'13 MA OT John Montelus (Notre Dame Signed LOI)

[beryirish]

Congrats buddy welcome to the team

 

[beryirish]

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All 5 O Line Commits in '13

..man picture these guys in 4-5 years

 

[Zbi]

..man picture these guys in 4-5 years

T, G, C, G, T?

 

[NDPhilly]

I think Elmer is more likely to be a G then McGovern.

 

[irishog77]

..man picture these guys in 4-5 years

Sweet pic!

Somebody tell us each guy's height, though, STAT!

 

[NDPhilly]

Sweet pic!

Somebody tell us each guy's height, though, STAT!

Elmer 6'7" McGovern 6'6" Montelus 6'4" Bivin 6'6" McGlinchey 6'8"

 

[BeauBenken]

6'7", 6'6", 6'4", 6'6", 6'9"

 

[NDhoosier]

I thought Montelus was 6'5"... oh well, 6'4" is good enough.

 

[peoriairish]

He's 6'4" at the age of 16. He's still got some growing in him I would believe.

 

[irishtrinity]

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I could help them find some.

Got one in my pocket now..

Glad to ave this guy.. Welcom to the Irish Mob..

 

[NDFANnSouthWest]

and these boys are STILL growing. what a great group.

 

[NDBoiler]

Just out of curiousity, does anybdy know which "star" rating is used for commits on the front page? There's usually a lot of talk on the recruit threads about 247 being the site of choice, yet for Montelus' rating on the front page, it is a 4-star rating, while he is rated as a 3-star per the first page of his thread. Just wondering if there is an attempt to distort the facts a little to make us feel better and suit our fancy or if something else is the basis of the front page ratings.

 

[NDPhilly]

Might as well leave it as a 4 star because apparently Montelus will be getting a large boost in the rankings.

 

[NDOM]

Just out of curiousity, does anybdy know which "star" rating is used for commits on the front page? There's usually a lot of talk on the recruit threads about 247 being the site of choice, yet for Montelus' rating on the front page, it is a 4-star rating, while he is rated as a 3-star per the first page of his thread. Just wondering if there is an attempt to distort the facts a little to make us feel better and suit our fancy or if something else is the basis of the front page ratings.

I have always thought the same thing. If you go by Rivals we have a lot more 3 star players and on this site those that are 3 stars are 4 stars. Kinda looks like favoritism or something but who knows. It won't really matter anyway if we keep on losing.

 

[peoriairish]

I have always thought the same thing. If you go by Rivals we have a lot more 3 star players and on this site those that are 3 stars are 4 stars. Kinda looks like favoritism or something but who knows. It won't really matter anyway if we keep on losing.

Well someone's having a glass half full kinda day now aren't they! Ratings don't matter. I look at their offer list more than stars and our guys all have great lists.

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

Just out of curiousity, does anybdy know which "star" rating is used for commits on the front page? There's usually a lot of talk on the recruit threads about 247 being the site of choice, yet for Montelus' rating on the front page, it is a 4-star rating, while he is rated as a 3-star per the first page of his thread. Just wondering if there is an attempt to distort the facts a little to make us feel better and suit our fancy or if something else is the basis of the front page ratings.

It's Pham's star rating.

And for the record he is a 4 star on 3 of the 4 sites.

Majority rules.

 

[BGIF]

Just out of curiousity, does anybdy know which "star" rating is used for commits on the front page? There's usually a lot of talk on the recruit threads about 247 being the site of choice, yet for Montelus' rating on the front page, it is a 4-star rating, while he is rated as a 3-star per the first page of his thread. Just wondering if there is an attempt to distort the facts a little to make us feel better and suit our fancy or if something else is the basis of the front page ratings.

When I was a mod, Jason Pham handled the Front Page. Unless there's been a change he looks at the profile ratings and uses an ball park average. In a mix of grades I believe he leans toward the higher side. It is a team board but there is any intent to distort.

The front page of Profile's don't get updated daily. The list update noted is March 7, six weeks ago.

Looking at today's Recruiting service ratings, Montelus is:

Rivals: 4 Stars as an OT #26
Scout: 4 Stars as an OG #2
ESPN: 4 Stars as an OT #21
247: 3 Stars an OT #53

3.75 average sure looks like 4 Star Consensus whether at OT or OG.

Also keep in mind he's gotten a bunch of interest the past week or so adding UF and MIA offers. I'll take Art Kehoe's evaluation of an OL over any recruiting services's rating particularly one that hasn't been in business long enough for their graded recruit's to finish college. Montelus's cohort includes ND, UF, MIA, NU, UM, OSU, and WVU. All schools that have put more than a few OLs into the NFL. Also keep in mind Montelus is from MA not many non-regional schools cover it.

 

[johnnykillz]

OL John Montelus feels connection to Notre Dame during visit

Strangely enough, the part I dug the most was his reference to "the Irish Mob," that one of our guys coined and gave up to some kids that caught fire.

Really cool.

The class is calling themselves " Irish Mob 13."

 

[peoriairish]

OL John Montelus feels connection to Notre Dame during visit

Strangely enough, the part I dug the most was his reference to "the Irish Mob," that one of our guys coined and gave up to some kids that caught fire.

Really cool.

The class is calling themselves " Irish Mob 13."

Yup. Using this picture made by an ND fan as their logo. I already have it as the wallpaper on my computer and phone. Really awesome stuff.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

From Inside the Irish

Offensive lineman John Montelus commits to Irish | Inside the Irish

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Welcome to ND John.

 

[BGIF]

Notre Dame football: Montelus develops dominant appetite - southbendtribune.com

By TYLER JAMES South Bend Tribune
4/4/12

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Montelus won’t turn 17 years old until September. When he steps on campus in the fall of 2013, he could still have some growing left.

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[Irishnuke]

He's going to be a monster. A bigger monster than he already is.

 

[Buster Bluth]

That ain't bad.

Literally every member of this OL class is a stud.

 

[rtrn2glory]

wow...he and his mom drove 14 hours to get to ND to visit after missing a flight...starting to like him even more.

 

[Old Man Mike]

Athletic road-grader. Probably a guard in Kelly's system. When you look at our roster, you see a likelihood of no guards in the class ahead of him [Harrell=Center; Stanley=Tackle]. Looking two classes up there is NMartin, a formidable body-mover, but no obvious second [Hegarty will be a center almost surely; Prestwood, a tackle; whether Hanratty will be genuinely good, we'll have to see]. One could see Montelus pairing with NMartin and Hegarty to form a violent and agile middle of the future line. I like that vision. It is not only a good fantasy, but seems to have the premonitionary signs of concrete reality to come.

Coach Hiestand, you are a gem, AND you've given yourself Iron Ore to work with. Forge the five-fingered monster, big fella.

 

[rtrn2glory]

staff was high on hanratty after last summer, but havent heard much on him during the spring....hopefully he has a good offseason and comes into camp ready to compete

 

[OCIrish]

I really like our OL haul this year.....I also love the fact that the kids on campus and in the program rave about Hiestand and his coaching. I had some doubts about Hiestand's coaching, but I'll be more than happy to have my serving of crow: so far so good, let's keep it that way!

 

[NDPhilly]

Selected for US Army All American game.

 

[beryirish]

Awesome...these kids need to travel in packs to these All-American games to spread the word.....and to keep the other word from getting to them.