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davefrat said:
Yeah, I don't see how changing OL coaches would be all that disruptive, especially as badly as the line has played and how poor the coaching has been.

Quite honestly, aside from $ and the exposure that comes from playing at Bama (which is probably taking some hits anymore) I would think the current OL coach would be a detriment to recruiting at both the high school and transfer level.
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As long as we were in the CFP, we needed everyone on staff. Now that the season is over (its only been 4 days now), we need to be patient and just see how it plays out. As mentioned by a few, there are possibly some coaches that we will target that are still coaching and we will have to wait for THEIR season to end.:rolleyes:

By the way, Kap is one of the better recruiters on the staff...😎
 
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I heard McCready and Siskey discussing NIL, the portal, and the current landscape. Both are of the opinion that, in the coming years, the whole thing is going to become a bigger mess than it already is.

These programs that talk about tens of millions of dollars rolling in from boosters really don’t “have it”. Supposedly it is “committed” but, just like recruiting, commitment is a vague thing now. McCready made the point that dumping money into NIL is a very poor choice in terms of ROI. And most big money boosters didn’t get to that point by being stupid with their money.

Both McCready and Siskey see money “promised” to players in many cases “not happening” and then lawsuits galore.

The major point was “when you hear school X has $30 million to spend on NIL” you need to take that with a grain of salt. It may be promised…it doesn’t mean it will actually come through. Those NIL commitments are fluid and contingent on certain things.
 
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NoNC4Tubs said:
As long as we were in the CFP, we needed everyone on staff. Now that the season is over (its only been 4 days now), we need to be patient and just see how it plays out. As mentioned by a few, there are possibly some coaches that we will target that are still coaching and we will have to wait for THEIR season to end.:rolleyes:

By the way, Kap is one of the better recruiters on the staff...😎
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Recruiting doesn't matter anymore. "Roster management" is much more important.
 
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CB4 said:
I heard McCready and Siskey discussing NIL, the portal, and the current landscape. Both are of the opinion that, in the coming years, the whole thing is going to become a bigger mess than it already is.

These programs that talk about tens of millions of dollars rolling in from boosters really don’t “have it”. Supposedly it is “committed” but, just like recruiting, commitment is a vague thing now. McCready made the point that dumping money into NIL is a very poor choice in terms of ROI. And most big money boosters didn’t get to that point by being stupid with their money.

Both McCready and Siskey see money “promised” to players in many cases “not happening” and then lawsuits galore.

The major point was “when you hear school X has $30 million to spend on NIL” you need to take that with a grain of salt. It may be promised…it doesn’t mean it will actually come through. Those NIL commitments are fluid and contingent on certain things.
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And; NIL "donations" are not tax deductible for the booster.
 
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NoNC4Tubs said:
As long as we were in the CFP, we needed everyone on staff. Now that the season is over (its only been 4 days now), we need to be patient and just see how it plays out. As mentioned by a few, there are possibly some coaches that we will target that are still coaching and we will have to wait for THEIR season to end.:rolleyes:

By the way, Kap is one of the better recruiters on the staff...😎
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Whatever he brings in recruiting can't possibly be worth what he's producing on the field.

We need a new OL coach...probably new S&C coach as well.
 
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KrAzY3 said:
I think it still matters quite a bit, but the race to have the top class and that sort of thing is probably a huge waste of resources at this point. It used to be the greatest indicator of future success, if you had a top recruiting class you were not guaranteed to a win a championship, but pretty much all championship teams had high ranked recruiting classes.

It's certainly not that important now, but if you look at the teams in the playoff you still see for the most part those teams had good recruiting classes. A couple, notably Indiana did not though.

I think the key is more trying to be balanced. Instead of aiming for the top recruiting class and the most expensive recruits, trying to be top 10 in portal and top 10 in recruiting is probably the sweet spot. Developing those relationships and evaluating those players can pay off, so I don't think you want to abandon it.

For instance, Texas Tech, Miami, Ole Miss, and Oregon were ranked 2-5 in the portal rankings. That's three of the four remaining teams! If you go by blue chip rankings though, it's #1 Alabama, then Ohio State, Georgia, Texas A&M and Oregon. Those were all playoff teams.

Oregon seems to be a school that's found a nice sweet spot there, by doing both well (doesn't hurt when you have Phil Knight funding that).
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Your right, but the sample is too small at this point
Rules keep changing and the adaptation is far from complete.
That being said, stubbornness (Clemson) is not the way
 
CB4 said:
I heard McCready and Siskey discussing NIL, the portal, and the current landscape. Both are of the opinion that, in the coming years, the whole thing is going to become a bigger mess than it already is.

These programs that talk about tens of millions of dollars rolling in from boosters really don’t “have it”. Supposedly it is “committed” but, just like recruiting, commitment is a vague thing now. McCready made the point that dumping money into NIL is a very poor choice in terms of ROI. And most big money boosters didn’t get to that point by being stupid with their money.

Both McCready and Siskey see money “promised” to players in many cases “not happening” and then lawsuits galore.

The major point was “when you hear school X has $30 million to spend on NIL” you need to take that with a grain of salt. It may be promised…it doesn’t mean it will actually come through. Those NIL commitments are fluid and contingent on certain things.
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It does seem like a questionable way to spend money. At least at a certain point. I get that the Yee Haw booster likes it, but the Yee Haw boosters financial guys probably aren’t big fans. Nor would other businesses associates likely be. But it is a free country
 
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davefrat said:
Whatever he brings in recruiting can't possibly be worth what he's producing on the field.

We need a new OL coach...probably new S&C coach as well.
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I didn't say he was...

Let's wait and see what CKD does as far as staff changes. For all that we know, he has somebody lined up that hasn't finished the season yet... 😎
 
cthorne22 said:
Your right, but the sample is too small at this point
Rules keep changing and the adaptation is far from complete.
That being said, stubbornness (Clemson) is not the way
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To your point, Clemson was 82 in the portal ranking last year with 4 guys. How did that work out?
Dabo is basically sandbagging at this point. I would add as a bit of a side-note that prior to the introduction of NIL I said Clemson was not well positioned to deal with it, but Dabo leaned way too hard into that, of course they can still afford some 3 stars to fill position needs in the portal. Refusal to do so is producing predictable results.

As far as another point someone made about developing and losing guys... to me the idea is you need to be measured in your spending. Don't go nuts on some kid that might transfer before he ever becomes a starter, build depth via recruiting, and then fill holes via the portal. Don't overspend on things that are shiny.
 
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