'23 MI QB Dante Moore (Greek Spaghetti Transfer)

[arrowryan]

I was not expecting a commitment from him. He wants a ceremony and deserves one. If he announces a decision date in the next couple weeks, I'll feel good about it. If it leaks into the summer, Notre Dame could have some trouble.

 

[SoIll]

Everyone that is saying it’s negative is assuming he was gonna commit on this visit it feels like

False. Never once expected a commit on the visit. Hell we were point blank told not to. But official visiting other schools isn't ideal.

 

[IrishLion]

Was this his OV to Notre Dame? I can't tell with these things anymore.
Personally not that worried about him taking visits and making certain. The kid sounds like he knows what he wants (and it sounds like he wants Notre Dame). As long as we have at least one more crack at him after he goes and looks at Ohio State or wherever. And as long as he makes his decision - and shuts things down - relatively soon.

It was an unofficial visit. One of the national guys on Twitter said that the visit was about as impactful as ND could have hoped for in terms of an unofficial visit.

If I were more negative, I'd say this is turning into one of those recruitments where the kid and his parents know ND is the correct choice based on everything they're looking for, but are [subconsciously?] looking for reasons to let other schools back into the race.

 

[arrowryan]

Guys. It's March.

In QB recruiting, this is about the time the dominoes start to fall.

 

[Luckylucci]

Everyone is freaking out on Twitter because he is taking a visit to OSU.
He is visiting there like the other 20 schools he has visited.
OSU hasn’t even been a player I’m this race idk why everyone thinks he is all of a sudden gonna pick OSU and sit behind Devin brown the number 1 player according to On3(which is a dumb ranking)

From my vantage point, I don’t think the OSU visit on its own is something to be worried about. But when Loy says they may take OV’s and there are reasons why, like checking boxes for him and his family. It starts to sound like they are looking for something.

 

[SoIll]

From my vantage point, I don’t think the OSU visit on its own is something to be worried about. But when Loy says they may take OV’s and there are reasons why, like checking boxes for him and his family. It starts to sound like they are looking for something.

Ding Ding. My thoughts exactly.

 

[stlnd01]

From my vantage point, I don’t think the OSU visit on its own is something to be worried about. But when Loy says they may take OV’s and there are reasons why, like checking boxes for him and his family. It starts to sound like they are looking for something.

Yeah. If he has a visit to Ohio State already scheduled this weekend and goes to see the place, no worries, really. But if he then schedules a full slate of OVs that stretch into June or whatnot, agree it's time to start talking with Plans B. If for no other reason than to encourage Moore to make a decision promptly so we don't get left without a QB when the music stops.

 

[notredomer23]

Reading between the lines, the first thing Loy mentions they discussed was NIL. Nico reset the market. ND is gonna have to pony up some money to get this done.

 

[stlnd01]

Ding Ding. My thoughts exactly.

To be fair they have really not given this vibe at all, to date. Some recruits do. Moore seems more focused on the long game - where Notre Dame has quite a bit to offer.

 

[Dale]

Reading between the lines, the first thing Loy mentions they discussed was NIL. Nico reset the market. ND is gonna have to pony up some money to get this done.

It could be but the rules in CA make Nico the exception. Moore literally can’t do what Nico did, to my knowledge. ND has also used these unofficials with others (Tate) to discuss NIL so it’s kind of a on the docket subject regardless, especially since Moore hasn’t been to ND for awhile.

 

[IrishLion]

The TL;DR on this recruitment right now seems to be...

Glass half full: reporters are doing as much as they can to say "he's going to commit to ND, if he already isn't behind the scenes" without actually saying it. He's covering all his bases with his visits.

Glass half empty: ND seems to be the correct choice, but they are falling short somewhere, and the Moore's are giving ND time to figure it out, or else giving other schools time to catch up.

 

[IrishLax]

Reading between the lines, the first thing Loy mentions they discussed was NIL. Nico reset the market. ND is gonna have to pony up some money to get this done.

ND doesn't have a "collective" so this angle is a non-starter. They also believe (and are probably 100% correct) that signing any kind of contract with a booster-driven collective is likely against the rules... even though that's what some other schools are doing.

Without a collective, it's also extremely unlikely that any individual booster or real company would step up with anything close to what the "expectation" would be for Nico-style money. He is the exception, not the norm.

 

[Reaper97]

EJ just talked to him and he said he isn’t ready to make a decision and is setting up a visit to Texas A&M.
He might also visit Michigan again for spring game.

 

[StPaul_Irish]

I am getting the feeling that Moore wants ND and it is the correct choice, but ND can't/won't compete on an NIL level. He is going somewhere he can get paid, and I would too. Until the rules change (and I really hope they do) ND is going to fall very short of schools like UT/OSU/Meatchk ect, where the rules don't, won't and haven't ever applied. Sorry guys, I love ND more then my kids, but if School A said come here and get $3.4, and ND said "well, you might be able to make some money", my kid is going to take the payday.

 

[StPaul_Irish]

EJ just talked to him and he said he isn’t ready to make a decision and is setting up a visit to Texas A&M.
He might also visit Michigan again for spring game.

And there you have it

 

[Dale]

The Michigan spring game is Saturday. He’d be cancelling his OSU visit to do so.

 

[Reaper97]

The Michigan spring game is Saturday. He’d be cancelling his OSU visit to do so.

He told EJ he just might do that. (Cancel his OSU visit).

 

[Reaper97]

I am getting the feeling that Moore wants ND and it is the correct choice, but ND can't/won't compete on an NIL level. He is going somewhere he can get paid, and I would too. Until the rules change (and I really hope they do) ND is going to fall very short of schools like UT/OSU/Meatchk ect, where the rules don't, won't and haven't ever applied. Sorry guys, I love ND more then my kids, but if School A said come here and get $3.4, and ND said "well, you might be able to make some money", my kid is going to take the payday.

You love ND more than your kids?

 

[Dale]

He told EJ he just might do that. (Cancel his OSU visit).

Yeah I read it just adding color that it’s a one or the other not a additional trip and EJ telling his subscribers he may be cancelling his OSU visit would get them off

 

[NDFAN2008]

Here's the thing who says he doesn't visit Texas A&M and they offer him a 10 Million NIL deal?

 

[Luckylucci]

In QB recruiting, this is about the time the dominoes start to fall.

Very much the concern and it’s what happened last year to Tommy. He got too late in the cycle without relationships with enough options and couldn’t get momentum in recruitments while those guys were very close to decisions.

 

[BoredIrish]

Sampson just wrote this in his mailbag on the Athletic:

Notre Dame is on the verge of landing its first five-star quarterback in more than a decade. If (and there’s not much “if” here) the Irish land Moore, his player rating at 247Sports would be the fourth-highest among Notre Dame

Sampson Mailbag

 

[DONTH8]

I am getting the feeling that Moore wants ND and it is the correct choice, but ND can't/won't compete on an NIL level. He is going somewhere he can get paid, and I would too. Until the rules change (and I really hope they do) ND is going to fall very short of schools like UT/OSU/Meatchk ect, where the rules don't, won't and haven't ever applied. Sorry guys, I love ND more then my kids, but if School A said come here and get $3.4, and ND said "well, you might be able to make some money", my kid is going to take the payday.

 

[notredomer23]

Tom says he feels more confident ND lands him now than before the visit.

 

[DONTH8]

Sampson just wrote this in his mailbag on the Athletic:

Notre Dame is on the verge of landing its first five-star quarterback in more than a decade. If (and there’s not much “if” here) the Irish land Moore, his player rating at 247Sports would be the fourth-highest among Notre Dame

Sampson Mailbag

In Sampson I trust.

 

[NDFAN2008]

I think the only way ND is gonna start competing with the big boys is alumni buying some expensive NFT's and I mean donating millions to hand out to recruits.

 

[NDdomer2]

i guess for now the best thing is to try to withhold judgement/jumping to conclusions until decision time.

i felt really good about the way tommy was playing this all up until the Vizz visit cancel.

At some point im sure he had to choose where he was pushing all his chips, but damn sure seems like we could have had him on campus regardless as this plays out, but still TBD.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

In QB recruiting, this is about the time the dominoes start to fall.

Sure, but nothing has changed other than the irrational expectations of fans who HOPED he would commit on this trip without any evidence that was even in the cards.

So don't blame those of us who are deciding not to panic because something that was never expected to happen didn't happen

 

[317Irish]

Tom says he feels more confident ND lands him now than before the visit.

 

[IrishLax]

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