The truth is that you can only sell promise for so long. I listened to the recent blitz episode where they analyzed 27 power 5 programs and Texas was dead fucking last when it came to developing blue chip prospects. Rod Babers is right that schools are easily negative recruiting us simply by showing them the data and our results. It's hard to argue with 10 years of data. Garrett Wilson said, talented WRs come here only to disappear and never be heard of. He's not wrong.
In addition, the leadership within our program got lazy and let this entire thing slide. We were more focused on what fucking taco bell commercial to put on the jumbotron that keeping our program elite. Give aggy as much shit as you want. They managed to position themselves in the best conference, pulled a national championship winning coach to that shit hole, upgraded all their facilities even if it's made them broke, and figured out a way to compete with the Bamas, UGAs, and LSUs when it comes to buying recruits. Meanwhile, we let our facilities slide, stayed in a pathetic conference, hired 3rd rate coaches like Charlie Strong, and have a inflated image of our program thinking that elite recruits will come here regardless of results because we are Texas.
Recruits would love to come here. We simply have to win. My hope is that Sark and his staff can accomplish that. Until we start putting players in the 1st round and competing for the national championship, we are going to see more of the same. The other option is that we start buying recruits like aggy but I've lost hope in that as well. I don't think NIL is going to have the effect people think it will at the moment.
On the bright side, it takes 1 coach to figure it out. Look at Texas basketball. We might be the hottest program in the country right now. I never imagined seeing us recruit the way we are. If Sark can figure it out, recruits will line up to play here again.