Liked him a lot I’d take him over the Louisville transfer in a heartbeat with a staff that would develop him
I'm sure we all would and the staff would, however, who is the better player on 8/31? By going 12-13 the first 2 years, signing these HS classes, and bringing in Cam Ward and several other high-impact transfers, the weight of the world is on 2024. Win now or GTFO, and Mario knows it. So he brought in the Louisville kid because he helps win RIGHT NOW. Pulliam might have helped win now, we don't know. He might have helped win in 2025 or 2026. But we can't get there without winning right now.
If these are the repercussions of brining in kids to help us win this season, so be it. We signed the #7 class in 2023 and the #3 class in 2024. We are allocating major resources to the portal. We *should* be able to field a very competitive roster in 2025, 2026, etc.
But none of that matters if you don't take care of 2024. Everyone around the program knows it. This is our "all-in" year. So I'd have loved to have kept this kid and developed him, but he doesn't impact going "all-in" this season in the least bit.
Win the ACC this year, and we'll be just fine going forward.
Wish this dude the best, but he's not jumping ship just because of a Louisville transfer. I don't know the circumstances, but either he was told he's not playing much this year or he can see writing on the wall.