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Originally Posted by MParris86
Don't read too much into the depth chart that's listed for ND. Here's who has played most of the snaps:
QB: Jimmy Clausen (true frosh)
RB: Armando Allen (true frosh)
RB: James Aldridge (sophomore)
WR: Robby Parris (sophomore)
WR: Golden Tate (true frosh)
WR: George West (sophomore)
WR: Duval Kamara (true frosh)
LT: Sam Young (sophomore)
RG: Eric Olsen/Dan Wenger (sophomores)
LB: John Ryan (sophomore)
LB: Brian Smith (true frosh)
LB: Kerry Neal (true frosh)
LB: Toryan Smith (sophomore)
CB: Darrin Walls (sophomore)
K: Brandon Walker (true frosh)
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I kinda agree with birdsfan and irishmike. Everyone blames things on Willingham, and no ND people ever blame anything on Charlie Weiss (who has quite frankly, not done a good job since he's been there). It's like Weiss is bulletproof. Maybe he just isn't that smart without Tom Brady and without Belichick's defenses, isn't that possible?
I'm not at all trying to be rude, but most of those players you listed aren't that good. On defense of the players you listed, Darrin Walls is an awful CB from what I've seen and none of the LB's you listed are going to re-write any record books either IMO. Ryan seems like a heady, solid LB type who is always around the ball, but he's not going to a star. Offensively, the line is terrible - including Young. Maybe he'll be good eventually, but for all his ballyhooed praises, he hasn't nearly lived up to it. The WR core is a good group of kids (especially Tate, Kumara, and Parris) and should be very good as they grow older - that I will give him. Right now, you can tell they are young kids in a struggling offense but it's easy to see they have talent. Clausen does not impress me at all, and I said all season to my ND loving buddies that Sharpley should have played from the beginning. I also don't think Aldridge or Allen will ever be 1,5000 yard type rushers. I just don't think either of them is an exceptional type football player. The yare athletic, for Notre Dame, but not compared to other players nationally.
I just think the talent he brings in is hugely overrated because it's Notre Dame and it's Charlie Weiss.
GL this weekend!
