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This was discussed when this move was first made but replacing both Bryan Carrington and JW Walsh with only Brandon Harris, Harris who is not as good as either of those guys in either role, much less trying to tackle both. It was a terrible decision in an attempt to save a little bit of money by reducing head count and keep Harris from taking the QB QA role with the Rams. Harris is failing at the recruiting director role because he doesn't have the discipline it requires to do all of the little things that Carrington did that he doesn't get credit for, it's not only cultivating and maintaining the player and family relationships (which he's known for) but also being well organized and having clear achievable goals for his staff, so that they are constantly moving and creating momentum and fostering and nurturing recruit and familial relationships. He will undoubtedly fail in the QB QA role because he's already playing from behind at the RC role and that will likely burn MANY hours of his day. And before anyone mentions Milwee - know that on a staff with Herman and Yurcich (2 guys well known for QB coaching) they still had Walsh and he was still immensely important in his role. This isn't a surprise outcome. Feb 17th when it was announced ::

2024 is absolutely loaded in state at QB. I hope that they don't hyper focus on Welliver to the detriment of evaluating the rest of the class. FWIW, I think you could win a lot of games with Edmundon (the LT kid).

The biggest problem in my opinion is the inability to message. The entire staff has proven incapable of messaging any inherent advantages that Texas has, and there are MANY. If it was simply the lack of detail, a lack of preparedness, a dearth of exciting ideas - those are failures that can be overcome simply by enabling the inherent advantages that UT possesses, while the systemic inability to message to recruits and their families at every level isn't.

If you are arguing against the Southern California media market you are wrong and should stop. Los Angeles ingests things differently - it's not just sheer numbers or "passion for the sport" or TV ratings nonsense. Since the 40s, celebrities (even C and D-listers) have been paid to be at certain places or to wear certain things. Paid simply to do shit they were already going to do. This isn't a new or burgeoning thing in LA. Every single tiktok/yt/ig star gets their ass to LA as soon as possible so that they can monetize their trip get a matcha latte in the morning. No one gives a fuck where in Opelousas Addison Rae goes for lunch but in LA? That shit is a paycheck. You think it was an accident that Charli D'Amelio moved to LA from fucking Connecticut? That media market is a different animal from ATX and even if you looped in the other Texas markets - it's still different. When USC is good the Trojans players are as big as any current TV star around town. You can point out Alabama, OU, or Clemson and say that guys just want to win and don't care about the media market and you'd be right - esp for the average college football player - but if you are already a brand (a la Evan Stewart) 4 years at USC will be worth FAR more dollars (esp long term) than 4 years at Alabama. Texas is in a niche below USC but FAR above the rest. Del Conte, Harris and his staff, and Sarkisian and his staff have all been abject failures to this point with NIL. Made worse by the fact that they had a 2 year head start on everyone and still stumblefucked out of the gate. It's not a good sign for them long term, imo.

Kalvin Dinkins decommitted from Southern Miss Monday. Why does that matter to Texas? He reported to several outlets that he is being recruited by D. Brown to Baylor. https://247sports.com/player/kalvin-dinkins-46114695/

Seems more likely that they'd bring him along slowly since they have Tanner Mordecai as a xfer but I didn't watch them in the spring or anything so I don't know.

I have no idea how all of this works, from the legal perspective but one thing that is clear is that if you can raise money for a particular branded position group (ie - Tope Imade's goal of making the Texas OL brand a constant source of income for each incoming class) - then a small amount, like 10-20k spread among that small(ish) group of players yearly which includes walk-ons and non-scholarship guys, could have a pretty decent impact and help the brand longterm. It's not dropping bags but if you could create 5-6 position groups - each branded, each with an LLC or whatever, then instead of trying to nickel and dime shirts and hats of particular players (which will always happen anyway) you can support the team year-over-year. I know much smarter (and wealthier) people than me have made similar overtures to our athletic department and it's fallen on deaf ears.

Crabtree to on3. fuck OU.

Kentucky has an elite S&C program with 2 of the best young guys in the business in Edmond and Hill. Schlarman’s death appears to have not slowed them at all with OL recruiting — players are bought into the development at UK.

Nahlin will always have Heffernan and Williams…

He still hasn't decided if he should put one in for Colt McCoy.

I think Texas has a much better DC in Kwiatkowski than tOSU has in Coombs and I think they've done an excellent job in this recruitment.

Coombs is a far better and far more respected coach than Terry Joseph. If we're talking position specific coaches - Coombs as a CB coach is one of the best in college football. Joseph is not.

If true, Drumm is going to be inconsolable since his kid has worked out at the same place or something and he feels connected to Shettron.

Searles.

Too lazy to make a Max Wright joke to tie it all together...

CBs pouring in for Jake Taylor to OU - looks like Bedebaugh is going to get the frames he likes in early before Riley adds some cubes:: https://247sports.com/Player/Jake-Taylor-46094663/ Looks like they may get Fitzpatrick as well, which is going to make the Sexton and Agbo recruitments a lot more interesting. https://247sports.com/player/george-fitzpatrick-46101012/

I’d rather him go to FSU than end up at aggy with Erb and Williams. Fucking Henson.

RJ Maryland to BC ::

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Because the Miller's fucking hate OU, which makes me love them all the more.