While recruiting never stops (as team attrition never stops), I've moved on from Darianna. Not because she did anything wrong. But, mainly because she never made a visit to Texas (unofficially or officially). When she made her first official visit to Florida (who had fired their head coach this summer and had not named a replacement), I figured what she was looking for was just not Texas. When she made an official visit to Baylor (who has a coaching staff that's only been there for like 5 months), I found it very odd as recruiting is mostly about the relationships you build with a coaching staff. What kind of relationships could she have built with Florida and Baylor as so much changed at those programs the last several months?
And, based on needs, getting early verbal commitments from Jordana Codio and Ndjakalenga might have made DLB less of a priority for our coaching staff; maybe those verbal commitments told DLB that Texas already had 2 players in the 2022 recruiting class who are too similar to her.
Personally, I think her not having signed an LOI yet might have to do with wanting to wait until Florida and Texas A&M name their new head coaches; if that's the case, good for her.
Based on yesterday's game against Stanford, we saw how important Lauren Ebo can be; and, we don't have anyone coming in (as of now) who will be a good replacement for her. If she had any inkling of wanting to return for her super senior season, I'd hold a ship for her over adding another high school wing player. If she doesn't, it makes perfect sense if our staff is prioritizing Maggie Mendelson over DLB.
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Last edited: Nov 15, 2021