OL JJ Sparks commits to Canes

STG said:

Again, we have signed 4 blue chip OL in 3 full recruiting classes under Mario. 2 in 2023, 0 in 2024, 2 in 2025. With only 2 being top 100.

Stop talking this crazy **** that he is the best OL recruiter at that position in the country. HE IS NOT! After briefly looking, we aren't even top 10!

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252cane said:

And still produce good o-lines so what does that say? Either he is a good evaluator or him and Mirable are just good at coaching them up. Only 2 of the 5 starters last year was 4 star or higher. So basically you shouldn’t worry about those guys and o-line

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Schnelly'sPipe said:

That's comical, tell me one blue chip o line we landed that was successful here before Mario arrived.

Name ONE... McLaughlin bahahah Scaife bahahah Donaldson bahahah Hillery bahahha Milo bahahaah Darling bahahah

Rivers is the only one. KC Mcdermott was decent..

Take your ungrateful *** up outa heaa ya clown

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STG said:

# of blue chip OL signed from 2023-2025 for the schools below.

Georgia: 13
Alabama: 12
Notre Dame: 12
Ohio State: 11
Texas A&M: 11
Michigan: 10
LSU: 10
Oregon: 9
Penn State: 8
Oklahoma: 7
Texas: 6
Tennessee: 6
Clemson: 6
Southern Cal: 6
Washington: 5
Florida: 5
Florida State: 4
Miami: 4
Auburn: 4
Ole Miss: 4
Wisconsin: 4

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STG said:

Stop saying he is recruiting OL at a high level. As of now, his OL has been highly dependent on the portal. Players developed elsewhere already.

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ST26 said:

Notice how Mirabel seems to always seems get his guys. You think he's scouring the recruiting rankings and only choosing to offer guys that are high on the website? He couldn't give two ***** what ranking players are or if they're a blue chip. The guys we're recruiting all have the size and frame, and its led to having one of the best oline units in the country. Go look at Nds last three recruiting classes, who always has one of the best olines in the country. If you notice, they only had one linemen ranked in the top 200. Go take a look at Iowa as well. Offensive line is one of the hardest positions to evaluate at the high school level, and the rankings sites are almost always wrong

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252cane said:

This is false. He has brought in 2 portal centers and in 2023 a guard in cohen. 1 center this year. I’ll give you he hasn’t recruited the position at a high level as far as ranking but the units have produced and that’s all that matters not rankings

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Arehel said:

Watch his highlights. Fair analysis would be the following:

Positives
- Has descent feet (i.e., always moving);
- Good measurables;
- Always looking for work;
- Blocks until the whistle;
- Good knee bend; and
- Hand placement is usually inside;

Places of growth
- Doesn't bend at the hip level when in run blocking;
- Often takes a up/down step or bucket step at his first step in the run game;
- Four year experience at a high level program;
- Good coaching development (likely means higher IQ player);
- Too wide of a stance allow defenders to get a better get off;

How I would perceive him?
I think he has a higher floor because he has been coached up, but I think has a limited ceiling.
I don't see massive growth here, but a 3* is where he should be.
He's a FCS starter in year 2, P4 3 year development.

The main reason for the above is he has been relatively well coached up but still missing things, like not splitting doubles when that's the guy you should be (in Zone schemes), he plays with high pad level in the run game, his pass pro sets he tends to put more weight on his heels.

He has to get out of a lot of basic habits and have confidence in his strength.
Yes, he plays to the whistle but he doesn't play aggressive off the snap, (i.e., isn't blowing up someone off the line) but that's mainly due to his footwork.

He'll be a LG or C here for sure.
Good prospect and I think with SJ on the roster, he'd be a great back up come his sophomore year and when SJ graduates he can step right in at OC.

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AtlAtty said:

And this is an example of an INFORMED opinion. Well done and thank you for not just writing, ‘where are all the 5 stars’.

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STG said:

He has signed 4 blue chip OL total in 3 classes. 1 so far is a success. Samson an unknown and 2 are true frosh. How the **** can you stand on he has had success with blue chip OL? Dumb as **** stance.

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STG said:

IDGAF what Mirabal is doing. And you have zero idea that Mirabal gets who he really wanted, because you have zero idea who he missed on.

Why do the schools who produce better OL than we do with far more NFL talent not take the approach we do? Not a single one. They all take 80%+ blue chip prospects.

And Notre Dame has signed 12 blue chip OL the last 3 years. WTF are you talking about?

Point again is simple, guys like you say Mirabal and Mario are the best OL recruiters. They are not even close to that. And our OL succees has been far more dependent on non high school Mirabal/Mario high school recruits since arriving.

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STG said:

# of blue chip OL signed from 2023-2025 for the schools below.

Georgia: 13
Alabama: 12
Notre Dame: 12
Ohio State: 11
Texas A&M: 11
Michigan: 10
LSU: 10
Oregon: 9
Penn State: 8
Oklahoma: 7
Texas: 6
Tennessee: 6
Clemson: 6
Southern Cal: 6
Washington: 5
Florida: 5
Florida State: 4
Miami: 4
Auburn: 4
Ole Miss: 4
Wisconsin: 4

MARIO DA GAWD at OL recruiting. Argue away.

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STG said:

# of blue chip OL signed from 2023-2025 for the schools below.

Georgia: 13
Alabama: 12
Notre Dame: 12
Ohio State: 11
Texas A&M: 11
Michigan: 10
LSU: 10
Oregon: 9
Penn State: 8
Oklahoma: 7
Texas: 6
Tennessee: 6
Clemson: 6
Southern Cal: 6
Washington: 5
Florida: 5
Florida State: 4
Miami: 4
Auburn: 4
Ole Miss: 4
Wisconsin: 4

MARIO DA GAWD at OL recruiting. Argue away.

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Schnelly'sPipe said:

Dumb as **** stance..? you clearly struggle in comprehension

I said "tell me one blue chip o line we landed that was successful here before Mario arrived"

Pull your head out of your *** and put your reading glasses on because you got bull**** covering your eyes

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ST26 said:

Our evaluations are clearly working since we've better olines than the majority of these school lol

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ST26 said:

Lets take a look at the First Round of the 2024 NFL Draft:

Joe Alt (ND): 400 ranked composite
JC Latham (Bama): #5 overall composite
OLU Fashanu (Penn State): 401 ranked composite
Taliese Fuaga (Oregon State): 1600 ranked composite
Mims (Georgia): 8th ranked composite
Fatanu (Washington): 367th ranked
Jordan Morgan (Arizona): 1581 composite ranking
Graham Barton (Duke): 647 composite ranking
Tyler Guyton (Oklahoma: 902 compisite ranking

Besides Latham and Mims, these guys came out of nowhere and were not that highly ranked in high school. Mirabal and Mario are some of the best in the country when it becomes at evaluating talent at this position. Again, there is a reason we've had one of the best olines in the country the last two years they've been here. You also mentioned that Mirabal doesn't get the guys he wants. Just the other day, Mirabal got one of his highest priority linemen Joel Ervin. That is one of the highest guys on the staffs board lol. Where does 247 have him again?



ND Class of 2025: Black (37 on composite rankings), Herron (#321 on composite rankinga), Strebig (#225 on composite rankings), Augustine (# 447 on the composite rankings)


ND class of 2024: Lambert ( 88th on composite rankings), Prescord (#341 on the composite rankings), Peter Jones (#451 on the composite rankings), Knapp (#322 on the composite rankings)

ND Class of 2023: Jaguash (#61 composite), Absher (285 composite), Otting (# 370 composite), Pendleton (#405 composite), Terek (#493 Ranked composite)


So in 3 season, only 5 offensive linemen made 247s composite top 300 rankings. Would you consider ND bad at recruiting Oline?

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ST26 said:

Lets take a look at the First Round of the 2024 NFL Draft:

Joe Alt (ND): 400 ranked composite
JC Latham (Bama): #5 overall composite
OLU Fashanu (Penn State): 401 ranked composite
Taliese Fuaga (Oregon State): 1600 ranked composite
Mims (Georgia): 8th ranked composite
Fatanu (Washington): 367th ranked
Jordan Morgan (Arizona): 1581 composite ranking
Graham Barton (Duke): 647 composite ranking
Tyler Guyton (Oklahoma: 902 compisite ranking

Besides Latham and Mims, these guys came out of nowhere and were not that highly ranked in high school. Mirabal and Mario are some of the best in the country when it becomes at evaluating talent at this position. Again, there is a reason we've had one of the best olines in the country the last two years they've been here. You also mentioned that Mirabal doesn't get the guys he wants. Just the other day, Mirabal got one of his highest priority linemen Joel Ervin. That is one of the highest guys on the staffs board lol. Where does 247 have him again?



ND Class of 2025: Black (37 on composite rankings), Herron (#321 on composite rankinga), Strebig (#225 on composite rankings), Augustine (# 447 on the composite rankings)


ND class of 2024: Lambert ( 88th on composite rankings), Prescord (#341 on the composite rankings), Peter Jones (#451 on the composite rankings), Knapp (#322 on the composite rankings)

ND Class of 2023: Jaguash (#61 composite), Absher (285 composite), Otting (# 370 composite), Pendleton (#405 composite), Terek (#493 Ranked composite)


So in 3 season, only 5 offensive linemen made 247s composite top 300 rankings. Would you consider ND bad at recruiting Oline?

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252cane said:

This is false. He has brought in 2 portal centers and in 2023 a guard in cohen. 1 center this year. I’ll give you he hasn’t recruited the position at a high level as far as ranking but the units have produced and that’s all that matters not rankings

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STG said:

Name the OLs we are better than. You said majority. And our evals? When majority of our starts are from transfers and or non Mario high school recruits?

And my argument was never that our OL isn't good, but it is for any moron claiming that Mario is the best OL recruiter when he is far from that.

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