Balom In The Portal

[hoops156]

I thought Tae was severely overrated until @Da Jumbo Mutombo put me onto his Senior film. It was night and day, he was an absolute missile.

Somewhat unrelated, but look at any preseason thread asking which players we are most excited about seeing this season, him and Jackson were always tops for me. Sad that it didn’t work out here and he didn’t play well this season, really thought he’d take off under Steele/Addae, smh. Even more sad Jackson is leaving but water under the bridge now.

Anyway, anyone sh*tting on Banda saying he didn’t bring guys in here is trippin’. He brought studs into that room, them not being developed and turning into what they thought we’d be is a different conversation. If we didn’t land JW, Tae, Kam, then ya’ll would be sh*tting on him for not even doing that. **** if you do, **** if you don’t…but bottomline is those 3 guys, moreso JW and Tae could have gone anywhere in the country out of HS outside of maybe Bama. That’s a fact, covid excuse for JW or not. Again, had JW not signed here then it’d be “We couldn’t eVeN sign hIm dUrInG tHe coVId yeAr wHeN eVeRyOnE WaS staying hOMeee!” Lol, foh.

this.

 

[hoops156]

Banda was a good recruiter; least of our worries compared to the others.

Like Mario and dvd now, Banda did. Lot of heavy lifting recruit ing wise.

 

[DTP]

Like Mario and dvd now, Banda did. Lot of heavy lifting recruit ing wise.

Banda was also a good safety coach. Look at the guys he coached and how much better they got while he was here. Jamal Carter, Rayshawn Jenkins, Jaquan Johnson, Sheldrick Redwine, even Robert Knowles got better under him. People here trash him because he was a nobody when he got hired but he got more production from his units than almost every other assistant we’ve had here the last decade.

 

[BeastMode]

Withdrew his name maybe so he can stay through spring and graduate then move on.

 

[Go Canes!!]

 

[Highline17]

Love to see it, one of our depth players that I kinda liked

 

[jsy]

I don’t know what to think
I was glad we were getting rid of a jag
But at this point
I guess we need bodies or we’ll have walk ons playing

 

[Highline17]

I don’t know what to think
I was glad we were getting rid of a jag
But at this point
I guess we need bodies or we’ll have walk ons playing

Gotta keep some depth, and of any of the guys in the transfer portal to stay, it was him; he doesn’t appear to be toxic

 

[jsy]

Gotta keep some depth, and of any of the guys in the transfer portal to stay, it was him; he doesn’t appear to be toxic

I agree he’s a solid 3rd team kind of player
Was hoping we would get someone above his caliber
Cuz if kam goes down
It’s looking real bad

 

[TC@ne]

Actually huge

 

[Marcelo2988]

Good. We have no safeties

 

[Hufftwoseven]

Like it for depth and special teams

 

[Rellyrell]

I’m thinking he didn’t get the offers he thought he was going to get. Regardless, welcome back.

 

[252cane]

Withdrew his name maybe so he can stay through spring and graduate then move on.

There is immediate eligibility now

 

[BostonCanes47]

Before he got hurt he looked pretty promising in the game action he got. Not sure what he is now because I haven’t seen him play since but I was high on him before that

 

[Ispyin]

 

[BigCaneAl]

Before he got hurt he looked pretty promising in the game action he got. Not sure what he is now because I haven’t seen him play since but I was high on him before that

Agree, I liked what I saw. He played fast and was aggressive tackler. I was surprised he didn’t get some playing time this year.

 

[2xbamm]

Kam walking into the safety room to start spring practices

Hilarious!

 

[Empirical Cane]

Good news how exactly?

Getting a limited-contributor replacement via portal is sideways, perhaps an upgrade.

Balom staying is underwhelming.

 

[Cane4life18]

Banda was also a good safety coach. Look at the guys he coached and how much better they got while he was here. Jamal Carter, Rayshawn Jenkins, Jaquan Johnson, Sheldrick Redwine, even Robert Knowles got better under him. People here trash him because he was a nobody when he got hired but he got more production from his units than almost every other assistant we’ve had here the last decade.