re: Any chance Griffin or Schmidt make it to campus?

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I don't know if this is the right thread, but I wonder what the best use of NIL money would be. Assuming we have a limited pot for baseball, is it best used to try to entice borderline high school guys, transfer guys out of the portal, or sophomore draft-eligible guys like Jones and Herring. I'm sure Kling will get drafted late, but at this point, I'd bet he opts to come back for another year of development.

The answer is obviously to split it up as best as Jay can, but the timing of them making their decisions has to be factored in. Don't want to "save" money for draft eligible guys who wind up signing at the last minute and wind up literally holding the bag of money with no one left to spend it on. I guess this is more of a "I'm curious about how Jay will handle it" than a "questioning Jay's strategy for handling it."

I'm sure he's got his finger on the pulse enough to know where to allocate the money the best. But I was really surprised that Coleman and Little didn't sign and came back. I just wasn't sure there would be enough innings for them on this staff to really improve their stock to justify it. I was right and wrong, I guess. Turns out there are plenty of innings for those guys if they'd have stepped up and taken them. Unfortunately, it seems they are the same guys they were last year. I do wonder if money spent on them (and maybe Ack) might have gotten us Montgomery from Stanford. Or was he always just going to A&M.

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I don't know if this is the right thread, but I wonder what the best use of NIL money would be. Assuming we have a limited pot for baseball, is it best used to try to entice borderline high school guys, transfer guys out of the portal, or sophomore draft-eligible guys like Jones and Herring. I'm sure Kling will get drafted late, but at this point, I'd bet he opts to come back for another year of development.

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I think when it comes to HS recruits, we're obviously never going to fully match a high first round signing bonus with NIL money. That's outlandish.

But each kid sets their number, and say someone like Schmidt has put the value of going to LSU at $3MM . He'd pretty much have to get a top 30 bonus go pro. Where NIL comes in isn't to replace the top 30 bonus, it's to make it to where it would take a top 25 bonus to sign (roughly $500k difference), moving his number from $3MM to $3.5MM.

All assuming every kid sticks to their number. Some do, some don't.

If real life plays out like my example and getting someone like Schmidt to campus for 3 years comes down to $500k, find the fricking money.

The NIL dollars can stretch farther on the margins though. Getting a fringe junior to stay another year instead of signing for $125k, shouldn't take a ton of money. The expected impact should be higher than the capital outlay. Ideally you're getting experience and leadership included.

The portal throws a wrench into all of that though and you have to set some money aside for when you need to fill glaring holes. Which makes the traditional recruiting and development all the more important.

There is always someone that's going to look to buy a trophy. Arkansas has been doing it for years. I still think they'll fail but they're going to keep trying (it amazes me they still get HS guys to sign with them). So you have to pick your spots. Like we did with White and Skenes. Like Tennessee did with Amick.

Griffin told us he’s not coming. A top 3 pick. We offering Schmidt big NIL to get him to campus.

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Arrambide

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I want this kid more than any other signee

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Griffin has been told by LSU that they (NIL) will match any $$ figure that he gets from MLB draft

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He’s bigger and faster than crews. Hes got like 60 stolen bases this season in high school this season playing in the highest Mississippi private school league.

Schmidt family has money, so his price tag will be higher to keep him from LSU. Hard to imagine Griffin in P & G next year.