Hate to see him go, but the writing was on the wall in terms of playing time. I wish him the best.
IIRC, he ended up being a 3rd down receiving back, primarily. I'm not sure that he liked half his playing time being focused on pass blocking . . .
Or a program that doesn't require its backs to be pounders.
Correct, these easy transfers really hurt the player utimately, as they do not learn to persevere in life situation decisions, taking the easy road out.
Absolutely do not give the schollie to Spegal yet. If you're not able to replace Walker in the RB with a grad transfer looking to take on a limited role, I say you give it to senior walk-on who might crack the rotation somewhere vs. a freshman. If Spegal impresses on the scout team and shows the coaches something, he'll earn his scholarship, but giving it to him out of the gate will not be good for player morale. It certainly wouldn't end up with one of those feel good videos where the team celebrates a kid who worked his tail off as a walk-on for 2 or 3 years before earning one.
This is just typical fan spin-doctoring. This kid has no doubt worked harder in his short life than you ever will. He's only got a couple of years left to do the thing he probably loves most in life. Idk...maybe he'd like to make sure he's out on the field somewhere, having fun and making memories? Why ride the bench when you can play the game you love
The transfers are just like the initial decision to attend college. For many people the initial decision is the correct one. For others a change of scenery is helpful. But there is that third group who encounter some hurdles they don't want to work through and see the grass as greener somewhere else, and then regret their decision to transfer. These are the guys who really get hurt in the transfer system.
Should have clarified this--Michigan among others AD's want a proposal whereby players can have a first-time transfer w/o loss of time in sitting out a year. This revolving door policy will only make the rich, richer & the non-elites poorer,thus widening the gap between the haves & the have-nots.
Yep. It's another move designed for P5 conferences to monopolize the business of college football.
That may be true, but you only have 85 Scholarship Players. If one of the Big Powers signs an excellent transfer player, that means somebody already in their program will lose position or playing time and enter the portal making a very good player available for transfer. This may end up being a Revolving Door or game of Musical Chairs, where nobody gets substantially better.
One thing I can tell that I'm seeing with IU is when you are good, players want to come and play there including grad kids (if they can get into the grad programs IU offers that is) and with being good means kids that aren't getting playing time or aren't the greatest fit or are just kinda homesick find suitors all over the place that suddenly want their services. It seems this is power 5 ball these days, especially with programs that are winning. Virginia Tech lost 12 guys to the portal (grads or transfers outright) this season, and Stanford will have lost almost as many by the summer. It's crazy and could be a lot worse at IU. It truly is the free agency of college football. So they need to do something. Idk if what is being purposed will work as there's coaches like Jim Harbaugh that always find loopholes, but it's clear it's getting out of control.
between Hall and Kennedy he'll get some good coaching down there
Maybe the freshman who is already on campus is a total stud and he figured better start now so he could be somewhere else for spring ball there? Maybe he will be wise and go to a smaller D1 or other school and can really showcase himself.
