Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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FAN FORUM RECRUITING FUNDAMENTALS This is not a time for the Irish faith- ful to panic over the loss of Notre Dame's top two recruiters, Tony Alford and Kerry Cooks. Years ago Dave "Pit Stop" Pritchett, Lefty Dri- esell's legendary recruiter at Mary- land, explained to me that there is no mystery to success in recruiting: 1. Possess unshakable confidence in his ability to evaluate high school talent. 2. Develop genuine caring relation- ships with his recruits and their fami- lies. 3. Outwork his competition, es- pecially while they're bar hopping, chasing women, playing golf and even while they're attending "The Final Four." 4. Continue those caring relation- ships after the players have enrolled. Such young coaches are out there ready to recruit for the Irish. Matt Hart Trenton, Mich. GAME-DAY RITUALS I like the "Crazy ND fan" idiosyn- crasies idea suggested by Mr. John Lushis Jr. in the March edition. Here are my overriding strategies: 1. All activity leading up to the game on Saturday must be repeated each Saturday until ND loses, in- cluding clothes worn (within rea- son). 2. When the Irish are incompetent, I leave the room; when I return, ND has invariably turned the game around. (You don't want to over-use this one, though; it reveals desperation). Ronny P. Kaye Via the Internet BE HEARD! Send your letters to: Letters Blue & Gold Illustrated P. O. Box 1007 Notre Dame, IN 46556 or e-mail to: lsomogyi@blueandgold.com FROM THE WEBSITE On BlueandGold.com, dozens of favorite stories about the late Father Theodore Hesburgh were shared. Here were three of our favorites, the last from former head coach Frank Leahy's son, Fred. Jtefel1: Father Ted was a friend of my grandfather. At the start of my junior year my grandfather gave me a box of Cuban cigars for him. I decided to drop them off the day after I got really wasted, and I probably still smelled like vodka when I went to the 13th floor at the Library. My intention was to leave the box with his assistant and go back to bed (this was around 11 a.m.). When I reached his office, he was standing there. I greeted him and he gave me a small hug. After he thanked me he said, "Would you mind going to Mass with me?" I cursed under my breath and said, "Sure Father, shall we go to the Basilica?" Then he said, "Oh no, we will have it right here" (he had a small chapel next to his office). After a few minutes I realized it will be just him and me. Suddenly he turns around and says to me, "Son,