| Re: Notre Dame football is back among the recruiting elite
Personally, I think the hype is a little much, but...
"How big is quarterback Jimmy Clausen's recent commitment to Notre Dame? It's A-Rod to the Yankees, T.O. to the Cowboys and Shaq to the Heat," writes Farrell. "It's the Great One to the L.A. Kings, Tiger winning the Masters and Hagler-Hearns. In the college football recruiting world, this is as big as it gets."
"When's the last time the nation's most hyped quarterback in years committed to the nation's biggest and most recognizable football program?" he continues. "When was the last time a high school football player committed, and it was mentioned on SportsCenter as a big deal? Who else has had numerous national television features done on him before he even threw a pass his senior year? The LeBron James of high school football, that's who."
For one thing, I'm not ready to dub Clausen the second coming just yet, not after the whole Powlus thing. Second, I'm not sure you can call Charlie Weis a master recruiter because of one signing, no matter how good a QB he might be. Will Weis be able to recruit the o-line needed to protect him, or good receivers to serve as targets for him, or the defense that will make sure that he doesn't have to throw 60 passes a game?  | 
04-24-2006, 12:00 PM
Notre Dame football is back among the recruiting elite 
It seems that Weis's hyped reputation can bring in the hyped recruits but he lacks the ability to develop them.
He recruits based on hype rather than based on need. He appears, at this point, to lack the ability to recognize exceptional talent on his own and to relie solely on hyped players as identified by Rivals and others.
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