Quote Originally Posted by ArrowDawg View Post
We should, but we aren't. We're getting our ass kicked in baseball NIL too. Things sure as awful quiet for us considering the fact that we're one year removed from a national title and the season has been over for a month.
What we're offering in NIL is as competitive as the other SEC powers in baseball. It's a waiting game at this point.

The deadline to enter the portal is July 1. Once that deadline passes we'll know exactly who is in the portal and what our options are.

Then the next big deadline is the MLB draft which is a factor moreso with older draft eligible players. Once that happens and is over we'll know who is coming back from last year's team like Luke Hancock, we'll have an idea of how guys like Fristoe are doing in the summer, and who our freshmen and JUCO guys are going to be coming in. All of that factors in and dictates how we use the portal and who we target.

Too many of our fans expect no one to develop and want "proven" players. It was never going to be Cade Smith, Hunter Hines, and 20 guys from the portal.

The last time we were in this situation our fans all point to Jack Kruger and Nate Lowe helping us but the reality is they were only part of the turnaround- Jake Mangum, Konnor Pilkington, and Hunter Stovall all helped that team in 2016 immediately. And we also had some players develop in Dakota Hudson, Brent Rooker, Reid Humphreys, and Gavin Collins who all helped that team become much better. It's not one avenue- it's everything.