I am expecting that without controls you’ll see a top college quarterback equal or out earn the rookie contract of a first round NFL quarterback within a decade. Too much pride and ego involved, with no cap.
Unpopular opinion I’m sure, but that’s not good news. If our recruiting classes are still dependent on our season outcomes then we really haven’t put ourselves in a different place from previous regimes. Elite recruiting programs recruit top classes no matter what. I’m expecting that with Mario and it looks like it’s not going to happen that way.
Top 15-20 versus 5-10. Kids won’t come here if we suck or are mediocre for the same money or a little less.
We were already pulling 15-20 classes, so that’s disappointing to say the least. Mario isn’t a good enough game day coach to win with lesser talent. We need top 10 classes year in and year out
Consistently ? No we wasn’t. Covid made Mannys best classes possible. That was smoke in mirrors. Mario will stay in the 10-15 range because he’s good and the nil , but it’s a big step to the top 5-7 That’s the jump where on field matters. It’s also the range where national title contenders lurk.
Our average class the last 10 years is 16.6 per 247. We will see. The hype around him on the trail at Miami + his history makes me bullish, but I think we can all say a 15-20 bump class would be a disappointment given we have been at 16 the last decade
What’s that average when we finish in the 50’s if manny isn’t fired ? Lol, jk…..kinda.
Nah it will eventually settle down to six figure deals for Cam Newton type of QBs.
I dont think that is how it will play out, because the kids are gonna be bringing in too much money to get paid that low. What will happen, IF IT ISNT ALREADY HAPPENING, is that things will some way some how be value based from a marketing standpoint. You can sign a 10MM deal but benchmarks will need to be hit, they won't be on the field bench marks but they will be indirectly tied to the results though.
