Your optimism is understandable if the goal is to be a 5-10 ranked team as we have been lately. If the goal is to be a truly elite team (1-3rd), there is no reason to be optimistic. There is not a player recruited for the 2022 class so far that is ranked in the 247 composite 100. Looking at the prospects ranked in the top 100 in the 2022 class, I don't see one 5 star that is "warm" for Notre Dame. The 2022 class seems to be "déjà vu" to me. It looks like another 9-15 recruiting class at best. That might keep us just about where we are now. A ten win season and not much else. Thank you very much.