re: Texas 247 insider Hank South crystal balls Dominick McKinley to Texas

Hopefully the war chest increases in time for ESD

From what I’m told, Kelly is ok where we stand. If we do or don’t get him, we are good. Some kids you try to get, some you try, but are not bothered if they go elsewhere.

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This whole thing has been strange. Not just the mystery around his recruitment, but I can't remember a 5 star #1 Louisiana recruit with so little fan fare. I think Kelly and staff have made every effort to get him to commit, but also are taking a wait and see approach to possibly watch his SR season play out and maybe turn up the heat towards NSD if he commits elsewhere. Not based on any inside info, but I just get the feeling Kelly might be holding onto a card to make a final play if he chooses.

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I’m just not sure he’s viewed as a 5 star war daddy type by these staffs. I think he clearly has that potential but it seems to me that his ranking doesn’t match his market value, so it’s been kind of murky. If you compare him to a guy like Perkins or Simmons who are ready to start day one at a decently high level, I’d have trouble paying McKinley that type of money. I kind of get the feeling LSU isn’t interested in overbidding for him. I think Texas was willing to overpay just to get the Louisiana talent but I don’t think he’s viewed as a guy you bust your budget for. If A&M wants to money whip him it will probably work.

If this boils down to NIL at the end when the whole time LSU insiders said that NIL wasn't a factor it really proves without a doubt that they're not clued into anything

I've heard he has booster backing on him if he wants him the question is how much do they want him. They want him but how badly is where nobody knows. You seen what they did with Perkins. BK gets on campus and said I want that guy and they were jumping through hoops to get him here. Last minute he's all LSU out of nowhere. pretty obvious what happened there.

I can't say it or anyone else just speculation but maybe this staff is not as in love with him as the recruiting services are. One thing is for sure. LSU knows more than any recruiting service if this guy is a 5* can't miss based on their scouting or not.

Makes you wonder doesn't it? If LSU was making a hard run at Simmons that money doesn't just disappear. They obviously viewed him as can't miss. Guess we'll see who LSU picks to replace him or if they make a harder play for him later. Maybe he's just not that interested period.

That's the shite right there. fricking Billy and Shea both said this wasn't an NIL battle . Now we find out that sure he wanted to be close to home but that really wasn't the straw after all.

The staff felt good enough after the Bayou Splash to tell the insiders they thought they'd landed Simmons

If that’s the case then I suppose we just need to find a better replacement recruit. Either that or hopefully get in on some really good transfers at some point this season. I’d prefer to land a couple of HS DLman and another pass rusher. Louisiana has more talent in the next two classes at this position and playing time is very possible. We need at least a few more DLman in this class though.

Thought Chatman was just Defensive line analyst?