As you note, some of these guys are getting terrible advice. There is a glut of FBS players without a corresponding number of open spots because of the extra year.ragtimejoe1 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 8:48 am Excluding someone like Neyor, a lot of these guys transferring aren't going to be hot commodities on the transfer market. In fact, many may be walk-ons at best. The assumption is that Bohl created a toxic environment or is too old to relate to kids these days.
Another angle to this is that you'll have a certain number of kids who want to transfer regardless. The new portal rules allow them to more freely explore options similar to their student peers. Best numbers I could find said 10-20% of undergrads transfer at least once. It would be interesting to see the attrition rate of the general student population at UW. We are assuming all these kids love football and are looking at it through a football lens. Maybe several realized they aren't super stars and decided they don't care if they play football. If they can find a lower less competitive situation, they'll do it. If not, they'll go closer to home and pay for school. Maybe the transfer rules are bringing transfer rates in line with the general student population.
Not Bohl's fault.
For the life of me, I can’t make sense of Valladay’s portal entry. As a RB, he either has to enter the draft or go somewhere where he will get a lot of carries…Wyoming makes the most sense for a guy like him. I just find that decision baffling and perhaps he ultimately does enter the NFL draft and is just testing the waters to see who may have interest in him. I do hope it works out for him because he bled brown and gold.
Levi Williams on the other hand is leaving a starting QB role on an FBS team to what? I’m not rooting against him but it could work out very poorly for him. Sure his feelings may have been hurt and maybe he was treated unfairly but in life you have to let bygones be bygones.
Hearn - what was he thinking? Wyoming gave him a scholarship when he was a walk -on at ASU and when no one else would. To me, he will be lucky to land a scholarship at this point. Perhaps he is simply moving on with his life.
Coldon - dude is talented and will land somewhere but staying at Wyoming still probably made as much sense. That’s a guy I enjoyed watching play ever since I saw him in his first spring game.
Weber - ‘gorams’ on a Twitter post after receiving a CSU offer…he as well as anyone should know that is a direct shot at Wyoming. Can’t say I’m hoping it works out for him with that kind of disregard for the program that gave him an opportunity.
Neyor - I wish all the best to him. He is making a business decision that every single one of us would have made too. He has a realistic shot of making $1 million next year in NIL money as the big boys compete for him (which is more money than any of us on here make). It is sour grapes to wish him ill will for making a very rational decision. In his recent Twitter post, he is working out in a Wyoming state flag shirt. Hope he keeps that shirt and continues to wear it.
Jones and Murray - their decisions are equally perplexing. They may struggle to find a scholarship out there. Maybe they are just moving on with their lives, who knows. I’d be surprised if either lands an FBS offer.