Man, they gotta be upset on their ROI
OT... Saban's hair gets darker and thicker every broadcast.
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David Murray say State is winding down NIL targeting and starting to focus on JUCO signees and guys in the portal who have no place to go that they can get in the cheap.
Before he passed away he was promoting the Bulldog initiative pretty hard. Which was right after Cohen left.
He may not have liked paying players. But he would have done it if he had to. Heck- his best QB came out of the portal in Gardner Minchew and he actually recruited the portal better without NIL than Arnett and Lebby did from 2022-2024. See Makai Polk, Randy Charlton, and etc.
Just because he was eccentric didn't mean he wouldn't do something to win games if he had to.
If Cohen told him that we had money and that NIL was vital to fielding a team like we all wanted I'm 99% sure Leach would have been fine with using it. A lot of the stuff Leach didn't do was because Cohen told him we didn't need it. See StarkvilleSteve's comments.
What is the deal on Sneh? Is he an overlooked player like Fluff or what?
That the Jackson state guy? And what?s the deal with James? I thought it was too late to get in the portal even if he wanted.
So if Seaton goes to LSU or Oregon do we use that "blank check" on Markel Bell to keep him from the NFL (+hopefully another DE)?
And NIL/Portal is also why Saban retired. Bama was always paying players (as most big programs), but he could no longer force 4 and 5-stars to sit on the bench waiting for playing time in their JR and SR years. Due to the portal and NIL, other programs could offer them similar or more $ and immediate playing time.
There are teams out there that are letting it be known. There is no amount of money that is too much for them to spend. LSU is one. They are paying for a staff they dismissed, plus a new staff, plus spending roughly 55 million on new players.
And LSU will get the money from where ever they can.