Rockne's Roundtable

Im not buying this. We got beat out on people who commited to ND
Either we failed to keep in touch......and let somebody step in to change there
minds. Too many people got talked out of ND.......BK this falls back on you and your staff.

Riiiiiiggghhttt.... Do you really think this? If they didnt like BK to begin with they wouldn't have committed. BK and his staff were always on the road recruiting. Bottom line is they are 17-18 years old and they are going to change there minds several times. I don't see how you can blame anyone.

He posted the follow your heart thing to Deontay at 4 am eastern time, I do not blame him and it is not Tee's job to inform Kelly and the staff it is Deontay's. I think some thinking here would be good. They are cousins not Siamese twins. Deontay is a young man and it his responsibility. Tee was probably not happy when this came about and I would think he has some classes he needed to attend and get up for. Give me a break and if Tee leaves before the four years then it is obvious ND does not attract the type of kids needed to compete at the highest levels in the quantity needed but I myself do not buy into that.

My take is a lot of early committments from guys who either shouldn't have committed -- they only thought they were interested -- or who didn't like how the season panned out.

We lost 4 4-stars, right? Greenberry, Darby, Decker and, earlier, that LB kid from -- was it South Bend? ND was not their favored destination, and, when other opportunities emerged, they bolted.

In return, we scored Kiel and and the Carlyle transfer. Numbers wise, we got shortchanged, but, if what we needed most was a QB, the Kiel get could prove to be more than the equalizer.

Kelly's a good salesman, but no salesman, who is honest and above board, can outperform his product for long. ND has to win more to hold onto 4-star borderline kids.

There is a real easy way to improve recruiting In 2013 win some games on the field.

Very disgusted with how we closed out this class. It's a good class but didn't fill out all the needs like we should have and the defections really hurt. But if we start winning on the field like stated above i think things can only get better. It just seems like we are always battling depth issues at certain positions and it comes back to bite us.

If we would have been able to keep Darby or Decker, we would have a stronger class. I think our "lack luster" season, bad bowl gme and coachinf "trumoil" had a lot to do with these guys leaving.

As for Greenberry, there is something strange here. If youwant to play somewhere else - why would you pick UH? You'd be better off at Temple !

Personally, I think Tee will stay at ND. We need him, Kelly will treat him decently and he'll probably see some playing time next year.

What we need is a good season. Good Clean ball - no stupid mistakes, no 20+ TOs. Finish the year with a good bowl win.

Better get used to 8-4 seasons, perhaps even some 6-6 ones. Maybe a 10-2 every 7 or 8 years. It's not 1988 anymore, things are different.