This is not looking good. The wheels might be coming off now.
No, wheels are being rebuilt from the ground up by those who know how.
This is not looking good. The wheels might be coming off now.
Yea wouldn't say the wheels are falling off.
Exit interviews w/ players are happening right now and I bet many of the grad-transfer eligible/buried upperclassmen are getting nudged out. The staff wants to get their own guys in there.
Also allows us to grow this 2018 recruiting class by a good number. Just need to fill w/ talent.
To me Gab leaving is pretty telling as to whats going on. Our OL is all coming back, and we are adding 3 young guys who are better then Gab plus another who just needs to put on some weight and strength. This is happening all over the field
Having 11 FR named ALL BIG TEN or HONORABLE MENTION for the FR teams says to me Lovie and the staff know talent, and if I was going to be a JR or SR and haven't been getting on the field, I wouldn't be expecting to be on there.
To me making room to have a class of roughly the same size as the last class is a great thing. We need to add talent, rather then have guys sitting in the bench who are not going to see the field. I do think you will see us add more JC or transfer guys then we did last year to try to fill in some holes
Yeah, this thing has been up on blocks and sitting in the driveway for a few years now. And the neighbors are getting upset.Hard to say the wheels are falling off when they have already fell off.
I think that before the first practice next fall, you will see 10 or more transfers of the dead weight on this football team. Half the non-starters had no business on the squad, and I have no idea how bad the player evaluations were on these guys in high school to allow them to get a Big Ten offer.
Horrendous. A bunch of those kids won't start in the Valley. The sooner we can get those guys another destination, the better.
Bryce Baringer (PWO Punter) is leaving. Hayes has that position locked down obviously.
https://twitter.com/bryce_bin18/sta...ter.com/bryce_bin18/status/935310999049170945
Hearing that Julian Jones, Tito Odenigbo and Patrick Nelson could be leaving as well. I truly hope none of these players are leaving.
I was expecting a lot of RS Juniors who aren't playing much (i.e. Hylton, James, Mcgrew, etc.) to be leaving, not starters.
Tito Odenigbo almost quit the team mid-season - was suspended i believe for a game - so no surprise there.
As for the RS Juniors not playing much - you have to question a few things with them - what school would take them? Do they like football that much to go play for nowhere state? Will they even be invited back for their 5th year?
This staff is recruiting kids no other power 5s are as well, the difference being this staff seems to have a much better idea of talent . getting 11 guys on the all big ten FR teams kind of shows that
Yeah some of my insider friends say that this staff is great evaluators. They aren't going off of big names or numbers of stars. I by and large trust them in that respect, at least for another couple classes.
But how much do we think that 11 guys on the All-B1G FR team is a result of the mass amount of reps they got vs. actually being the better freshman players? Not trying to take anything away from them, as the honor is much deserved on their part. But in terms of judging how the staff evaluates recruits, we'll see if these same guys continue to develop and make some preseason lists in the future.
I too have wondered just how to judge the 11 All-B1G FR result, as so few freshmen play in general. While it obviously beats the pants off of 3 All-B1G, I don't know enough about all of the other B1G teams to judge the exact number 11. Congrats for sure, tho
Yeah some of my insider friends say that this staff is great evaluators. They aren't going off of big names or numbers of stars. I by and large trust them in that respect, at least for another couple classes.
Isaiah Gay is proof for me. Bennett Williams is a similar story.
Bryce Baringer (PWO Punter) is leaving. Hayes has that position locked down obviously.
https://twitter.com/bryce_bin18/sta...ter.com/bryce_bin18/status/935310999049170945
Hearing that Julian Jones, Tito Odenigbo and Patrick Nelson could be leaving as well. I truly hope none of these players are leaving.
I was expecting a lot of RS Juniors who aren't playing much (i.e. Hylton, James, Mcgrew, etc.) to be leaving, not starters.
Most of the players not playing didnt have power 5 offers, sure we have a few like Gab who everyone wanted that just isn't what this staff thinks is good enough. Saying they wouldn't play in the valley is a bit over the top though, that is where most should have and will be playing.
This staff is recruiting kids no other power 5s are as well, the difference being this staff seems to have a much better idea of talent . getting 11 guys on the all big ten FR teams kind of shows that
Pat Nelson gone
This is not good. For everyone making a big deal out of the All-B1G freshmen this year, he was one last year.
Him leaving is a bit of a shock, and he had a really good year last year, But I dont blame him for wanting to find a new home. If we land any of the SS/FS we are after odds are he wouldn't start next year. All of these guys are doing whats best for them and looking for a place they will play, Lovie and staff are or seem to be being honest with them and giving them the chance to move on
This is not good. For everyone making a big deal out of the All-B1G freshmen this year, he was one last year.
Tell me that Lovie isn’t our coach anymore, Josh isn’t our AD, or we have a few true freshmen transferring, then I’ll start to worry. We are going to play Lovie’s guys which happened to be a group of true freshmen. We will do the same next year plus sophomores.
We won two games this past year so I’m not fazed by any of this.
Tell me that Lovie isn’t our coach anymore, Josh isn’t our AD, or we have a few true freshmen transferring, then I’ll start to worry. We are going to play Lovie’s guys which happened to be a group of true freshmen. We will do the same next year plus sophomores.
We won two games this past year so I’m not fazed by any of this.