Amir Carlisle transfers to Notre Dame
by Paragon SC on Jan 7, 2012 5:33 PM PST
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But if a player is unhappy it is best if he moves on with USC dealing with with reduced scholarships.
USC running back Amir Carlisle is transferring to Notre Dame, according to a report in the South Bend Tribune.
Carlisle, who battled injuries as a 2011 freshman but earned plenty of praise from Trojans coach Lane Kiffin for his efforts, will enroll in school in South Bend beginning Jan. 17 and sit out the 2012 season before retaining three years of eligibility.
"It’ll be good," Duane Carlisle said, according to the report. "He’s got a real clear picture with how he’ll be used, and he’s excited about getting on the field."
Carlisle was a Stanford commit during the 2011 recruiting season but changed his mind and committed to USC fairly late in the process, after his father was let go as the San Francisco 49ers strength and conditioning coach. His father was then hired to a similar position at Purdue in March.
You have to give Kiffin credit, he could have restricted Carlisle to the number of places he wanted to go. Says a lot about Lane.
Carlisle's family left the Bay Area and is now in the Purdue area so it is pretty clear he wanted to be near his family.
We wish him well....
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Kudos to Lane
Does the father’s comments indicate that his role at SC was not clear?
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
-R. Zimmerman
A 4.0 high school GPA and a theatre major
Amir will go far in life.
So…where does that leave the RB situation beneath McNeal?
by TheViewFromFigueroa on Jan 7, 2012 7:13 PM PST reply actions
It's unfortunate,Good Luck to Amir!!!
But it seems a little iffy, as if Amir is getting pulled along to wherever his father is working at.
Niners,Nets,Reds & USC!!!
The Most Interesting Man In The World---->Mikhail Prokhorov!!!
Exactly which is BS but that is their family, hope he doesn't do that in the pros. Sorry to see him go.
He would of played a lot next year with Rett gone and Tyler, but maybe farmer now will play at that spot.
Yes we can't play in a Bowl and that is lucky for the rest of College FB' but next year we at USC will dominate.
by so.cal.native1952 on Jan 7, 2012 8:56 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I just remembered George!
I think he’s going to get the call to go in 2012. Maybe not as many looks as McNeal, but expect him to be a RB/WR double threat with Amir gone.
by TheViewFromFigueroa on Jan 7, 2012 10:55 PM PST up reply actions
I think the Staff watched the Rose Bowl
And envision a role for Farmer similar to DAT, a hybrid RB/Slot Back
Yes, Amir was bound to drop down the depth chart.
From a practical standpoint, he can use a year off to grow, be near his dad, and get ahead in his academics. Perhaps this is an admission that he is not an NFL prospect, but he can definitely be a contributor at the college level. Getting an early grip on reality can prevent broken dreams and needless injuries. That said, he is a fantastic kid and we will miss him. I wish him all the best.
"That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys." Henry Hill, Goodfellas.
Feeling Loco?
Clearly, it's important for him to be near family
and no matter what the depth chart says, this kid is going to make that a priority. That being said, I hope his dad stays at Purdue for the next 4 years, because I don’t want to see him try to uproot again or be unhappy.
I had the same thought as View FromFigueroa though….behind McNeal, there’s DJ Morgan (fumbilitis) and George Farmer (inexperienced at position) – anyone else I’m forgetting? Yeesh; let’s hope Lane has his sights on landing a top prospect in this year’s class.
Here's to hoping Buck Allen steps up
Niners,Nets,Reds & USC!!!
The Most Interesting Man In The World---->Mikhail Prokhorov!!!
by Kidd2Petrovic on Jan 7, 2012 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
Anyone watch ND vs. FSU game?
Brain Kelly really rips into players on the sidelines. If you haven’t coached the players up by the last game of the season then I don’t think it their fault when they make mistakes.
ND Fan
Excited to welcome Amir, and I think it was very classy of the USC staff to let him go to any school.
Excited for our game next year, planning on making it my second trip to the Coliseum.
Good luck to him
Maybe a little less so when we’re playing Notre Dame though!
To echo Paragon and others, I’d rather have him leave than have a roster spot filled with an unhappy kid who isn’t getting it done in the field. This seems better for both sides.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
We are very much in the running for ATH DJ Foster
Who I’m sure would play RB if he signed with USC:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-D.J.-Foster-103728
He is visiting USC next week.
"Ain't no tuition for having no ambition." -Brandon Carswell
My guess is that the staff
1.) Liked Amir, thought he was a great kid (as opposed to Baxter, who they, and many teammates, it seems, did not care for), and let him go to ND because they liked him and to set an example to other recruits — this ain’t Bama or LSU, or how Ohio State will be under Meyer, where once you sign, they own your ass for four years.
2.) That they think they have another recruit who can do a little more. Amir was smart and shifty, but he doesn’t have blinding speed and or great size. He is kind of a tweener, the type of kid Brendan Carroll would have gone after hard, and Lane isn’t big on tweeners (I think that is his SEC experience, most tweeners don’t thrive in that league).
3.) That they are going full bore with the George Farmer Slot Back experiment.
4.) Thay they need to get down to 75 scholies.
One more thing
This will cut both ways. Notre Dame will be forced to reciprocate when one of their own makes a similar decision.
"That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys." Henry Hill, Goodfellas.
Feeling Loco?
I can count on one hand the number of Notre Dame players over the last five years I wanted to play at USC
Out of players who had both USC and Notre Dame in their top five and went to South Bend, Manti Te’o is the only one I really wished had chose the Trojans. Do we really want the players that can’t hack it at Notre Dame, especially with limited scholarships?
Fight on!
EMAW!
I can honestly say that
there isn’t a single domer that I’d want at SC. Amir going to ND is fine as it’s his decision. Although I wonder if there’s something a little deeper with his dad than we may know. Regardless, the Irish are getting a good player that, given time, will be much better as he really works at it. Good luck to him.
LOCK IN... FIGHT ON!
"this ain’t Bama or LSU, or how Ohio State will be under Meyer, where once you sign, they own your ass for four years."
You forgot Tennessee. Bryce Brown, anyone?
Kiffin has scored another victory over his Rocky Top Haters.
by TheViewFromFigueroa on Jan 8, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Not just Brown at Tennessee
this situation is an interesting contrast to the DeAnthony Arnett situation at Tennessee, where the school (apparently) initially limited the scope of a release to Arnett to schools they competed against in recruiting (including Michigan and Michigan State, which would have allowed him to be near his father, although a directional Michigan school would have been OK).
They came around fast, but compare balking at allowing a transfer to an out-of-conference BCS school in a different region to allowing a transfer to our #1 (or at least #1A) rival. There’s more that went into each situation, but Kiffin still looks pretty good in comparison.
Amir is a traitor. He should tell his father to shove it.
Can’t get over this one. Kid is going to be very good. No true Trojan could ever transfer to the Domers.
A Quick Note for the Quitters
No comment from this thread will be deleted. You will have to own them when we get it turned around and beat Southern Cal. You will never ride the bandwagon when we come back. Not on BN. GO BRUINS.
by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
Word is
that Amir was forced by his family to transfer, and that he didn’t want to do it. He was an extremely popular player on the team, and one his teammates were shocked to lose. I know there are going to be some people who will say he should have stuck to his guns and stayed at USC anyway, but when family is involved, some will defy their parents wishes, and some will not. I don’t blame Amir for transferring. From what I hear, its the last thing that he wants to do.
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