As mentioned previously, it shouldn't have been a surprise. The fans have known about it for weeks. Not sure what the protocol is for consulting the QB that is holding out for NIL w/ one foot out the door about bringing in another QB. Finley only publicly announced his intention to return about 2 hours before de Laura committed, and I suspect he only did that because he knew de Laura was coming in, and he'd have an excuse to leave.
Damn sure wish Kinne would have brought someone without rape on their resume, but he had to bring in a QB, and it had to be a starting caliber QB because Finley had been [allegedly] saying he wanted $100K to stay*. If Kinne does nothing and Finley leaves for greener pa$ture$, we're stuck with a RSF and a true freshman - neither with impressive offer lists. It wasn't an option to not bring in another QB, because we can't have those two as our #s 2 and 3 either.
*Last season, Finley got the lion's share of a $50K NIL deal that was split between about a dozen guys, got a F150 to drive, and was getting money from some energy drink and Adidas as well.