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Gunner Kiel to transfer from Notre Dame

  • Lang06 said...

    You do realize its a 17 year old kid ... It certainly wasn't the greatest recruiting story, but I think you are being a little too harsh.

    I understand your premise, but you do realize he was 19 before he started classes at ND. He is among that growing number of prep athletes that are older.

    With that said, he was a teenager that could have handled his recruitment better. At least he didn't roll out a limo for his announcement.

    MDAlum ●

  • MDAlum said...

    At least he didn't roll out a limo for his announcement.

    LOL, who did that? If I heard it before, I forget now.

    GRS154 ●

  • GRS154 said...

    LOL, who did that? If I heard it before, I forget now.

    Clausen, when he arrived on campus. If i remember correctly.

    This post has been edited 2 times, most recently by bez5004 on 3/8/2013 at 12:32 PM

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  • MDAlum said...

    I understand your premise, but you do realize he was 19 before he started classes at ND. He is among that growing number of prep athletes that are older.

    I didn't know that ... techincally he was 18 when he started classes at ND.

    If winning was easy even losers would do it.

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  • bez5004 said...

    Clausen, when he arrived on campus. If i remember correctly.

    Clausen, When he arrived on campus to announce his commitment to Notre Dame, flashing his HS State Championship rings, while sporting a Jersey Shore style ostrich look.

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  • EWebb45 said...

    When I read Bruce Feldman's story that a large FBS coach declined interest from Kiel, am I the only one who thought it could have been Penn State? Kid looks around, sees a QB situation with some inexperience, sees a coach who is known for developing QB's, sees a program others may be down on, and thinks it may be a good fit. And it would be just as fitting when BOB said no because that is not the type of kid he wants in the program.

    don't think so. just based on what he writes, feldman doesn't seem like he's plugged into penn state. i wouldn't expect BOB to be one of his sources. just speculation though.

    song46 ●

  • Hypothetically if Gunner Kiel wanted to come to PSU, I would hope BOB would at least talk to him and consider it. I mean the kid was the number 1 QB recruit in the country. I'm assuming he's got talent and if he would help PSU win I really don't care how he handled his recruitment.

    PSUJT0409 ●

  • PSUJT0409 said...

    Hypothetically if Gunner Kiel wanted to come to PSU, I would hope BOB would at least talk to him and consider it. I mean the kid was the number 1 QB recruit in the country. I'm assuming he's got talent and if he would help PSU win I really don't care how he handled his recruitment.

    What you want when your looking to transfer is what the depth chart will look like when your eligible. Alot of these kids go to a school with no depth at their position but a lot can change in a year. He should find a school that has a good senior QB this year without a lot of depth. Like psu was last year.

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  • blackshoes said...

    What you want when your looking to transfer is what the depth chart will look like when your eligible. Alot of these kids go to a school with no depth at their position but a lot can change in a year. He should find a school that has a good senior QB this year without a lot of depth. Like psu was last year.

    Agreed, that's why I don't think he'll be interested in PSU. Just saying in a hypothetical situation I hope that BOB won't let something stupid like how a kid handled his recruitment with another school determine whether or not they have interest in a kid.

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  • strez said...

    My guess he transfers to Robert Morris and bumps Paul Jones from the starting spot.

    This! LOL! +1 lol

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  • "Possible landing spots could include Ball State, Miami (Ohio), Northern Illinois and Cincinnati."

    Possible landing spots for Gunner Kiel

    So much for a Gunner Kiel era at Notre Dame (or Indiana or LSU, for that matter). [Kiel] met with the Notre Dame coaching staff [Thursday] to ask for his release and will be making his exit from Notre

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  • pwpitch said...

    "Possible landing spots could include Ball State, Miami (Ohio), Northern Illinois and Cincinnati."

    Oh how the mighty have fallen.

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  • Hamilton Lion said...

    Oh how the mighty have fallen.

    I don't remember who it was, but someone from 247 was on the Bill King show last summer/fall (possibly JC) talking about the 2013 QBs and said that if Kiel was in that class he would have been a four star and possibly not even in the top 10. So either the 2013 class is incredibly deep or the 2012 class was incredibly weak, which would mean to me that Kiel is most likely overrated .

    This post was edited by NevadaNittany on 3/11/2013 at 3:58 AM

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  • NevadaNittany said...

    I don't remember who it was, but someone from 247 was on the Bill King show last summer/fall (possibly JC) talking about the 2013 QBs and said that if Kiel was in that class he would have been a four star and possibly not even in the top 10. So either the 2013 class is incredibly deep or the 2012 class was incredibly weak, which would mean to me that Kiel is most likely overrated .

    While there is something to be said about being the best at your position in any given year, the goal of these sites and talent evaluators is to have a grading/ranking method allows not only same-year rankings, but also the numerical grade is supposed to allow users to compare players to previous/future years. So, just because Hack was #1 QB this year, his numerical grade tells the real story--100. And Kiel was a 98. Obviously still rated too high, but there was at least some difference. Idealy, however, evaluators should rank kids where they would be whether it's a strong or a weak class at their position.

    GRS154 ●

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