That is stupid. You need NIL to get the talent in order to block and tackle. If you don’t have that talent in your program there isn’t a coach that can win. You don’t have to just spend NIL on skill positions
The point is exactly what OP said. Teams that drop a bunch of NIL on a QB - UTjr as an example - are going to see that it doesn't work for the 4 reasons stated in the OP. You say no shit like it's obvious ... I actually agree because I have been saying the same thing since NIL started. But teams like Miami, UTjr, USC and others certainly don't get it like you, OP, and I do.No shit? Kind of like NFL teams have to spend so much on competent quarterbacks they can't afford pieces around them.
I saw first hand where an all star lineup gets you with no pitching with some Mariners teams in the 90s.
What's the point here? Good teams need to be good at more than just their star positions?
Exactly. The programs that get the prioritization wrong are just pissing in the wind. See Texas A&M. Of the 4 things mentioned culture is no 1. You aren’t winning anything without it.
True, cuts both ways. But there are also some damn good coaches that had all those things yet they didn’t have enough talent to win it all. Bill Snyder comes to mind. Ain’t going to win it all without good coaching and you ain’t going to win it all without a lot of 4*/5* talent!
You aren’t winning without talent either. Name a team in the last 10 years that won a natty without a roster full of 4*/5*s.
I agree. And the timing of those breaks can sometimes be as important as the break itself. While they didn’t win it all, TCU got several timely breaks along the way last year.
the OL was never as good as it has been the last two years here in Austin... If you actually look at rankings and the bluechip players.. the highest amount were at the skill positions or tweeners.. Think the pancake factory had nothing to do with that?Teams had loads of talent before NIL, but failed miserably when it came to winning.
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sure you can be surrounded by talent.. but if you look closer at those classes they were top heavy at skill positions.. they were light in the trenches.. Sark figured that shit out ASAP once he got here. What I love about the guy is unlike Tom, he didn't place the blame on his predecessor. All Sark said was that he would re-do the numbers at certain positions. Never threw Tom under the bus
Snyder was fantastic but where he messed up in my opinion was not transitioning to a better schedule after he had success. His teams weren’t ready for that first real tough conference game because he scheduled horrible teams ooc.
This is even dumber, but expected from you. I know you have to post about your scorned lover whenever you get the chance. NIL wasn’t around for those seasons. That is 30 seconds I will never get back. Now tell me about all the teams that won NCs without 4/5 starsTeams had loads of talent before NIL, but failed miserably when it came to winning.
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Snyder was a great coach and got everything out of his talent. The issue was he rarely had high level talent. That is why he usually came up short.