rivals have moved blanton and Newman up to 4 stars and screw deion walkar and goodman. Walker dropped 144 spots while goodman dropped a star. This is unbelievable?
Guys,
Who cares what star they carry. We know what type of talent we are getting and that is the important part. When a kid hits the college gridiron, stars don't mean sh#@. It is mano y mano as my coach used to say. Who wants it more. We are getting kids with great attitude and work ethic. I think we have all seen that 3* kids can play as well as many 5* kids when the rubber meets the road. We know that ND has a GREAT class of kids coming in, so let the chips fall.
i watched the army game a couple of times, and i thought goodman looked pretty good! 3 stars?i asked the staff at rivals about walker's 140 place drop.that one is very puzzling? did he have a bad senior season?what where his stats? he has prolly the most impressive offer list of any of our recruits!
When asked why they dropped Goodman, Mike Farrel responded with, "John Goodman, to me, is Barry Gallup. He wasn't nearly as big as we expected and did okay but doesn't warrant 250."
What an idiot!
Then he practically made fun of Newman. Someone brought up the point that height shouldn't be a huge factor in their rankings of Newman given that they just gave Omar a 5th star. Then Farrell replyed with, "Newman makes Omar Hunter look 6-foot-5".
He also gave some lame excuse for dropping Deion so far.
Guys,
Do not get yourselves caught up in this. I could care less what stars they get. As for some of our guys who have moved. Goodman looked very good at the AA. He definitely needs to put on some weight. His height is good. We should expect him to be a guy who redshirts and will contribute in a year or two. Newman exceeded everyone's expectations at the game. He definitely is not as tall as we thought, but plays with a good motor. He will need a year to put on some more muscle. Walker is just suffering what we could call the injury slide. He had some injuries this year and then got one down at the UnderArmor game which exaggerated his slide. These are all injuries he will likely totally recover from and be able to contribute in the fall if needed. Reality is that we should be able to let all three of these guys use their freshman year to grow into college ball and redshirt. Goodman and Walker can ease into the WR role since we have a young group and Floyd will likely be the freshman to step in with his size and strength. At NT, Ian will have the position locked down and Hafis could sub or even Mike Martin if we get him. Newman can take a season to get his strength up which means he will have a good 4 years. We are fine guys, do not panic!!
If they drop to 3 stars, the offer should be pulled.![]()
Call me crazy, but I agree. If you can't get a fourth star, you dont belong at Notre Dame.
WHAT???? How can you say that?
1)John Carlson 3 star
2)Ryan Harris 3 star
3)Jeff Samardzija 3 star
4)Travis Thomas 3 star
5)Dan Santucci 3 star
6)Maurice Crum 3 star
7)Darius Walker 3 star
8)David Grimes 3 star
You saying that those guys didnt belong at Notre Dame???? Reply please.
------they suck.....f them
WHAT???? How can you say that?
1)John Carlson 3 star
2)Ryan Harris 3 star
3)Jeff Samardzija 3 star
4)Travis Thomas 3 star
5)Dan Santucci 3 star
6)Maurice Crum 3 star
7)Darius Walker 3 star
8)David Grimes 3 star
You saying that those guys didnt belong at Notre Dame???? Reply please.