You see that 2027 five-star list ESPN put out? Twenty-one of them and I guarantee you half will transfer before they ever play a meaningful snap in November. Back in the Les Miles days we had to watch high school film of a kid from Ardmore or Lawton, drive down to his living room, sit with his mama over iced tea, and sell him on the orange and black. You built relationships over two years, not two weeks in the portal. Now some booster slides a check across the table and a kid who has never stepped foot in Stillwater is suddenly our startign left tackle. We used to grow our own. Now we just rent them for a season and act surprised when they leave for the next highest bidder. That is not building a program. That is running a hotel.