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Isaiah Horton is not hurt and we are still talking about him for some reason

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Essex Cane said:
Someone I know plugged in at Bama told me he didn't have faith in the QB room. Not sure how true it is but at the time I couldn't blame him. Either way he gone so is what it is.
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Here's the thing.

People can say whatever they want in order to justify whatever they want you to believe.

Here's the reality. Isaiah Horton had his one good year (56 receptions for 616 yards) playing with a QB who only decided to join Miami in mid-January.

And as for his "faith in the QB room", let's think about this. Outside of Cam Ward, it's the same QB room he had all year. He's got 2 years to play. And Horton knows Nickel is coming. But instead of waiting to see what Miami would do in the Portal, he chose to leave immediately.

The Pop Tarts Bowl was on December 28th. But we were pursuing John Mateer before then. Horton put in his transfer paperwork before Mateer committed to Oklahoma. And let's not forget how quickly Horton was crystal-balled to Alabama after he entered the Portal. Or was the crystal ball BEFORE he entered the Portal? Because everyone knew where he was going.

The reality is that he got WR1 money to be WR2 at Alabama. And that's his choice.

But let's not let Horton turn this into some "he didn't have faith in the QB room" pity party. That wasn't what he discussed with the coaches, and he sure as **** didn't wait very long. Miami was obviously pursuing a QB in the Portal, but instead he's going to be playing with Ty Simpson instead of Carson Beck. In THREE SEASONS, Ty Simpson has thrown the ball less (for fewer completions) than Emory Williams had in 2023. That's not a great sign.

So, yeah, whatever. Isaiah Horton can say anything he wants. Doesn't make it true.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
Here's the thing.

People can say whatever they want in order to justify whatever they want you to believe.

Here's the reality. Isaiah Horton had his one good year (56 receptions for 616 yards) playing with a QB who only decided to join Miami in mid-January.

And as for his "faith in the QB room", let's think about this. Outside of Cam Ward, it's the same QB room he had all year. He's got 2 years to play. And Horton knows Nickel is coming. But instead of waiting to see what Miami would do in the Portal, he chose to leave immediately.

The Pop Tarts Bowl was on December 28th. But we were pursuing John Mateer before then. Horton put in his transfer paperwork before Mateer committed to Oklahoma. And let's not forget how quickly Horton was crystal-balled to Alabama after he entered the Portal. Or was the crystal ball BEFORE he entered the Portal? Because everyone knew where he was going.

The reality is that he got WR1 money to be WR2 at Alabama. And that's his choice.

But let's not let Horton turn this into some "he didn't have faith in the QB room" pity party. That wasn't what he discussed with the coaches, and he sure as **** didn't wait very long. Miami was obviously pursuing a QB in the Portal, but instead he's going to be playing with Ty Simpson instead of Carson Beck. In THREE SEASONS, Ty Simpson has thrown the ball less (for fewer completions) than Emory Williams had in 2023. That's not a great sign.

So, yeah, whatever. Isaiah Horton can say anything he wants. Doesn't make it true.
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I hear you, idc about him enough he aint Randy Moss lol best of luck to him.
 
From everything I've heard it was almost completely a money decision. Granted it's Bama, I don't think he'd take a bag to go to Kent St. but it was almost certainly mostly about the money. It's idiotic to assume we weren't going to pursue and likely land a big time experienced QB. But then like 60% of the board here assumed that so.. 🤷‍♂️
 
Essex Cane said:
Someone I know plugged in at Bama told me he didn't have faith in the QB room. Not sure how true it is but at the time I couldn't blame him. Either way he gone so is what it is.
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I wouldn't have faith in the QB room either if I were in his shoes.

However, the choice of going to Bama is still questionable if that's the main reason why he left.

Clemson, LSU, TCU, TTech, Nebraska or Oklahoma, would've been the best places to go if he was looking for good QB's to play for.

I suspect he left because he got more money at Bama & he felt his potential draft stock would be much higher at Bama than it would be at Miami.

And in that case, he's right.
 
The risk is we don’t get someone as good as Horton from the portal. We’ve won some of those bets we’ve lost some. I personally would have liked to have kept him. I really don’t like the depth and lack of experience at WR, think we need two guys at this point tbh.
 
Lol there’s probably some truth to NIL and him not wanting to be here but if it was my money year, I’m not putting my trust in Emory Williams throwing me the football. Our QB recruiting has been atrocious up to this point.
 
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Memnon said:
I suspect he left because he got more money at Bama & he felt his potential draft stock would be much higher at Bama than it would be at Miami.

And in that case, he's right.
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Colbie Young thought his potential draft stock would be much higher at Georgia.

Sometimes, that kind of thinking backfires.
 
D_G87 said:
Lol there’s probably some truth to NIL and him not wanting to be here but if it was my money year, I’m not putting my trust in Emory Williams throwing me the football. Our QB recruiting has been atrocious up to this point.
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He's a sophomore. This is not his "money year".

Nobody was putting their trust in Emory Williams. We pursued John Mateer WEEKS before the bowl game.

Our QB recruiting? Luke Nickel has been committed since August 2023. Dereon Coleman has been committed since July 2024. I understand impatience, and that is exactly why we are turning to the Portal for 2024 and 2025.

He could have been catching passes from Carson Beck in 2025 and Luke Nickel in 2026.

Instead, he's at Saban-less Alabama catching passes from Ty Simpson. And getting paid fairly well to do so.

He made his choice.
 
htownkidd said:
Isn’t Horton a RS-JR? This is his 4th season so yeah, he is probably looking to produce and go get paid after this season.

He could have done that here, but it’s all moot now.
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He's a RS-Sophomore now. He will be a RS-Junior in the fall.

Horton's not going to "get paid after this season". His one good season came with Cam Ward setting all kinds of UM single-season passing records. Now Horton will be playing with Ty Simpson. Coulda been catching passes from Carson Beck, but he wanted to get paid more now because he's not quite ready to be paid by the NFL.
 
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BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati said:
Important question:

Will he be wearing #35 at Alabama?
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Yes. Alabama uses jersey #44 for their kick returners...


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TheOriginalCane said:
He's a RS-Sophomore now. He will be a RS-Junior in the fall.

Horton's not going to "get paid after this season". His one good season came with Cam Ward setting all kinds of UM single-season passing records. Now Horton will be playing with Ty Simpson. Coulda been catching passes from Carson Beck, but he wanted to get paid more now because he's not quite ready to be paid by the NFL.
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Everyone on this board knows by “this season”, I meant the 2025 season, lol. C’mon man. IF he can follow up 2024 season with another good 2025 season, he will be going to get paid. Will he? That remains to be seen, but I’m 99.9% sure that is what he is thinking.
 
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