly's spread) he'll have a good first year, and will get better each game.

 

[WeAreND15]

I *want* to think Dayne will be great this year.....but I don't think he has Clausen's accuracy, or experience for that matter. He should have a better run game, better D, and better coaching than Clausen had. Part of me thinks he will exceed expectations, and the other part says the will be just average this year, but way better in 2011.

Thats what i mean.. i hope he will have a great first year but i just have this feeling in my gut he will be average his first year but then be a heisman candidate his junior and senior year

 

[irishandy]

I love Crist so I'm not against him but what I'm trying to point out is that everyone was all hiped up about Clausen and I think you all remember his freshman and sophomore year...

Word around the area here is that during Clausen's freshman year some of the o-line let Clausen get sacked and during his sophomore season (throughout his career here) he had no running game.

As far as Crist goes how he looks, throws, and runs will be answered on Sept. 4. I am also looking forward to the Mich. State game as it will be his first road game he starts. I don't have any doubt in Crist- great leadership (awesome off the field) and I don't want to hype myself up and get let down.

 

[IrishTimer]

Thats what i mean.. i hope he will have a great first year but i just have this feeling in my gut he will be average his first year but then be a heisman candidate his junior and senior year

Assuming he graduates on time sticks around for a 5th year. Crist could be gone after the 2011 season.

 

[GoingGreen]

I'm really looking forward to seeing Crist play this year. He seems like a more likeable Quarterback than Clausen, and he looks like a better leader. He has a great arm as you can see here, and last year against Purdue he showed he can run with the ball pretty well, he kind of reminded me of someone named Tebow in that game.

There won't be any shortage of weapons for Crist, with what could be the deepest set of Wide Recievers in the country. And of course, Kyle Rudolph. We should also have the best running game that we've had in quite some time. There's a lot of depth there at running back. Let's hope he doesn't have to play from behind all the time like Clausen had to.

 

[KLirishfan1]

I love Crist so I'm not against him but what I'm trying to point out is that everyone was all hiped up about Clausen and I think you all remember his freshman and sophmore year.. I just hope and wish Crist will be as good or better than Brady Quinn

I remember Clausens first 2 years!! The kid was running for his life behind the what had to be the worst O line I have ever seen at ND!! Its hard to throw from your ass!!!! It all starts with the line. I think Crist will be great!!!

 

[IrishLax]

I *want* to think Dayne will be great this year.....but I don't think he has Clausen's accuracy, or experience for that matter. He should have a better run game, better D, and better coaching than Clausen had. Part of me thinks he will exceed expectations, and the other part says the will be just average this year, but way better in 2011.

He doesn't have the accuracy or touch of Clausen. That is an absolute fact. He does have a better arm/quicker release though. I don't expect his decision making to be as polished as Clausen's was last year either.

What I will say is he is 10x the leader Clausen was. I can give a couple personal examples of Clausen being one of the most (if not the single most) immature student at Notre Dame... sadly, none of them are PG rated so I probably shouldn't put them up here. He was an incredible athlete and showed a lot of poise/toughness on the field. It just really irked me how he carried himself off of it.

In a lot of ways, and I know this is going to sound weird, but Clausen's demeanor off the field (and I can only guess in the locker room... I was never there) is what I attribute about 50% of our mental errors to. I fully expect our team to play more as a team under BK/Crist as opposed to how they played as individuals under Weis/Clausen.

 

[irishandy]

When it's all said and done all that matters is the W's. I think that Crist will flourish more in Kelly's offense as opposed to Weis offense. But I think (yeah I am showing favortism) Clausen would do better than Crist in Kelly's offense....we'll never know.

 

[Riddickulous]

He doesn't have the accuracy or touch of Clausen. That is an absolute fact. He does have a better arm/quicker release though. I don't expect his decision making to be as polished as Clausen's was last year either.

What I will say is he is 10x the leader Clausen was. I can give a couple personal examples of Clausen being one of the most (if not the single most) immature student at Notre Dame... sadly, none of them are PG rated so I probably shouldn't put them up here. He was an incredible athlete and showed a lot of poise/toughness on the field. It just really irked me how he carried himself off of it.

I expect him to be less accurate than Clausen but more accurate than Quinn.

I'd like to hear some of those Clausen tales. PM them to me.

 

[calvegas04]

have always liked Crist over Clausen

 

[IrishLax]

Shaq-

Sent. And in writing it I realized I had two that were actually pretty G rated (minus underage drinking... which we all now know can get you arrested ).

 

[GreatGolson]

He doesn't have the accuracy or touch of Clausen. That is an absolute fact. He does have a better arm/quicker release though. I don't expect his decision making to be as polished as Clausen's was last year either.

What I will say is he is 10x the leader Clausen was. I can give a couple personal examples of Clausen being one of the most (if not the single most) immature student at Notre Dame... sadly, none of them are PG rated so I probably shouldn't put them up here. He was an incredible athlete and showed a lot of poise/toughness on the field. It just really irked me how he carried himself off of it.

Ya can i get in on this? (i am of legal age)

 

[Riddickulous]

Ya can i get in on this? (i am of legal age)

It's interesting stuff.

IrishLax, if there are any crazy stories not pertaining to Clausen but to other players, feel free to share them, as well.