It does seem like they're attempting to build what is essentially a souped up Big 12 team. I feel like I've posted a few variations of this, but it's just so shocking to me that the powers that be at OU were fooled by such an obvious charlatan. If you take the teams that are perceived as effectively deploying the "identify underrecruited three stars", say KSU, ISU and Rhule Baylor, they typically produce 2-5 NFL draft picks annually, including 1-2 first round picks per decade. Oh and also they quite literally never contend for national championships. Nagy claims they can contend for national championships using this strategy. Let's take a look at NFL draft results for recent national champions:
OSU '25: 14 draft picks (7 in the first two rounds)
Michigan'24: 13 draft picks (3 in the first two rounds)
Georgia '23: 10 draft picks (3 in the first two rounds)
Georgia '22: 15 draft picks (7 in the first two rounds)
Alabama '21: 10 draft picks (8 in the first two rounds)
Of course that only includes draft eligible players, if you look at draft results the year after a national championship, it's usually a pretty similar picture. So basically what Nagy is selling is that he can double the hit rate of the very best talent identifiers AND talent developers every single year because... he learned so much watching pro bowls? No one has ever tried deploying this strategy at a blue chip school? Just trust me bro?