he had bypass surgery which means he had to resign. that's common surgery yet its still serious stuff and you have to take off months to recover.
He had taken the job after the surgery. It is major surgery, recovery is a big deal, and there will be a ton of stress running the ND offense. However, he did take the job. I think Notre Dame would be a tough place to land a job from after this season. I believe Cutcliffe is taking the year to fully gear up for the grueling recruiting job of a head coach. He will be offered a major job by Christmas and I believe it'll be Kentucky's.
Calling Bama's class "great" is a stretch at best. In fact, the only reason Bama's recruiting class last year was rated in the Top 25 at all is because Bama sioned 32 kids which is SEVEN over the 25 player limit set by the NCAA. RIVALS rates Bama's 32 player class at #18. Bama signed zero 5-star players and 6 4-star players. By contrast, LSU's 13 player class was rated at #22 by RIVALS. LSU signed 1 5-star player and 7 4-star players. INSIDERS rates Bama's 32 player class at #16. Bama signed ZERO players from the National Top-100. Bama signed ZERO 5-star players. Bama signed 4 4-star players. Bama signed 17 3-star players. By contrast, INSIDERS rates LSU's 13 player class at #19. LSU signed 3 players from the National Top-100. LSU signed 1 5-star player. LSU signed EIGHT 4-star players and 3 3-star players. BAMA's avg. player rating from INSIDERS was 2.83, which was the 3rd lowest of any team in the Top 25 (just ahead of Maryland & South Car) and was only rated this highly as a result of having 32 players in their class. LSU's avg. player rating from INSIDERS was 3.69, which was 8th highest in the Nation last year and was accomplished with a class of only 13. BAMA's recruiting was "smoke & mirrors" and is a class of largely 3 star players of which SEVEN can't even enroll with this class and will have to either be farmed out to a JUCO or "grey-shirted" and come in with next year's class. As the 4 star players will definitely report with this year's class and be Freshmen this season, why any coaching staff would want to "grey-shirt" SEVEN players of the 3 star category is amazing and is simply "Gerry Dinardo style" recruiting which will end up actually hurting recruiting numbers this coming season.
Your entire post was a very good one and I agree with 99% of it. BUT Just because a class has 3 star players doesn't mean it isn't good. I think some of the SEC's best have been 3-Stars or lower. Heck, Ronnie Brown, Thomas Davis, and David Pollack were all 2-Stars I think and just drafted in the 1st round.
