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

[NoName 17,148]

nothing currently to see on Mukuba @ twitter

https://en.whotwi.com/Andrewmukuba2/friends

screenshot below for future reference:

following 605 people, still has clemson tag in bio

 

Spoiler

 

[WinningIsHard 4,171]

Time to sell the fuck out of the immediate playing time angle to Perkins. Need that kid in a bad way, like satya needs bad news. 

[dcar00 14,962]

8 minutes ago, victory88 said:

Lmao at the notion that a guy made of glass is going to play on defense where generally you’ll deal with more physical contact.  

you apparently haven't seen our defense...

[chad.ihrig 607]

Yeah, that is a terrible idea.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Had Enough 2,115]

Cook to Safety? Maybe. Perhaps.

[SydneyCarton 49,495]

22 minutes ago, Had Enough said:

Cook to Safety? Maybe. Perhaps.

Cook finally seemed to find a spot that made sense, played well enough and showed improvement and you want to move him back to Safety? I mean, I guess, as long as Harold Perkins signs. 

[swonie 75]

 

Rumors of BJ missing a tackle on the way to the portal remain unconfirmed


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Red Five 41,738]

I don’t know guys. We’re pretty deep at WR. We have so many that we probably wouldn’t miss the second best receiver on the team.

[Huckleberry 34,644]

48 minutes ago, victory88 said:

Lmao at the notion that a guy made of glass is going to play on defense where generally you’ll deal with more physical contact.  

To be fair, he's talking about a move to Texas Longhorn safety. So maybe not any more physical contact.

[Stunns38 3,805]

Serious question, where do we think he ends up?  I have doubts as to even his base level athleticism, much less football IQ and mental toughness.
When the career fan highlight is a teed up hit on a wr that didn't even result in a turnover, rather a penalty and an ejection... That's just a sad sad career at a school like Texas.  I'm glad no one is masochistic enough yet to make a career lowlights vid because that sucker would be at least a half hour long

UTSA , UH, or Tech

[Chad 1,728]

I said best news ever on the burnt orange nation site and I ended up being banned from the entire network by Mr. softie himself, Wescott Eberts.

[Tex Pete 21,487]

2 hours ago, derpyhorndog said:

We've had a long stretch of years where DBs flash (or even shine consistently) as underclassman only for them to regress in their later years. Sterns is another one beyond these two that come to mind. Looking forward to flipping that script. 

I think Sterns was a negative influence on the other DBs. That was a cultural problem within that group.

I think Adimora was more of a fit issue.

[Hank_Hill 20,046]

5 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

I think Sterns was a negative influence on the other DBs. That was a cultural problem within that group.

I think Adimora was more of a fit issue.

Sterns is now a solid starter in the NFL so maybe it was a cultural problem within our whole gahdamn football team

[texasstrong12 4,668]

Sterns was never healthy at Texas. That was his biggest issue. He's also already been banged up a few times in the NFL. 

 

 

[The Beast 585]

1 hour ago, Etexhorn13 said:

Ian Boyd fantasy articles don’t count as rumors 

Thank you.

[Had Enough 2,115]

Cook finally seemed to find a spot that made sense, played well enough and showed improvement and you want to move him back to Safety? I mean, I guess, as long as Harold Perkins signs. 

Cook got off to a fast start but slumped mid-season. Probably in part because he wasn’t always on the field. Seem to recall some discussion of him working at safety maybe in the preseason. Course that coulda been some other moron speculating. He wasn’t good versus WVU in the pass game and was somewhat non-existent post OU, part of that being the game plan and getting a little bigger lineup on the field.

I’m not particularly excited about Coffey and a True frosh as two of the top 3 safeties since that’s no experience. Jerrin being the other. But if Perkins comes on board, that could be the guy working the slot. The younger guys inexperience could be offset if Thompson plays consistently well.

100% speculation on my part, but Cook has reasons for coming back. If he has NFL aspirations, maybe some work at safety helps that. Since he’s coming back, that would imply the coaches like him. Adimora is gone too.

I recall seeing Barron in the nickel some early. You have Jamison and Crawford. Cook and Thompson. Then whatever true frosh we get, Coffey. So we have pieces that could result in some mix and match. If the staff likes Barron and Crawford, they’ll have to play to keep them I’d think.

I’m just hopeful we find the best group and maybe some of that personnel is TBD based on the recruiting class. Based on what we saw this year, I’d assume we’ll rotate quite a bit. And I can see a safety getting tired running in from 30 yards out every other play so maybe you need 4 of those guys.

[Thiefery 5,108]

Barron looks good at CB.. I still worry about Jamison.. he gets beat a lot downfield, and I'm sure he still is penciled at #1

[SarkAfterDark 1,736]

Need more speed at safety. Might need to convince a corner or 2 to play safety until the young kids get up to speed. Or hit on a safety in the transfer portal.

[Bevo14 8,468]

Just now, SarkAfterDark said:

Need more speed at safety. Might need to convince a corner or 2 to play safety until the young kids get up to speed. Or hit on a safety in the transfer portal.

I'm in the Jamison-to-S camp.

[Thiefery 5,108]

Just now, Bevo14 said:

I'm in the Jamison-to-S camp.

he isn't that great at tackling either

[golfclap 6,903]

2 minutes ago, SarkAfterDark said:

Need more speed at safety. Might need to convince a corner or 2 to play safety until the young kids get up to speed.

They are gonna need to convince a couple of the corners to stay before they talk to them about moving to FS.  

[TankedBevo 2,502]

13 minutes ago, Bevo14 said:

I'm in the Jamison-to-S camp. Punt/Kick-off returner only 

 

[Bevo14 8,468]

14 minutes ago, Thiefery said:

he isn't that great at tackling either

Jimmy Lake will buy him contact lenses or something. 

 

[Hookem2147 22,033]

If anyone moves to safety it needs to be Cook.

[irishtexan 11,712]

11 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

The corner to safety switches should have happened last offseason.  They’ll have to happen this year unless we get multiple safety portals who can play.

But then who plays corner? That's the problem...

[Revolution512 1,518]

13 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

The corner to safety switches should have happened last offseason.  They’ll have to happen this year unless we get multiple safety portals who can play.

Need corners badly as well. 

[SarkAfterDark 1,736]

43 minutes ago, golfclap said:

They are gonna need to convince a couple of the corners to stay before they talk to them about moving to FS.  

I agree here. I have one corner I am expecting to transfer and I suspect its a name most won't like to see in the portal.

26 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

If anyone moves to safety it needs to be Cook.

Cook would have the same struggles at safety as BJ/Adimora. Just too slow and doesn't have terribly good instincts. He could probably work as a box safety though, but in a 2 deep look, yea he'd struggle. 

[Etexhorn13 3,094]

Crawford and Barron are the only ones anyone is going to give a shit about so what’s the deal 

[OU Sucks 9,390]

3 hours ago, squeegeedegg said:

Serious question, where do we think he ends up?  I have doubts as to even his base level athleticism, much less football IQ and mental toughness.

When the career fan highlight is a teed up hit on a wr that didn't even result in a turnover, rather a penalty and an ejection... That's just a sad sad career at a school like Texas.  I'm glad no one is masochistic enough yet to make a career lowlights vid because that sucker would be at least a half hour long

Hopefully a team we play against.  It would be a nice change getting to play against 10 defenders.

[golfclap 6,903]

4 minutes ago, Etexhorn13 said:

Crawford and Barron are the only ones anyone is going to give a shit about so what’s the deal 

They have both been recruited throughout the entire year by several other staffs. They are the 2 best man cover CBs that we have. Crawford played ~30 snaps this season total despite being clearly better than his peers in practice, despite bringing an infusion of speed that is sorely lacking, and despite the starting trio struggling in coverage (man or zone) and tackling. Barron played more but it was still marginal - again, despite bringing a speed and athleticism that was sorely lacking. These guys are simply not a good match with Terry Joseph. 

[cafe society 2,903]

21 minutes ago, golfclap said:

They have both been recruited throughout the entire year by several other staffs. They are the 2 best man cover CBs that we have. Crawford played ~30 snaps this season total despite being clearly better than his peers in practice, despite bringing an infusion of speed that is sorely lacking, and despite the starting trio struggling in coverage (man or zone) and tackling. Barron played more but it was still marginal - again, despite bringing a speed and athleticism that was sorely lacking. These guys are simply not a good match with Terry Joseph. 

We cannot lose those two.  I wish Sark had the edge necessary to pivot swiftly away from liabilities.  He needs a hatchet man, someone like Gary Patterson, who would likely turn Crawford and Barron into AAs.

[Hiphopopotamos 21,191]

How Gerry rates the remaining 'fish'

I rank the fish remaining ...

 

Quote

1. Ewers - QB. Starting QB with very high-end anticipation and natural passer talent. Hughe perception win needed badly.
2. Banks - three year LT, and off to NFL draft
3. Perkins - rare athlete at LB, and such a need for Texas right now. Would be huge perception win when Texas needs it.
4. Devon Campbell - OG that is such a high-end talent
5. Neto Umeozulu - Banks and Neto give you something to jacked up about at LT and RT long term.
6. The player I mentioned expected to jump in portal shortly. Immediate starter at a position of need.
7. Denver Harris - high-end talent at corner. Position of need,
8. Kam Dewberry - likely an IOL long term, but again it's perception wins needed in the program.

 

[Duane Moore 5,756]

Really curious about who the mystery portal target is

[SarkAfterDark 1,736]

1 hour ago, cafe society said:

We cannot lose those two.  I wish Sark had the edge necessary to pivot swiftly away from liabilities.  He needs a hatchet man, someone like Gary Patterson, who would likely turn Crawford and Barron into AAs.

I think we lose one of the 2. Jamison coming back certainly didn’t help. 

[Tex-19 3,013]

5 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:

Really curious about who the mystery portal target is

There certainly seems like some social media smoke around Mukuba. Obviously usually doesn't mean much, but seems odd that so many of our guys are tweeting at him if there's nothing there. 

[Michael Knight 13,217]

Interesting that Gerry didn't include Evan Stewart

[Duane Moore 5,756]

4 minutes ago, SarkAfterDark said:

I think we lose one of the 2. Jamison coming back certainly didn’t help. 

Barron seems like he’s been active in peer recruiting, so Crawford may be the higher flight risk. I am hoping that the defensive coach addition Nahlin has been promising is in the secondary and that we are cutting Terry Joseph loose after NSD1. 

[Teryor 5,004]

2 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

Interesting that Gerry didn't include Evan Stewart

There's a bunch of players not included from decommits (Williams/Hullaby/Dudley) to players committed elsewhere (Brooks) that we're clearly still after

[BornAndRaised 12,876]

 

[Jester 382]

4 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

Interesting that Gerry didn't include Evan Stewart

Yup. Kind of leads me to believe the portal player is a WR…

[Michael Knight 13,217]

Also the transfer player has to be Clayton Smith, Mukuba or Brock. But its probably someone we'll be disappointed in 

[cafe society 2,903]

11 minutes ago, SarkAfterDark said:

I think we lose one of the 2. Jamison coming back certainly didn’t help. 

And I would rather lose Jamison before C & B.

[Goodman 3,283]

5 minutes ago, Jester said:

Yup. Kind of leads me to believe the portal player is a WR…

Mukuba or JoJo/Mims?

[Hiphopopotamos 21,191]

 

[cafe society 2,903]

6 minutes ago, BornAndRaised said:

 

Since I believe that IT threw water on the idea of AM being the portal target, this is most interesting.

[Tex-19 3,013]

13 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:

Barron seems like he’s been active in peer recruiting, so Crawford may be the higher flight risk. I am hoping that the defensive coach addition Nahlin has been promising is in the secondary and that we are cutting Terry Joseph loose after NSD1. 

Yeah Barron has been publicly recruiting as much as anyone on the team, about the same as X. Had a good year too, doesn't seem like he's leaving. 

[BurntOrange&White 41,859]

God I'd love to get that do back to Austin.

[HenryJames 67,356]

38 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

Also the transfer player has to be Clayton Smith, Mukuba or Brock. But its probably someone we'll be disappointed in 

Spoiler

 

[Acropora 864]

Just now, HenryJames said:

  Hide contents

 

Maybe that's why Gerry wasn't sure how many days it would take for us to find out.  Hard to time someone that slow?

[Vito Andolini 9,450]

1 minute ago, HenryJames said:

  Hide contents

 

Not so fast