We've seen heights the last decade that I, frankly, never thought possible in the modern era. I'm an '85 grad and was a freshman during that magical 1981 championship season. And it's all because of Dabo.
But he royally screwed this up. You didn't have to embrace all of this to the max. But you couldn't do what you did... which was ignore it. Almost mock it.
Here's the thing. He would have killed it in the NIL/portal world. Culture doesn't go away. He's still a tremendous leader of men regardless of whether they came here as a true freshmen or not. This fanbase would have supported him and ponied up if they felt like he gave a damn about any of this.
Now we're going to hear a narrative (from Dabo even maybe?) insinuating that we're losing these recruits because we simply don't have any money to pay them. Which is awful convenient...
But at this point. Where we stand at this very moment, he needs to fix it or let someone else fix it.
But he royally screwed this up. You didn't have to embrace all of this to the max. But you couldn't do what you did... which was ignore it. Almost mock it.
Here's the thing. He would have killed it in the NIL/portal world. Culture doesn't go away. He's still a tremendous leader of men regardless of whether they came here as a true freshmen or not. This fanbase would have supported him and ponied up if they felt like he gave a damn about any of this.
Now we're going to hear a narrative (from Dabo even maybe?) insinuating that we're losing these recruits because we simply don't have any money to pay them. Which is awful convenient...
But at this point. Where we stand at this very moment, he needs to fix it or let someone else fix it.
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