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Donta Simpson to the portal

dycane said:
I know a couple very legitimate agents — both lawyers — who have represented at times many high profile kids. They hate the business because many times they will do tons of work for kids, conduct themselves with integrity when dealing with collectives, only to have a “family member” interfere and fire them after deals were negotiated and promises made. One such early example was Rashada. Everyone from the family and the street are in these guys’ ears. It’s a **** show.
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And when the school pushes back to actually enforce the agreement, the kid/family/streets play the “woes me, ignorance card”

I’m glad Miami was proactive in the early days to put together some thoughtful language and procedures, to as best as possible minimize the ambiguity in an ambiguous landscape
 
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HarrietTubmanCane said:
Where is all of this energy for Brock Schott?
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I feel the same way but his thread didn’t get transferred over here. Anyways, the major differences

1. Luka Gilbert has a couple catches this year. Schott has none

2. Our TE usage dropped off considerably this year from where it was last year

3. Simpson played more than Schott

4. Simpson is a homegrown talent & appears to be better than his recruiting ranking

5. Good young DTs are harder to find than good young TEs

6. Schott has more schools after him outta HS

7. Idk if we even have another player from the state of Indiana. Simpson has HS teammates on the roster with him & from a program w/ a legacy of producing ‘Canes

There is more intrigue to who will land Simpson.

Schott just got a crystal ball to IU; his home state’s program. That’s a comparable program. No harm no foul because

8. We just landed two major blue chip tight ends. Brock leaving actually helps them get more reps earlier on; both in game and in practice.

We got a lot of dlinemen but was feeling good about having Simpson back next year.
 
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TexasCane90 said:
Just curious he got some snaps in rotation… it wasn’t like he was posting double digit pressures a game,

I get the base of your point that he probably got a very small NIL but when your on campus and your competing with 1000s of transfers you need to at this point show production. Bad advice yeah get a nice 10-15k bump whatever it was but stay grinding like the dude in front of you moten. Was kinda hanging around last year and then this year he shows hes probably getting drafted and we need to pay him to stay
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I think you are right and if he goes somewhere worse for a little bit more money, then the decision seems shortsighted. If he is going fishing for offers without real interest, I think that is dumb. We don't know how much money he is being offered and we don't know what schools are offering and we don't know what our reup offer is.

I do think he will get developed here better than other places, but we also aren't the only place developing DTs. Not gonna jump all over a kid just because I am a fan of Miami.
 
MikeyCanez said:
I think you are right and if he goes somewhere worse for a little bit more money, then the decision seems shortsighted. If he is going fishing for offers without real interest, I think that is dumb. We don't know how much money he is being offered and we don't know what schools are offering and we don't know what our reup offer is.

I do think he will get developed here better than other places, but we also aren't the only place developing DTs. Not gonna jump all over a kid just because I am a fan of Miami.
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The issue he did this why still in the playoffs . He is like one injury from playing and Imo he fcked us over greed . He can kick rocks, he shouldn’t be allowed back
 
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BALLHAWKU said:
I’m sick of these chaminade kids
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Trader, Ewald and Simpson as of today
Couch, Keontra Smith, Thad Franklin, Allen Haye, Cameron Williams other recent players

We had a decade with no one from there. Gotta go back to Jordan Futch before them.

Jury is still out on Ewald and Jojo. I still think Simpson is a loss. But the rest were JAGs here.
 
grover said:
Trader, Ewald and Simpson as of today
Couch, Keontra Smith, Thad Franklin, Allen Haye, Cameron Williams other recent players

We had a decade with no one from there. Gotta go back to Jordan Futch before them.

Jury is still out on Ewald and Jojo. I still think Simpson is a loss. But the rest were JAGs here.
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Simpson lost imo , he’s not going to be allowed back is my guess . All those who went into free portal why we’re in the playoffs imo should be gone for good . I get the nil but negotiation contracts like Simpson did if it’s true in the palyoffs . I don’t see him as a big loss at all . We have like 5 coming in next year and I can see two of them in the rotation . Stancil , Logan or Isaac
 
BALLHAWKU said:
Simpson lost imo , he’s not going to be allowed back is my guess . All those who went into free portal why we’re in the playoffs imo should be gone for good . I get the nil but negotiation contracts like Simpson did if it’s true in the palyoffs . I don’t see him as a big loss at all . We have like 5 coming in next year and I can see two of them in the rotation . Stancil , Logan or Isaac
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We’ll see. It’s extremely rare for a DT to come in and be effective as a true freshman. Coaches certainly shouldn’t plan for it. Moten took 3 years. Scott 1.5 as a 5 star. Jones still isn’t there. We need to go portal.

But hey, Blay >>> Josh Horton so maybe we’ll hit lightning again and get a guy far better than Simpson.
 
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