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He's a starter when healthy, this is a huge loss
I don't see how this is a bad thing. If fans are the ones funding it, I think we should know where our money is going. Transparency leads to accountability, not only with the player but also to the people who set that player's value to the team.
Quite frankly, I think we could have a freshman or portal transfer taking that spot from Lawson and at the very least tread water from where we were last year, if not improve. They might have had experience, but they were still making freshman level mistakes out there, it was time to move on.
I don't see us being able to have the luxury of a ton of quality depth in this new revenue sharing/NIL era. We have to hope to retain quality starters and get starter quality transfers from the portal using the funds we have. Paying for a depth contributor just seems like it will cost us a starter at another critical spot. I'm sure some of the freshmen will get some more looks for playing time earlier now.
I mean realistically, if you have $20.5MM to spend in revenue sharing (NIL is there but will get more scrutiny now from Deloitte so no more ridiculous pay for play deals, or at least will be more difficult), a starting caliber QB right now has a market rate of upper 6 figures/7 figures. That's around 5% of your salary cap there, then think of the market rate for quality OL, DL, LB. We're going to have to start playing money ball and letting players who have big pay demands walk if we don't see the ROI.
I think you've got to have the transparency. If the players don't want the scrutiny that comes with high dollar NIL, don't take the money.
If he wanted too much money, I see your point. However, football is a violent game. Who steps to give Woodson a breather? Who starts when he misses 2-3 games for a combo of targeting, hamstring/shoulder dings? I honestly don't know who the next man up would be.
I mean he was physically large, but kind of sucked on the field. Getting some new players in at LB won't have me shedding tears this year.
Really good player when healthy, but has rarely been healthy. Best of luck to him.
From my sainted mother circa 1955:
Little Willie from the mirror licked the mercury all off
Thinking in his childish error it would cure the whooping cough.
Said the preacher as they laid the poor lad in the ground,
"'Twas a chilly day for Willie when the mercury went down."
crap would have liked to keep Stro on board.
This one sucks. He's had injury issues but showed promise.
Jalen Stroman enters the portal.
Disagree here. He's a good athlete but was still completely lost on the field at LB, probably the most tentative LB we had that saw significant time never looked confident in his positioning or decision making.
Eh, I'm not too upset frankly. Guy looked like a physical freak but didn't play like a natural linebacker. Really struggled to grasp the position and has now been replaced by Woodson. Great athlete but just not a natural football player IMO, and probably don't want to overpay to keep him,
Tony Grimes back in the portal as a "Gradauate Student"
I will be using my last year of eligibility as a Gradauate Student. I will be entering the transfer portal. Thank you Coach Odom and the UNLV football staff ❤️. We made history and changed the program. #Nextchapter. Thank God for the opportunity that he have presented me. pic.twitter.com/oHMHUpsMvG— Tony Grimes (@757EliteDB) December 8, 2024
Yeah I have a feeling we won't see Tuten. Especially as a banged up RB that's got NFL potential I'd be sitting this one out.
Keli Lawson*
Snap count went down because of Woodson, but this is a big loss
I spent 18 months in St. Paul, spanning two winters. You're right about it being cold as F. Miserable, just miserable.
Just saw a report that Keli Lawson is transferring. link
Marcellus Barnes, who was a high three star committed to us, then Georgia, only to follow Fran Brown to 'Cuse is in the portal. CB with three years eligibility remaining.
If Minnesota wants to use the bowl to get film on their younger QBs we might get to face former Hokie Dylan Wittke at QB for a few snaps.
Praise Portal
Here you go, enjoy.
He was in the wrong position. Should have been a Star LB the entire time. Inside he would get washed away easily. Almost all of his great plays were in space (Star).