Relationship over transactions

[Deep in the heart]

@Jeff Howe Thank you for your passion on this topic. I would have a post full of asterisks if I said how I feel about these butt hurt fans and coaches. It's a new era of recruiting so EVERY school is doing this. Just because you got beat out for a recruit in your backyard doesn't mean he it's just because of money. He's been in Austin for a month training and had the opportunity to see the city. Athens and Austin are not on the same level when it comes to a kid with an entrepreneurial spirit. The crying is getting old and it's something I would expect from fans, not site moderators and coaches. Hell, we got beat out because of NIL but I don't see Sark making a spectacle about it. Sorry, rant over. 

[GetHooked]

28 minutes ago, Deep in the heart said:

@Jeff Howe Thank you for your passion on this topic. I would have a post full of asterisks if I said how I feel about these butt hurt fans and coaches. It's a new era of recruiting so EVERY school is doing this. Just because you got beat out for a recruit in your backyard doesn't mean he it's just because of money. He's been in Austin for a month training and had the opportunity to see the city. Athens and Austin are not on the same level when it comes to a kid with an entrepreneurial spirit. The crying is getting old and it's something I would expect from fans, not site moderators and coaches. Hell, we got beat out because of NIL but I don't see Sark making a spectacle about it. Sorry, rant over. 

Kirby can't help himself.  He's a crying biatch.  The whole world is against his fat a**.  

[All Gas No Brakes]

I agree 100%! Jeff’s soliloquy on this topic got my loins girded! 
 

Does anyone have a link to the Dawg Nation rant that started this discussion? 

[Bobby Burton]

When Notre Dame and Oregon come into the state of Texas and take two legacies like Kaydon Finley and Jalen Lott with and because of larger NIL offers, excuse me if I tell Kirby Smart and Georgia welcome to recruiting in 2025. 

[4thandFive]

10 minutes ago, Bobby Burton said:

When Notre Dame and Oregon come into the state of Texas and take two legacies like Kaydon Finley and Jalen Lott with and because of larger NIL offers, excuse me if I tell Kirby Smart and Georgia welcome to recruiting in 2025. 

Bobby still coming with fire this week…

[NothinButDaHorns34]

I broke it down like this to a buddy of mine who’s a fan of opposing team. Texas was a sleeping giant getting rocks thrown at them for close to 15 years, Now the giants awake, NIL is legal, Texas is a very profitable brand, So now the excuses and “he only went there because they paid him” has started. Don’t hate the player, Hate the game. 

[4thandFive]

3 minutes ago, NothinButDaHorns34 said:

I broke it down like this to a buddy of mine who’s a fan of opposing team. Texas was a sleeping giant getting rocks thrown at them for close to 15 years, Now the giants awake, NIL is legal, Texas is a very profitable brand, So now the excuses and “he only went there because they paid him” has started. Don’t hate the player, Hate the game. 

People already hated Texas. Bring it on. 

[GoHorns1]

Everyone including Texas have been dropping “bags” for a long time. Had buddies of mine get “handshakes” in the 70s.

[horns96]

Also big props to @Jeff Howe for pointing out that all fanbases engage in such thinking - when we get a commit, it's because of the program and the relationships, when "they" get the commit it's the bags.  

Many of us did it (myself included) when Ojo committed to Tech.  It's just human nature, but not used to seeing such intellectual honesty in a discussion of SEC football 🤘😉

Edit: To be clear, we're fortunate that we have mods that don't go beyond matter-of-fact statements about larger NIL deals during these discussions and not equating players taking those deals to moral failures.

Edited 1 hour ago by horns96
clarification

[Deep in the heart]

It's just classless to me for a coach of Kirby's status to get involved in the BS. He's won championships and has the number 2 class. They spend money. I'm tired of the hypocrisy that's going on. 

[Deep in the heart]

1 hour ago, Bobby Burton said:

When Notre Dame and Oregon come into the state of Texas and take two legacies like Kaydon Finley and Jalen Lott with and because of larger NIL offers, excuse me if I tell Kirby Smart and Georgia welcome to recruiting in 2025. 

Exactly! 

[GQ03]

1 hour ago, GoHorns1 said:

Everyone including Texas have been dropping “bags” for a long time. Had buddies of mine get “handshakes” in the 70s.

I know about the handshakes and money sandwiches but those are still very different than full out bags that were famously being dropped by SEC teams well before it became somewhat legal.