Ryan

You are completely missing the point, but this is getting tedious. Sometimes aiming for short term success is more important than potential long term success; by definition long term outlook is harder to predict. This is why you see NFL teams make big free agent moves at the supposed "detriment" to the team in the long term -- because they see a window. If you don't understand this, I don't know what to tell you. The portal has not been around long enough to definitively make that statement. A&Ms 2021 Highschool NIL recruiting approach definitely turned out a lot different than FSU's NIL Portal approach last year, for 2024 let's see how OSU and Ole Miss hold up to your statement.

Maybe, I heard that they moved on because he wanted a large NIL and Texas wanted to wait and see what who became available the rest of the portal windows. Now we dont know for sure, but if Nolen had entered the portal right now I would bet money they would be kicking those tires a little more thoroughly than they did during the winter window.

I perfectly understand that Texas has NIL limits, and there are certainly reasons to consider how much you can consistently offer when considering the whole team. But it just goes back to my original point, Texas either didn't have the resources, or was being frugal. Caldwell, Nolen, Toia, Williams, etc. Texas consistently missed on several "disruptor"-level DTs, so either: 1) Texas couldn't afford it 2) Texas didn't want to pay it on principle(?) Reason 2) is flawed logic, the market is what the market does, and Texas is not matching that level for these prospects from other teams. If the reason is 1) then so be it we gave it our best shot.

Who cares if you overpay? Seriously. We are in a time window where there is no salary cap talking about "overpaying" is for people without the resources, or cheapskates. If you can afford it and you think they are a contributor then at the end of the day the losers are the ones saying things like "they overpaid". Not saying you should break the bank for every transfer, but Texas has presumably "passed" on like 5 DTs now between both portal windows. With the spring reports that came in about our iDL... I am more concerned about our ceiling in 2024.

Tweet from Ollie Connolly: Mitchell was the one evaluation that makes you want to throw your laptop in the sea. Just totally uninterested when not the primary target. Strolled through routes. Gave up on takeoff assignments. Just wrecked some of his teams concepts @Gerry Hamilton @Bobby Burton Is that last sentence true?

@Gerry Hamilton There is a lot of chatter about Bill Norton from Zona too, you think Texas can make room for both? Sure seems like they need to

He is probably the next best thing if the Michigan DTs don't become available.