I agree with everything you've said. He is an innovator in the sense that he built out a potentially championship level squad on the portal alone. The issue though is what we all saw in the Orange Bowl: their two deep was awful. Beyond their starting line up, they didn't have much else. Their HS recruits were at a far lower level than their transfer guys. You could see the difference between FSU and UGA. Also, contrary to nole fan thinking, UGA had just as many starters and guys out.
The good ones do. When you see a highly ranked recruit bounce after one year at a program, it’s because the staff doesn’t feel he’s worth the NIL money. If the kid is showing potential, they’ll keep him around.
I hope we use this playbook this year. All signs point to yes. We go 13-1, who will give a **** lmao
this. we are essentially doing the same thing and going all in after 2 bad years. sounds familiar. the diff is our HS recruiting is elite, but it really doesn't matter anymore when you let kids walk before they develop imo. just compete yearly however you can and win now. no one cares how you build it if the results are there
Great points re: depth. You can see the difference between a short term portal build vs a long term recruiting build. Georgia was playing with mostly second team guys and they absolutely destroyed Florida State’s guys. You need younger guys for depth. You can’t just rely on transfers to be your second and third team players because nobody good is going to transfer to a school to ride the bench.
wins and losses are the only thing that matter.
Recruiting high school well is how you build depth. You keep the good/great players and you cut the rest after a year or 2 and replace them with the portal players.
kids aren't staying anymore to be your depth esp highly rated ones. saban just admitted to tampering on live tv Thursday night. colleges that missed out on kids in their recruitment will go after them and offer them a better PT situation (or lies to lure them along with NIL) in season. imo, every new build will be year over year. its partly why saban retired. he knew his advantage was gone in the NIL era. the time where you had 4-5 stars on deck waiting their turn is gone. parity increased.
The early returns certainly give this credence.
He just likes the sound of his own voice. Don’t mind himWho gives two. Let's start winning more games and **** the rest of the bs.
How many sophomore reserves do we currently have right now? The good ones are still here. You think Oklanlola couldn’t find a starting job if he entered the portal right now? Miami makes sure it’s financially worthwhile for him to stay and compete for a position.
That's why I said you keep the good or elite. Those are your starters sir. You may lose a few people, but most will stay 2 years