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John Haynsworth said...

Notre Dame's value, according to Forbes is, nearly $20M more than Alabama's. Even in a profit slump, Notre Dame still pulls in $2M more than Alabama, also according to Forbes' research, annually.

That's an advantage, and Notre Dame hasn't shown a tendency to use that advantage in unacceptable ways, but rather to use it to fly an assistant coach from South Bend to LA to Hawaii and back every week to land a 5-star linebacker who fits the Notre Dame mold. Notre Dame can do things like that to compete.

And I'll even give you the alumni network. It all lends to my point - Notre Dame has the resources to compete. Notre Dame football isn't Northwestern football. That is a program that is truly limited in how they can recruit and build a program.

Notre Dame is Notre Dame. We all say it; we all believe it. You get 85 players on your roster. There are more than 85 qualified elite athletes over any given four-year span.

You don't need thugs and dumb-dumbs exclusively to win. It's like when Charlie Weis said he could go out and recruit thugs and "win tomorrow." Yet that logic didn't explain losses to Navy.

The kids are there. Notre Dame has to do a better job of utilizing its resources to get them to campus. And then from there, the staff has to do a better job of developing them. Because, again, not all of Alabama's elite athletes after 3-4 years on campus were home run prospects coming out of high school. Many of them were developed into elite athletes.

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John Haynsworth said...

You're the only one on this thread whose argument has broken down to the point of personal attacks ... and yet I'M the lazy writer. I've made a living writing for years, with Blue & Gold and after leaving Blue & Gold. So you're opinion of my writing ability is absolutely worthless.

Again, no one cares about what you think about anyone personally. We're debating points about Notre Dame football, not each other, because for the most part most of us don't really know a damn thing about one another. If you can't handle civilized debate, then perhaps you're better suited for one of the other sites where personal attacks are the norm.

5 Time POTW--Gringo Mafia Director of Guerrilla Warfare

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19BlueAndGold85 said...

What is this Left Hand Brewing you speak of?

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John Haynsworth said...

Grab yourself a sixer of 400 Pound Monkey (if you like IPAs) or Milk Stout or even the Milk Stout Nitro (if you like darks) and let your taste buds do the explaining for me.

5 Time POTW--Gringo Mafia Director of Guerrilla Warfare

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John Haynsworth said...

Of course it's an advantage. It gives Notre Dame more flexibility - and I've given you a specific example of how the flexibility has benefited Notre Dame. Sure, specifically compared to Alabama, perhaps the advantage is minimized, but it still exists. And compared to a number of other programs that might follow Alabama's lead, it's a huge advantage.

But you're focusing perhaps too much on the financial advantage I've cited. Notre Dame has plentiful resources, financial among them, that should give them an advantage.