The Football Transfers out

[Hudsheen#Fired]

If Amos ends up being the starter at Alabama and can hang in there for the full season, he will be drafted and guaranteed an NFL roster spot.

That isn't exactly him being "discarded like candy wrapper".

I mean Mekhi garner was being projected as a second round pick before transferring. He transfers for NIL money and ends up not being drafted at all

[Cajunrunner]

Mekhi Garner wouldn't have started in Saban's defensive backfield. Ricks was injured part of his only season, and only played enough to make 11 tackles, 8 solo.

So again, I stand by what I said: If Amos ends up being the starter at Alabama and can hang in there as the starter for the season, he will be drafted.

[Rainman66]

I think Coach Des answered this very well on Jay’s interview. Making important decisions, just about the money, doesn’t usually work out. In Amos’ case, he is making a career decision as he has a chance to play for the best coach (maybe ever), who also happens to be the best DB coach, AND he gets paid a lot of money to do that.

I mostly agree with his opinion, as you saw that TAMU’s #1 class from a couple of years ago has mostly disbanded. Getting players that are coming for the school, the coaching staff and the community will breed a lot more loyalty than just $$$$. Doesn’t mean $$$ don’t mean anything, but that cannot be the only reason for a decision.

The more we can have success of players in the NFL, and of this coaching staff having coached those players, the better we can recruit, develop and retain talent.

[DannyP]

Seems to me that we need more figurative “fists” to beat some sense into these guys. They will always have some love from us, but they will never have the status elsewhere that they could have achieved here!

[CajunEXPRESS]

Can’t compete with Tulane, Liberty or Alabama for NIL money. That’s just facts.

Not being able to compete with many doesn’t change the fact we need more NIL money, or most of our problems overall starts with insufficient capital to compete at the highest level.

[CajunEXPRESS]

If a program cannot be involved in NIL, then NIL funders are dictating who gets offered.

You don’t believe a word that you posted. CMD absolutely doesn’t believe that. His pod interview with Jay was spot on, collaborating with agents is happening. Just don’t get caught.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I think Coach Des answered this very well on Jay’s interview. Making important decisions, just about the money, doesn’t usually work out. In Amos’ case, he is making a career decision as he has a chance to play for the best coach (maybe ever), who also happens to be the best DB coach, AND he gets paid a lot of money to do that.

I mostly agree with his opinion, as you saw that TAMU’s #1 class from a couple of years ago has mostly disbanded. Getting players that are coming for the school, the coaching staff and the community will breed a lot more loyalty than just $$$$. Doesn’t mean $$$ don’t mean anything, but that cannot be the only reason for a decision.

The more we can have success of players in the NFL, and of this coaching staff having coached those players, the better we can recruit, develop and retain talent.

If you think that young people with exceptional talent and poverty aren’t motivated by money you’re nuts. If that’s their sole motivation they still can compete at a high level in order to get to their next payday the NFL. A person of bad character will have bad character with or without money.

[Turbine]

The more we can have success of players in the NFL, and of this coaching staff having coached those players, the better we can recruit, develop and retain talent.

100%

[Big Buds]

If we don’t play Houston in the Independence Bowl, I think Amos is still a Cajun. He owned Tank Dell.

[Louisiana84]

Hey, Big Buds. Alabama had the analytics going back 3 seasons. They knew exactly what they were getting when they dropped $350k on Trey Amos. He is not projected as a starter but as a situational player, a fifth defensive back in nickel situations.

[Louisiana84]

The problem with this business for a school like Louisiana is that Trey Amos had excellent coaching for three years. We paid Trey's position coach $250k/year to coach him up, and the kid cashes out with all we put into him. The bottom line is that schools like Alabama can not only decimate a roster like ours but also ruin a serious capital investment we made. No matter how much we loved and coached Trey, no matter how much he loved Louisiana, he could not pass up $350k. That is the point.

Schools like Louisiana cannot compete in an environment like that. No way in hell that this type of system is fair to our university. We have become a farm club, a minor league for the Autonomous 5.

https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/it...n-for-the-ncaa

[JMV JustMyView]

The problem with this business for a school like Louisiana is that Trey Amos had excellent coaching for three years. We paid Trey's position coach $250k/year to coach him up, and the kid cashes out with all we put into him. The bottom line is that schools like Alabama can not only decimate a roster like ours but also ruin a serious capital investment we made. No matter how much we loved and coached Trey, no matter how much he loved Louisiana, he could not pass up $350k. That is the point.

Schools like Louisiana cannot compete in an environment like that. No way in hell that this type of system is fair to our university. We have become a farm club, a minor league for the Autonomous 5.

https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/it...n-for-the-ncaa

He got 250K, not 350K.