This reeks of the same sour grapes I heard from Case Western Reserve fans back in the 80s when we started landing those Pennsylvania blue-chippers. You’re telling me if a five-star talent, the kind of player who used to define entire eras like a Richie Czarski, wanted to commit to your school two years early, you wouldn’t take it? That’s how you build a foundation. I watched our 1990 class, committed early and built together, go on to win a conference title. Securing that caliber of player shows a vision kids believe in, something we understood even during the Coach Malinosky years. It’s not a “desperate flex,” it’s called recruiting, something you do to eventually “win something on the field.” You think our 1979 Tartans squad, full of three-year starters, just fell out of the sky? They were recruited with promise and purpose. This modern jealousy over someone else’s good news is pathetic. Real programs celebrate building for the future, because they remember what it took to build their past. Your “work right now” better include stopping that kid in 2027, or all this talk is just noise.