Looks like Brantley is entering the portal

[TexasCane90]

this one sucks… kids who you want on your team.

McCormick better be an A+ blocker because letting a kid like this go from a feeder school isn’t making things easier

 

[SayWhat]

Timing is weird, but good luck young man.

 

[Empirical Cane]

Must be a rough Day 1 of Spring PractiCe.

 

[skeeter]

Ya I liked Brantley

Man we were so pumped for him and Brinson from MNW that year

 

[Gocanes1990]

Kirby Smart level of tone deaf? Dude, he just won 2 Championships... WTF?

yes, Kirby is a tone deaf prick. He was almost run out of town. Took him five years to get to this point. Hence I said Mario better win…

 

[Gocanes1990]

The way this was handled was p**** s***. You want a kid to find better opportunities for himself, be a grown *** man and handle it accordingly. SMH

 

[Hoyacane1620]

FWIW, poster on 247 mentioned he sat through early position meetings with new staff. seemed the saw him more as an H-back than TE. He must have decided he wasn't interested in that role. Likely has something lined up and didn't want to risk injury

 

[Yoyo82]

Still don't know why he wouldn't wait until after spring practice (unless he was forced out now. Which wouldn't make sense to me either.)

But everybody knew when we took McCormick that room was really crowded.

Hate to lose guys that can contribute but it's a nice problem to have people who could contribute sitting at 4th or 5th on the depth chart. When you have a properly stacked roster we're always going to lose kids that we like.

 

[Hoyacane1620]

Long time between now and May when it opens.. Maybe he'll re-think this if it was ALL his decision..

 

[HurricanePhilly]

Seems like a good hard working kid. But in this era of huge athletic TE’s who can play some other spots too a 6’1 220lb TE who isn’t a blazer isn’t likely to be a difference maker. I’m sure this topic will get 20 pages because he’s a fan favorite but a 3 star that we beat teams like Pitt and Maryland for is what most of this fan base has been complaining about. So which way do you want it.

 

[BostonCanes47]

I just wonder why he waited until the first day of spring ball?

Saw the depth chart is my guess.

 

[jazperbc]

yes, Kirby is a tone deaf prick. He was almost run out of town. Took him five years to get to this point. Hence I said Mario better win…

Name calling huh? lol, I will take 2 National Championships and a tone deaf coach ALL DAY

 

[jazperbc]

The way this was handled was p**** s***. You want a kid to find better opportunities for himself, be a grown *** man and handle it accordingly. SMH

So, what is the inside info? You are acting like you are family or a close friend. You are publicly attacking the Miami Coaching staff with no context.

 

[Angry Ibis]

Let’s talk about that depth chart and whether he’s buried behind potential or production…

 

[Caned Peach]

He was probably waiting for the initial depth chart that comes out just before spring starts. It lets you know how close you are to playing and it’s usually followed up with a one-on-one with your position coach to let you know what’s going to happen.

My guess is there’s a few more (especially on the OL) who are gone after spring

The after spring practice would've made much more sense like you mention about OLmen.

 

[Cryptical Envelopment]

Long time between now and May when it opens.. Maybe he'll re-think this if it was ALL his decision..

Nah you don't get to skip spring and then waltz back in with Mario IMO... especially since we just added three more TE to the roster and will need to shed some more guys to make room for the post-spring portal additions anyway.

 

[AllAboutTheU]

Totally misused/underutilized last year.

Who wasn’t?

 

[Home Slice]

I like this dude. Wish he'd stay.

 

[TC@ne]

**** this one hurts

 

[Angry Ibis]

Who wasn’t?

Agreed. Brantley would play hard, crush people, make a few plays and then poof gone… meanwhile the offense was what we all saw.