USC RB Carlisle Transferring To ND
USC RB Amir Carlisle will transfer to Notre Dame from USC and will have three seasons of eligibility remaining beginning with the 2013 season. Rivals had him listed as a 4 star coming out of high school.
He was born in Evanston, so transferring to be closer to home.
January 7th, 2012 at 6:55 PM ^
Bet he transfers back to USC once he meets Pee Wee Pipkins and RJS comin through the middle.
January 8th, 2012 at 9:50 AM ^
Great high school classmate of mine was an assistant equip director at an unnamed school for bk before nd.. His quote verbatim "bk is the biggest asshole i have ever known personally and professionally". #manchild.
January 7th, 2012 at 7:05 PM ^
They put plenty of blue-chip guys into the NFL as high picks: Quinn, Carlson, Floyd, Laws, Teo, Eifert, Clausen, Tate. Samardzijia if he hadn't opted for baseball.
It's having those guys win on the field at ND that they've had an issue with.
January 7th, 2012 at 11:56 PM ^
The only ND player in the NFL that I can think of that has had any success recently is Justin Tuck (I'm sure I've missed someone), but their recruiting success does not come anywhere close to equalling NFL success.
January 8th, 2012 at 2:41 AM ^
Tons of NFL talent every year. Terrible teams every year
January 8th, 2012 at 8:31 AM ^
I see the same thing from Cal on a regular basis. They still keep hauling in lots of talent and keep on being mediocre.
January 7th, 2012 at 7:05 PM ^
when I see a big recruit slip away from us to ND part of me thinks, oh well they must not have been any good after all.
January 7th, 2012 at 7:54 PM ^
This is the definition of "sour grapes." No sour grapes here, my friend, this is Michigan (FGS).
January 7th, 2012 at 10:54 PM ^
How can you have sour grapes for a team you consistently beat?
January 8th, 2012 at 8:20 AM ^
He's referring to the player, not the team. He's 100% accurate in his comment on how the other, previous comment defines "sour grapes". It refers to the Aesop fable with the fox who couldn't reach the grapes he wanted, then told himself that they were "probably sour anyway". There is no better modern example of this mentality than NCAA football recruiting!
January 7th, 2012 at 7:02 PM ^
If I was advising my kid on where to play I would tell him to keep up with the message boards. None of the coaches' bad behavior escapes the all-seeing eye of the internets, even though they can apparently keep it a total secret from recruits.
January 7th, 2012 at 7:04 PM ^
I just don't understand why anyone would go play at ND. Kelly is obviously psychotic and the program has been mediocre at best for quite a while.
January 7th, 2012 at 7:20 PM ^
5 star Nelson Agholor:
Passion has played a role in attracting Agholor to Notre Dame — head coach Brian Kelly's passion.
"Everybody (on TV) sees all the reactions he has," Agholor said. "That's all because of his passion to win and his passion to be successful.
"The first time I really noticed him was when everybody made a big deal about him yelling at the players. I was fired up. That cranked me up. The aggression and concentration he coaches with, that's where that comes from."
While some might think Kelly's fire might scare recruits away, instead, it drew Agholor toward him.
"You know he's in the game," Agholor said of Kelly.
January 7th, 2012 at 8:57 PM ^
like others to yell and berate them, again? This dude has it.
January 8th, 2012 at 7:44 AM ^
Masochism is professionally recognized to as a self-defeating personality disorder.
January 7th, 2012 at 7:11 PM ^
The world is full of Borens.
January 7th, 2012 at 7:11 PM ^
Boren'd.
January 7th, 2012 at 7:12 PM ^
January 7th, 2012 at 7:56 PM ^
is saying, "Oh man, that third molar is gonna have to go, coach."
January 7th, 2012 at 11:35 PM ^
Excellence. Cutting edge.
January 7th, 2012 at 7:14 PM ^
January 7th, 2012 at 7:21 PM ^
To some the name Notre Dame still means something; to others it still means alot! Also, I personally don't buy into the meme that Brian Kelly is crazy and psychotic. Though I do giggle at and enjoy the meme, pics, etc many have brought to us here. But again, I don't buy Kelly being all that we've made him out to be. I think the guy is a pretty good coach, and it's obvious many recruits think so too. (Note: I also cannot fathom how a practice filmer was allowed 30 ft. up in a wind storm, that was bad, whether it was Kelly's "responsibility or not".)
Secondly, even if ND is down, what's wrong with the mindset of being part of the group that helped bring them back to glory. Michigan fans have that respect right now, for the Seniors on team 132. Michigan has been much more relevant the last decade/15 years, than ND, but we should be able to see from what Michigan has endure for a few years that some kids don't need to go to Alabama, Ohio State, or USC (though this one initially did!) to have success at the collegiate level. Some kids do want to be "the one's that brought winning back" to fill-in-the-blank University.
January 7th, 2012 at 7:47 PM ^
Montana graduated. They had some good years under Lou and then it was down the hill. Bob Davies, Ty, Big Tuna....one disaster after another. Maybe Kelly will turn it around but thus far I am not impressed. Next year will be even worse for the Irish then this year. Michigan will be back in no time because not only do they have good blue chips (like ND) but they have a hell of a coaching staff. I just hope that Mattison sticks around for about 10 years =). With his recruits, he will have the Michigan defense at a championship caliber level in no time. Sure, Kelly did well at Cinci but his tenure at ND thus far has not been the debut the domers were hoping for.
January 8th, 2012 at 1:11 PM ^
That's my issue with him. It's not the yelling per se. It doesn't prevent him from being a good coach (see Bobbie Knight and Woody Hayes) but it also may not end well for him (see Bobbie Knight and Woody Hayes). Bo certainly yelled a lot but never seemed to be on the brink of losing it like Kelly seems to be.
January 7th, 2012 at 7:22 PM ^
That's a really good pick-up for ND. The only concern would be why he left USC. Does he have attitude issues or just realized what Kiffin is truly like.
January 7th, 2012 at 8:07 PM ^
Or... he wasn't going to play. Usually depth chart concerns create most transfers though publicly there will be another reason.
January 7th, 2012 at 8:51 PM ^
Especially at USC, where they've been stacked and loaded with depth at tailback for the last 8 years (I assume this may still be the case, even with the recent sanctions).
January 7th, 2012 at 7:29 PM ^
Agholor being drawn to it I get from a younger player. What it really says is Kelly knows how to recruit. Other recruiters say do you want to play for a raging madman and Kelly says do you want to play for a coach that wants to win and is as competitive as you are or a coach that looks ho hum.
Reality, I want a coach that shows some fire but is still under control. For my taste I would like Brady with more fire at times as well but never like Kelly. Kelly is out of control rather then being a fierce competitor and there is a difference.
January 7th, 2012 at 7:46 PM ^
Why would you want Hoke to have more fire? Were you here the past 4 months? His temperament obviously works. Do you think Kelly could have calmed Gibbons down enough to have the turnaround he did and kick the insurance field goal in the final minutes of The Game as well as the winner in the Sugar Bowl? Doubt it. Our team was clearly much more mentally sound than the Irish this year, given that our turnover rate was down dramatically from the past few years and the Irish looked like they were throwing around a hot coal the whole season. Also, our guys didn't seem to have any trouble getting fired up for our games. Look at all the times we started poorly and the coaches settled them down. Some guys do respond better to being yelled at, but the number who respond poorly is higher I think.
Note-I didn't downvote you
January 8th, 2012 at 12:57 PM ^
Not to mention the way Hoke gave Hagerup a pat on the back after that nearly disastrous (and now hilarious) gaffe in The Game. I think that moment epitomizes why Hoke is a GREAT coach and a GREAT recruiter: He gives his players (nearly) unconditional support. I think Kelly would have had a stroke right there on the sideline.
January 7th, 2012 at 7:45 PM ^
January 7th, 2012 at 7:59 PM ^
needs a coach who can develop quarterbacks and call plays. Other than that, they are all set.
January 7th, 2012 at 9:54 PM ^
January 8th, 2012 at 3:05 AM ^
I also love that he says Big ten Championship is the goal not rose bowls and not National Championsips. I like that because the BCS is terrible and I blame Nebraska fans for this mess we're in
January 8th, 2012 at 12:42 PM ^
...a Big Ten Championship will get us into the Rose Bowl.
January 7th, 2012 at 10:38 PM ^
Maybe the kid has a purple face fetish?
January 7th, 2012 at 11:55 PM ^
If you think about it, you do want Notre Dame to be a good team. We play ND every year and it gives us that quality win when they have a good year. From the sounds of it, David Brandon won't be leaving the Big House for the nonconference games, so we need every quality nonconference win we can get.
January 8th, 2012 at 8:50 AM ^
Aren't we gonna have to leave the Big House for some non-conf. games with the Pac-10 challenge deal coming in? They're not possibly going to let us play a Pac-10 team every year at home. I'd assume we'd stagger things so that each year in the pre-conference slate we would either play a game at Notre Dame or at a random Pac-10 team. (I hear Pullman, Wash is nice that time of year)