re: 2022 Recruiting Thread

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Pyburn got an offer from UF and he’s visiting this weekend. He is allegedly a UF fan.

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Pyburn hopes to recieve an offer on his UF visit. He hasn't recieved one yet. That was a quote directly from Pyburn. Also, both his parents are UF graduates. If UF offers that's alot to overcome.

I hope people don't lose sight that the '23 class is where I think we'll find out whether Harsin and staff will be around for longer than a 4-5 year recruiting cycle. If UF doesn't offer Pyburn I think we'll get him otherwise we don't. Reading about Citizen and Frank Wilson the past week, I think he signs with LSU. I have no idea on Farmer.

If we go 1/3 or 0/3, I think we'll finish around #20. I thought we'd be #15-ish not that the difference matters much. Maybe I'll be suprised and we'll go 3/3. Nevertheless, I think '23 is the year that will serve as the barometer.

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I don't compare it to Gus' first year, bc

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Me either because...Gus didn't have all the recruiting changes (in fact no one has) with extra signing days, NIL, covid years, and the numbers of grad transfers (both in house and out) thrown in. There was more stability to work with.

Had been hoping these would of been of more benefit; however it's beginning to look the other way with the rich getting richer and the rest struggling for status quo. Where even their dead wood is jumping ship and allowing them to skim off more of the cream.

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Exactly what Saban warned everybody about before this every got started

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Saban was just worried about other schools being able to do legally what bama has been doing since they've had a football program.

Ooops let the time get away from me, glad it hasn't started!

On the NIL….absolutely.

I meant on the transfer portal

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I think people have to sit back and understand that we’re not a destination school in the Southeast right now

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I think we all understand this, it's quite obvious, hence the frustration.

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it’s going to take years to build the program up to respectable levels

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That's not a given. There are coaches out there who could expedite the process, especially with the portal. It's becoming more and more clear the one we hired isn't one of those coaches.

NIL is now like the pros, without contracts, and no salary cap. It should be an organization unto itself.

We need someone like Carmen Policy running the organization. One division for funding, setting up in channels, high rollers, medium, and that paraphernalia thingee nonsense we are working on.

Another division for contracts: current players, incoming freshmen, and for transfers.

Under recruiting we need a separate group of analysts to track the high school recruits we wanted and didnt get, and the ones we would love to have now. We should stay in touch with the contact people we engaged while recruiting them. Some of these kids will want to flip and if we have remained in contact with those around them we have a chance the second time around.

My point is, hiring a former player and telling him to "get after it", is VERY VERY naive. We can have the best "recruiting coaches" in the world but that wont mean squat when someone shows up from A&M gives them the same spiel about preparing for college, its a family atmosphere, and then whips out a powerpoint presentation to show mom and dad how your son will be funded, what he can expect as a ROI on his talent, etc.

Right now we are boasting about taking the training wheels off the bike and bama, georgia and A&M are building space shuttles.

You understand my point Jones, we act as if this NIL is a little side bar, even when we saw the tip of the spear with A&M this cycle, its nothing compared to what it will become and I feel we arent ill prepared, we arent prepared at all.

The way a few QBs handled their recruitment this year will be the norm for all high 3 stars and above from now on.

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You understand my point Jones, we act as if this NIL is a little side bar, even when we saw the tip of the spear with A&M this cycle, its nothing compared to what it will become and I feel we arent ill prepared, we arent prepared at all.

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Don't believe everything you hear about A&M.. they paid for sure, but not like the numbers people have been throwing around.

There aren't any official numbers. Even PM (I know.. I know) wrote an article the other day and he talked to someone he knows pretty good at TAM and they said the numbers we're anywhere close to whats actually being reported. I'm sure they still spent a couple of mil on that class as a whole though.. Its too good of a class to not have.