'13 PA ATH Alex Anzalone (Florida Early Enrollee)

[Luckylucci]

GITF, you nailed it.

 

[PraetorianND]

If his heart is not here (and I don't think it is) then he shouldn't come here. Yea it sucks but he has to do what is best for him. We will be just fine with out him.

I agree completely. However, I do think he is entitled to take the time to figure it out. I hope he comes to his senses, realizes why he picked ND and doesn't look back. If he doesn't then I wish him well at UF. He could do much worse academically in the SEC, UF isn't bad (nowhere near ND though).

 

[NDFANnSouthWest]

Potentially losing a recruit at 5-0 is easier to deal with then NOT being 5.0. Lets hope he wants to be part of this special class, if not (like mentioned above) we don't want a AL 2.0.

 

[Emcee77]

He has every right to take as long as he needs to make one of the most important decisions of his life ... the team and the school will be fine no matter what he decides, and obviously letting down the fans shouldn't enter into the decision-making process at all. The classy thing to do is to be clear with ND about where his interest level is right now so ND can plan accordingly (and I assume he is doing that), but that's the most you can fairly expect.

 

[tko]

He has every right to take as long as he needs to make one of the most important decisions of his life ... the team and the school will be fine no matter what he decides, and obviously letting down the fans shouldn't enter into the decision-making process at all. The classy thing to do is to be clear with ND about where his interest level is right now so ND can plan accordingly (and I assume he is doing that), but that's the most you can fairly expect.

i agree with this.

 

[NYMIKE6]

I'm going to keep with my logic that College Football Recruiting is like the Cold War, Spys, Secret Agents, Black Ops, Double Agents, Secret Triple Black Ops Agents... Everybody's Suspect...There is NO TRUTH...

 

[fitz_bu47]

I don't expect these kids to be perfect and always decisive with this stuff, but I wish they would not verbal until they are 100%. I know other coaches/recruits/etc keep harping on these kids, and I have no idea how hard that must be, but just don't commit early. Narrow it down to 5, or 3 or whatever, and when you are 100% make the call. I know, I know easy for me to say. The recruiting tactics for me coming out of high school headed for the NAIA were a little more relaxed.

Whatever he decides, good luck to him, would love to have him if ND is where he wants to be.

 

[clashmore_mike]

Tunnel Vision seems to let on that Anzalone is solid but the staff will still recruit him as if he is not committed.

 

[Irish#1]

I think to a certain extend he is entitled to take the time to figure it out. Look if you want to change your mind 3,4,5,6 times thats fine, unforutnately in college football you can do that. I don't like the fact that if you are still that undecided, why give a team a verbal, why not be like most of these recruits and take the time to really think about your decision and stick with it. The excuse that these kids are 17,18,19 years old and don't know what they want is tiresome. To give a team a verbal commitment and then to reconsider lets that team down and the university and fan base. Now it's no ones right to demand you stick by your decision if you don't have to but make the decision and stand by it.

I don't want a player that isn't all in on ND, academically and athletically. If he chooses to go to florida, and he feels that is his best option, then I wish him well in school there, but I will not wish him well as a football player (Not that I want him to get hurt, that's not what I'm saying), what I'm saying is, I'm not going to be cheering for him or the Gators on Saturday, just because he was once verbally committed to ND.

It may be tiresome, but there's a lot of truth to it. The majority of these kids can be swayed from one moment to the next. They get caught up in the hoopla and lean one way. Normal life returns and then new hoopla over there comes up and they're leaning that way.

Jaylon's tweet was supposed to be in reference to Jordan Sherit tearing his ACL. Not AA flipping.

 

[Rack Em]

Tunnel Vision seems to let on that Anzalone is solid but the staff will still recruit him as if he is not committed.

Anyone who fills out paperwork to EE at another school while committed to a different school is anything but solid.

 

[NYMIKE6]

Just like Deontay Greenberry did, AMIRITE?

UISRITE!

 

[clashmore_mike]

Anyone who fills out paperwork to EE at another school while committed to a different school is anything but solid.

 

[PraetorianND]

Anyone who fills out paperwork to EE at another school while committed to a different school is anything but solid.

Gunner

 

[Emcee77]

Anyone who fills out paperwork to EE at another school while committed to a different school is anything but solid.

Yeah, maybe solid isn't quite right, but Tunnel Vision is pretty optimistic that he'll ultimately be Irish. They made it sound like he definitely got caught up in the emotion and excitement of the visit, but after taking a couple days to get back to normal he's remembering why he wanted to be Irish in the first place. One 2013 commit even said that even though Anzalone told him not to worry, he was totally worried, but now, a couple days later, he doesn't think Alex will flip. So it's not as bad as we feared (i.e., he hasn't already flipped), but we do need to hope for a good visit next Saturday.

 

[Jebediah Springfield]

Yeah, maybe solid isn't quite right, but Tunnel Vision is pretty optimistic that he'll ultimately be Irish. They made it sound like he definitely got caught up in the emotion and excitement of the visit, but after taking a couple days to get back to normal he's remembering why he wanted to be Irish in the first place. One 2013 commit even said that even though Anzalone told him not to worry, he was totally worried, but now, a couple days later, he doesn't think Alex will flip. So it's not as bad as we feared (i.e., he hasn't already flipped), but we do need to hope for a good visit next Saturday.

Who said this and is it available on a site?

 

[PANDFAN]

Who said this and is it available on a site?

Notre Dame Recruiting Insider: Tunnel Vision

 

[Rhode Irish]

Test?

 

[Emcee77]

Who said this and is it available on a site?

He was quoted anonymously by the BGI guys. Don't know who it was. I'd like to say it was Heuerman since we know he is close with Anzalone and might have his finger on the pulse of this, but I'd be completely speculating.

 

[Jebediah Springfield]

Yeah my guess was MH too. thanks

 

[irishpat183]

I don't have access to that site. So I cant read it. I'm not going to ask you to explain it, because i'm not the kinda guy that is looking to use someone elses site's their paying for.....But it kinda shuts out some people that aren't members.

How about just naming the sources?

 

[Rhode Irish]

I took the tunnel vision update as mainly positive, but obviously doesn't clinch it either way. And honestly that is exactly where I expected to be with Alex at this point months ago when he went to Friday night lights.

Edit: I do not understand why I couldn't post this before. I tried like 50 times and it kept saying server error (it was 2 paragraphs at one point). I kept editing it and finally I took out the words "put the issue to bed" and it let me post. Was that possibly what was blocking me?

Edit 2: apparently not. Weird.

 

[Emcee77]

I don't have access to that site. So I cant read it. I'm not going to ask you to explain it, because i'm not the kinda guy that is looking to use someone elses site's their paying for.....But it kinda shuts out some people that aren't members.

How about just naming the sources?

Geez, why so churlish? Socal specifically asked if the info was available on a site, and Panda provided the link. He was just trying to answer Socal's question.

 

[PANDFAN]

I don't have access to that site. So I cant read it. I'm not going to ask you to explain it, because i'm not the kinda guy that is looking to use someone elses site's their paying for.....But it kinda shuts out some people that aren't members.

How about just naming the sources?

i don't have access to it either but just a minute or 2 ago someone else asked what tunnel vision was on a different thread so i wasn't sure if this person didn't know what tunnel was...and more importantly the person asked for a site so i provided the link.

Geez, why so churlish? Socal specifically asked if the info was available on a site, and Panda provided the link. He was just trying to answer Socal's question.

thank you!

 

[Irish#1]

He was quoted anonymously by the BGI guys. Don't know who it was. I'd like to say it was Heuerman since we know he is close with Anzalone and might have his finger on the pulse of this, but I'd be completely speculating.[/QUOTE]

There's a whole lot of that on this site.

 

[irishfanjho15]

Gunner's at his third commitment, isn't he?

As time expired.

At the buzzer, for the win....swish

/crowd goes wild

 

[irishpat183]

Geez, why so churlish? Socal specifically asked if the info was available on a site, and Panda provided the link. He was just trying to answer Socal's question.

I didn't mean anything by it...But I also didn't wanna get slammed for asking for a handout as I've seen happen on here before.


no offense. Just wondering if he was gonna share the source for those that didn't have access.

 

[connor_in]

I took the tunnel vision update as mainly positive, but obviously doesn't clinch it either way. And honestly that is exactly where I expected to be with Alex at this point months ago when he went to Friday night lights.

Edit: I do not understand why I couldn't post this before. I tried like 50 times and it kept saying server error (it was 2 paragraphs at one point). I kept editing it and finally I took out the words "put the issue to bed" and it let me post. Was that possibly what was blocking me?

Edit 2: apparently not. Weird.

RI has discovered the MATRIX ripple...send in the agents to get him!

 

[GBdomer]

IrishPat is someone one of the current commits and I doubt they will say who.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

This thread is a dump

 

[NDdomer2]

This thread is a dump

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