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[Gerry Hamilton]

Myron Charles Note

The Florida Gators are making a major run at 4-star++ defensive lineman and Texas commitment Myron Charles (Port Charlotte, Fla./High).

OnTexasFootball has been told that Texas has felt pretty good about conversations since the 6-4.5, 310-pounder made a visit to Florida for the LSU game over the weekend. With that said, there is also some confidence on the Florida front. The Gators are working to get Charles back on campus this weekend for the Ole Miss game, and attempting to pressure Charles to open up his recruitment early this week. 

Texas and Florida duking it out for one of the nations top defensive linemen. 

 

[Bunk Moreland]

[AJJ_Sports]

[f1revo]

Ooof. That'd suck. Can't afford to lose either DT. Bizarre with Florida being so unstable now. Need to close that one out.

[Texasborn91]

3 minutes ago, f1revo said:

Ooof. That'd suck. Can't afford to lose either DT. Bizarre with Florida being so unstable now. Need to close that one out.

The coffers got more stable since they aren’t paying for a buyout 

[liveattheoasis]

Is NIL the driving force here @Gerry Hamilton, or is Texas fighting homesickness as well? Has sounded like Sharma and Charles had struck up quite the bond, and he's also close with Hilson from what's been reported.

[GoHorns1]

NIL time, put up or shut up

[NothinButDaHorns34]

BIG mistake on his part if he flips to them. We’ll be fine regardless, But i can’t say the same for Florida.

[WG Carter]

Thanks for update Gerry---it is tough being a fan today. Grateful for how well we are doing but hope I can handle next few weeks.

74 years old and looking for updates every 30 minutes. Crazy---thankful for Gerry being such a great resource

[Joe Zura]

[cmk4pres]

Did he see 49-17? Texas could've scored 70. Kids man...

[Hashtag]

If you want to win big boy DL recruitments in the SEC then you need to be able to pay big boy NIL prices on the DL. Plain and simple.

[Assistant Regional Manager]

This recruitment might be an important lesson in the “just win” recruitnik thinking.

Times have changed.

[qaertyisthatdude]

If Texas doesn't change their philosophy for NIL $$$ allocated to DT recruiting, they will continue to struggle to attract DTs for years to come and will miss their championship window.  Good DTs are expensive even at the HS level.  More expensive to find them from the portal.  Kenny Baker seems like he will be a home run hire, but he's not a miracle worker.  Gotta capitalize on this window and not leave meat on the bone. 

[NothinButDaHorns34]

13 minutes ago, cmk4pres said:

Did he see 49-17? Texas could've scored 70. Kids man...

D’Antre Robinson seen up close and personal and he made the same mistake of picking florida over us. 

[pinkman_90]

Wonder if Florida bought someone in his family a house like they did with Dantre Robinson.  

[goattalk100]

I did not have Florida becoming a recruiting problem in this cycle on my bingo card going into the year & yet here we are.

[Tuco Ramirez]

Will Florida have any NIL money left after the Jaden Rashada lawsuit? 

[AJJ_Sports]

Just now, Tuco Ramirez said:

Will Florida have any NIL money left after the Jaden Rashada lawsuit? 

They are using the money they thought they had to use to buy out Napier 

[Assistant Regional Manager]

13 minutes ago, qaertyisthatdude said:

If Texas doesn't change their philosophy for NIL $$$ allocated to DT recruiting, they will continue to struggle to attract DTs for years to come and will miss their championship window.  Good DTs are expensive even at the HS level.  More expensive to find them from the portal.  Kenny Baker seems like he will be a home run hire, but he's not a miracle worker.  Gotta capitalize on this window and not leave meat on the bone. 

You don’t know what their DT allocation is this cycle. Of course DT’s are expensive. I don’t think anyone at Texas thinks otherwise, but if Charles runs up his price so much that it means Texas can’t get the immediate help they also need in the portal, what do you do?

Accounting decisions come into play in all these situations. Of course you want 3-4 elite HS DT’s and 2-3 more good portal dudes but the money tree ain’t endless.

Edited November 19, 2024 by Assistant Regional Manager

[Bobby Burton]

Let’s see if this actually goes anywhere. 

[Hashtag]

Just now, Bobby Burton said:

Let’s see if this actually goes anywhere. 

Yup, they're going to have to put their money where there mouth is currently or this whole high they're riding on is all for naught. 

[CoachBobbyFinstock]

Need Ole Miss to drop the hammer on Fla

[Hashtag]

Just now, CoachBobbyFinstock said:

Need Ole Miss to drop the hammer on Fla

We dropped the hammer on Florida so what point does Ole Miss doing the same have? You think this is still about W/L?

[qaertyisthatdude]

Just now, Hashtag said:

We dropped the hammer on Florida so what point does Ole Miss doing the same have? You think this is still about W/L?

Yep.  Georgia, and even programs like Auburn, LSU, and such have nice DT classes because of $$$.  SEC programs know you must be willing to pay a premium for the best HS DT recruits.  Location helps too but these kids want the bag more than anything.