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2025-26 #PortalSZN Thread

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Feb 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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  1. Seaofred92 Seaofred92
I guess I missed that then. It seems most i've read are more in line with what I posted above.

I know there's been some irrational posts and I'm probably guilty of it myself but it's hard not to feel like the dark times that are NU fb, aren't getting darker in a lot of aspects.
There is a segment of the board that is of the opinion that setting a range for a positional prospect is intentionally handcuffing NU to not play the portal game as it is "constructed". The reality is that it's a pay to play situation and NU needs to PAY at positions of need, QB being a MAJOR one.

I'm of the opinion that the strategy NU implemented for the QB room was the wrong strategy, a risky strategy, but a strategy that could have had a high ROI.

Now NU is in a position that they will have to pay more than they wanted because now they will be bringing in a guy who will expect to be the starter, and in turn have to pay LaQueef more to keep him.

The strategy backfired and now they will have to spend the equivalent of what they would have had to pay Minchey to keep him from Kentucky.

Ironically, I think that the backfired strategy will end up being a positive for NU. They will end up with a QB that has bona fides.
 
Strawman. We’re not a serious program if we don’t accumulate a large quantity of quality players that would reflect a top 2 or 3 portal class ranking.
Do you think signing or not signing a back up QB will make the difference? In fact, couldn’t letting one player walk actually potentially help us sign more quality players?
 
There is a segment of the board that is of the opinion that setting a range for a positional prospect is intentionally handcuffing NU to not play the portal game as it is "constructed". The reality is that it's a pay to play situation and NU needs to PAY at positions of need, QB being a MAJOR one.

I'm of the opinion that the strategy NU implemented for the QB room was the wrong strategy, a risky strategy, but a strategy that could have had a high ROI.

Now NU is in a position that they will have to pay more than they wanted because now they will be bringing in a guy who will expect to be the starter, and in turn have to pay LaQueef more to keep him.

The strategy backfired and now they will have to spend the equivalent of what they would have had to pay Minchey to keep him from Kentucky.

Ironically, I think that the backfired strategy will end up being a positive for NU. They will end up with a QB that has bona fides.
the question about your analysis is this: Was Minchey so attractive because they liked him the best or because he gave them the best ROI at the expected cost?

In other words, if we knew we'd have to pay 2.5M, would we rather have Chiles or Colandrea, for example, than Minchey because they might have a higher gross return?

I don't think we'll have to pay Lateef anything more. He'll be better off with a one and done. Has nothing to complain about.
 
the question about your analysis is this: Was Minchey so attractive because they liked him the best or because he gave them the best ROI at the expected cost?

In other words, if we knew we'd have to pay 2.5M, would we rather have Chiles or Colandrea, for example, than Minchey because they might have a higher gross return?

I don't think we'll have to pay Lateef anything more. He'll be better off with a one and done. Has nothing to complain about.
I think they saw mINCHey as an unknown that they could get at a good value that would have to "compete" with LaQueef and allow NU to not have to pay more money to LaQueef to match mINCHey so the "competition" would be real.

Now, I think they will need to up LaQueef's money to keep him in the room. He'll likely only stay one more year then portal out if Trae Taylor does sign with NU.

This is just my thought process. I have no knowledge on actual happenings.
 
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