I felt this way, essentially, prior to losing 3/4ths of the entire starting defensive backfield without taking on ANY replacements through a historic period with the most jam-packed portal that will likely ever exist. We are bare bones at depth… having lost real, young talent and starters… we needed to up-grade not lose our best talent with no replacements.
And, as I understand it, we start classes Monday (?), and CU is not like A&M (for instance) in allowing mid-year transfers academically. (Maybe I’m wrong on this, but I see CU admin as being a stumbling block in the midst of the team already falling over.)
It’s getting close to the point where any one we “pick up” can only join in the summer… which does not help build any momentum toward/during spring ball, or even being able to field two teams for a “game” like good teams do (even just for presentation purposes).
Most critically, we seem to have NO NIL strategy or money to compete for players with. This is a year when teams are-quite literally-buying players through the portal. Yet, we appear to be coupon clipping like an episode of Extreme Couponing, looking to get to the register without having to pay any money…. as a plan.
RG, at the very least, knew this was coming from two years!!! And we have NO NIL plan or money from donors to offer as enticement, even to our own players. This is why RG held his press conference. It was a prayer in the wind, as if anything could or would change.
As I see it, we have pretty much one “name” player left who I have been worried would leave all along. He plays a critical position. If his name hits the portal, it’s a free-for-all (even more than it’s been).