'25 Portal Thread

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BJWeeks said:
Matthews returning and we get Branch and Ryan Williams
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This is why I love VN…the most bipolar place on the planet. One nugget of good news, and dreams run wild. The inverse also holds true, but the good stuff makes it all worth it.

Keep it up, Weeks.
 
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MrVolton said:
Ok. I’ll start listening more to guys like you than guys like Ramon Foster and Swain, or considering things like all but 2 returning players (Brazzell and Staley) leaving at a position. There were nowhere near as many public questions about the DB room last year as there have been the WR room this year. There was also a whole lot more meat left on the bone in that DB room.

You can say I’m playing victim all you want, but all I did was pose a reasonable question all things considered and get attacked as illogical and stubborn just because I remain unconvinced by your weak argument.

Speaking of your argument: I’m basing mine on quotes and such in the media the sole point of yours is basically that what worked for the DB room last year will work for the WR room this year. Like I said, I hope you’re right.
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You weren't attacked. You were called out (probably more patiently than your argument has deserved).

And speaking of "logical", your first and last paragraphs are little more than appeals to authority, as opposed to dealing with the logic-defeaters that you've ignored. You are ignoring arguments in favor of veiled comments by people who may or may not know what is going on, but we KNOW that their jobs and paychecks depend on clicks/listens--i.e. the entire industry you're basing your anxieties on is an industry that makes its money on hyping and manipulating emotions to get those clicks/listens.

So, let me clarify where we're at...

You asked the "innocent" question: If we can't retain our guys, how can we expect to get other teams' guys?"

Several of us answered with very good and valid arguments as to why we should expect to. You ignored them. No one has guaranteed that we will. But we've given good reasons not to get wrapped too tightly around that axle until given more reason to assume your logic.

As example... My son watched the movie "Twister" when he was 5 or so years old. He was horribly afraid of rain and storms for a couple of years. Every time the sky darkened, or the weatherman predicted a storm, he ran in crying that the house may blow away.

Well, I guess it may, but I've lived through enough storms not to ask every time, "Why shouldn't I assume it'll blow the house away?"

That's where we're at here. You've asked why we shouldn't assume the house isn't going to be blown away. We've told you why. Now, you're reduced to ignoring common sense and recent history in favor of "weathermen".

 
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I will relay this, but take with a grain of salt as I am, ADMITTEDLY, just a normal dude from Knoxville, born and raised.

I work with a couple of guys who are very tight with some bigger name donors to the University who are big time business names in town. They relayed information to my colleague a couple of days ago that Miami did INFORMALLY reach out via “back channels” to Nico via the Mauigoa family. It was apparently more of a Mauigoa family reaching out to the Iamaleava family to express “hey it would be awesome to have our kids play together and Francis could be Nico’s blindside”. It was not official Miami officials or coaches but there was dialogue.

I know nothing other than that but take it with a grain as I’m once removed from actual source but I did read the text messages on the phone between colleague and big name donor
 
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Rockytopoftheworld said:
I will relay this, but take with a grain of salt as I am, ADMITTEDLY, just a normal dude from Knoxville, born and raised.

I work with a couple of guys who are very tight with some bigger name donors to the University who are big time business names in town. They related information to my colleague a couple of days ago that Miami did INFORMALLY reach out via “back channels” to Nico via the Mauigoa family. It was apparently more of a Mauigoa family reaching out to the Iamaleava family to express “hey it would be awesome to have our kids play together and Francis could be Nico’s blindside”. It was not official Miami officials or coaches but there was dialogue.

I know nothing other than that but take it with a grain as I’m once removed from actual source but I did reach text messages on the phone between colleague and big name donor
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100% believe this
 
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