|
Post by bogeyman on Apr 30, 2024 8:39:22 GMT -6
Sam Houston is about 20 miles from his home. I see nothing sinister about that. I think the point is that conversations had to have happened before he entered the portal, which is against the rules.
|
|
|
Post by wildkitten1489 on Apr 30, 2024 9:08:05 GMT -6
Sam Houston is about 20 miles from his home. I see nothing sinister about that. I think the point is that conversations had to have happened before he entered the portal, which is against the rules. I'm sure the ACU coaching staff is having plenty of conversations on social media private channels doing the same thing.
|
|
|
Post by mavsman53 on Apr 30, 2024 9:51:37 GMT -6
Kitten, I agree, or at least, they should be. Just hate that! No loyalty at all and I do not blame the players for that.
|
|
|
Post by Cap'n on Apr 30, 2024 11:07:11 GMT -6
I don’t think there was anything. According to KP, coaching staffs monitor the portal and if it’s a player they know, they will contact immediately. According to one of her roommates, Addison Martin got 10 or 12 calls the evening that she hit the portal. Players have learned to go ahead and commit or get passed over.
Besides, Ford is not particularly close to making the rotation.
|
|
|
Post by Cap'n on Apr 30, 2024 11:10:10 GMT -6
Player development is out the window. Coaches can recruit a raw high school player, build him up, and then lose him before they have gotten their money back, so to speak.
|
|
|
Post by mavsman53 on Apr 30, 2024 15:20:25 GMT -6
WR Tristan Golightly is in the portal. Some may ask why so many the past few days. First, we only had 3 players hit the portal in December. That is really low. Players now have until tomorrow to hit the portal to be eligible to play in 2024.
|
|
|
Post by bogeyman on Apr 30, 2024 15:32:00 GMT -6
I'm appreciative of what Tristan gave to us the last two seasons. Good luck to him in the future. My assumption is that the newcomers at the receiver position were going to take significant snaps away from him for the coming year.
|
|
|
Post by Cap'n on Apr 30, 2024 19:19:40 GMT -6
Players can get a read on their roles after Spring practice. Looked to me like Tristan’s snaps were going way down.
|
|
|
Post by bucfan on Apr 30, 2024 22:14:45 GMT -6
Blayne Taylor became our tall, athletic receiver that I thought Tristan would be.
|
|
|
Post by mavsman53 on May 1, 2024 12:34:11 GMT -6
K Kyle Ramsey has transferred to Arkansas
|
|
|
Post by bogeyman on May 1, 2024 13:09:17 GMT -6
The hits just keep on coming!
|
|
|
Post by Outsider on May 1, 2024 13:12:48 GMT -6
Ok, now that one really hurts!
|
|
|
Post by bucfan on May 1, 2024 13:22:42 GMT -6
K Kyle Ramsey has transferred to Arkansas I was afraid he was too good for us to keep him. Consistent quality kickers are hard to find.
|
|
|
Post by rc on May 1, 2024 15:57:12 GMT -6
Huge loss. The portal is going to reduce fan loyalty over time. When the team cannot go through a maturation process in which players become identifiable to fans, fan lose interest and loyalty just like the players coming and going.
|
|
|
Post by bogeyman on May 1, 2024 16:19:38 GMT -6
The problem with that argument is this, fan interest is at an all time high at the big universities and now they can go out and buy the best players from smaller universities that have proven they can play. The only deterent I can think of is that every time a major university poaches a player from a smaller school then they pay a penalty. Even if the change is initiated by the player, there has to be a penalty.
|
|