I've been on their board recently. They smugly believe that the (mostly) transfer-portal approach to recruiting is better as they claim that older age and more mature players will be more successful than going the high school route. They are convinced that Franklin will not be able to hold onto a lot of his young, better players; and that after VT develops them they will transfer out with some being 'bought' at that point by the Hoos. They believe they have a large enough transfer budget to buy and retain experienced transfers. Basically they think that since this approach worked for Indiana (which had an older group of players during that time) over the last two years it will work for them. This is also the approach Florida State has used for the last three years but with mixed-to-low success; and Tony Elliott is certainly not Curt Cignett by a long shot. ** Edited by lazarus1 at 6/3/2026, 11:47:55 AM ** Edited by lazarus1 at 6/3/2026, 2:24:08 PM