Bunker Mentality
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plenty of RBs should have interest in a nice bag to stand beside Cam Ward.
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I suppose Ott or any player change their mind at any time. The speculation and names people are throwing out right now are kind of wild.Ott could easily change his mind now and enter the portal. We’ve seen kids nowadays change their minds all the time. I would not be surprised if he enters after Cal does not meet his NIL needs…
IDK man, just feel like something is brewing. D$ (and others) knew about Parrish leaving, talks about Miami looking for a Cam Ward type talent. I know D$ feeds us some koolaid during spring ball but no reason to hype up a would be transfer for no reason. Could have just left it at they will be aggressive or aim high as you said which is basic coach speak.I suppose Ott or any player change their mind at any time. The speculation and names people are throwing out right now are kind of wild.
In the last couple years there hasn't been much quality post-spring. Like last year when we added Allen last Spring, there just wasn't that much out there at that time.
As D$ said "I expect them to aim high". Well yes, that should go without saying we'll aim high. But that doesn't mean there's some plan already in place or there will be much to choose from.
Who knows - Mario has pulled off some unexpected gets before. I do like that he's gonna keep taking swings until the RB room looks right.
Plenty is Brewing...IDK man, just feel like something is brewing. D$ (and others) knew about Parrish leaving, talks about Miami looking for a Cam Ward type talent. I know D$ feeds us some koolaid during spring ball but no reason to hype up a would be transfer for no reason. Could have just left it at they will be aggressive or aim high as you said which is basic coach speak.
Then Josh Pate posts about Parrish leaving and says Miami will backfill that spot adequately post spring. Pate does not really highlight transfers unless it is a big name guy (downs, Proctor, Ward, etc.) so for him to pick up Parrish, a good but not great back and already comment about his replacement was odd. Then he comments about how Proctor going back to Bama isnt even the top 3 rumors he has heard when it comes to the spring portal (could be related to us, could be nothing)
Then d$ re-opens the portal board, which I believe he closed it because he thought there would not be enough traffic once fall portal closed. I doubt a 20-age thread on Parrish is what moved the needle, I think something more is coming. Again, could be nothing, we apparently had deep talks with Worthy and Flowers but nothing materialized. IDK just seems like a lot of smoke.
Fall yes but spring is coming. Typically the Spring window is not as crazy as Fall, but it does allow some people to get degrees (i.e graduation is in May) finish up the semester then come to a program in time for summer or fall,**** I would be stoked if we just got Riley back from BAMA. Has that transfer window closed?
Is this a possibility?How y’all feel about Ashton Jeanty?
i dont think well ever see him play a snap here. i assume were bringing in a RB transfer (pate was hinting at this) as the parrish move was basically expected (herald and gaby had their stories already drafted but just waited if mario convinced parrish to stay). w the recruiting class coming up, i think well be okayWe're good. Citizen will have 500 carries for 4,000 yards and 3 Heismans.
Does this mean a Judkins caliber or Allen/Parrish caliber.
I think D even knows a name or two that are being rumored, cuz he's hinting just too much and directly pointing out Cam Ward's level pull.....
I'll believe it when I see it.Totally unacceptable if it's Allen/Parris caliber. Why even let Chaney/Parris leave if that's the case. Both of them were repped as great teammates and bought into the culture. And why the Pate cryptic comment?
Just hope it's a Tyrique situation, not a Mikel Jones situation.
IDK man, just feel like something is brewing. D$ (and others) knew about Parrish leaving, talks about Miami looking for a Cam Ward type talent. I know D$ feeds us some koolaid during spring ball but no reason to hype up a would be transfer for no reason. Could have just left it at they will be aggressive or aim high as you said which is basic coach speak.
Then Josh Pate posts about Parrish leaving and says Miami will backfill that spot adequately post spring. Pate does not really highlight transfers unless it is a big name guy (downs, Proctor, Ward, etc.) so for him to pick up Parrish, a good but not great back and already comment about his replacement was odd. Then he comments about how Proctor going back to Bama isnt even the top 3 rumors he has heard when it comes to the spring portal (could be related to us, could be nothing)
Then d$ re-opens the portal board, which I believe he closed it because he thought there would not be enough traffic once fall portal closed. I doubt a 20-age thread on Parrish is what moved the needle, I think something more is coming. Again, could be nothing, we apparently had deep talks with Worthy and Flowers but nothing materialized. IDK just seems like a lot of smoke.
I think the staff was going to try to find a true RB1 in the portal to pair with Fletcher regardless of what Parrish didIf they add someone through the portal it better be a sure-fire starter and immediate upgrade. What's it say about the 6 RBs already on the team if the staff's reaction to Parrish leaving is to scramble and find a replacement in the portal?
Agreed, that is why I honed in on the "Cam Ward" type of pickup. He was without a doubt top 2 in the QB transfer market and the top 2 were far and ahead of #3. As far as Pate, I thought the tweet itself spoke more than him saying "adequate" as in he doesnt tweet about every transfer so why tweet about parrish unless he is bookmarking something to pull a receipt later.I certainly hope that's the case and I'm not saying it isn't.
IMO saying "we're going to be aggressive for an impact player" and we'll "adequately replace Parrish" is a bit cryptic and open to interpretation.
You can make the argument we "aggressively" went after a transfer RB last Spring, got Ajay Allen, who was an "impact player" for us last year and is "an adequate replacement" for Parrish.
I like both Allen & Parrish - but these aren't the splash type guys people seem to be expecting.
Until I see a RB in the portal that's a level-up from Parrish, or someone in the know actually says/predicts we're landing a level-up RB, I'm expecting a lateral RB. But...it's a lot more fun to speculate it means one of the top RB's in the country is coming here - I get it.
But historically, there's much more talent in the portal in Dec/Jan than there is in April/May. So it'll probably be tough - but we only need 1.