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Phillip Rivers is the ultimate legacy guy. With all the kids he has, some of them are bound to be good at a sport and NC State has a leg up on each one.

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Yeah he seems to be doing well for himself in what appears to be a stress-free job. Why anyone would leave rambling on TV and podcasts to a pressure-cooker and probably lower paid gig at AU is beyond me

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His TV show got canceled recently, maybe this is why he is interested now :lol:

Per what I read today, looks like the indefinite suspension is still in place.

I think he'd be great in a role like Vince Young had at Texas a while back (before he screwed it up). Have him cut his administrative teeth so to speak. Don't know how or why he wouldn't want to do his current hot take artist gig though :confused:

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So that makes it ok?

God save us all from this wretched world.

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I didn't say it made anything OK.

I just pointed out a statistical confusion.

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Why she would be at all exited when we know we're going to have to recruit him 3 times?

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While you're right, because Brown will be a 1 and done, this is a qualifying case for going after a 5* in a position of need for next year. We aren't a QB factory, we would have to promise NIL and a starting spot. If you don't have both, you end up with the Duece situation.

You're not wrong, but high school recruiting services have already done the rating work.

Theoretically you could point to that and say "this is what you get in payment and development if you stick around", but to your point I think a third of all D-1 players entered the portal this go around.

What I would really love to be able to see is where every single portal entrant ended -> especially if they left a D1 program and ended up having to go down a division.

It's interesting that while high school recruiting retains importance in the portal era, it's a different kind of importance.

Before:
1. Recruit the best players you can get at every position
2. They sit behind proven performers unless they are willing to sacrifice a year of time to move on
3. There are rebuilding years and reloading years

After:
1. Recruit the best player you can get at positions of need that will immediately contribute. If they don't play you are paying NIL for a guy who will very likely leave the next year.
2. Pick up lower rated developmental guys that won't demand huge NIL investment. They sit and develop and are ready when a proven performer graduates / signs a deal elsewhere.
3. Every year for SEC/B1G is a reloading year, even when whole coaching staff changes occur.

While I agree that the Hugh hire was a monumental error, I think we're underestimating the effect of having an active coach.

Under Freeze, there were almost no second half adjustments on offense. Same routes, same calls, same failures. How many of those close games could have been won if there was a coach who gave a shite?

I hope Golesh helps us out there.

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I knew it was bad for the sport, but this year has reared its ugly head a little more.

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It's going to get worse and worse each year. I think last year was the first year we had evidence of guys signing "contracts" and then transferring after (the Wisconsin player IIRC). This year it's even more prevalent.

Eventually the sport will bottom out and either congress grants one of those anti-trust exemptions to the NCAA or a few teams break off and start a super-league with their own rules which would tamp down on the wild west 24/7 free agency going on right now.

The most recent example of us getting Chaplin and him being a total bust should be a pretty clear indicator that there is no sure thing, even if you get the proclaimed best lineman from the portal.

No point in hand wringing until the chips fall where they may leading up to the start of the season.