GeneFunk

December 6th, 2022 at 1:33 PM ^

Supplementing OL recruiting with the portal seems like a smart use of it. Especially because it’s going to be more common to see teams recruit a kid and see them transfer before fully baked. 

njvictor

December 6th, 2022 at 1:35 PM ^

I love how not a single of the 4 posts about Henderson on the board have his name in the post tile

Regardless, seems like a great pickup to help this OL reload

bronxblue

December 6th, 2022 at 1:38 PM ^

I look forward to a bunch of people around here popo-ing a former captain who got hurt at ASU transferring.  I get there are different factors at play here (ASU isn't in a bowl and has a new coach) but this is the modern portal era and getting to annoyed either way doesn't help the process go down any smoother.

Booted Blue in PA

December 6th, 2022 at 1:53 PM ^

he was on a 3 win team that fired the coaching staff that he was recruited by.   quite different circumstances, i would say..... 

If the circumstances were similar.... he left a program that just won their conference for the second year in a row, no coaching changes... and he left his program taking some shots at them via twitter..... those would be comparable "poo-poo" worthy offenses.

bronxblue

December 6th, 2022 at 2:10 PM ^

Again, people are rationalizing away the differences.  Both McNamara and All have been yelled at recently for not leaving in the way people want them to.  Also, at least with McNamara he wasn't recruited by anyone currently on the staff (he was a Pep Hamilton guy) and he's on his third-ish OC depending on how you feel about Weiss carry-over.

My point is that we're all hypocrites which is totally understandable but also why the moralizing about players has always rubbed me the wrong way.  YMMV and so be it.

BlueWolverine02

December 7th, 2022 at 3:28 AM ^

I'd be very nervous running out Persei or Atteberry next year as they haven't seen much in the way of meaningful playing time or generated much in the way of buzz.  Great if they work their way into the lineup but don't want them to be handed a starting spot by default.  Crippen has gotten lots of praise and obviously El Hadi played quite a bit this year so the coaches obviously trust him, so I'm not too worried about them.