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Post by wcatradio75 on Dec 7, 2023 16:41:54 GMT -5
Guys you might as well stay off twitter and the board if you are going to be that worried about everything that happens in the portal. You are going to continually be disappointed, and so is everyone else at every other school watching the portal Excellent point. As has been mentioned - there is probably NIL $ going to these kids. Next man up... Let's see what Kerwin has up his sleeve. I'm disappointed - especially w/Lee. But we can't be overly worried unless our HC is headed somewhere else - and I doubt that is the case since the DC has apparently been terminated.
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Dec 7, 2023 16:42:24 GMT -5
it will be a miracle if this team competes for a SoCon title next year You don’t know that.
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Post by catamountalum04 on Dec 7, 2023 16:45:25 GMT -5
Hard to compete when you are losing WR 1, RB 1 and top secondary personal
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Dec 7, 2023 16:46:15 GMT -5
I wish we had a portal for fans so that some fans could find a new school to pull for. lol
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Dec 7, 2023 16:54:57 GMT -5
Keaton now has offers from Tulane and Ga State.
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Dec 7, 2023 17:13:00 GMT -5
If you think about it, schools like Western are now relegated to being a Junior College for the FBS schools that can afford to pay NIL money. I don’t like it, but there is nothing we can do about it. Also, this is a byproduct of Western not spending money 20 years ago on facilities and trying to move up and now it is too late because of poor leadership in the White building. I know they don’t want to hear that but they are responsible for where we are as a football program and accountable for our situation.
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Post by cbyland on Dec 7, 2023 17:19:40 GMT -5
i think this shows Kade might be on his way out I dont know but even if so, that makes more sense if Kerwin was keaving, while Kade may leave now or later, this is Kerwin's team and Kade offense is similar to what Kerwin would run and if Kade leaves, it will not surprise me Kerwin takes over much like Mike McCarthy did for the Dallas Cowboys. So I would for Dez, Censure and Keaton to leave isnt a sign of Kade as much as it is something in their ear telling them to hit the portal for more money. Remember on Dez, someone on 247 sports was already touting Dez as one of the best transfer portal players long before he even considered it However, I doubt Kerwin is telling Desmond, Censure or Keaton to leave they were vital to our success last year, they would bring veteran experience to talent we have, will have coming in. There is a lot of talent that was redshirted, talent in the portal, and freshmen talent. Still this is the result of the new age of the transfer portal. It has and will also affect the P5 schools too. For example, last year Wake Forest's QB transferring to Notre Dame, this year NC State's lost MJ Morris. While Kerwin may be able to use the portal to his benefit, there needs to be some better rules on it as well as NIL or its going to continue to be a mess. The new NCAA president, Charlie Baker (whom I respected as a governor) but not sure im liking him as NCAA president as basically greenlighted the P4s to create a 3rd subdivision of D1 (but that is another topic). So its getting out of hand. I just wish there was some incentive created to try to encourage talent to stay FCS or transfer to FCS like it used to be.In the past FBS to FBS transfers set out a year unless you transferred FBS to FCS and you were eligible to play immediately.
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Post by Speedwell Cat on Dec 7, 2023 17:42:31 GMT -5
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Post by wcugrad95 on Dec 7, 2023 17:48:29 GMT -5
I at least like that post. I don't get on X or Instagram or FB anyway, but I am going to take 07's advice and just let it all play out and see who we have after the dust settles on this recruiting class and anybody we add. Nothing else we can do. I don't expect the team to fall off a cliff as long as we still have Kerwin Bell coaching and talented players. They'll just be a different set of talented players each year or two.
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Post by cbyland on Dec 7, 2023 17:51:45 GMT -5
Hard to compete when you are losing WR 1, RB 1 and top secondary personal We have some talent in WR that redshirted, RB while not Dez, but Adams and Camurry Reid have that potential even if they are not exactly what Dez is, But from what I saw they can pick up the slack. WR there is Santana Flemming who I think becomes our main WR next year. We have a number of Safetys on our team so with development, I think we will be fine. Losing Dez hurts the most but we do have some good replacements. Kerwin is restocking not rebuilding at that position now.
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