2024 Transfer Thread - The Pedantic Circlejerk

[Bodacious Bevo 3586]

As best I can tell, Davis entered the portal in January with a do-not-contact tag, but has never released a top schools list or anything. I'm not even sure he's taken visits. He practiced with the team during the spring but there hasn't been any news that he withdrew from the portal. 

PFF has him as the #4 returning corner in the country, two spots above Jabbar Muhammad. 

[Chuckie Finster 22702]

55 minutes ago, Scholz said:

SIAP

 

Genuinely a first ballot HOF post on this website.

[Josef Pwag 1740]

[victory88 5669]

Brooks has gotten burned repeatedly and busting coverages even in the spring game.  Ohio State thought he was safety and it's making sense now.  If we are getting the Arizona CB, that should be an upgrade.

 

CB-  Manny

CB-  Davis (potential transfer)

S-  Mukuba

S-  Williams

Nickel-  Barron/Gillbeau

Rotational players-  Holmes, McDonald, Taafe.

Mukuba can play star and Barron can play CB.  This should be a solid DB group with good cover skills if the coaches can fucking do their job and teach them proper technique.  Rod Babers almost loses his shit when he talks about the poor technique that is being taught.  He talks about how our DBs don't play inside/outside leverage properly and these are simple things that should be taught.  

[Hermanator 7120]

16 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

He's so reliably and perfectly wrong I'm halfway convinced its a bit. 

That would imply he knows how to be reliably, perfectly right

[D3zii 3708]

3 minutes ago, victory88 said:

Brooks has gotten burned repeatedly and busting coverages even in the spring game.  Ohio State thought he was safety and it's making sense now.  If we are getting the Arizona CB, that should be an upgrade.

 

CB-  Manny

CB-  Davis (potential transfer)

S-  Mukuba

S-  Williams

Nickel-  Barron/Gillbeau

Rotational players-  Holmes, McDonald, Taafe.

Mukuba can play star and Barron can play CB.  This should be a solid DB group with good cover skills if the coaches can fucking do their job and teach them proper technique.  Rod Babers almost loses his shit when he talks about the poor technique that is being taught.  He talks about how our DBs don't play inside/outside leverage properly and these are simple things that should be taught.  

 

Yea you can tell Rod isn't feeling Joseph. You can tell He wants to go in, but he's not trying to Bash the coaches. 

[victory88 5669]

38 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

According to Bobby this sounds like a decent player wanted star NIL money and Sark said no. Perhaps Sark said "No, that money is slotted for Tacario Davis". Welcome to the new world of college football

I'm fucking happy Sark is our coach.  If a player is going to demand high dollar, well you better play like it or it'll get spent on someone that is worth the money.  Under Mack, I imagine NIL would be handed out like orange slices to seniors.  The more you've bled for the program, the more NIL.

 

[Hermanator 7120]

13 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Genuinely a first ballot HOF post on this website.

It's a good one but stolen off JerseyMan in the Spring Camp thread on the football board yesterday

 

[Dbeasy 15073]

Can’t Gillbeau play corner? He’s been thru a lot, almost portaling, injuries, etc. but when healthy he flashed at times. 

[Pato del Muerto 52531]

I think that was referencing the rb room and John brooks plus red being gone. Totally different. 

[Rickylovesweed 14508]

45 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

According to Bobby this sounds like a decent player wanted star NIL money and Sark said no. Perhaps Sark said "No, that money is slotted for Tacario Davis". Welcome to the new world of college football

These are the types of decisions you have to make if you want to win. 

It brings me back to Dillon Mitchell last year in men's basketball. I think it's a very similar situation. Decent player but not worth the type NIL he wants and there are probably pretty big upgrades out there. 

[TrashMaster G 17568]

13 minutes ago, D3zii said:

 

Yea you can tell Rod isn't feeling Joseph. You can tell He wants to go in, but he's not trying to Bash the coaches. 

Who is Bash?

[Park Gothic 5047]

6 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

It's a good one but stolen off JerseyMan in the Spring Camp thread on the football board yesterday

 

Good comedy is about timing.

[Bevo 13582]

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

I don't think Texas is going to have to start Barron at CB this year, but if they did, light the cigarettes now because we've already been fucked.

I like the sound of that.

[Scholz 11944]

14 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

It's a good one but stolen off JerseyMan in the Spring Camp thread on the football board yesterday

 

Dear sir, I'll have you know I stole that from a buddy's text who said this meme was on OB.  I passed THAT on as my own.  I said good day!

[Texas Flood 1356]

17 minutes ago, D3zii said:

 

Yea you can tell Rod isn't feeling Joseph. You can tell He wants to go in, but he's not trying to Bash the coaches. 

It’s been hilarious seeing him vindicated while CJ and Bobby squirm around the topic after months ago ridiculing calls to look at the DB coaches.

[JesusSweatDuck 17784]

2 hours ago, crash_davis said:

Fuck Joseph.

Mom didn't, but somehow I was born anyways.

[Park Gothic 5047]

1 minute ago, JesusSweatDuck said:

Mom didn't, but somehow I was born anyways.

[Burt Macklin 19038]

16 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

Can’t Gillbeau play corner? He’s been thru a lot, almost portaling, injuries, etc. but when healthy he flashed at times. 

He’s a nickel/safety. Him playing outside CB probably wouldn’t go well. Same for Barron, but Barron would be better outside than Guilbeau if we had to pick. 

[Foosters 17858]

i thought of the shawshank joke several weeks ago but forgot to find the img and post it here

[Hookem2147 21344]

[closetojumping 62760]

18 minutes ago, victory88 said:

I'm fucking happy Sark is our coach.  If a player is going to demand high dollar, well you better play like it or it'll get spent on someone that is worth the money.  Under Mack, I imagine NIL would be handed out like orange slices to seniors.  The more you've bled for the program, the more NIL.

 

Let's be careful about lauding Sarkisian towards rare air when it comes to all of this. He's not alone and he's not supplying the cash. The fact that Texas decided it was important to give a mediocre former walk-on who comes from money and was happy to play for free a big fat stack in this cycle should cause everyone to pause in a big way before going in this direction.

[HenryJames 66133]

2 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

[Josef Pwag 1740]

21 minutes ago, Texas Flood said:

while CJ and Bobby squirm around the topic

[Napoleon 8690]

1 minute ago, Josef Pwag said:

[honolulu horn 6164]

Dear God I love this place

[Funk Doctor Spock 12422]

2 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

 

                

 

 

 

Ouch, dude. But that is funny...and valid. 

Edited April 23 by Spider2YBanana

[GreenspointTexas 9662]

That shawshank meme/reaction is top 5 greatest things ive seen on Surly. Well done

[victory88 5669]

45 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Let's be careful about lauding Sarkisian towards rare air when it comes to all of this. He's not alone and he's not supplying the cash. The fact that Texas decided it was important to give a mediocre former walk-on who comes from money and was happy to play for free a big fat stack in this cycle should cause everyone to pause in a big way before going in this direction.

Yes, I get it.  He's not perfect.  What I meant was that it's refreshing to see a coach actually do his best to win a championship and run this program based on meritocracy.  

 

And, maybe this was their way of rewarding him in getting Arch on campus.... kidding obviously.

Edited April 23 by victory88

[BigHorn'13 3378]

45 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Let's be careful about lauding Sarkisian towards rare air when it comes to all of this. He's not alone and he's not supplying the cash. The fact that Texas decided it was important to give a mediocre former walk-on who comes from money and was happy to play for free a big fat stack in this cycle should cause everyone to pause in a big way before going in this direction.

Holy shit. Taafe got paid?

[Tex-19 2872]

3 hours ago, FreeHorn said:

He really should be a safety coach. 

Agree. Been saying from the start that it was weird Sark hired him for CBs

[Texas Flood 1356]

2 minutes ago, BigHorn'13 said:

Holy shit. Taafe got paid?

Signed a deal with Vinex

[Chooky 13317]

Can he even jump over that? 

[closetojumping 62760]

30 minutes ago, Chooky said:

Can he even jump over that? 

He could probably fall over that, akin to his performance on Blue's touchdown this past Saturday.

Edited April 23 by closetojumping

[Chooky 13317]

57 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Let's be careful about lauding Sarkisian towards rare air when it comes to all of this. He's not alone and he's not supplying the cash. The fact that Texas decided it was important to give a mediocre former walk-on who comes from money and was happy to play for free a big fat stack in this cycle should cause everyone to pause in a big way before going in this direction.

I'm mad online again. 

[Bevo 13582]

9 minutes ago, Texas Flood said:

Signed a deal with Vinex

 

His whole family is Texas - that's where his parents met - that's where his uncles went - that where his grandad was an AA swimmer. He probably didn't give other schools much thought.

Edited April 23 by Bevo

[Dbeasy 15073]

9 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

Agree. Been saying from the start that it was weird Sark hired him for CBs

To be fair to Sark, are coaches all such lug heads that they can’t even learn to coach a second position near to the one they have experience coaching? It ain’t rocket surgery.  

[closetojumping 62760]

3 minutes ago, Chooky said:

I'm mad online again. 

[ClubWhatever 12152]

9 minutes ago, Bevo said:

 

His whole family is Texas - that's where his parents met - that's where his uncles went - that where his grandad was an AA swimmer. He probably didn't give other schools much thought.

A deific hand should reach down and take his NIL and scholarship and hand it to Auburn.

[Ricky's one-hitter 9119]

It's going to be really weird when Tacario Davis says "No thanks, Texas. I'd rather play for Duane Akina"

 

[Ricky Butler 2730]

1 minute ago, Ricky's one-hitter said:

It's going to be really weird when Tacario Davis says "No thanks, Texas. I'd rather play for Duane Akina"

 

Their CBs will have excellent technique while giving up 40 points on a porous and poorly coordinated defense. 

[ousux 5600]

Somebody who transferred in, may be transferring again. (Report)
 
Expect a returning starter in the secondary to transfer. 
 
 

Silas Bolden who hasn't even made it to campus yet? That's my guess...maybe Gavin Holmes.

[Burt Macklin 19038]

22 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

To be fair to Sark, are coaches all such lug heads that they can’t even learn to coach a second position near to the one they have experience coaching? It ain’t rocket surgery.  

Joseph would have to learn to coach a first position before he can learn a second. 

[hookemATL 11793]

1 hour ago, Foosters said:

i thought of the shawshank joke several weeks ago but forgot to find the img and post it here

I thought of it before that. So. Yeah. 

[Funk Doctor Spock 12422]

29 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

A deific hand should reach down and take his NIL and scholarship and hand it to Auburn.

In a just world this would happen. 

[Bamboozled73 315]

Why would you wait for Pete Carroll when Nick Saban is available …🤷

[Vertigo 20290]

4 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

Lol at people here bemoaning the loss of Brooks. If he'd stayed, we'd have been bitching about him all season. Hell, the motherfucker got torched much of last season and was routinely bailed out by WRs not catching passes that hit their wide open hands.

I'm not going to sit here and exonerate Joseph or even Gideon. They're obvious weak links on the defensive staff. Joseph isn't going to develop shit, particularly at CB over Safety. Fine. Brooks has been on campus 3 years, and he's plateaued or regressed. I have little faith that he would have turned it around with another year of coaching from Joseph. I'll roll the dice that Mack or Black are the next Manny Muhammed, dogs that come in and are self-disciplined and will get better on their own with more reps. We know what Brooks is, at this point, under Joseph. 
 

We just simply can't recruit corners who don't have top end speed anymore. We could get away with that somewhat in the B12, but in the SEC everyone has guys that can fly. It would have been a long and painful season for Brooks if I had to guess followed by discussion on moving him to safety. I also question why he is blowing coverages in year 3 as a multiyear starter. I was a little dubious about him going into next season prior to the spring game. We just need more athleticism in that spot.  

[T-shirt Sip 2107]

51 minutes ago, Ricky's one-hitter said:

It's going to be really weird when Tacario Davis says "No thanks, Texas. I'd rather play for Duane Akina"

 

 

1 hour ago, Dbeasy said:

To be fair to Sark, are coaches all such lug heads that they can’t even learn to coach a second position near to the one they have experience coaching? It ain’t rocket surgery.  

Speaking Akina, he’s been an OC and DC in his career. 

[Dewey 3286]

 

Growing up, UCLA was pretty good, now their coach leaves for an OC position and a transfer says this. 

 

[SA-KC_Horn 1295]

4 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

 But I'm just pulling shit out of my ass. 

@NowThis is that you?