McCulley in the portal per Twitter nt
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Going to be more common. It’s like a tryout before redshirting. We haven’t needed him so far.
Too much competition for playing time apparently. Or he got a better offer.
Maybe a little bit of both. Our current WR's are all very good. He initially got behind the 8-ball & never got into the rotation.
Well, that's BS. Was rooting for the guy. He would've helped out going forward.
thought things were moving in the right direction after his TD last week.
Great potential but he didn't put in the effort Cig wanted. Even got called out in public. Looks like people need to work hard to play here. Nice to have a coach with standards. Go Hoosiers!
I was so excited for his TD. Well that sucks.
So I assume this means what? He'll redshirt the rest of this season and play a 5th year elsewhere next year?
The receiver room will be fine. EJ Williams slots into his role nicely and even without McCulley + EJ Williams the room has been crushing.
And this probably makes sense from his perspective as a business decision. He has day 2 pick upside if he can string together a good season and he's tracking towards UDFA with his snap share as it currently stands. I don't fault him for doing it, but it's so deeply disappointing that this is the new normal.
Also in all likelihood one our five highest paid NIL players. NIL is simply not sustainable. Enforceability is the next shoe to drop.
And this probably makes sense from his perspective as a business decision. He has day 2 pick upside if he can string together a good season and he's tracking towards UDFA with his snap share as it currently stands. I don't fault him for doing it, but it's so deeply disappointing that this is the new normal.
Also in all likelihood one our five highest paid NIL players. NIL is simply not sustainable. Enforceability is the next shoe to drop.
Bio has already been scrubbed from the roster page, I love it. Get on the train or get off the tracks.
Who is to say that EJ won't do the same thing?
How did you know that? Just curious if you have some inside sources that mention things here and there.
He can't. Doesn't have a redshirt to burn. This is his last season of college football no matter what.
EDIT: I'm wrong. COVID year doesn't count. He has a redshirt to burn. Hypothetically could.
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I don't begrudge players leaving because they don't like new coaches, or they don't get playing time. I don't tend to look at those situations as players not putting in work or lacking competitiveness, etc. I look at it as players want to play. Period. I might want them to stay and "compete" or "earn time" but that's just a selfish fan's perspective. The kid transfers out and hopefully finds his level and gets to play somewhere.
If a kid has bad habits or doesn't work hard or doesn't listen then that will shake out eventually, too.
My son was on a very good basketball team as the 6th man (I thought he was better than that, but whatever). He went through stretches where he hardly played at all. Eventually he asked if he could drop down to the B team just so that he could play and have fun. His request was denied, but he did wind up playing more and playing well. But the point is for a lot of kids they just want to get out there.
If a kid has bad habits or doesn't work hard or doesn't listen then that will shake out eventually, too.
My son was on a very good basketball team as the 6th man (I thought he was better than that, but whatever). He went through stretches where he hardly played at all. Eventually he asked if he could drop down to the B team just so that he could play and have fun. His request was denied, but he did wind up playing more and playing well. But the point is for a lot of kids they just want to get out there.
He hasn’t graduated yet. Tayven looked good this year. I think he could put up huge numbers in the next couple years.
IMO, it is F up to have the portal open in the MIDDLE of a season!
You are on a team, probably taken $$ so stick it out until after the season.
You are on a team, probably taken $$ so stick it out until after the season.
IU has a great receiver group. He’s buried on the depth chart. Wish him well
I'm sure he gets to keep what he's been paid. No clue if his deal is paid out in installments or one giant lump sum, but if it's the former I'm sure those have/will stop.
It doesn’t matter when the portal opens. He could have declared his intention to quit the team even if the portal wasn’t open yet. The problem here is the red shirt rule. You should not be allowed to quit on your team using the desire to maintain your redshirt eligibility as justification. It’s an easy fix.
Since reading the post I spent 12 seconds in front of a mirror and detected 0 disappointment.
Maybe that big 3☆ who just de-committed from PUke is in the crosshairs?
Maybe that big 3☆ who just de-committed from PUke is in the crosshairs?
The NCAA makes their money from basketball, and they don't care
much about football. jmo
Shows you just how talented our receiver room is when he could barely find his way on the field.
You know, I’m to the point where I’m not real worried if he does.
It would be great if he’s up to the task and is successful here, but if not him then CCC will have someone that is.
My thinking, as of this moment, is that CCC will look to the portal again next season for his starter.
Dark horse pick, they could bring back Sorsby. He’s putting up some great stats for Cinci. Just have to win the bidding war.
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I don't. I think it'll be one of the three.
Unless this staff is only talking the talk, about being great at training quarterbacks.
A guy like Rourke is rare. NFL or near NFL level tools with college eligibility? Most QBs, even the best in the portal, won't be his level. And if they are, sure will be interesting to see the dollars required.
Unless this staff is only talking the talk, about being great at training quarterbacks.
A guy like Rourke is rare. NFL or near NFL level tools with college eligibility? Most QBs, even the best in the portal, won't be his level. And if they are, sure will be interesting to see the dollars required.
I loved getting DMc into Bloomington after watching him be a real problem in the MIC. Had everything you wanted in a QB. Then he and daddy decide to strong arm Tommy and be moved to WR for a easier route to the league. Now this? I fully believe CCC calling him out for lack of work ethic and consistency was spot on. Kid clearly has a higher opinion of himself than just about everyone else. Addition by subtraction. Transfer to the MAC and be so-so as "the man."
Williams needs to learn how to run patterns correctly. That second interception was on Him. Instead of squaring at a 90 degree angle and forcing the defender to work through his body to get to the ball, he 'rounded" the pattern and took it upfield thereby creating the space for the Defender to undercut and intercept. I noticed immediately when I saw the play live, and Jake Butt made the same comment upon seeing the replay.
You hit the nail on the head there. As an old football coach it was a pisser to watch during the game and then on film a receiver run a poor route and cause the QB to look bad because of a missed completion or interception.
#5, Keyshawn Williams was running that route on the 2nd INT. Agree a lazy route.
EJ Williams #7, who was pretty effective last year late in the season, may be moving up a spot with McCulley departure.
My bad. I forgot EJ was still with Us. Nice problem to have. Guys like Coby and EJ who showed some potential and contributed last year are running about 3rd string on the depth chart.
