In Reply to: Yep, that's the rep DF is getting posted by ClockBlocker on May 21, 2025 at 16:06:20
Foster has signed one high school class, a small 2025 class that has not even had a chance to play yet. I think all of the small number of 2024 signees out of high school signed under Chip. Many of those have transferred. The one who was ready to play (Kwazi Gilmer) played and is a big part of our plans this year.
Who are the guys who would feel betrayed? You could argue McDaniel, but who else? Who in the 2025 class should reasonably even expect to play this year anyway? Maybe two guys, Cox and Cogshell. Both were good recruits but neither had such a profile that they would expect to be The Man this year with little competition from portal guys. Other than Nico, who on the roster should expect not to have to compete for playing time?
The reason we are bringing in so many transfers is because Chip didn't leave a lot of developing talent on the roster. If the 2024 class was betrayed, they were betrayed by Chip, who signed them in December only to quit the job 6 weeks later. If anyone was signing high school guys "indiscriminately", it was Chip and his School of Mines/Ivy League offer guys.
It's weird to think DF wants to recruit high school guys just to F them over in the portal. I assume the guy wants to win and keep his job, and that means playing the best guys, be they from the high school ranks or the portal. And I would bet that if he can sign the level of high school talent he wants to sign, he will be less apt to get so many guys in the portal.