But she certainly made her own legacy at Notre Dame! And she changed the profile of ND women's basketball. Before Skylar, they were a marginal Top 25, sometimes Sweet 16 program. Post-Skylar, they are a solid Top 5 team, an NC contender, and will remain so for the foreseeable future. She and her teammates made the program credible for other recruits, gave them national TV exposure, and advertised Muffitt's coaching ability.
This was not due to Skylar, in my opinion. How many recruits went to ND because of Skylar? It's more of a matter that ND recruiting took the next step, not because Skylar's arrival, but because of a certain assistant coach. Skylar was good, but she also had a bunch of other good players around her during most of her tenure (Novosel, Mallory, Bruczewski, Peters, etc.). All it takes is for a program to have a few years of proven success, and with the right recruiter/coach comes another batch of great recruits and the success feeds upon itself as long as the coaches aren't incompetent.
The school that land her- their "bigs" just grew by about 3-4 inches on offense- the way she can penetrate and dish on off! We could bring back Barb Turner and Wilnet C and win with Durr I think!She had some nice things to say about Rutgers as well. Fingers crossed. CVS has had some luck with getting recruits in the South as of lately. Scaife, Hollivay, Butts, etc.
Although what we really need in the 15' class is bigs, but I wouldn't say no to Durr.
Walz for sure , boosted by the Yum Center and the phenom success of Men's program. Mathew Mitchell could still be in the running, and the coach that just went to Ohio State maybe?
Out of those 3 Superstars- Durr would be my first pick!
Hoops... All your other comments are right on- but she came in and as Reggie Jackson said, (who I despised as a Yankee fan)- Skylar stirred the drink or coffee? It was so obvious- rarely are teams talented enough without a great point guard. And they had great talent, toughness and depth.
Gd points about Durr, and players in front of her. Mo Jeff being a sr, normally would not be a problem. Supposedly, she could have walked on to almost any team this year and started. Notre Dame beat us 7/8 times with posts and forwards like Peters/Bruschenski/Achonwa, and other subs that were all 6'2"-6'3"! Diggins was their difference. Athleticism and guards that can break you down change everything. Just look at our Men's most recent two championships. Odyssey carried 4 non starters almost to Four. Greats like Chiney , A Thomas, McBride/Lloyd, and even Maya couldn't win the NC her last two years, because of youth at key positions like pt guard, and a zero depth. It really is a guards game, because great ones lift everyone on the court and create open looks and easy buckets. Stewie's and Maya Moore's obviously draw so much attention that they do to, but they have to be prolific. I'll take the great guard first given the choice. Geno said it numerous times during the dark times vs ND. Their guard play was just better.
Skylar was soooo good Geno wanted her
Diamond is contemplating UConn... or are we just getting under others skin?
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Lol. Good luck with that. But dreams are good!O and I also see Durr coming to Tenn regardless of Cooper's decision....the way her eyes lit up when Tenn was mentioned gave me hope!
I know, but we're talking about ND becoming one of the elite programs, and I'm not ready to give Skylar the credit for that. Before Skylar stepped foot on campus there was already a pretty good class in place. ND won more championships before Skylar than while she was there or after.
