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Originally Posted by Superturtle
Yet another highly touted recruit ****ing off. If Drinkwitz can't even keep the guys he actually does manage to get into the program, why the **** are we even bothering going further?
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I understand your sentiment, and I get your frustration. I’m with you.
But you have to understand that this isn’t a Mizzou thing. Look at Charleston and Hopper. Both transfer portal guys. This is the normal now. Of course we’d love our best players to stay. Did we miss wingo? Our defense was very good despite his loss.
Given NIL we have to be used to losing players we like, and gaining players we don’t know as much.
Whether you like drink or not, if you’re fair you have to give him credit for rebuilding the defense through the portal. He was really shit at QB and he needs to own that. But you can’t shit on him for losing a good player and replacing him with someone else just as good.
Mizzou is positioned well with NIL. Not the best, but well. The state has lots of money, we are flagship, and our NIL leadership has proven to be a leader.
I’m not saying we will ever be Alabama. We are positioning ourselves to be more like the Tampa Bay Rays. Small market giving ourselves a punchers chance every few years. I’m totally fine with this. Drink has the ear of the Missouri legislature and donors. If we have patience we will be much closer to Pinkel than Larry Smith or Barry Odom.