Recruiting guru Tom Lemming on Kelly's recruting and why M. Freeman is the only move

Tom Lemming talks Notre Dame's roster future

This podcast is kind of a shite show, but Tom Lemming comes on with a bunch of ex ND players and explains why Marcus Freeman is the best and likely only move ND had in its current situation.

Basically, Lemming said Kelly was lazy recruiter that loved gold too much and that Freeman was the best recruiter ND has had since the 1980s and he is the reason there has been such an uptick this year in NDs class. He said if Freeman was let go or they waited around for Fickel and/or got into a bidding war with him, the talent class would have fallen apart and set the program back significantly.

Also goes into detail about how Kelly talked to the recruits basically only on in-home visits and that he never took advantage of the massive built-in Catholic High School talent base across the country, and regularly got out-maneuvered by the likes of Saban, Dabo, Urban, James Franklin, Lincoln Riley and others.

This podcast was shot before the Freeman rumors were all but official last night, but Lemming said if Swarbrick didn't hire him as HC, the program was about to fall to shambles.