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Indiana has two of those type guys starting on their DL. One 6-1, 265-270, and the other 6-0 and 300 If a player is good, they are good.

Cignetti will never be the norm. He doesn't apply to coaches at power programs who have proven to not be as good at him, No. 1. He was a coaching hire by Indiana and brought many players and coaches with him. He began with continuity, and then build off it very well. He also didn't get into money whip recruitments as you pointed out. Then there is closer to the median, which is Miami. 25 of 44 in the two-deep are HS/JUCO recruits by the staff. 9 of 10 OL's were recruited and developed by the staff (C James Brockermyer only transfer). Rueben Bain (6 of top 8 DL's were HS recruits), Mark Fletcher, Toney, OL's, etc... Georgia continues to be the dominant SEC program, and they are 85+% HS/JUCO recruits. They have true toughness and development in their program. I personally don't think there is just one way to get it done or be a top program that has the chance to compete on an annual basis. Coaching change that results in quick success can't be looked as the end all for every program (the quick success) because more coaching changes than not by a big margin won't end like Indiana.

This thread was a good idea. I need to go pet my dog and touch grass and forget about the portal. 😂

How many 6’0 275 guys you want?

But a lot didn’t want the coach that originally recruited them to continue to develop at Texas as a head coach. It wasn’t fun for Herman that those guys weren’t ready earlier in their tenure.

Very few have.

Go to sleep. Like I am about to do. You won’t dream about threes from the corner because you haven’t shot a basketball since Penders was the coach.

Should add Roschon to that list as well. The days of feel good development/loyalty stories are gone. Another good talking point would be the diminishing value culture has in regards to retention. If 30-40% of the roster is replaced every year, will Sark's team culture be cohesive enough in time to avoid 3 losses each season.

Yeah. My bad. Thursday... literally losing track of days.

@Gerry Hamilton Dead period ends on 14th that is Wednesday, so should be able to take visits Thursday at 12:01 AM??

Yes I think so absolutely. That class will get looted hard every portal cycle.

Se havent gotten right vs UGA and Ohio St yet....

Remember this in three weeks. I don’t think you’ll say the same thing about the OL. We’ll see!

Donovan Haslam from West Virginia he is a plug and play right guard graded as a top 3 player over last half of the season. He's also and awesome power run blocker an upgrade over DJ Campbell

Less than 50-50 that actually ends up correct. Maybe a couple. Byron Murphy would have always been too short or small for Texas in SEC... even though he would kick everyones ass. Texas would have passed out of high school on Thorpe and Outland Winners. That developed in your program, so the award is truly meaningful.

1/13 at 10:16 PM CST. The death of Portal Palace.

Gunner

These have to be Gerry’s!

Interesting question. I pretty much agree with your assessment. The only way I could see their strategy maybe making sense if they’re targeting 2027 to make a push. Maybe they view this year as a rebuild and a chance to evaluate that huge class. Then next year they keep the best, cut the underachievers and backfill in the portal. Seems risky, especially if your job isn’t super secure

Sam Cosmi probably never goes to Texas in the portal era.

Hahaha I’ll leave this here

riley never has a D