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Agreed! But ND has been hurting recruitment-wise because their recent head coaches haven't been convincing enough to attract top talent. You have to first get the coach, then build credibility, and then you get the best recruits.
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Quite the contrary, actually. They've landed numerous top recruits that every program wants, like Jimmy Clausen, Manti Te'o, Michael Floyd, Dayne Crist, etc... They even stal quite a few Cali kids from Pete Carroll's clutches.
I'll have to look it up, but I think Notre Dame has been in the Top 10 for recruiting under Weis.
Ok, well, the first three years of his full recruiting years, they were in the top 10, then slipped to 21 last year.
This how ND ranked in recruiting, based off Rivals.
2006-8
2007-8
(they beat Bama those two years, but that was B.S. ...Before Saban)
2008-2
2009-21
http://rivals100.rivals.com/commitlist.asp
Slipping to 21 is probably the start of what you are eluding to, the W-L record catching up to them, but the bottom line is that ND has the talent, Chuck just doesn't know how to use it.
But even if ND could get Urban, as a Notre Dame fan, I wouldn't want him, he runs a dirty program. But money talks, for both ways. Urban would get a boatload of cash and Urban could bring the University a lot of money as well.
But Notre Dame is very frustrating, which is why it is nice to have your second favorite team be Alabama.
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