Retaining Players in the Portal Era

[roedeo]

Apologies if posted somewhere else - who can keep up this pace - another team leader confirms they will remain in ‘25

 

[AugustaSwarm]

Three generations is all it has taken for many a company built from nothing..... to die with the 3rd Generation. And yet people still think that the bagmen of the past equate to NIL of today. Kinda like comparing Stone Mountain(NIL) to a golf ball(bagmen). Size matters.

 

[Randy Carson]

Are we surprised that we don't seem to be bringing in a lot of players through the portal this year?

How am I supposed to feel about this?

 

[malak05]

Are we surprised that we don't seem to be bringing in a lot of players through the portal this year?

How am I supposed to feel about this?

I will say by this time last year we already had like 6-8 guys committed

 

[4shotB]

How am I supposed to feel about this?

We can't help you Randy. that's your wife's job to tell you.

 

[Buzzforlife]

 

[Buzzforlife]

 

[LongforDodd]

The DL room should be his now.

 

[THWG]

If you don't chew Big Red, **** you - Ricky Bobby

 

[MacJacket]

Is the "TECH IS HOME" text a dig at Eric Singleton?

 

[slugboy]

I will say by this time last year we already had like 6-8 guys committed

I think we had more open spots last year—it was much easier to win a starting position here a couple of years ago.

It also seems like the portal is slower this year—not just us. (It seems fast for Texas Tech, though)

Southern Cal seems to be getting killed.

Yeah, we need DL players.

 

[AUFC]

Are other programs doing these "HOME" social posts from players? Just shooting from the hip here but it makes our culture come across really strong and that playing for the is about more than just NIL paydays.

 

[Buzzforlife]

 

[stinger78]

 

[YJMD]

I once attended a lecture from some business folks who basically summed it up as: people don't quit their jobs, they quit their bosses.

In the end, there will be people who stay even if they are miserable, and there will be people who leave to chase the next thing regardless. I think we have the right culture going currently. Should endeavor to do better at the glitz and glam and flat out NIL paychecks? Of course. But I don't see that so much as being for retention but rather for attracting the best players we can.

 

[LongforDodd]

His GT page says Southlake Carroll HS Texas. Why does that name sound familiar?

 

[stinger78]

I once attended a lecture from some business folks who basically summed it up as: people don't quit their jobs, they quit their bosses.

In the end, there will be people who stay even if they are miserable, and there will be people who leave to chase the next thing regardless. I think we have the right culture going currently. Should endeavor to do better at the glitz and glam and flat out NIL paychecks? Of course. But I don't see that so much as being for retention but rather for attracting the best players we can.

I quit a job once. Absolutely hated it. I also quit a boss once. The rest of the time was just movin’ on up.

 

[Buzzforlife]

Omar Daniels is coming back & so is…

 

[Buzztheirazz]

Is the "TECH IS HOME" text a dig at Eric Singleton?

Why?

 

[yeti92]

His GT page says Southlake Carroll HS Texas. Why does that name sound familiar?

Harrison Moore and Graham Knowles