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Post by Speedwell Cat on Dec 7, 2023 10:10:04 GMT -5
One problem with Kade (and whoever else on the coaching staff) shopping the job market, is that it kind of bursts the bubble for the players, too. It would be sad to see the flood gates open with the transfer portal, but it could happen. Keaton isn't a good sign.
Kade's a young talented man and he's gonna get his chance to move up the ladder, but it feels like he had at least one more year of work to do here.
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Post by wheeman04 on Dec 7, 2023 10:18:39 GMT -5
One problem with Kade (and whoever else on the coaching staff) shopping the job market, is that it kind of bursts the bubble for the players, too. It would be sad to see the flood gates open with the transfer portal, but it could happen. Keaton isn't a good sign. Kade's a young talented man and he's gonna get his chance to move up the ladder, but it feels like he had at least one more year of work to do here. No not a good sign. I literally saw a post from him a few days ago that said "home" in reference to cullowhee. Obviously not there now. And so the cycle begins in cullowhee... We can never maintain momentum.
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Post by catamountalum04 on Dec 7, 2023 10:26:45 GMT -5
Yeah.... I am starting to think last year might have been our time to win the SoCon and make the playoffs. Back down to the bottom for us
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Post by catamountalum04 on Dec 7, 2023 10:37:04 GMT -5
I had a bad feeling about the culture changing for the worse when those two recruits decommitted but now with Dez leaving as well as A.K. we are in a world of trouble. Plus Kade is most lily out as well. SMH. With a way harder schedule next year we might need to enjoy the season we just had
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Post by catamountalum04 on Dec 7, 2023 10:37:32 GMT -5
One problem with Kade (and whoever else on the coaching staff) shopping the job market, is that it kind of bursts the bubble for the players, too. It would be sad to see the flood gates open with the transfer portal, but it could happen. Keaton isn't a good sign. Kade's a young talented man and he's gonna get his chance to move up the ladder, but it feels like he had at least one more year of work to do here. No not a good sign. I literally saw a post from him a few days ago that said "home" in reference to cullowhee. Obviously not there now. And so the cycle begins in cullowhee... We can never maintain momentum. Kade had that message or A.K.?
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Post by Speedwell Cat on Dec 7, 2023 10:38:16 GMT -5
One problem with Kade (and whoever else on the coaching staff) shopping the job market, is that it kind of bursts the bubble for the players, too. It would be sad to see the flood gates open with the transfer portal, but it could happen. Keaton isn't a good sign. Kade's a young talented man and he's gonna get his chance to move up the ladder, but it feels like he had at least one more year of work to do here. No not a good sign. I literally saw a post from him a few days ago that said "home" in reference to cullowhee. Obviously not there now. And so the cycle begins in cullowhee... We can never maintain momentum. Saw that too.
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Post by wheeman04 on Dec 7, 2023 10:39:38 GMT -5
No not a good sign. I literally saw a post from him a few days ago that said "home" in reference to cullowhee. Obviously not there now. And so the cycle begins in cullowhee... We can never maintain momentum. Kade had that message or A.K.? Keaton
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Post by Speedwell Cat on Dec 7, 2023 11:07:22 GMT -5
I had a bad feeling about the culture changing for the worse when those two recruits decommitted but now with Dez leaving as well as A.K. we are in a world of trouble. Plus Kade is most lily out as well. SMH. With a way harder schedule next year we might need to enjoy the season we just had There's several kids posting about "building a good thing" and how we're going to get em next year, so I don't want to be too alarmist. It's just a tumultuous time in the business, so we'll have to see what happens
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Dec 7, 2023 13:42:18 GMT -5
On one side, tip your cap to Dez, wish him well, and understand this is a big opportunity for him. There are some FL schools on that list, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him head farther South vs going North. As for what it does to our team, we are kidding ourselves if we say this isn’t a huge impact. We have some really talented guys in the RB room including a couple of FR who just redshirted that I think can be good. We also saw times where Adams looked like you could just plug him in and not miss a beat (after Reid went out at EKU and UTC). But as Bell mentioned numerous times, Dez is a different kind of Cat - an FBS-level player that slipped to us because of his size. This is exactly how things work now. Borderline 3 star recruits will go to smaller schools, prove they are good, and get swooped up by bigger schools. NIL or not this has always happened. What we really need is to have more depth in our O-line. None of our backs looked nearly as good the last half of the season, and that had more to do with being down 2 and even 3 starters on the line than it did with who was playing RB. We probably won’t have the same home run hitter that can also turn 2 yard gains into 7, but have a deeper and healthier line and we can run the ball. We also have the returning Offensive POTY and a ton of good WRs. So get the line right and we will be ok. Best of luck #1 and thanks for some awesome runs these past 2 years. Adam’s never had a chance once Reid got hurt to run behind the 1st string offensive line. If you remember at the beginning of the year, Adam’s looked just about as good as Reid when he did run behind the first string offensive line. Next man up. Reid is a good player but he is not Emmet Smith. We will do fine without him and honestly if a player wants to transfer for whatever reason, we don’t need him. I am sure he is a fine young man. I personally will not worry about it and the sun will come up tomorrow no matter what Dez Reid does.
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Dec 7, 2023 13:48:30 GMT -5
I had a bad feeling about the culture changing for the worse when those two recruits decommitted but now with Dez leaving as well as A.K. we are in a world of trouble. Plus Kade is most lily out as well. SMH. With a way harder schedule next year we might need to enjoy the season we just had Nah we will be fine and you don’t know that Kade is leaving. Honestly if Kade leaves, Kerwin will call the offensive plays and we will be fine. The sky is not falling and if it does, we will pick up the pieces and start again. I have no idea about what you are talking about when you say the culture is changing for the worse. Most teams at our level that have talent are going to lose players to the portal because we do not have the money to compete for players with NIL money. That has nothing to do with the culture.
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