This is the real answer. Getting pantsed by BG in front of a lot of recruits and no one else is a great way to burn up all the goodwill that Key generated with his interim tag and since he got the full time job. That was a back to the ground floor type of game if you lose it.
But it's not the real answer. As bad as those losses hurt the fan base, it doesn't have as much bearing on recruits as you would think. High school kids care about 2 things now-a-days...
I think that’s the new reality with the transfer portal. I used to be able to name everyone on the team. Now I can’t keep up with all the comings and goings.
In front of very few fans, too.
Oboy… it’s probation time again, y’all!
Like a good friend of mine tells me, aren't we really just cheering for laundry, anyway? (He's a Bears fan)
Ok. But what if Jackson told us he'd re-commit if we gave him what he wanted in NIL? Doesn't say much for not wanting to be on a sinking ship.
should have never kept him to begin with but we don't know the money situation.
They all care if the team wins or loses but in this day and age, if you are good enough it's all about the money. So if we don't raise the NIL money we need, we'll never compete with the big boys anymore, other than a rogue win here and there. You aren't going to find any high caliber player that turns down money when it's a big difference.
