Quote Originally Posted by Johnson85 View Post
Man, I'm a little nervous about what we do with our NIL money. We obviously need to spend a good bit to get out the hole we're in, but nothing I saw this year makes me think we have the staff to justify a big commitment. If we hadn't looked so damn lost on defense, I would say we need to go big just to get back to respectability and generate some momentum.

I guess the team played hard, but with every year being a contract year now and not having the type of players that are going to get somebody to spend on them just based on their measurables, I'm not sure how hard it is to get players to continue playing hard anymore.
You have to be comfortable in the uncomfortable in this day and age. And look, if they don't get it done then you move on. I do believe we are going to be better next year. I like the early returns on who I'm hearing we're on out of the portal. IT'S A BUNCH OF GUYS. I believe the uncertainty lies in the fact that we've never built a team this way so fans don't know how to react to 65% of your team coming from the portal. In a perfect world, and moving forward, Lebby will recruit HS ranks harder. But we have to get A LOT BETTER NEXT YEAR. You have to use the portal for that.

I mean look at Kenny Dillingham. They were 3-9 last year. Gave up 33/game and only scored 18/game. He brings in, I believe, 40 transfers and they are now 10-2 and a win away from the CFP. This year they are allowing 22/game and scoring 32/game. They changed OC's but kept the same DC. Dillingham knew he had to use the portal and he went and did it.