Ryan Williams Update

The moment that Alabama and Auburn allow Texas and "Sark & Co" to go into their state and hand pick 5 ⭐ players away from both of those in-state major college football programs, is the moment both of those programs concede recruiting dominance in their own state, which would be a nightmare for them in terms of optics on the national recruiting stage.

Both Alabama and Auburn had to make huge aggressive moves to not allow Ryan Williams to leave the state. 

Maybe if we had not just restocked our WR room, we'd be able to pitch to Williams that he'd have playing time very early. We're victims of our own success with Williams, which is never a bad problem to have. 🤘

18 hours ago, Bobby Burton said:

You’re correct. I don’t know that Sark feels that there is an urgency. He certainly hasn’t acted like it. Remember, it’s not unprecedented either. Sark took the WR coach well into January last year, too.

For reference, Marion announced he was leaving on January 8. Texas announced it was hiring Chris Jackson on January 24. That is 16 days. 

Bo Davis to LSU was announced on January 10 and it is now the 24th. Even if the search takes several more days, the timeline isn't unusual. Frankly, I'd rather Sark take his time and get the hire right than rush things and get suboptimal results. I know there is concern about recruiting, but that's a problem that affects us for a season. Hiring the wrong coach can affect us for years. 

28 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

For reference, Marion announced he was leaving on January 8. Texas announced it was hiring Chris Jackson on January 24. That is 16 days. 

Bo Davis to LSU was announced on January 10 and it is now the 24th. Even if the search takes several more days, the timeline isn't unusual. Frankly, I'd rather Sark take his time and get the hire right than rush things and get suboptimal results. I know there is concern about recruiting, but that's a problem that affects us for a season. Hiring the wrong coach can affect us for years. 

I think the recruiting angle is a bit over-played. It would have been nice to have a coach for Junior day. This is the meet and greet phase of the recruiting season. It will heat up in the spring/summer. Once you missed Junior day, does it matter if it takes another week or 2? This is also a Texas team coming off a playoff berth. Kids may not always say yes, but they will at least listen to Texas 

Hearing more and more that it will likely be Alabama.