Two ways to look at this. On one hand, we're a ~10th ranked class after a 4-8 season, and if Lamb chooses ND today, that ranking gets even better. Very hard to be upset about that - at face value it's an incredible job by the staff.
However, CB and DE recruiting are completely ****ting the bed. We took zero corners last year, and can't get one on board. I don't know that we even have that many (any?) coming this summer, either. We're essentially praying we get a few 3-star guys, as there are no 4-star guys seriously considering us with visits in mind. Let's not even talk about 5-star CBs. Recruiting corners this year should be a cake walk, and we're not even close to 1.
DE: Thomas Booker and Jason Oweh should be easy sells. Each have ND in their top 3, have visited multiple times, and I'll be happy if we even get one of them. Don't tell me Oweh isn't looking for what ND sells. He's paid for 2 summer visits, has Harvard parents, and wants to play big time football. I get OSU, but you can make the argument that ND is a better football decision, since he'll be a 2-3 year starter here, and there's a very real chance he's never a starter at OSU due to their talent and depth. This is a guy the staff absolutely should have closed on.
Thomas Booker, same thing. He's down to Stanford and ND, and while he's been to ND several times, Stanford only once and with a late offer. They're also as far away as can be, and we're not closing.
So how do you look at recruiting. Face value? Then we're doing GREAT. Look at what the staff should be doing at positions of dire need? It's not as good as it looks.