Update Frank Ladson

[HurricaneU]

Good opportunity to leverage transfer portal. Bring him in and see if we can capture his upside coming out of high school. If not, let the kid know he will never see the field at Miami and lets use the transfer portal to find him a better landing spot.

 

[hotshot]

Was always injured. A running joke on the clemson boards about ladson's groin.

Yeah, about whether the injury was to his groin or to his pride.

 

[252cane]

Injuries and/or transfers could easily bring those numbers down . Plus why not bring in more competition whenever you can . That’s just how you run a big time program .

That’s not how you run a big time program. Numbers are important. Every program has a certain number of guys at each position. You don’t operate off if somebody leaves u just worry bout that when it happens

 

[WhatTheHell]

I'll take him.

Didn't people think Jaelan Phillips was never going to play again or on the brink of being a vegetable or some shlt when we scooped him up? That worked out well.

Give me that upside.

 

[CaliforniaCanes]

Why do USC fans really think Miami is after Caleb?

USC fans have PTSD from Mario stealing all of their recruits for the past few years.

 

[Gocanes1990]

Well. Everyone here knows I hate to be an insider let me start by saying that. But I’m actually the guy who told Miami to contact Mario Williams. So not to be a **** but shut up

Heard he’s looking for high six to low seven figure NIL deal… Know he’s a great player, is he hard working and high character too? If so I’m sure a competitive deal could be put in front of him…

 

[JustAFanHTX]

Heard he’s looking for high six to low seven figure NIL deal… Know he’s a great player, is he hard working and high character too? If so I’m sure a competitive deal could be put in front of him…

Everything I’ve been told says he’s a gym rat.

 

[RVACane]

Well. Everyone here knows I hate to be an insider let me start by saying that. But I’m actually the guy who told Miami to contact Mario Williams. So not to be a **** but shut up

I was reading the dialogue in this thread knowing this and other stuff and smh cringing.

 

[canefan]

lot of Caleb and Lane smoke this morning

 

[WaterburyCane]

I was reading the dialogue in this thread knowing this and other stuff and smh cringing.

There is some bliss I find in knowing not a **** thing lol.

 

[PBJFanatic]

It’s just not that easy.

We don’t know what kind of a groin pull he had. If it was third-degree, it involved a complete tearing of a muscle.

And a lot of the stuff people say is just general knowledge. I had a third-degree growing pull/tear, and it happened at the end of practice when we were running gassers. I heard that son of a bltch pop and tear. It took me just a week before I could even walk right.

Groin pulls and groin instability can become chronic, so we don’t know what situation Ladson is in, and if he’ll ever be back to 100%.

I know there’s a lot of information about how you can do muscle exercises and go into programs that stabilize and strengthen complementary muscles and tendons, and it makes sense, but it doesn’t mean that you are ever going to be fully back to 100%.

I’m not an expert, nor am I pretending to be, but I can only speak to the personal experience I had, and the research I did into it at the time.

Makes sense, brother. Thank you for sharing.

 

[JustAFanHTX]

There is some bliss I find in knowing not a **** thing lol.

Same

 

[Cryptical Envelopment]

Gabby U just stated that Ladson is cleaning out his apartment at Clemson and still believes he enrolls at Miami. Also stated he’s fully healthy from a groin injury

 

[JustAFanHTX]

I was reading the dialogue in this thread knowing this and other stuff and smh cringing.

They made me put my PS5 controller down this morning

 

[jjacks93]

That’s not how you run a big time program. Numbers are important. Every program has a certain number of guys at each position. You don’t operate off if somebody leaves u just worry bout that when it happens

I think Mario knows how to manage a roster. Point blank period coaches know more than we do . They usually know way before we do if a player is looking to transfer or not . Case in point nobody on this board would have pegged Nesta as a transfer candidate. At the most ppl thought he was going to try to go NFL.

If we’re going after multiple portal guys at WR then clearly it’s for a reason. 9 guys is not some huge number. And in that 9 guys, the majority of them are unproven at this level . Guys like Redding and Worsham are nothing more than numbers in your count at this point thus far. If you think relying on that, in this transfer era, is how you run a big time program idk what to tell you .

 

[Brains]

That’s not how you run a big time program. Numbers are important. Every program has a certain number of guys at each position. You don’t operate off if somebody leaves u just worry bout that when it happens

We have some worthless numbers at the WR position. It is absolutely one of the positions where we must get a portal guy.

 

[canesbaby]

lot of Caleb and Lane smoke this morning

i think that would be a smart decision for Caleb.

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

Makes sense, brother. Thank you for sharing.

I think I forgot to say that shlt really hurt. I felt like I got shot.

But with respect to Ladson, I just think we need to do our due diligence.

If we feel we can estimate the likelihood of him not having a chronic problem, or a problem that has already affected his mobility and I hate to say it “usability” in the future, then he might be somebody worth taking.

Those are the type of decisions that Mario and his people have to make. Is he worth the trouble and the roster spot?

 

[407cane]

Ladson and either that FCS WR or Williams would be incredible

I think Williams is infinitely less likely but just my opinion

 

[JSmoot]

Home with a sick kid waiting on a Covid test, I wish I were back in college pulling my groin cleaning my apartment.