Chip is not interested in recruiting. It wouldn't be hard to rent the Hornblower and have recruiting weekends and themed parties at this house, it' not like lincoln does the planning, that is what assistants are for. And you can do it online with qa click of a button and a credit card. Chip is just flat out not going to do it, he wouldn't even rent a Duffy for the afternoon. He does not want to win, he just wants to do things his own way, period. That is his lust. He was promised control over the program and he is doing just that, no matter how bad it gets. He will ride this ship to the bottom of the ocean. Even if he wanted to recruit and change things, UCLA would not allow it. They are interested in being a school, football is just a reminder of the constant torment and bullying those nerds faced when they were younger at the hands of jocks. The UCLA braintrust is bound and determined to never let sports be the focal point. Comparing UCLA and USC recruiting is pointless, If UCLA was going head to head and losing that is one thing, but they aren't even attempting to look like they are trying. They are opting out.
I hate it. But that is the reality at UCLA right now. Look at the professors, look at the student body, look at the admin. If you look at all that, if you take it all in you will have a difficult time working football into the picture. I donate to NIL, I donate to the AD (less and less since they keep screwing up, now monst goes into NIL) and I would like nothing more than a program that has a shot to win it all every year. I am a dying breed at UCLA. I don't give shit about physics or math, I am their enemy.
Your post is a poignant indictment, however wanting to be a top school is no longer the point. UCLA now wants to be a petri dish for non-white and non-asian diversity equity and inclusion with a splattering of prideful gender jism that excludes all opposing non-marxist moderate viewpoints.
EDI Uber Alles--All hail the mighty brownskins and sodomites!
Chip is not interested in recruiting. It wouldn't be hard to rent the Hornblower and have recruiting weekends and themed parties at this house, it' not like lincoln does the planning, that is what assistants are for. And you can do it online with qa click of a button and a credit card. Chip is just flat out not going to do it, he wouldn't even rent a Duffy for the afternoon. He does not want to win, he just wants to do things his own way, period. That is his lust. He was promised control over the program and he is doing just that, no matter how bad it gets. He will ride this ship to the bottom of the ocean. Even if he wanted to recruit and change things, UCLA would not allow it. They are interested in being a school, football is just a reminder of the constant torment and bullying those nerds faced when they were younger at the hands of jocks. The UCLA braintrust is bound and determined to never let sports be the focal point. Comparing UCLA and USC recruiting is pointless, If UCLA was going head to head and losing that is one thing, but they aren't even attempting to look like they are trying. They are opting out.