tOSU Recruiting Discussion

[buckeyebri]

Banning people from making money is not only contrary to common sense, but also contrary to the primary function of the government, which is stealing the money that people make.

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[calibuck]

When a team loses 31 xfers, some fat/excess goes, certainly. But when one debones a chicken or beefsteak, some muscle gets cut away as well as fat. Heck, tOSU made ND's portal season all by ourselves...IMHO. Appears to me that tOSU's sophomore and junior cadre has been gutted by transfers, making the team more dependent upon the portal. And am not convinced that the coaching staff can make as great an impact on the 3-4-5 year players coming in, as they would on the 1-2-3 year recruits. While I'm not as critical of Pantoni as some of the above, kinda hard to look at someone's tape (which is made up of their GOOD plays, not their average plays) to get a feel for a kid. And is folly to read the news clippings of a guy, and make an educated decision as to make them an instant millionaire. With the huge money being thrown around for HCs, the pressure is being put upon them for instant success. And Cignetti is the poster boy certainly. Wouldn't be surprised if each and every new HC hire is being compared to him, with no earthly idea whether this new guy can 'redo' as well as Cignetti has done. And the leash on said HC will be shorter.

 

[pnuts34]

When a team loses 31 xfers, some fat/excess goes, certainly. But when one debones a chicken or beefsteak, some muscle gets cut away as well as fat. Heck, tOSU made ND's portal season all by ourselves...IMHO. Appears to me that tOSU's sophomore and junior cadre has been gutted by transfers, making the team more dependent upon the portal. And am not convinced that the coaching staff can make as great an impact on the 3-4-5 year players coming in, as they would on the 1-2-3 year recruits. While I'm not as critical of Pantoni as some of the above, kinda hard to look at someone's tape (which is made up of their GOOD plays, not their average plays) to get a feel for a kid. And is folly to read the news clippings of a guy, and make an educated decision as to make them an instant millionaire. With the huge money being thrown around for HCs, the pressure is being put upon them for instant success. And Cignetti is the poster boy certainly. Wouldn't be surprised if each and every new HC hire is being compared to him, with no earthly idea whether this new guy can 'redo' as well as Cignetti has done. And the leash on said HC will be shorter.

If you look around CFB, every team went through the same thing. And the current state of CFB doesn't lean towards developing as much as bringing in older players who need less development. OSU lost mainly players who never played, so they just lost unknowns. And that can be taken as a positive or negative. I take it that OSU lost players who OSU coaches didn't deem good enough to play big minutes. Would they have played next year? Maybe. But they brought in players who have played, and again that can also be taken either way. So yeah, it sucked losing Aaron Scott, but getting Dominick Kelly was a bigger deal; losing Mylan Graham and Quincy Porter sucked, but landing 2 players who played extensively with Parker and McCuin is an even bigger deal. There will need to be less attention made on HS star rankings after year 2 for players if they haven't played. When I name those 3 OSU players who transferred, what did OSU lose?

Pantoni isn't a fan, so he's not just looking at highlights. He and his staff are analyzing entire game film, not just the highlights. Their job is also to interview players, and sometimes people in their lives to assess whether they should make them an instant millionaire.

Yes, HCs will be tasked with winning faster now due to the Portal and NIL. And I don't blame the programs, and yes, Cignetti is a major reason. But the reason Cignetti had such a fast path to success was due to the Portal and NIL. So if a program is willing to get their alum to spend money, there really isn't a reason not to have more success.

 

[BuckBackHome]

Banning people from making money is not only contrary to common sense, but also contrary to the primary function of the government, which is stealing the money that people make.

If we can't trust a bunch of Social Security-drawing, Medicare-eligible, aren't-allowed-to-drive-at-night old dudes to dictate what is right for kids trying to better their situations, then who can we trust? (sarcasm font)