Tamarion McDonald is entering the transfer portal

[GiveHim6InSC]

1 Timothy 6:10.
I’m not talking about just the athletes.
We are living in bizarro world

 

[#1fulmerite]

Wow! So either Willie Martinez is very unpopular / about to get fired or we've told almost our entire secondary to take a hike. Who do we even have left at this point? Are we going to play a bunch of walk-ons in the bowl game?

Difficult to know what to think right now. Secondary obviously underachieved more than any other unit (O-line and WRs struggled too, but mostly due to injuries / lack of depth, more than outright underperformance), but weird to see this many DBs leave at the same time.

They got tired of reading how bad they were on Volnation. Blue/Font

 

[bpalmer28]

McDonald was a STAR position at best, but honestly probably should have moved to OLB in a 4-3 scheme 2 years ago. He's not a a play the ball safety.

I wish him well.

Give Thomas and Charles/ Jon Slaughter run at safety now. Especially Slaughter. Turrentine as well

Yeah this seems like an opportunity to upgrade the athleticism in our secondary. This years model isn’t going to get it done.

Boo Carter is going to push some folks for a starting job and (clutch your pearls everyone) Jaren Sensabaugh might too.

 

[Dadof2Vols]

Your cushion example is a Martinez problem, not a player problem.

So Martinez would do that on his own against his boss Banks? Interesting…

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Walkons. Iowa passing game about to dominate?

Iowa's passing offense is ranked 127 out of 130 in the nation.

Somehow, I think we'll be okay against Iowa even if I'm playing STAR from my Hoveround.

 

[FBtime]

But can we get 5 more DBs in the portal? *better ones

They are already on the team

 

[Vfl2407]

Iowa's passing offense is ranked 127 out of 130 in the nation.

Somehow, I think we'll be okay against Iowa even if I'm playing STAR from my Hoveround.

“from my Hoveround” made me laugh .

 

[sjt18]

That's too bad. He's been a very good player for the Vols. If Rucker is right... and I suspect he is... then there will be a lot of shuffling this off season.

 

[DaddyChad]

I mean people can hate it. It is a business now. Kid wants to hit the portal to get paid he can and should if he thinks he can get paid. There’s no reason Tennessee can’t replace these players with other players via the portal. Basically if you enter the portal better be sure you don’t want your spot back or that you’re a big enough value to the team for them to pay what you want

 

[lexkyvol]

McDonald was a STAR position at best, but honestly probably should have moved to OLB in a 4-3 scheme 2 years ago. He's not a a play the ball safety.

I wish him well.

Give Thomas and Charles/ Jon Slaughter run at safety now. Especially Slaughter. Turrentine as well

well then you'd have 2 because mccullough isnt a cover guy either.

 

[joevols89]

They are already on the team

Need more than 4 though.

 

[cherokeeeVOL]

It sounds like they could be changing defensive coaches and/or scheme? This is almost the entire starting defensive backfield at this point isn't it?

 

[SAPPER 5]

Their QB is going to have a Heisman day at the Citrus Bowl. It's a Tennessee tradition.

Like Klubnik? Did you know that his parents drove more than TEN HOURS to see his Heisman performance against us?

 

[TJSVOLS]

Your cushion example is a Martinez problem, not a player problem.

While I don’t think he is a very good coach, that’s not his call.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

Like Klubnik? Did you know that his parents drove more than TEN HOURS to see his Heisman performance against us?

Yep, and that little hothead had more green on his uniform by the end of the game than Boston on St Patrick’s Day

 

[butchna]

Their QB is going to have a Heisman day at the Citrus Bowl. It's a Tennessee tradition.

They dream about having the quality of QB like any that Vandy crapped at us.

 

[1Big_Orange_Fan]

Wow, I understand kids wanting to get paid but none of these guys are stars and only stars are getting money, right? I don't see walking away from a 2 year starting position to compete somewhere else. I have a feeling some rules will be put into place within the portal with 1-2 years where it isn't the wild, wild west. How can we field a defensive backfield for the bowl game? What happens if you lose all your QBs, do you run wildcat the whole game? I won't be surprised if we start seeing teams back out of bowl games over this.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Wow, I understand kids wanting to get paid but none of these guys are stars and only stars are getting money, right? I don't see walking away from a 2 year starting position to compete somewhere else. I have a feeling some rules will be put into place with the portal with 1-2 years where it isn't the wild, wild west. How can we field a defensive backfield for the bowl game? What happens if you lose all your QBs, do you run wildcat the whole game? I won't be surprised if we start seeing teams back out of bowl games over this.

I don’t see how rules can be put into place on NIL unless Congress were to carve out an antitrust exemption for the NCAA. Any attempt without it would result in an immediate lawsuit with a high chance of success. And the NCAA knows that

 

[butchna]

It sounds like they could be changing defensive coaches and/or scheme? This is almost the entire starting defensive backfield at this point isn't it?

“Sounds like” we’re trying to guess that into existence.

 

[cherokeeeVOL]

“Sounds like” we’re trying to guess that into existence.

Ha! Well honestly it doesn't matter to me either way, it just doesn't seem normal to have practically the entire defensive backfield in the portal.

 

[hatingbamaisawayoflife]

Wow.

 

[Volfan1000]

Wow! So either Willie Martinez is very unpopular / about to get fired or we've told almost our entire secondary to take a hike. Who do we even have left at this point? Are we going to play a bunch of walk-ons in the bowl game?

Difficult to know what to think right now. Secondary obviously underachieved more than any other unit (O-line and WRs struggled too, but mostly due to injuries / lack of depth, more than outright underperformance), but weird to see this many DBs leave at the same time.

Good luck to McDonald at his next destination.

 

[miket4god]

Your cushion example is a Martinez problem, not a player problem.

No that's a Tim Banks issue.

 

[GoVols1998Yeah!]

At this point, I'm going to wait until they declare a transfer destination before taking it seriously. It's just renegotiating season.

 

[volfanhill]