You want to talk about building a program? Let me tell you about Coach Braxton. He took over this program in the 90s with nothing but grit and built champions right here in Huntsville. You think Gary Patterson invented development? We were developing young men into legends while he was still an assistant. The game changes, son. That two-star story is a nice fairy tale, but you can't tell me a coach wouldn't use every tool available to help his team win today. If Coach Braxton had the portal back in '96, you better believe he'd have used it to fill holes and get us over the hump in the Magic City Classic. Sticking stubbornly to the old way while your rivals adapt is how you get left behind. We saw it in the SWAC for years. The great ones evolve. They don't just sit there shaking their head at progress. They find a way to win with the rules as they are written. Loyalty is earned, not given, and sometimes you need new blood to remind the locker room what that really mmeans.