Every player that lists Texas as an option they are considering or contemplating to visit is using us for a bigger offer from other schools. Until the staff convinces them to commit here.
I guess I am in the minority that was hopeful that we got massively outbid on Coleman so we could sign the Vandy WR instead and then take the difference between our Coleman offer and what we paid the Vandy WR and overspend on Offensive line and LB.
Which is why I lost my shit on how we had a lineman come to visit and then realized he wasn't to our liking measurement wise. I get that programs and kids can lie. I also believe if you do your homework well enough, you can figure shit like that out. If the premium is on scouting/evaluation, we are failing as a high resource school. Heavily. Not just on whether a player wants to leave/jump in the portal - but on basics like size. Then developing our recruiting strategy in a year where we have Manning and are "going all in" and to do so at a position of need on a player that we are concerned doesn't meet the measurables. It still blows my mind. I am sure when we circle back to the next wave and overpay for whoever is still on the board it will be a significant improvement over our interior OL play the first six games. But that is not a high benchmark obviously.
I prefer the way other teams tamper. Portal opens and they are announcing signing players within 24 hours. Fuck this giving them time to figure shit out or visit stuff.
There are plenty of IOL and RB in the portal. When Coleman goes elsewhere the Vandy WR and other options are great as well at WR. We aren't substandard yet. But will be by early next week if we keep missing.