re: Easy to Forget It's a Rebuilding Year

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Can’t really build anymore and don’t buy people selling you that. It’s win now or else.

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Yep. Not much of an excuse with the portal.

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Is a myth now with NIL and portal. Can’t really build anymore and don’t buy people selling you that. It’s win now or else.

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LSU and Ole Miss did that, I think, up to a reasonable point. Brian Kelley was in year 1 of what everyone understood to be a mess--you could see that in the Florida State game. All things considered, he did a great job in year 1.

Ole Miss lost its top 7 contributors on offense, so it was a portal do-over. One myth I think there is about the portal is you can just throw a box of parts together and make a team. These things take a bit to gel. Kiffin should have won the Egg Bowl. Wasn't surprised at the other losses.

Billy Napier also took over a mess. Jury's out on how well that guy is going to do over the long haul, but it's not going to be easy. The East is better right now than it has been in years.

You really can't. It just takes time for 11 strangers to get on the same page. And worse for teams firing a coach because his old players can jump ship easily.