(12-24-2019 05:37 PM)ljmhurons Wrote: (12-24-2019 12:03 PM)EagleTough Wrote: Wouldn't expect much from any 3rd/4th string Big 10 transfers. Remember our last '4 star' OL Wolverine transfer? Right, nobody does.
Better to go get a Juco stud that is immediately eligible, and has current playing time and film.
Dan Samuelson. He was a good student and represented EMU well. It's nothing to be ashamed of.
Most football players don't become stars. Many get little playing time. That doesn't make them a failure.
You don't give a P5 transfer a roster spot and a full scholarship to be a good student, and 3rd string backup. Period.
Feel good comments like 'good student, represented EMU well, nothing to be ashamed of, don't become stars, little playing time, doesn't make them a failure' are cute distractions......and totally irrelevant to the topic of this thread.
If you've got P5 transfers that have actually played, that's one thing. If you're just trying to project based on overrated High School rankings, that's just poor recruiting.
Wiegers really was a
great kid , but hindsight says Glass was the better QB, and all Wiegers did was take a half season from him. Creighton went all in on Wiegers without any real time game evidence that he was better than the QB's we already had on our roster. As is Creighton's nature, once Wiegers committed to him, as an upperclassman, he felt an obligation to give him the first crack at the starting job.
In a lot of instances, Creighton's loyalty is commendable and a great trait. In the real world of winning football games, the better football player should be playing, regardless of seniority.
Give me a P5 grad transfer that started at a position of need......all day long!
Give me a highly ranked Juco starter at a position of need....most days.
Give me a P5 transfer that has never started, without any game film.....rarely.
EMU doesn't have the resources to just take flyers on guys. More and more G5 schools are using the transfer portal to fill out their rosters. Let's get at the forefront of this trend, do it smartly, and start adding immediate impact players. If we don't, you can be sure our MAC competitors will. I'm here in Dallas and this is exactly what Sonny Dykes did to lead SMU to it's first 10 win season since the Pony Express days. The key was Shane Buechele, a prior University of Texas STARTER.
https://www.thescore.com/ncaaf/news/1865266
Douglas looks a lot like Samuelson II. Our defense DESPERATELY NEEDS impact DE's & LB's. Let's see a couple legit P5 or Juco transfers at those positions and we'll be making progress. If we go into next season without upgrades at those positions, that's going to be a problem again, and head scratching.