'12 OH OT Taylor Decker (Ohio State Verbal)

[AdmiralBackhand]

We've gotta get some good news soon, eh? Glad we got Prestwood. So long, Decks.

 

[irishtrinity]

"WE ARE ND!"

If someone doesn't want to be a part of Notre Dame's "Return to Glory", we don't want/need them.

I agree..Our glory has never left!!

 

[OlympiaIrishFan]

Can we take this thread off I don't want to see Taylor on our site any longer

 

[ACamp1900]

I'm not cliffjumping, good luck to him...

but I am stating openly that I am really freakin sick of losing recruits to Meyer... seriously???

for the love of god, just win some flippin games and take some of their recruits for once... eh?

 

[irishtrinity]

I'm not cliffjumping, good luck to him...

but I am stating openly that I am really freakin sick of losing recruits to Meyer... seriously???

for the love of god, just win some flippin games and take some of their recruits for once... eh?

I agree with everything you said...

 

[tko]

I'm not cliffjumping, good luck to him...

but I am stating openly that I am really freakin sick of losing recruits to Meyer... seriously???

for the love of god, just win some flippin games and take some of their recruits for once... eh?

or maybe just the one or two that qualify academically.

 

[johnnykillz]

Big loss.

BIG BIG LOSS!

I knew this would happen, but it still hurts...

Good luck Taylor. I'll be pulling for your personal success but not your team's.

 

[arahop]

One of the consequences of acting like an idiot is being shunned by your peers. Which is probably where you are headed, on this board. If you want to voice your opinion, I would suggest you do it in a reasonably intelligent manner. You seem to be awfully touchy for a guy who doesn't care what others think.

Once again, thanks for your opinion.

 

[johnnykillz]

Once again, thanks for your opinion.

Take it to PMs.

Now please.

 

[IrishLax]

#1. Taylor has as much upside as almost any OL in this class. He's just extremely raw. This is a pretty big loss from an upside standpoint. People shouldn't sugar coat it... thank goodness we got Jordan Prestwood as a transfer.

#2. For a kid to be committed to ND for as long as he was, take TONS of visits to ND, and then make an 11th hour flip to OSU as soon as he got the offer... well, best of luck to him. He never wanted to be at ND for ND, we were just he his best option to play football. I don't respect people who make decisions like that. More people need to take a page from the Josh Garnett/Ifeadi Odenigbo book and I don't understand how parents let their kids approach it any different. Coaches come and go with surprising frequency. Commit to a school for the SCHOOL. It's going to be really funny when Warinner is gone in under 2 years for an OC or head coaching job somewhere else and he has a new OL coach before he ever sees the field.

 

[johnnykillz]

#1. Taylor has as much upside as almost any OL in this class. He's just extremely raw. This is a pretty big loss from an upside standpoint. People shouldn't sugar coat it... thank goodness we got Jordan Prestwood as a transfer.

#2. For a kid to be committed to ND for as long as he was, take TONS of visits to ND, and then make an 11th hour flip to OSU as soon as he got the offer... well, best of luck to him. He never wanted to be at ND for ND, we were just he his best option to play football. I don't respect people who make decisions like that. More people need to take a page from the Josh Garnett/Ifeadi Odenigbo book and I don't understand how parents let their kids approach it any different. Coaches come and go with surprising frequency. Commit to a school for the SCHOOL. It's going to be really funny when Warinner is gone in under 2 years for an OC or head coaching job somewhere else and he has a new OL coach before he ever sees the field.

As much as I hate Urban, the guy is charismatic as they come...

And Warriner and Hinton were the guys that had him coming here.

It was a perfect storm for us man. It's all good.

Good luck to Taylor. It stings. Like a tomatoe bath after running through a mile of brambles brush. But it what it is.

This is this: it was expected.

Call it "inception" amd walk away.

 

[North Buffalo Irish]

It's ridiculous that people think we wouldn't have had a much stronger class had ND won 11 games and a BCS bowl. I'm not saying we'd have landed Kiel, Armstead, Shaq Thompson et al like someone else did... but to say an 11-win season wouldn't have resulted in a better recruiting class is -- the word of the thread -- asinine.

 

[johnnykillz]

It's ridiculous that people think we wouldn't have had a much stronger class had ND won 11 games and a BCS bowl. I'm not saying we'd have landed Kiel, Armstead, Shaq Thompson et al like someone else did... but to say an 11-win season wouldn't have resulted in a better recruiting class is -- the word of the thread -- asinine.

Actually, yes.

We would have landed all of those recruits in my opinion...

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

#1. Taylor has as much upside as almost any OL in this class. He's just extremely raw. This is a pretty big loss from an upside standpoint. People shouldn't sugar coat it... thank goodness we got Jordan Prestwood as a transfer.

#2. For a kid to be committed to ND for as long as he was, take TONS of visits to ND, and then make an 11th hour flip to OSU as soon as he got the offer... well, best of luck to him. He never wanted to be at ND for ND, we were just he his best option to play football. I don't respect people who make decisions like that. More people need to take a page from the Josh Garnett/Ifeadi Odenigbo book and I don't understand how parents let their kids approach it any different. Coaches come and go with surprising frequency. Commit to a school for the SCHOOL. It's going to be really funny when Warinner is gone in under 2 years for an OC or head coaching job somewhere else and he has a new OL coach before he ever sees the field.

Posu fans will chew Warinner up and spit his remains into a roadside sewer.

 

[rtrn2glory]

recruiting is a crooked industry...makes lawyers look like angels at times.

 

[johnnykillz]

recruiting is a crooked industry...makes lawyers look like angels at times.

You need to specify which type of lawyer you generalize.. Lol.

There are much more admirable facets of law than others.

Just ask OJ.

 

[irishff1014]

I know that Decker was a big recruit but we have some good players on the OL right now. The thing that is bothering me is we can't finish off recruits.

 

[rtrn2glory]

i hope we don't offer a prospect on the o line just to fill the spot...there's a ton of really good 2013 guys we're in it with and it looks like we need to go all in with them.

 

[DomerInHappyValley]

I know that Decker was a big recruit but we have some good players on the OL right now. The thing that is bothering me is we can't finish off recruits.

Hard to finish off when you can't show progression.
Winning the 3 games we should have won would have gone a long ways to locking these kids up.
Urban is a known factor who has won at every stop he has been at and did it in the SEC which a lot of these kids believe the hype about that being the most difficult conference.

 

[OCIrish]

Problem being, with Urban in town, recruiting midwestern kids just got a little tougher.

 

[Who'saWildManNow]

I'm over it.. I learned my lesson last year with de commits. I hope for and get excited when someone verbals but when this happens all I can do is shrug my shoulders and watch Tees highlights again or something.

The sad thing is the recruits laugh at the grown men obsessing over them.

 

[irishtrinity]

Actually, yes.

We would have landed all of those recruits in my opinion...

Thank you!!!

 

[irishtrinity]

It's ridiculous that people think we wouldn't have had a much stronger class had ND won 11 games and a BCS bowl. I'm not saying we'd have landed Kiel, Armstead, Shaq Thompson et al like someone else did... but to say an 11-win season wouldn't have resulted in a better recruiting class is -- the word of the thread -- asinine.

Thank you also..

 

[rtrn2glory]

we won't recruit like we're truly capable of til we start winning. as much as we hate ohio st they've been good for the better part of a decade and usually recruits itself and you throw in a recruiter the caliber of urban only amplifies the potential they have to bring in studs.

 

[phork]

Yet Big East team beat us when Kelly was winning it...

Exactly. Tells you the state of the program.

 

[rtrn2glory]

i just find it really odd that as fast as he committed to us that coaches leaving forced him to flip...he seemed to really commit for the love of ND not coaches. seems like coach kelly left this one to hinton and warriner a little too much and didn't develop the relationship he needed to with TD to keep him solid amongst all the recent situations.

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

i just find it really odd that as fast as he committed to us that coaches leaving forced him to flip...he seemed to really commit for the love of ND not coaches. seems like coach kelly left this one to hinton and warriner a little too much and didn't develop the relationship he needed to with TD to keep him solid amongst all the recent situations.

Excellent point...

 

[jerseyirish13]

Disagree, Decker recently stated to Sapp he realized the school was more important then the coaches. More like family really wanted him to go to Ohio. F- Myer, Hinton and Warriner.

 

[Redbar]

Really hate to lose a talent like Decker, but seems like a thoughtful guy, sounds like he had his reasons, which I can't argue with. Yes we had a tough season let a few get away from us, but I do believe we are very very close. Can't help but think there will be some guys with real regrets in a few years when we turn this thing around though.

 

[Patulski]

I'm over it.. I learned my lesson last year with de commits. I hope for and get excited when someone verbals but when this happens all I can do is shrug my shoulders and watch Tees highlights again or something.

The sad thing is the recruits laugh at the grown men obsessing over them.

"It ain't over till its over" is the rule in recruiting. And even then there's guys like Houndshell and Carlisle. It's crazy.