Sorry separate thread: EJ in the portal.
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I agree. I'm already watching more NFL which I haven't followed closely in many years.
That may be how you and I feel but it's the reality of most kids today and with the addition of NIL, it's making it even worse.
For those of you commenting you don't like where CFB is going, you never should have supported expanded playoffs. CFB had the only interesting regular season. Its a different sport now. That said, I am going to trust Holgerson to get the RB room right.
But it inexplicably took much of the season, and a new OC, for him to become the featured guy. Hopefully we can just pay more and keep him.
Let's get real. RB shouldn't be hard to upgrade through the portal. Some of you are acting like EJ was an all american.....
That is why it’s not making sense, he has worked his way up to starting since DH has arrived..
It's all about the money, nothing more. He is seeing what he can get. He will either come back or he won't depending how much we think he is worth.
I used to really like following the sport nationally, it’s just too hard to keep up with the players.
Even to the die hard fans, the sport is becoming hard to follow. The casual fan is going to have no idea who tf is on the team from year to year.
Same thing happened with the “one and done” rule in college basketball - this is the same but to an exponential degree.
I have zero problem with NIL and players making money, but the unlimited transfers is going to kill CFB.
All that could be true, but I think it’s much more likely that after DH’s arrival he sees his $$$ value for 2025 much higher than what he’s getting paid now. He also knows we will actually pay what we promise so if we match or come close to what others offer, he will stay. If he was my kid I definitely would have advised him to hit the portal as long as he understood NU could choose not to match.
Like or not, this is pro football.
Gees with all the bitching in this thread you'd think we lost to Ohio State and Indiana again.
Yeah and hopefully that helps keep him. He also has the prospect of another year with a position coach who has twice buried him on the depth chart when in game situations he has proven he is clearly the best back. It would be understandable if there is frustration there. What was that coach looking at in practice every day.
I don't believe i said everyone. But those of us in that minority were ridiculed.
just another Frost recruit carrying Rhule's team
we'll find out what kind of recruiter/developer he is soon, it appears
a good thing
The three things Dana said were the most glaring problems when he arrived were receivers not blocking, receivers being taught all positions, but mastering none, and backs not being able to see holes. He wasted no time getting rid of McGuire. I'm wondering if Barthel might be next.
That would be incredibly shortsighted and immature. He was thriving in DH’s offense at the end of the year. He should be excited about the future, not pouting about the past.
when you lose trust, it's hard to get it back.
he flirted with leaving last year
Rhule talked him out of it
then he sat and watched bums who are worse than him carry the ball for 9 games
fool me once....
Yeah with things as they stand i have no idea why anyone would get excited about freshmen. No way.
I was against it and fully support the wild west bowl season that built CFB and made the regular season and conference races so great.
But it isnt pro football.
Even they are smart enough to know you cannot have unchecked free agency.
Stop, you’ll give top Kong a bonner.
He isnt wrong you senile fool. You have no idea what it would be like to know you are better than everyone playing after busting ass for how long, and then just because the HC needs to save his bacon and a new guy comes in you finally get to play all is supposed to be well? Heck I wouldnt trust them either anymore, especially if there are new guys going to come in they will make promises to just like they did DD.
I hate it and the portal but I see where EJ is coming from.
Not saying he isn’t.. he keeps repeating the same stuff that we’ve already read in his previous post..
The answer is contracts and or pulling the reigns back on unlimited transfers.
Make them sign a contract that owes money back to the university if they were to leave. If they have better options elsewhere it would still be the correct move.
Unlimited transfers itself will be harder to pull back on since they opened that box.
With that said, the people bitching about EJ leaving are also going to open their arms if one of those productive receivers from Kentucky would transfer in. It’s the same story with them. It’s just a weird time and you are going to lose production every year if your team isn’t up on the success mountain. Whether you make everyone happy or not there’s going to be turnover with how things are in this current landscape.
Make them sign a contract that owes money back to the university if they were to leave. If they have better options elsewhere it would still be the correct move.
Unlimited transfers itself will be harder to pull back on since they opened that box.
With that said, the people bitching about EJ leaving are also going to open their arms if one of those productive receivers from Kentucky would transfer in. It’s the same story with them. It’s just a weird time and you are going to lose production every year if your team isn’t up on the success mountain. Whether you make everyone happy or not there’s going to be turnover with how things are in this current landscape.
