The new rule changes will take place after this class is in the book, so all the alarmist, and dramatists will have to find something else to point to to claim the sky is falling.
I just talked to someone today who clearly stated Long is the OC and will be handling all play calling, and the Tight Ends, (at this point, subject to change, but not probable.)
They saw Kelly as having interaction with the quarterbacks, but they all seemed to think Tommy Rees would be hired as a GA and given a lot bigger job than most GA's have, related to working with the quarterbacks.
Everything else is good, and well listed, except there is a nagging question as to if Elston can handle the d-line. Bunches of folks think that position group needs to get grown up fast. Elston's positives are moving recruiting forward at ND, in spite of some real trogs, and the effort he made to kluge something together for the defense, after BVG was let go. He made a lot of friends with that.
Something big is happening on the recruiting front with late offerers, and with some offers that don't materialize in this class (like another linebacker._
But ND had four or five or six guys out there working so hard that some of the guys we thought were supermen a few years back would look puny by comparison. Still no sign of BK.
