Yes, Notre Dame missed out on Will Shipley. Its over, cant change the past, we can focus on our crappy circumstance ORRR can focus on what is next. Believe me, I'm still struggling mightily with this.
This whole situation got me thinking especially with Notre Dame now obviously putting the full court press on a ton of different backs.
IMO here is another shot for Lance Taylor (the RB recruiting guru) to earn his keep and justify his reputation.
TO BE CLEAR, Taylor did nothing wrong in the Shipley Recruitment. If anything, he flexed his skills. Left no stone un-turned & got super creative with the some of the avenues he chose to showcase ND and his development of RBs.
But now they are behind the 8-Ball, right? There are two backs ND is narrowing in on, with (as it stands) little momentum to land. They are LJ Johnson & Donovan Edwards. Neither IMO can completely do what Shipley can offer you.
But, and this is a big but, BOTH would be the highest rated RB Kelly pretty much has ever landed (Maybe Greg Bryant?). If you watch the tape on both backs, both justify their extremely high ranking.
Past ND recruiters, because of the sole focus on Shipley, would have literally 0% change to get either of these backs. But Lance Taylor isnt just any recruiter. IMO he is a top 2-3 RB recruiter in the country.
If anyone can make up a gap and land one of these impressive backs, its Lance Taylor. Dude has his work cut out for him for sure, but we invested in him to win these battles (even if he is behind the 8-ball). Securing a commitment from either of these guys would be massive for Notre Dame and its National Title hopes in the next couple of years. This would make the Will Shipley sting go away for me...
So let's see what Lance Taylor is made of here. I don't know about you, but im betting on him to get it done.
Thoughts?
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interested in ND. #2 Wheaton LSU, OK, TX, #3 Edwards UM, UGA, MSU, #10 Kiner Cinci, LSU #30 Prophet UM, USC, OK, Oregon, ND & NEB.
Kiner was rated warm early on but that dissolved for some reason. Maybe Kelly should ask Lou what magic dust he used. We struggle to get one while some of these others get 2 or 3 top rated backs.
ND cooled on ALL of these guys, in favor of showing Shipley the love.
Because of that, they kind of took ND off their list & rightfully so.
There is ground to be make up here, but would NOT be shocked to see a combo (2 of 3 Kiner, Edwards, Johnson) start showing ND in their Top 5's shortly here.
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