(06-08-2021 06:35 AM)dansplaining Wrote:  

(06-07-2021 06:32 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  

(06-07-2021 06:05 AM)dansplaining Wrote:  

(06-04-2021 06:39 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  

(06-03-2021 06:10 AM)dansplaining Wrote:  first off so there isnt any confusion - i fully support maxx's choice and obviously he made the right one. i dont want anyone to take my comment as a criticism or anything.

i think for players the choice isnt as easy as you make it out to be. sure he could have gone to a P5 school but maybe he gets hurt or gets lost on the depth chart. hindsight being what it is he made the right call.

in the more general sense i think the increase in senior year transfers may help EMU if they can snag guys from Div 2 or 1-aa. MAC schools will lose guys but also - if theyre smart - pick them up.

Dan, let me contrast Maxx with another All-MAC defensive end, Michael Danna from CMU. Danna spent his last year of collegiate eligibility at U-M, instead of opting early for the NFL draft. He got the chance to play in front of 100K fans and enjoy the P5 college experience that Maxx did not. Danna was subsequently drafted by the KC Chiefs and remains on their roster and although he clearly lacks Maxx's foot speed and talent, he is doing pretty well considering the circumstances. You make a valid point, however, any decision these athletes make is hardly risk averse, Danna could have suffered a career ending injury at U-M and while I think Maxx may have elevated his draft status playing in the Power 5, there is no clear answer to the best choice.

I'm glad you bought this issue up Dan, because it is a tribute to Crosby. The Raiders list Maxx as coming from EMU, the Chiefs reference Danna as attending U-M while only playing their for a single season. Thanks Maxx!

Yeah I guess the general point I'm trying to make is that I support players making the moves that better prepare them for potential careers in football and I think if EMU's coaches are worth their salt - they're going to have to figure out how to recruit useful grad transfer seniors. That RB they got from JMU seems to indicate they can do it - and i think itll add another fold to roster construction - similar to how we (and other schools) use the JUCO ranks.

Dan you are passionate about athlete's rights and I indeed admire you for doing so. All FBS football schools should be indeed preparing players for a future career, the same as the Chemistry department does for the students in their program. You are spot on!

Here is my concern. With the new transfer rules, Maxx certainly a Power 5 defensive end, would have benefited from a transfer to U-M a year earlier than he left EMU. Chase Winovich, U-M's star DE at the time, would have become Chase Who? Maxx was clearly better. Yes EMU will get better with aggressive recruiting of P5 castoffs, but the likelihood of them of going to the NFL is minimal. After all if they could not make it in the B1G, why expect a huge future in pro sports? Taking a longshot chance on a skinny kid like Crosby with the transfer portal so rich? EMU and its like will no longer provide a future avenue for playing the game professionally.

As you have accurately stated before, NCAA sports do indeed survive and thrive no matter the changes. I just dunno about this, I never warmed up to Murphy's BB team in 2018-19 when he turned over almost the entire roster even though the new guys worked very hard. I like some degree of continuance and loyalty. Maybe I'm just a dinosaur.

And on the flip side - there is nothing stopping EMU from raiding 1-AA and Div II for good players.