Believe everyone is hitting near or close to the bulls-eye. No way of knowing, (but), believe when we brought in the guy from Duke, and Kentucky, tOSU had to pony up some take-a-chance NIL cash. Those two were not successful, and may have caused pause in bringing in some big dollar guys (whose production was never shown on the court). In fact, both skedaddled out the next year. There's certainly no Pantoni sifting through the ashes to find that overlooked gem, and if such a gem shows up, THEY're demanding their due, with some big bucks. Once, burned, etc....
So a conundrum appears. Go for a splash transfer, pay them big bucks, and hope he melds with current crew (actually not to bad coming back - Devin, Mobley, Bynum, Chapman, and now Thompson). As noted above a PG and an aircraft carrier, and both/each command those big bucks. Does one think that Bjork etc have/wanna spend that kind of cash? Or put another way, will increased attendance/food sales/parking pay for the outflow required?
