Texas's OL Stash Problem
Context
Show relay of a Sark podcast appearance where Sarkisian acknowledged the OL roster-construction paradox. Texas is paying top-of-market money to high-school OL recruits because they can. Then they have to stash those guys while they develop, with no guarantee the development pans out. If a high-priced recruit doesn't develop, the program either keeps paying him as a backup or cuts him loose and competes for a very limited supply of quality portal OL.
The structural insight: OL is a developmental position where money doesn't accelerate the timeline. Spending more does not produce earlier OL contribution. Texas as a high-spending program is therefore more exposed to this paradox, not less.
The take pairs cleanly with the show's existing read on Texas — high-spending program with structural roster questions that the spend doesn't automatically resolve. Sark himself acknowledging the bind is the new piece of evidence.
Subject(s)
- Texas
- Steve Sarkisian
- OL roster construction at high-spending programs