I know that no one wants to hear this, but the 4 for 40 mentality answers all the questions. You can be a great football player in high school and even earn 4 star status. But if football is not your top priority, you and the team you play for are not going to successfully compete at a high level in college against 4 and 5 star athletes whose top priority is football. Yes, there is plenty of "talent" that Notre Dame can recruit. But what are the aspirations of these "talented players" when they come to Notre Dame, and what does the university reinforce with what they are promoting? I am neither condemning nor defending this approach. If this is what a young man chooses to do, how could one have anything but respect for that. But don't expect Notre Dame or any team for that matter to come out and consistently play at a high level every week or compete for national championships if much of your preparation for a football game each week also involves intense preparation for where you are going to be 40 years from now. This may have been what Kelly was implying and regardless of how I may feel about him as a person, in this case, his point is well taken.