Notre Dame In The Transfer Portal 2023-2024 (Verified ND Interest Only)

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BoredIrish said:
I wonder how much FUND has left?

RL probably cost at least a Mil. 2 WR's at 500K each maybe??? Thats $2M already and still potentially 7 more transfer spots to fill. Plus, I would imagine around a Million each to entice Cross and Watts to come back.

Ryan Day threw out a number of around $13m per year I believe. I think its safe to say that ND is spending with the big boys now.
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Enough that they aren't accepting donations on their site.

FUND has essentially tied itself to enough self-sustaining money where they don't even need or want fans to donate anymore. I put in a donation for $100 when it started, and before the season began, I was preparing to donate again, and they simple removed it from the site.

I don't think there's any concern of FUND running out of money.
 
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GrangerIrish24 said:
Remember 3 weeks ago when everyone wanted Freeman’s head cause “everyone” was transferring out? Good times.
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Seems to be a good synergy between the staff and collective. They’ve had success getting the guys they’ve identified. I really like how they are doing this within the comfort of the university and the current rules. Must be some really sharp guys. Freeman is adapting to the portal very well and I hope some of the game day mistakes occur less frequently with experience.
 
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Giddyup said:
Who is Fund? Corporate America/under armour types? Seems like they aren’t even taking personal donations anymore.
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Also curious of more details of why BQ walked away from it as he was originally the face of it
 
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If we land Oden are we done with DL transfers? Also any word on us targeting an OT?
 
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I don’t think it’s hyperbolic to say that even though we ended up 9-3, that getting Sam Hartman last offseason may have been the biggest recruiting win for us in the last decade. These dudes talk and Sam has and will be a fantastic ambassador for ND in this market. We’re really positioning ourselves—if we can continue to recruit and develop young talent—to fill gaps with high profile upperclassmen and keep things churning at a high level.

MF is going to have absolutely zero excuses to not have this program at an elite level in year 3.
 
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MacIrish75 said:
I don’t think it’s hyperbolic to say that even though we ended up 9-3, that getting Sam Hartman last offseason may have been the biggest recruiting win for us in the last decade. These dudes talk and Sam has and will be a fantastic ambassador for ND in this market. We’re really positioning ourselves—if we can continue to recruit and develop young talent—to fill gaps with high profile upperclassmen and keep things churning at a high level.

MF is going to have absolutely zero excuses to not have this program at an elite level in year 3.
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I agree with everything here, but pillaging academic focused ACC schools for talent to bolster the roster still isn’t on par with other programs pillaging the entire country far and wide.

These gets make us good/great, but Im holding my breath on the elite part. It’s still a different aisle we are shopping in.

Regardless, this needs to be enjoyed, because it is already more than we could have hoped for.


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IrishSteelhead said:
I agree with everything here, but pillaging academic focused ACC schools for talent to bolster the roster still isn’t on par with other programs pillaging the entire country far and wide.

These gets make us good/great, but Im holding my breath on the elite part. It’s still a different aisle we are shopping in.

Regardless, this needs to be enjoyed, because it is already more than we could have hoped for.


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Definitely—but I think if you look at guys like Leonard (OSU/Auburn), Oben (FSU), etc they’re also being sought after by football factories, so in that regard I think we’re shopping in the same aisle.
 
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IrishSteelhead said:
I agree with everything here, but pillaging academic focused ACC schools for talent to bolster the roster still isn’t on par with other programs pillaging the entire country far and wide.

These gets make us good/great, but Im holding my breath on the elite part. It’s still a different aisle we are shopping in.

Regardless, this needs to be enjoyed, because it is already more than we could have hoped for.


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I don't think this is the correct way to view it. We have a few guys in the top 250 we can't go after every year, mabye 10-15% at worst? We can still bring in the other 85% if Freeman & Co can sell ND well enough. That's more than enough talent in regular recruiting to be competitive for a title.

In the transfer portal, we can take freshman and grad transfers from other schools and potentially soph-juniors from high academic schools who have school work that maps well to ND. We are near the top when it comes to playing the NLI game to bolster the roster and add proven players. This is the next step to ND trying to compete with Bama, Georgia, etc. Seeing how well ND is pulling in players with FUND stabilized and operational, I believe this is just the beginning of a developing strategy to compete in the ever-changing arms race.

We are in the era where ND can absolutely win it all. Freeman needs to have a high success rate with his decisions moving forward: assistants, strength training, culture building and talent eval & development.
 
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Veritate Duce Progredi said:
I don't think this is the correct way to view it. We have a few guys in the top 250 we can't go after every year, mabye 10-15% at worst? We can still bring in the other 85% if Freeman & Co can sell ND well enough. That's more than enough talent in regular recruiting to be competitive for a title.

In the transfer portal, we can take freshman and grad transfers from other schools and potentially soph-juniors from high academic schools who have school work that maps well to ND. We are near the top when it comes to playing the NLI game to bolster the roster and add proven players. This is the next step to ND trying to compete with Bama, Georgia, etc. Seeing how well ND is pulling in players with FUND stabilized and operational, I believe this is just the beginning of a developing strategy to compete in the ever-changing arms race.

We are in the era where ND can absolutely win it all. Freeman needs to have a high success rate with his decisions moving forward: assistants, strength training, culture building and talent eval & development.
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Hook this directly to my veins. I want it all.


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Another thing I love about the portal: I'm less invested in the stupid world of HS recruiting. A QB commits and decommits and recommits and decommits in a month? Let's hit the portal. No use worrying about the girlfriends or uncles or whatever when we can recruit adults who are looking for NFL opportunities and a Masters.
 
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LifelongFan said:
Another thing I love about the portal: I'm less invested in the stupid world of HS recruiting. A QB commits and decommits and recommits and decommits in a month? Let's hit the portal. No use worrying about the girlfriends or uncles or whatever when we can recruit adults who are looking for NFL opportunities and a Masters.
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Not to mention high school kids are less predictable (especially when they play poor competition) the portal gives us proven and predictable options.
 
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With all the portal signings, I have been thinking about the weirdness surrounding Stuckey and the WR room. What if Freeman just flat out said these guys all suck (minus Flores) and I want to blow it up. It seems like the staff didn't actually want any of those WRs back besides Rico, according to some 247 posts. Maybe the WRs were somehow even worse than we all thought.
 
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