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2022 Transfer Thread - It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)


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Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

Somehow bama gets all the top ports guys. But how?

"Would you like the highest probability to win a National Championship, get tons of media exposure, and get drafted?"

"Yes."

"Welcome to Tuscaloosa."

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3 minutes ago, Murfdogg21 said:

Checking in from the signing day thread(s). So are we portaling in Watts and a badass WR and OT that can start day 1?

Watts and a WR for sure. OT.... well....

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So if Watts is so uber talented why did he start in Ohio State's opening game against Minnesota, see 49 snaps in that game, and then see only 73 snaps in the final 11 games, mostly in blowouts?
 
 
 

Their Senior CB missed the first game but came back for the second.
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5 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

So if Watts is so uber talented why did he start in Ohio State's opening game against Minnesota, see 49 snaps in that game, and then see only 73 snaps in the final 11 games, mostly in blowouts?

 

 

 

Judging from the tOSU boards, he's extremely athletic but the younger guys were better than him. Supposedly he's a better safety

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3 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:


Their Senior CB missed the first game but came back for the second.


Interesting. But that senior safety is now going on the the NFL,so presumably Watts would be next man up.

Maybe the doctors discovered that he's allergic to women wearing flannel shirts.

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Watts is fine. I just think people need to have realistic expectations about him.  He was a backup safety at OSU who didn't play much in 2 years.  It's possible he might have been lost in a very talented backfield, but it's also possible he's just a career backup. 

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37 minutes ago, RabidM said:

Watts is fine. I just think people need to have realistic expectations about him.  He was a backup safety at OSU who didn't play much in 2 years.  It's possible he might have been lost in a very talented backfield, but it's also possible he's just a career backup. 

thought he played some Corner there too?

Posted
13 hours ago, Tex Long said:

While we're at it, let's apply that to staff and let the coaches and assistants sit out a year, too. 

 

That oughta level the playing field. 

With NIL, I think it would be interesting to have a nationwide endowment facilitator who collects fees for coaches who leave for a new head coaching job. The coach/new school has to match the first years salary and it gets funneled back to the players on the roster of their former team the next year. 
 

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7 hours ago, RabidM said:

Watts is fine. I just think people need to have realistic expectations about him.  He was a backup safety at OSU who didn't play much in 2 years.  It's possible he might have been lost in a very talented backfield, but it's also possible he's just a career backup. 

tOSU’s backups are likely better than most of our defensive starters, so…

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5 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

tOSU also thought Jameson Williams should only have 15 catches in two years so maybe they also make mistakes. 

Ohio States DB room is absolutely loaded. Just because he wasn’t a starter there doesn’t mean he is bad. 

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So with the 22 class basically signed, what are the big needs in the portal? Idk how many spots we really have but I'll say:

1 instant contributor OL (hard to rely on regular enrolee true freshmen)

2 WRs

2 instant impact Edges (again, don't want to totally rely on True Fr and our depth chart is empty)

1 LB (I'm hopeful Dmo, Ford, Gbenda, Richardson, Blackwell can take a step forward for now, but we need more young guys bc of only one in this 22 class)

1 Safety

(sounds like Watts at either CB or S)

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2 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

So with the 22 class basically signed, what are the big needs in the portal? Idk how many spots we really have but I'll say:

1 instant contributor OL (hard to rely on regular enrolee true freshmen)

2 WRs

2 instant impact Edges (again, don't want to totally rely on True Fr and our depth chart is empty)

1 LB (I'm hopeful Dmo, Ford, Gbenda, Richardson, Blackwell can take a step forward for now, but we need more young guys bc of only one in this 22 class)

1 Safety

(sounds like Watts at either CB or S)

I think if they get 7 HS guys, that's it for OL recruiting.

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5 minutes ago, Professor Chesney said:

I had drinks last night with an Ole Miss alum that participates in the bag game and that conversation left me thinking that programs still aren’t prepared for the potential chaos of the transfer portal. 

None of the stuff he said will be new or groundbreaking to anyone here: high school players and people around them receive benefits to sign and enroll at a school.  But what struck me as interesting was the front loaded structure of the benefits and the weak incentives to remain at the school.  

There are some benefits that persist throughout the players’ time at a school — employment/housing for relatives, cars where title remains with the booster, bills/planned payments to relatives.  But most of the cash bonuses are paid upon signing or when the recruit enrolls (ignoring payments made during the recruiting process).  Players get paid during the season but that is true for all schools; there aren’t really any incentives unique to a program to keep a player from leaving to another program.  

Maybe other schools are smarter about how they structure under-the-table incentives.  But with the new portal and NIL rules, it seems incredibly risky to make the bag game the future foundation of your recruiting infrastructure.  

 

So youre buddy's opinion is that the bag game is never going to be minimized and it will always be the large determining factor in things? Well ok?

I mean, I'm pretty sure some folks are now being open about their bags to sign now, and hitting the portal for a second hit in a year or two. To the coaches recruiting them. 

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10 hours ago, RabidM said:

Watts is fine. I just think people need to have realistic expectations about him.  He was a backup safety at OSU who didn't play much in 2 years.  It's possible he might have been lost in a very talented backfield, but it's also possible he's just a career backup. 

He probably has the ability to play safety, but Watts played CB at Ohio State.

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36 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

I think if they get 7 HS guys, that's it for OL recruiting.

It wouldn't shock me to see them take a tackle in the portal, but we don't need more than one. 

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38 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

I think if they get 7 HS guys, that's it for OL recruiting.

Nope. If there is an instant starter, we will take them. 

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1 hour ago, BurntOrange&White said:

I think if they get 7 HS guys, that's it for OL recruiting.

Maybe but I'd still take an experienced transfer rental to bridge the gap until the 22s are ready. 

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29 minutes ago, JFKFC said:

Nope. If there is an instant starter, we will take them. 

this.  we aren't going to turn down a one or 2 year starter type.  in fact we need a left tackle with some experience badly.  

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5 minutes ago, nycHorn said:


Watts?

 

5 minutes ago, Sabalo said:

Context ?

 

3 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Man that's great news. He's a player. We need him. He has talent. No doubt, we take him. 

Who is he again? 

 

 

 

say what again pulp fiction GIF

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Man that's great news. He's a player. We need him. He has talent. No doubt, we take him. 

Who is he again? 

Was posted in a thread titled “Ryan Watts”.

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