Brady Quinn with thoughts on ability to recruit at ND

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Quinn was evidently a pretty serious student. I'm not sure - VaDblDmr 2019-01-05 13:38:11
- Kaplan is the man * - athlete37 2019-01-05 15:46:20
  - He is. - manofdillon 2019-01-05 17:01:00
These threads make my head throb - FL_Irish 2019-01-05 12:40:41
- Not true. Weis got many 5 stars and he wasn't elite * - btd 2019-01-05 14:27:04
  - Already addressed. He came in with a reputation as... - FL_Irish 2019-01-05 14:35:02
    - He never had an elite class. He had some elite players. - btd 2019-01-05 14:46:54
      - 2008 was an elite recruiting class * - NDCuse 2019-01-05 15:25:54
      - the recruiting class after the 07 season was pretty elite I - jt 2019-01-05 15:25:03
        No. 2 at signing day. No. 1 at enrollment post nonqualifiers - tdiddy07 2019-01-05 16:04:35
- You also need effort * - cards86 2019-01-05 12:47:27
  - Well obviously. I think we can take that as read - FL_Irish 2019-01-05 12:48:43
    - I agree with you completely that we are one great coach... - cards86 2019-01-05 12:57:15
      - My contention is that no amount of “working at it” by Kelly - FL_Irish 2019-01-05 13:12:18
        Your position then it is not 2007 anymore? * - OldIrishFan 2019-01-05 16:55:38
        Disagree * - cards86 2019-01-05 13:30:44
        Your position is that 5-star recruits will consistently... - FL_Irish 2019-01-05 13:40:07
        That's exactly my position. We already recruit Top 12 - cards86 2019-01-05 16:01:28
        Can you elaborate on why you think a 5-Star recruit... - FL_Irish 2019-01-05 16:47:52
        Because lots of kids still commit to a school * - cards86 2019-01-05 17:47:21
      - That point is noted in several posts among the litany below. * - bizdomer09 2019-01-05 13:03:43
        Where exactly. I've read them all. None highlight effort * - cards86 2019-01-05 13:09:17
        I see now that 2 of them are yours - bizdomer09 2019-01-05 13:12:19
        Look, I agree with you - we need an elite coach. That.. - cards86 2019-01-05 13:28:32
        Your hypothesis is likely false. 6.0 and 5.9 four stars - btd 2019-01-05 14:54:22
        Just to be clear - we have signed 5 6.0 players and 1 - cards86 2019-01-05 16:10:31
        From an offer standpoint, then go after 6.0 - btd 2019-01-05 17:28:15
The counterpoint would be Stanford. When was the last time - Tonybullets 2019-01-05 12:07:36
- Stanford’s difficulty is admissions - mitquinn 2019-01-05 17:04:18
- When was the last time they won anything? * - IrishGeek 2019-01-05 12:34:30
  - Stanford's program has won 3 major bowls since 2010 - KevinG 2019-01-05 15:19:44
    - The standard isn’t Stanford or what Brian Kelly has - IrishGeek 2019-01-05 15:52:08
      - Only 1 of those major bowl wins was with Andrew Luck - KevinG 2019-01-05 17:56:00
        No, the goal is to beat Clemson and Alabama. Period. - IrishGeek 2019-01-05 18:59:38
I worry about losing the ND qualified players to Alabama, - IrishGeek 2019-01-05 11:36:51
The points about the academic challenge of ND relative - Raoul 2019-01-05 10:40:47
- I taught at Clemson for 5 years (2011 - 2016) - rhodyjack 2019-01-05 17:04:29
  - My daughter agrees with you today. She's with ~15 SO - btd 2019-01-05 17:49:04
  - You should take this down; it’ll ruin our excuses. * * - revressbo 2019-01-05 17:39:48
- History or some variation of it was the easy path at ND - btd 2019-01-05 15:03:16
  - It's not 1988 anymore (I'm serious, citing 1.5 generations - Tonybullets 2019-01-05 16:10:13
    - My daughter goes to Clemson and has classes with ~15 - btd 2019-01-05 17:35:04
      - I’m a recent grad. It’s similar to how you described. - revressbo 2019-01-05 17:48:11
        Thanks. This "system" is not generational. As I said to - btd 2019-01-05 17:55:01
  - Athletes also get the best/earliest DART times... - revressbo 2019-01-05 15:25:58
    - Good Lord, ND is still using DART? * - austindomer 2019-01-07 10:23:46
    - People argue based on their own desire for high GPA - btd 2019-01-05 17:41:27
      - Agree, and that’s why I think ND’s academics are a boon - revressbo 2019-01-05 18:10:21
- I mostly agree and even think it could be in our players’... - revressbo 2019-01-05 14:57:03
- Academics are also why ND can recruit nationally - Tex Francisco 2019-01-05 13:35:07
  - True, but UCLA, USC and Stanford are all top 25 with ND - btd 2019-01-05 18:03:12
  - I’ve said this also. Use ND’s academics as an advantage * - revressbo 2019-01-05 13:58:14
- ND has not required calculus for everyone since 1951. - dfw 2019-01-05 13:24:22
  - I’m pretty sure all freshman took it in ‘66. - mkovac 2019-01-05 14:10:44
    - I recall one in 85 as I failed it lol. - nycirish89 2019-01-05 14:33:10
      - You could take one semester of Calc and one of - beancounter 2019-01-06 17:54:42
      - It was called baby calc. All had to at least take that - btd 2019-01-05 15:08:17
        Yeah, in 1971 that class was called "Fun with Numbers" * - Rosecrea 2019-01-05 17:19:34
- Surely you can't be serious. * - rick 2019-01-05 13:10:24
  - I am. I understand why some might not like it. For many - Raoul 2019-01-05 13:26:47
    - "We ain't come to play school" * - rick 2019-01-05 16:52:20
- We should create a major with different requirements - NDWahoo 2019-01-05 13:02:30
  - We segregate business majors and engineers. The bottom - Raoul 2019-01-05 13:23:21
- Thanks for suggesting a positive solution - Dennis 2019-01-05 12:58:52
- Just make it a concentration under Management in Mendoza - fontoknow 2019-01-05 12:03:51
  - Why should someone who wants to coach or be a - Raoul 2019-01-05 13:18:38
Dabo didn’t recruit at this level until he started winning - dwjm3 2019-01-05 10:12:55
- Not entirely true. He got Watkins, Watson, etc before he - btd 2019-01-05 15:10:51
His happens to be right. * - NDMike2001 2019-01-05 09:04:42
Kelly’s perfirnance vs Stanford, NW, Vandy.... - MR_IRISH 2019-01-05 08:53:03
- Stanford has absolutely been a big problem in - SUJB9 2019-01-05 12:07:53
I believe the problem is a listless coaching staff.... - Wolfetone 2019-01-05 08:08:41
- I find it funny, Wolfetone, that you hit the nail on the... - cards86 2019-01-05 12:46:10
  - serious question: is there data to support the assertion - domerfromkansas 2019-01-05 17:14:53
- They treat recruits like it's an honor for ND... - cards86 2019-01-05 09:52:00
  - Francesa said on WFAN about a month ago that..... - Wolfetone 2019-01-05 10:45:42
    - Sports radio blather, nothing more - ndgotrobbedin97 2019-01-05 11:18:44
      - Exactly - bizdomer09 2019-01-05 12:39:00
        He claims to be friendly with a member of BOT and claims.... - Wolfetone 2019-01-05 13:01:48
      - Really? - NDAtty 2019-01-05 11:26:58
    - Depends on what they mean - NDAtty 2019-01-05 11:09:24
Sounds about right. * - Papa November 2019-01-04 23:46:26
FFT: BQ committed to ND before current HS sophs were born * - undfan211 2019-01-04 22:17:02
- And was not going to be recruited originally * - DBCooper 2019-01-05 11:35:03
Seems reasonable - bizdomer09 2019-01-04 22:01:08
- I don't worry about Clem & Ala but - D8NDomer 2019-01-05 07:41:51
  - This is the crux of the problem - GreenMonstah 2019-01-05 10:16:20
    - If they think beating out Stanford and NW is the key... - IrishGeek 2019-01-05 11:43:07
    - What is our winning pitch compared to Stanford? - fontoknow 2019-01-05 11:30:48
      - We need to know who we are. - bizdomer09 2019-01-05 12:20:50