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Marshall2323 said:
I thought CMC didn't need top talent. He coaches em up. Polishes mud. Makes chicken salad with chicken excrement. It got him to 50-40 in the prestigious Big Twelve.
Perhaps recovery might be in order for those who refuse to acknowledge that talent is the key ingredient to victory over the likes of Oregon and Ohio State. To date, PSU is not attracting the game changing players needed for them to attain "excellence at the highest level."
This thread if rife with excuses and rationalizations about recruiting failures. Choose your excuse....too expensive, not a good fit .....or the all time winner "I want players who want to be here."
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Sums it up perfectly.
 
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My 2 cents: Either this staff is keeping their NIL stash for the portal or they are in the deep end of the pool with recruiting and they aren’t comfortable there. They may be getting a big surprise with this level of recruiting. Not saying they can’t make up for it before signing day, but they need to figure it out. If a large majority of the starters move on after this year, the talent level on this roster will plummet without a big, talented portal haul and that isn’t going to be cheap.
 
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CyphaPSU said:
Kindly, I never suggested anything about counting on flipping others’ commits.

I’ve stated before that I would be content with this class if they could sign a class with double digit blue chips, knowing we will have an even larger number of non-blue chip players given the sheer size of the class we will need. If they cannot manage even that, then that’s disappointing. But, my expectations are higher for the 2028 class because of the reasons I already cited. More NIL money should theoretically be available then since a substantial amount was devoted this offseason to the transfer portal.
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A substantial amount of nil/rs money came off the 2025 roster with grads and transfers. There is no excuse for PSU to be outbid by not just Nebraska but to offer at #3 behind Colorado. We're not talking about losing out to titans.
This class is critical when one considers the 2026 fiasco. I understand it's where we finish, but Rivals and 247 have this class at #22 and #20 respectively. More concerning is both have PSU as 7th ranked in the conference. This is not the path to excellence at the highest level. Unless something changes,
2027 and beyond could get ugly.
 
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LilWashLion said:
My God, all this whining sounds like a bunch of babies!
Give this coaching staff a year to make connections with our normal recruiting area. He has 28 off to a good start, but all the cry babies cant talk about that.
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I’ve given the staff credit for 2028. It’s off to a good start. To be fair though, Franklin started recruiting Armstrong to PSU when he was in eighth grade. Armstrong has been involved with PSU recruiting for several years over two coaching staffs. If you don’t see the 2026, and now the 2027 class as concerning, then you are drinking the kool aid. Two consecutive years of subpar recruiting will bite you in the a** eventually. Unless you hit the portal really hard and are willing to pay to overcome the recruiting deficiencies. Maybe that’s the plan. I don’t know. I’ve said before, if that’s the plan, I’m good with it. Time will tell. All we have to evaluate Campbell on so far is the construction of the 2026 roster and recruiting. I’m looking forward to this season and hopefully getting some momentum going for the program.
 
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LB99 said:
This type of announcement isn’t new or unique. It’s been happening for decades. lol. The astonishment and vitriol from some is a little dramatic.
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I'm neither astonished nor vitriolic. I don't like it when the same thing is done by a recruit who commits to Penn State. It's a money game now. Why burn a bridge when the big money is through the transfer portal?
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Have you watched the NFL or MLB? They are presumably "adults." We coached our players to show "class." But the reality is that things have changed. We don't have to like it. But, honestly, it isn't a good look for PSU fans to wring their collective hands over a kid's behavior. I recall not long ago that Julian Fleming spurned PSU and said some unflattering things about PSU. No one visited or got more love. A few years later his return prompted the player personnel experts here to spend an off season "coaching me up" and informing me that the #4 Ohio State WR would automatically be #1 here. How'd that turn out?
I hope the PSU coaches have "thicker skin" than to be obsessed with a hat throw.
The concern here should be how did PSU lose a "home town" kid to the program that Nebraska currently is?
I doubt he went there for "a little bit" more money. It was likely a "lot" more money. If so, perhaps he felt "disrespected" that PSU didn't value him enough to match? Just some food for thought.
We just keep having difficulty accepting that coaches and players are going for the most cash. It's a gold rush and it won't last forever. No one with a chance to join in wants to be left behind.
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I'm not arguing with any of your points. My comments were meant to reflect that I don't like it when anyone does it. You make a lot of valid points in your response. Time may prove me wrong, but I just don't believe that HS recruiting carries the same weight it once did. The transfer portal has opened up many second chances, athletically and financially. I understand the thick skin comment, I do, however, believe character is revealed. Can it be explained away in the future? Can all be forgiven? Of course.

I do agree with your last two points. I think the debate may be when do you spend the money? An unproven, though incredibly gifted high school student-athlete or an athlete who has produced at the collegiate level? I don't pretend to know the answer and I'm sure a lot of it is case-by-case.

The game has definitely changed. What works for some, doesn't work for others and what works one year may not work the next,
 
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