Man, I gotta be honest here.
If you or anyone else believed this was the class we were getting, that's on you.
Hope springs eternal in the Spring. It's like the practice reports, roses and sunshine. Then reality hits.
I barely ever commented on these 5 star DL guys. There's so many schools ahead of us in the recruiting desirability scale.
People just tend to forget who and what we are. We're not the ESPN 30 on 30 school anymore, we're a doormat the last 20. Common sense has to kick in at some point as the powers that be, they aren't giving up these kinds of studs to green JT and Big Joe. Gotta show these kids something and if it is a NIL deal, you better come with a bag double or beyond.
It sucks having that kind of pessimistic attitude, but I quit falling for it years ago. You then hire Cristobal who immediately falls on his face. You follow that up by a guy (he could be a good one, but he's a tough sell now) from Marshall. Recruits are like, who's that.