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[QUOTE="SUDadx2, post: 4788891, member: 8174"]
Read a little closer.  I’m not saying take on the factories head to head with the expectation of winning most or even half of those recruiting battles.   I’m saying to target better players, yes the ones target by factory programs, with the expectation that you will win some (1 out of 10 is what I wrote) and to develop relationships with the understanding that some of those same players will be in the portal later.  I am not saying to go toe to toe with the factories over a 5*.  Be realistic.  Target high 3* and 4* recruits - players better than what we currently target.

Refusing to “take on the factories” is a defeatist mentality.    Comparing what is happening today to previous times is irrelevant because previous coaches didn’t have the portal or NIL.

How has the recipe of recruiting high school kids, developing them and connecting them to NIL to keep them worked so far?    If it was working we wouldn’t need to “fix” anything.

We are not offering the top players out of high school.   We can agree to disagree, but IMO that needs to change.   We will never be able to compete with the top programs if we continue to recruit against MAC and Ivy League schools.

NONE of our current 18 commitments had an offer from a top program when we made our offer.   Too many of our commitments have no other offers from a P5 school except Syracuse.   Our aim is too low even for the recruit, develop and retain with NIL model.  We can do better.

I just saw this.   Hopefully it helps.

[URL unfurl="true"]https://insidetheloudhouse.com/2023/10/05/syracuse-orange-former-su-player-aims-raise-1m-nil-collective/[/URL]
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