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[QUOTE="50YRsofCuse, post: 5749433, member: 6044"]
Let’s also put the portal into perspective.  Syracuse like all other schools are buying personnel, paying for talent.  There are very few recruits that are saying I want to go play at Syracuse because it’s Syracuse.  Gavin Doty may be one of the few players in the portal that said I want to play for GMAC wherever he coaches for the rest of my career.  We should be glad we have him committed but even then he got paid to come to Syracuse.

It is a buyer’s market and whichever team that show the recruit the money will/may get the recruit.  Because of agents (who have to be paid), there will most likely be comparing/taking one offer from a school  and bouncing it off other schools to see if there is a higher offer.  This will go on and will frustrate schools that feel they are paying a reasonable price only to find out it is not enough.

Whatever the pot of money that the school is willing to pay, the Head Coach has to be the guardian of the money and ensure that he gets the right players at the right prices.  There is no guarantee that whatever the cost that we get the right personnel.  Look at what happened with Carlos, Lampkin and the other forward Syracuse got the first year of NIL participation. We all felt we were getting bang for the money. That sure change fast.

I wish GMAC and his staff the best in getting players.  I’m getting to the point where I may thinking this is becoming more like the NBA and less focus is placed on player development. I really hate the NBA. Really hope that college basketball does not evolve into the NBA.
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