He probably wasn’t ever going to be able to pull two centers out of the portal who both wanted to start and who both commanded starting center NIL level deals in an inflated market. Landing Hines was big, but it also limited our hand going forward.
Now we have to find a 4-5 combo as a depth piece. It may be a mid major guy, who wants the chance to be in a championship level rotation and salivates at the chance to be the hustle guy off the bench. Or perhaps someone on the Euro market who wants to come to the US.