re: Are we going to have to go through this again next year at DT?

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I never said we needed to pay a mediocre DT millions of dollars. I did say that our staff had failed miserably at getting transfer DTs AFTER our head coach publicly said we needed them then our staff whiffing on every single one that visited.

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Only problems with your hypothesis:

1. is the failing to get transfer DTs was a result of mediocre DTs wanting millions (Barrow and Williams). Hard to find fault when you agree that it is absurd to overpay for marginal talent.

2. As to Blidi, why overpay for someone who has Jacobian Guillory stats while playing more snaps than Guillory and while playing in the BIG10.

ETA: Question for you: Would you laugh at Auburn if they gave Guillory a $450k NIL deal to secure his services out of the portal?
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3. West only being available for fall camp, should he actually graduate in August. There is no guaranty that West will be eligible for next year, until he graduates. There is an underlying academic eligibility problem there and not graduating will end his college career. Not worth the risk.

Therefore, the search goes on, patience grasshopper.