I just want to win, I don’t really care how they do it re: developmental vs. portal. Just be good at one of them though. We’ve got a couple impact players, and then just a bunch of dudes. If you’re going to be about the portal then go compete in the portal. We haven’t done much of that this cycle.
Funny enough this guy was Cignettis starting center his first year at Indiana
I'm starting to believe it was the 2nd part
Nothing they did or attempted to do in the portal signaled they were even close to having the NIL money to compete at a high level.
Need to study what Cignetti is doing because apparently they are pretty good at both.
You could argue the same thing with the assistant hires.
A huge hurdle to overcome is that DL is not a buyers market. Everyone is looking for 6’3” 330 pounders. They don’t grow on trees. NU’s lack of success over a decade is used against us for the players worth pursuing. It’s not just a Rhule issue.
I think we are seeing the Rhule's ego at play here. Potato me all you want but it was Rhule's ego that led to Butler replacing White. And now after Butler publicly called out the lack of talent on the DL he's going to want to prove him wrong. Has to prove him wrong because I suspect this was the crux of Butler getting shit canned one second after the season ended. Not that I really wanted Butler to stick around mind you. It's just Rhule has hit hat on backwards if he thinks the guys we have are good enough.
That's not great especially with a coach who at least in the beginning wasn't very pro-portal.
Takes players with production over potential.
