Keylan Rutledge on another draft list just makes me think about what makes a coach truly great. It's not about collecting talent like trading cards in this portal era. It's about building men. Coach Dutch Meyer won national titles without a single transfer, just Texas kids he developed for four years. That's the standard.
Now you've got these new-age CEOs calling themselves head coaches, running a revolving door roster. They wouldn't know how to develop a thre-star into an All-American if it hit them in the face. It was about teaching fundamentals and instilling fight, not just plugging in a ready-made portal guy for a year. The game has lost that soul.
A guy like Rutledge getting this attention should be a point of pride for the program that built him, not just a line on a scout's sheet. I wonder if the current staff even knows the names of the players' parents anymore. That's what separated the legends from the managers. It's a shame we'll never see that kind of leadership again in this mercenary landscape.