Are we broke or just reactionary?

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Dobbs 4 Heisman

Dobbs 4 Heisman

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Cause I haven't seen any other team have as much portal drama as us. Can we not pay to keep our team together like other programs cause it seems like everyone of our players has either threatened to enter the portal or did enter the portal. And before yall say everyone is going through this, they're not. We have been involved in far more portal drama than everyone else. I supported not paying Nico but at some point you gotta try to keep your team together. It seems as though Huepel and higher ups have conceded this upcoming season given the fact we're going in with a team that's a shell of what it was last year.

The only way I'm giving Huepel a pass for this year is if we land a top 5 recruiting class with all the funds we've presumably saved from not paying guys what other teams in the portal were willing to pay. However, if we land another mediocre 10-15 recruiting classes paired with losing so many contributing players to the portal I have to assume we are a broke program that can't compete in this new money driven era of college football.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
Cause I haven't seen any other team have as much portal drama as us. Can we not pay to keep our team together like other programs cause it seems like everyone of our players has either threatened to enter the portal or did enter the portal. And before yall say everyone is going through this, they're not. We have been involved in far more portal drama than everyone else. I supported not paying Nico but at some point you gotta try to keep your team together. It seems as though Huepel and higher ups have conceded this upcoming season given the fact we're going in with a team that's a shell of what it was last year.

The only way I'm giving Huepel a pass for this year is if we land a top 5 recruiting class with all the funds we've presumably saved from not paying guys what other teams in the portal were willing to pay. However, if we land another mediocre 10-15 recruiting classes paired with losing so many contributing players to the portal I have to assume we are a broke program that can't compete in this new money driven era of college football.
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What is the shell you speak of? Seems like more have been kept, despite Nico leaving than those that have been told or are looking to move on.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
Cause I haven't seen any other team have as much portal drama as us. Can we not pay to keep our team together like other programs cause it seems like everyone of our players has either threatened to enter the portal or did enter the portal. And before yall say everyone is going through this, they're not. We have been involved in far more portal drama than everyone else. I supported not paying Nico but at some point you gotta try to keep your team together. It seems as though Huepel and higher ups have conceded this upcoming season given the fact we're going in with a team that's a shell of what it was last year.

The only way I'm giving Huepel a pass for this year is if we land a top 5 recruiting class with all the funds we've presumably saved from not paying guys what other teams in the portal were willing to pay. However, if we land another mediocre 10-15 recruiting classes paired with losing so many contributing players to the portal I have to assume we are a broke program that can't compete in this new money driven era of college football.
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Thank you for another (not) entertaining but thoroughly idiotic take. Not quite on the level of Dobbs taking Big Ben's job... but close.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
Cause I haven't seen any other team have as much portal drama as us. Can we not pay to keep our team together like other programs cause it seems like everyone of our players has either threatened to enter the portal or did enter the portal. And before yall say everyone is going through this, they're not. We have been involved in far more portal drama than everyone else. I supported not paying Nico but at some point you gotta try to keep your team together. It seems as though Huepel and higher ups have conceded this upcoming season given the fact we're going in with a team that's a shell of what it was last year.

The only way I'm giving Huepel a pass for this year is if we land a top 5 recruiting class with all the funds we've presumably saved from not paying guys what other teams in the portal were willing to pay. However, if we land another mediocre 10-15 recruiting classes paired with losing so many contributing players to the portal I have to assume we are a broke program that can't compete in this new money driven era of college football.
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Good grief. TN appears on none of the 5 lists I looked at as big losers for the spring or winter portal, with lists from about 8-14 teams.

Take a breath and worry about something more pressing. Perhaps a build-up of belly-button lint, or something.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
Cause I haven't seen any other team have as much portal drama as us. Can we not pay to keep our team together like other programs cause it seems like everyone of our players has either threatened to enter the portal or did enter the portal. And before yall say everyone is going through this, they're not. We have been involved in far more portal drama than everyone else. I supported not paying Nico but at some point you gotta try to keep your team together. It seems as though Huepel and higher ups have conceded this upcoming season given the fact we're going in with a team that's a shell of what it was last year.

The only way I'm giving Huepel a pass for this year is if we land a top 5 recruiting class with all the funds we've presumably saved from not paying guys what other teams in the portal were willing to pay. However, if we land another mediocre 10-15 recruiting classes paired with losing so many contributing players to the portal I have to assume we are a broke program that can't compete in this new money driven era of college football.
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The players that left, including Nico, all wanted significant bumps in NIL. The staff worked hard in December giving bumps to the players they felt were worth it. They let the ones they didn’t feel were worth bumps go. Money is not an issue. But this staff is not going to overpay players to retain them or bring players in that they don’t believe provide the value.

Now everyone is going to come up with their own narrative as to the issues and broke is the easy narrative to play.

They reviewed film on almost every WR that has hit the portal this spring and didn’t see one as good as the 7 on our roster. Those they did speak with wanted starting money but were not good enough. So we passed.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
Cause I haven't seen any other team have as much portal drama as us. Can we not pay to keep our team together like other programs cause it seems like everyone of our players has either threatened to enter the portal or did enter the portal. And before yall say everyone is going through this, they're not. We have been involved in far more portal drama than everyone else. I supported not paying Nico but at some point you gotta try to keep your team together. It seems as though Huepel and higher ups have conceded this upcoming season given the fact we're going in with a team that's a shell of what it was last year.

The only way I'm giving Huepel a pass for this year is if we land a top 5 recruiting class with all the funds we've presumably saved from not paying guys what other teams in the portal were willing to pay. However, if we land another mediocre 10-15 recruiting classes paired with losing so many contributing players to the portal I have to assume we are a broke program that can't compete in this new money driven era of college football.
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Nobody cares about hat you think of Heupel. He gets a 100% pass for this season. If you can’t understand that then that’s on you. Please tell us how realistically we can sign a top 5 class. I mean realistically. Not some mythological scenario in which we have Scrooge McDuck just throwing millions around.
 
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Vol$_Deep_11_9 said:
What is the shell you speak of? Seems like more have been kept, despite Nico leaving than those that have been told or are looking to move on.
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We just lost Jakobe Thomas who played a ton last year and was set to start. We lost Jayson Jenkins and Squirrel White (two major contributors last year) to Florida State. Obviously we lost our starting QB. Then there's the injury to our best CB without an obvious replacement. And not to mention all the depth that left. Depth guys leaving is acceptable but losing at least 3 potential starters without reasonable replacements makes us a shell of what we could've been.
 
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LWSVOL said:
The players that left, including Nico, all wanted significant bumps in NIL. The staff worked hard in December giving bumps to the players they felt were worth it. They let the ones they didn’t feel were worth bumps go. Money is not an issue. But this staff is not going to overpay players to retain them or bring players in that they don’t believe provide the value.

Now everyone is going to come up with their own narrative as to the issues and broke is the easy narrative to play.

They reviewed film on almost every WR that has hit the portal this spring and didn’t see one as good as the 7 on our roster. Those they did speak with wanted starting money but were not good enough. So we passed.
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So is this fiscal responsibility gonna be utilized in other ways (i.e. recruiting) or are we a poverty program that will always be bargain shopping?
 
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Honestly I am surprised that we didn't lose any key offensive players. All of our main losses have been on the defensive side.

But OP does have a point. We have lost 37 players from our roster last year and have only added 30 players. We seem to have lost more players than we have gained and are taking a huge net loss in the transfer portal. Heck, we just lost 6 players in the Spring transfer portal and added one. It seems like we are a step behind and are being caught off guard at that last moment.
 
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