RBWilliams8

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Maybe Ohtani has some younger brothers.

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Luckily he isn’t Chinese, amirite?

This.

My wife is a stay at home mother. It doesn’t make sense for her to go make 2-4k more a month and add 2-3k in expenses just for some $8 an hour employee to be taking care of our children.

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Portal recruiting will always be more exciting than high school. You get more players in a shorter amount of time.

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To add, you get a lot more surprises.

You still need to be coached at every level. There's a reason Burrow was still doing heavy film work, and Jayden was Heavy on the VR training as seniors. Tom Brady's kids would still see things that Brady didn't see. If the kid is out there panicking, there still needs to be someone in his corner guiding him.

To continue with the boxing theme, why do the greatest all still have a coach in their corner when they were clearly the best?

70 year old Saban? Probably not. A middle aged Saban in his prime would have a fair shake at being successful in this climate. Especially at a program that supports it. It’s hard for me to just claim failure on a man who’s career was coming to an end when this all came about.

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What makes this years #1 Portal haul better than last years #1 Portal haul

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-A coach that isn’t checked out because he put all of QB eggs in one basket.

-Recruiting on roster needs, vs just getting the highest ranked players.

-Not having Brad Davis.

-An offensive guru.

-An AD that isn’t meddling in the coaching hires.

To name a few.

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Normal sports fans are having a tough time with the “build your talent roster” versus go buy it.

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True for me as well. The game is evolving, though, and the portal is here whether we like it or not. It's proven that high school recruiting will not sustain success as long as they can have an exodus of players each year.

Sustainability is key. No, we won't be going to get 60 players each year out of the portal, but I do expect around the 30-35 mark to replace the one-year mercenaries, seniors, and portal losses. I am extremely confident since we have someone who can step in as a proven transfer portal guru and be able to reach the playoffs.

Being able to actually coach and evaluate talent is langniappe. We have a lot to be excited about. :geauxtigers:

Bonus points if someone can get Kiffin’s face on this pic.

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And LSU was losing by double digits to Clemson in the national championship game…quit whining.

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The one LSU won 42-25 :pimp: