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You sound bitter. I get you are ****ed we did not make the playoffs. So am I. But just because we didn't make the playoffs doesn't mean we don't have a roster full of talent. We have holes to fill and Mario has admitted that. But you are way off on the above and I question if you know the roster.
QB - correct
RB - 1st team - Fletcher\Lyle, 2nd team - Pringle, 3rd team - CWH. If Martinez leaves go get a portal depth back.
WR - Horton, Carr and Trader are all starter material. Can we get more experienced WR in portal? Sure, but let's not act like we don't have talent there.
OT - wrong. Francis and Bell are the starters.
OG - wrong, especially if Cooper comes back. Even if Cooper doesn't come back you have RRod, McCoy and Samson. Even Seuseu could come in and start similar to Francis.
C - maybe, but RRod is in line here.
TE - correct
DE - Bain and Bryant and a bunch of young bucks. Sure we could use some depth and experience here. But again to say this roster is clear of 2 starters is wrong.
DT - most likely correct
LB - wrong. Wes and Popo
CB - yes we need a slot corner, but not starters. OJ and Brown.
S - wrong. Patterson will step up. Need 1 starter not 2.
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I keep reading people type this but literally every program but 3-5 are in the portal filling tons of holes. It’s a way to get better. I’m sure 10 years ago this staff would have gone into next year with the current OL, TE, & WR rooms but now we get the opportunity to improve the floors of those rooms while raising the level of all the other rooms.
The portal has created and helped problems just about every team in America. It would be different if we were one of the few schools with these issues.
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If #6 is gone at RB, I'd move Lofton primarily to the backfield. EDIT: If Ray Ray sticks it out I'd try him at RB and move CWH to DB for spring too
I think we need 2 WRs - Outside WR and Slot WR. Coaches appear to agree.
Could use a pass-catching TE, if Coaches aren't bullish on Riley Williams as a receiver, and aren't confident Schott will be physically ready to play freshman year.
At corner we need a slot and an outside corner. If Damari is going to be good here it will be at slot or safety. He hasn't shown anything at outside corner - remember UF's gameplan was to target him before he got injured. Less said about his Baryshnikov impersonation against 'Cuse the better.
I have us needing 8 starters in the portal: QB/2WR/C/DT/2CB/S. I don't think it's some sort of disaster or huge indictment of Mario's roster management, but it does highlight the consequences of missing in HS recruiting at certain positions in multiple years. QB/WR/DBs stick out. The good news is we've recruited those positions better over the last couple of classes (QB really last class and in the future with the '26 kid).
I anticipate we'll add depth/insurance in portal too - a blocking TE, an OT in case Bell doesn't develop against the speed rush, perhaps an experienced EDGE. The Okie St. LBer is a guy who if we get him would clearly start, but we don't need a starter there. Would be a case of acquiring talent to upgrade a position and bring a skill set - coverage ability as a former safety - that we are lacking outside of Pruitt.
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I think he has concepts of a plan
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I am bitter, but you are ignorant. Good luck to you on your journey
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Good luck to you on your journey.
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Just like last year, need to be patient on a QB. No need to jump in on the current crop.
What happens if you get a Milroe or Ewers testing the portal offers in January? That's well worth waiting over what's in there now.
What happens if you get a Milroe or Ewers testing the portal offers in January? That's well worth waiting over what's in there now.
Excellent reply when facts are thrown in your face.
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Mario and his mini me sidekick had a plan for the 25’ class, but it didn’t go as expected. What’s worse, they didn’t have a backup plan or consider the possibility of certain scenarios unfolding. Which is exactly what ended up happening.
Cam is leaving. Guidry is still here. Defensive talent is a mess. The portal is off to a rough start, so far. We just won 10 games but the confidence level of the status program isn’t exactly high with many people in that building, and rightfully so.
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You wrote out an opinion piece and called it factual. I have nothing to offer you and I'm ok with that.
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And you trashed the whole roster without doing your homework. Go back to bed.
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I'm sorry for your loss.
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- Carr/Trader starter material based on what? You think they are recruiting Daniels and Rivers to come in here and come off the bench in their last year of CFB?
- You’re comfortable with Bryant just sliding in and automatically starting for us? After he was our 4th DE this year? If you say so
- Brown is a shoe in starter for you at CB? If you say so
- Patterson will “step up”? Why are you so sure of that?
-Seuseu is a 6’1-6’2 290 center only. If he “comes in and starts similar to Francis” at OG, then we are ****ed. He isn’t Francis. There’s a reason he was a 5* and the most coveted OL in America. SJ is a very good prospect, but he isn’t that, relax.
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Based on the fact that they are very highly rated obviously. I like how y'all keep saying other teams with highly rated guys don't NEED to hit the portal cause they have young top rated guys that will just step right in but saying WE could do that is some sacrilege lol. Trader was a top 50 player and top 10 WR in an ELITE WR class in 24. If he is at Ohio St y'all are saying they don't need a portal WR after losing Ebuka lol. Carr is highly rated as well. Horton is returning. We need 1 WR in the portal. But like 4-5 get a lot of PT every game so this is not some sky is falling situation. If we only got CJ Daniels or the other slot dude we would be fine. The young guys just have to actually step up. Which is something y'all just assume for every other program will happen rather than applying the same "NEED to hit the portal in year 3+" logic....
SJ was the top ranked interior OL prospect by 2 sites and top 5 by a 3rd. And 247 having him at 5 is with Carroll and Solomon Thomas being rated top 2 who are likely to be OTs lol. SJ may be one of the higher rated centers there has been in a while given he is top 100. Now I'm not saying he's gonna walk in and start, but we are certainly not necessarily ****ed if he walks in and starts lol. Dude is a beast.
Bryant was 4th, behind 3 NFL DEs. He played pretty well. We also have a borderline 5 star EDGE behind him, Bain who should now be healthy and was elite as a frosh, a couple more highly rated Edges, who knows if Mesidor even leaves, and yeah we still need a solid Edge... But we don't need a stud or anything.
DB we need a lot
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No no, not me. Focus. Every team portals. I have never said otherwise. Some much more than others, due to various reasons.
*But even if that were the case, maybe people feel that way because they are more confident in other teams ability to develop their guys at a higher clip vs us?
And my logic about SJ walking in and starting over OG’s who have been in the program for years already, then yes, that’d be pretty ******* bad. But it’s moot, cause it’s not happening.
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