I think what is ideal for Mario is heavy high school recruiting with the portal to fill holes. That entire philosophy was turned on its head the first few years because of our depleted roster.
Agreed. It’s a bit of a sliding scale just depending on who leaves and who flakes out in recruiting. Theres not one specific answer
But if you pay kids in high school and they’re good, you’re gonna have to pay them a lot to stick around down the road. Good portal players are so expensive because teams can get desperate
For example I’m glad we told Jordan Seaton to **** his own face btw. With Bell gone he thought he could hold us over the fire because we needed him. We don’t do that though