Shapen more mobile than Will. Shapen would hold it too long(not that he had a ton of time).Quote:
Originally Posted by DEDawg
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Shapen more mobile than Will. Shapen would hold it too long(not that he had a ton of time).Quote:
Originally Posted by DEDawg
Absolutely.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
We really only had two consistent receivers too. Thompson and Evans. Ayden got better though. But we need more out of them which is probably why Bumphis isn't here anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I read this week that over 1200 "players" who entered the portal have not found a home. The NFL has an active roster of 53 players and 16 on the reserve squad, and play far more games. Why have the powers to be that be required 105 to be on scholarship in today's out-of-control pay-to-play portal world?
With many of the 1200 finding no landing spots even at lower divisions, why bother with the numbers? A "Student Athlete" at his 4th school or so, with eligibility remaining, probably has a suspect major and is making little progress toward a degree. This is a mess. Put them on a binding contract with league salary caps, as this is now nothing but professional sports, whether we like it or not.
A contract with salary cap sounds like the answer with football and men's basketball. And it probably will head that way in some fashion. The issue is very complicated though as a majority are public universities and there are a lot of guidelines and regulations that do not mesh well with a "pro" model for select sports being tied to the university. Yes we can look at "club" model but there are tons of legal issues that still would have to be adjudicated first in regards to Federal and State regulations. CBA that will be approved by all universities and players? Who is technically the owner? How much profit can they make? Use the Green Bay model for ownership? I don't see a good step forward still for a while, inside 5 years would be a big ask I think.
Government did what government does. 17 sh!t up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Really Clark?
Not thrilled with how we just mailed it in here at the end and seem to be content with what we have.
OM is still trying to get guys. LSU is doing the same. Even if you don't think it's a difference maker, the rosters are 105 now so you can afford to roll the dice and see if anyone hits.
Yea this is a mid class. You're basically training a bunch of guys for 2027 and if they do well they're gonna look for a bigger payday elsewhere. Horrendous management.
Yep, Sneh just replaced James. Still ultra thin at OT. Any injuries on the OL will again cripple us.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
Very disappointing. Cannot believe we had $4M to spend on one LT and after missing did not have contingencies ready to go for 5 other guys. We have the money why in the world are we sitting on itQuote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
We are building a war chest for 2030 to make a run right after the apocalypse occurs.
Because we want quality not just quantity. There isn't much left in the portal. Luke Work for example was rated a top 12 portal prospect by someone. That gives you an idea of the quality that is out there. We also have limited roster spots too.Quote:
Originally Posted by DEDawg
It just makes more sense to save the money now and try to use it on a big fish next year at this point.
Yeah. It's a whole lot more complicated than just go get a LT. Or any position for that matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
That answers the money question but not the contingency one. If we went all in on Seaton with no backups that?s crazy, we should have had multiple guys ready to go with offers when he moved on. We need to be more organized than this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
That's a lot of assumptions. You know we didn't have multiple offers on the table for other LT's?Quote:
Originally Posted by DEDawg
That's why Sneh committed. When we knew Seaton wasn't going to happen, Brandon Sneh committed that day.Quote:
Originally Posted by DEDawg
Also, the notion of a team like ours just having guys near or comparably as good as Seaton waiting for us at the end of the transfer portal window makes no sense.
According to Rosebowl we're going to get a visit from another OL prospect- Jaylen Acevedo from Navy.
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Originally Posted by Really Clark?
No that is not my point. We had one guy we were willing to give $4M to. We did not get him and we had a contingency in Sneh which is great. Good job by the staff. For easy math let us assume we paid him $1M. We should have had 10 other guys who make our team better, whether they are starters or depth, ready as contingencies for us to spend the remaining $3M on. The only reason I can think is that money could only be used on Seaton and was retracted when he moved on then I understand but I don?t know why that would be the case. $3M can make our team a lot better I don?t believe there is not 1,3,5,10 whatever players still in the portal who would not have made our team better we could have used that $3M onQuote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
Not exactly. Jayven James leaving is the reason we took Sneh.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
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Originally Posted by Really Clark?
Again, not the point I?m making. Throw out LT. all and any players that improve the team. Starter or depth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
We didn't have that money the whole time. It was not until we got the word he was going to enter the draft and we reached out that we raised that money specifically for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by DEDawg
We had Sneh as a backup option, but then James left at the last second and changed those plans. Still working on others, they are not sitting on their hands.Quote:
Originally Posted by DEDawg
Looks like Navy’s backupQuote:
Originally Posted by Jake
Kamauryn Morgan Seems to be the only person left in the portal that would immediately improve us
is he not at V tech now?Quote:
Originally Posted by DEDawg
nah something admissions related. who knows what that actually means.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pancho
What is concerning is that it appears we had James valued over Sneh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jake
That is not apparent to me. One could just as easily say that James was scared of the competition that Sneh was bringing and ran scared.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
That's what it looks like when you just pull $hit out of your head without any facts. Neither of us knows a dang thing.
It will speak volumes to either Loadholt and or James attitude if he plays major minutes at Bama.
Except James entered the portal and told us he was leaving before we got sneh. In fact, we had the chance to get Sneh a week earlier and told him no. But once James decided to leave, we circled back to Sneh. As SVS said on the previous page, the reason we took Sneh was because James left.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hot Rock
Same with Work, Owens, and Lewis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pancho
Work and Lewis were forced to play as true or redshirt freshmen and sophomores, and often out of position. I don't blame either for their struggles against SEC competition under these circumstances. I have not been impressed with Loadholt at Colorado or State to date. Don't forget these guys also had Kennedy as OL coach, who had been fired by Arkansas the year before. In 2026, time will tell very quickly whether improvements have been made in our OL through recruiting/the portal, and development.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
People tend to forget our OL wasn't bad all season. It is easy to think it was awful all season, but go back and watch the Texas game against a top 3 defense in the SEC and tell me it didn't perform?
Ran for over 200 against Tenn, put up over 450 total yards against a solid Florida defense, Shapen threw for 380 against Texas, and scored 38 against Upig.
After the UGA and Mizzou games, the offense went to shit. Gave up 8 sacks to UGA/Mizzou along with fairly constant pressure.
It is easy to say that the guys we lost were all terrible. The last few games they played weren't great - the Wake one especially, but the fact that Mizzou, UGA and the bears were able to put pressure on the QB is most likely due to the fact that their DLs were three of the better in the conference by the time we played them.
Our bottom of the SEC defense screwed us more than the OL did but that's what everyone wants to fixate on as "The Problem".Quote:
Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog
Well when your QB gets injured and blown up several times a game and you have a guy whose game is going to take more hits projected to be the starter next year then you kinda want to see him afforded some level of improved protection. Especially considering he has started two games and ended both games limping off.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrapGame
And some of that is holding the ball too long and making freshman mistakes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tater
I know it goes against the main part of your Lebby hate but a better defense last season and we aren't having half of these conversations.
we scored plenty points to win. need better D
Mike Bloomgren, one of the top offensive line coaches is now available, since he lost his job with the Browns when they hired Todd Monken. He will not be available long!
Sure would save a lot of marriagesQuote:
Originally Posted by Pancho