Transfer Portal: TJ Moore transfers
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I’m just glad he didn’t spell it dwag while giving props to Fat Face Todd.
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It's probably not going to do us any favors in terms of recruiting focus(probably will be a detriment actually), but as I said a few pages earlier, the Fl schools will continue to benefit from these situations. Kids from the state, and even from southern georgia will often have grown up pulling for one of the three big names(see Robinson to fsu). Assuming things aren't perfect, or just to experience something different, many will eventually end up here. As I said, it probably makes our staff even less "relentless" the first go around by constantly being bailed out, but it's the new reality and we'll have a lot of these going forward. So we'll continue to stress out every Jan when it looks like we'll have a massive position(s) hole. But then there'll be a temporary bandaid placed on it, maybe even with a big get.
Before I get the "it's not sustainable" response, this is not an endorsement of the approach and it's not exactly the way I'd like it scripted either. But we're going into year 4 of it and it's not completely not working either.
The other thing that may happen is some of the northern teams, or even as far as Clemson, that are currently raiding the state might shift some of their focus. As we learned with Steele and Bowman, if things don't go well, and these kids are given one free transfer, they are likely going to go back to their home region. If this were allowed in 2010, I'd be shocked if we kept Easley, Floyd or Powell for 3-4 years, and Shaw probably leaves even sooner. If these teams start losing key guys that they were counting on, and end up with a hole that derails a season, they may find it less appealing to bring in Fl kids. I'm not saying any of this will happen, just that it could. And the flipside will be we're facing fsu and um every year for kids and they'll be less likely to ever transfer, so we'll still need to step it up.
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True. It's also entirely possible that he was drunk posting when he wrote it. That's been going around lately.
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I think a reason being overlooked that probably helps Mullen in the portal is for the fact that our recruiting sucks. If we was better at recruiting we would have the problem of kids transferring out to programs with inferior talent so they can immediately see the field. That is sustainable and unpredictable. But crumbs drop to the floor.
- Sep 8, 2014
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Very good points. And I'd argue that this approach is "sustainable" - and we're not the only one's who will be using it. FSU has already added 6 transfers who will all likely start - and most of them had Florida ties, one way or another (Milton is not from Florida, but played at UCF).
Although we're still not landing enough blue-chip recruits (4-star or better) and not adding enough top-100 overall ranked recruits, we are doing a better job the last couple of classes of having a (somewhat) more balanced class (adding enough positions). We're lacking at ILB (but that's and easy fix if they attack it....or add it from the portal). We're signing enough OL's & DT's (just not enough quality) so we could always add from the portal on an 'as needed' basis. We have enough WR's (but lacking quality), we're loaded at RB (shockingly), we have bodies along the DL, way too many Buck types, and the DB & TE rooms are filled up. So going forward, we need to add more quality (which I'm not sure this staff is capable of doing) and making sure the classes are balanced. I have a feeling, after spring, we're going to see at least 3 to 5 more transfers out (a couple OLs who are buried on the depth chart, one or more of the Buck-types - David Reese, for example, and maybe another DB).
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Didn't slayton opt out of the bowl game? How awkward would that be
TOS says he's working w/ an NFL trainer and is likely gone. Would have been nice to get him back, but the two transfers are great.
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Slayton is just a massive dude, he seems to have taken steps back this year. Everytime i saw him he had his hands in the air like he was being held every play
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It is hard for me to get excited as well. Grantham just isn't a good DC. His schemes stink. And, he has no idea how to manage his players.
