I think it is a myth and "conventional wisdom" about ND's recruits being "ranked higher" if they pick ND.

That may have been true twenty years ago when there was one or two recruit "gurus", but not lately.

ND won 12 games in 2012, 10 games in 2015 and may win 10 games this season.

They didn't do that with "overrated" recruits.

Yes, I think that ND has done the worst job of hiring head coaches in the last thirty years than any school in America.