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I really don't think there's a lot of negativity on the thread. Maybe a post or two. I just think it's hard for people (me certainly) to get excited about someone who's resume says he will make our team "far better than the norm".  I guess it just comes down to people's individual expectations. Personally, I want to get back to being a Top-10 team. I want to field teams that can win against Duke, UNC, NC State, Syracuse, etc., not just keep the games close with lesser talent. In order to do that, we have to land top level recruits. Until Stanford goes all in on the NIL game, I just don't see that happening with Kyle Smith at the helm. That would be interesting analysis, to see if he improved the recruiting at each of the places he's been at. After watching his USF and WSU teams play, it doesn't seem like he's landed big talent. But truthfully, I don't know. I do know that WSU has had some NBA talent over the years, so it is possible. 

Will he be able to get Reynaud, Carlyle, Stojakovich to return? Maybe he can get Reynaud, because he's a senior and one year's worth of NIL money won't be that big. But for Carlyle and Stojo? Consider this...Harrison Ingram is making somewhere around $300K per year of NIL money at UNC (source: conversational from trustworthy sources, and I believe it :>). I would think Carlyle and Stojakovich could command around the same, and the NIL world is GROWING. It's $300K now, it used to be $50K. What's it going to be like for these top players in 2-3 years?  As others have noted, it also doesn't help that Ingraham, Ryan, and MOC have had success at these other schools. So Carlyle and Stojo are going to give up ~$1M to come back and play for...Kyle Smith? They might for Jay Wright. That's really all I'm saying here (and I do hope that I'm wrong and they all come back!). Smith is a good coach and all, but I highly doubt these guys sacrifice that level of money and eyeballs to come back to play for a coach with his track record of reasonable success at other places that are tough to win at. I do agree, he's a guy who can make us marginally better and as I've said, I think it's a great hire considering what we could get.

But the fact that Stanford was able to attract these recruits in the first place is enough to say Stanford can succeed is it not?

[norcard10]

I really don't think there's a lot of negativity on the thread. Maybe a post or two. I just think it's hard for people (me certainly) to get excited about someone who's resume says he will make our team "far better than the norm".  I guess it just comes down to people's individual expectations. Personally, I want to get back to being a Top-10 team. I want to field teams that can win against Duke, UNC, NC State, Syracuse, etc., not just keep the games close with lesser talent. In order to do that, we have to land top level recruits. Until Stanford goes all in on the NIL game, I just don't see that happening with Kyle Smith at the helm. That would be interesting analysis, to see if he improved the recruiting at each of the places he's been at. After watching his USF and WSU teams play, it doesn't seem like he's landed big talent. But truthfully, I don't know. I do know that WSU has had some NBA talent over the years, so it is possible. 

Will he be able to get Reynaud, Carlyle, Stojakovich to return? Maybe he can get Reynaud, because he's a senior and one year's worth of NIL money won't be that big. But for Carlyle and Stojo? Consider this...Harrison Ingram is making somewhere around $300K per year of NIL money at UNC (source: conversational from trustworthy sources, and I believe it :>). I would think Carlyle and Stojakovich could command around the same, and the NIL world is GROWING. It's $300K now, it used to be $50K. What's it going to be like for these top players in 2-3 years?  As others have noted, it also doesn't help that Ingraham, Ryan, and MOC have had success at these other schools. So Carlyle and Stojo are going to give up ~$1M to come back and play for...Kyle Smith? They might for Jay Wright. That's really all I'm saying here (and I do hope that I'm wrong and they all come back!). Smith is a good coach and all, but I highly doubt these guys sacrifice that level of money and eyeballs to come back to play for a coach with his track record of reasonable success at other places that are tough to win at. I do agree, he's a guy who can make us marginally better and as I've said, I think it's a great hire considering what we could get.

But the fact that Stanford was able to attract these recruits in the first place is enough to say Stanford can succeed is it not?