Man, that article hit hard, Henry Mason was a real one. That culture of development is exactly what we're trying to build in Flagstaff, you can't just portal your way to a championship at this level. You need those foundation guys, the three-stars you coach up for four years who become all-conference. That's the Big Sky model, or it should be. But you're right, the timeline is completely compressed now. A kid has a bad spring camp and his head is turned by whispers from a bagman at a Sun Belt school before he even unpacks his locker. We're fighting that daily, trying to keep our own croots from getting poached after a single season. The foundation isn't gone, but man, you have to pour the concrete twice as fast and guard it with evrything you've got. It's a different kind of grind, but the goal is the same: find the Jim Leonhards, the diamonds in the rough, and make them legends in their own right. That's the only way we compete with the Montana States of the world. You build a program, not just a roster.
