You watch Oregon stack five-star croots like they are collecting baseball cards and I just think back to the old Southwest Conference days when you built a program through relationships and hard work, not a checkbook. We used to find those diamond-in-the-rough kids from Texas high schools who wanted to wear purple and fight for something bigger than themselves. Now every 17-year-old kid is shopping his services to the highest bidder and calling it a business decision. The loalty is gone. The transfer portal killed any sense of commitment and NIL turned these kids into mercenaries who jump ship the second they do not get enough playing time or a bigger offer comes along. I remember when we would watch a freshman develop over four years and become a leader of this program. Now you blink and half the roster is gone every winter. The game I grew up loving is barely recognizable anymore.