Of the 16 guys who have announced so far that are entering the Transfer Portal the one that I think that we will miss the most is...
Lucas Samsula. He had a nice last season and you can't have too many DL with experience on the squad. The next one that I feel his lost and that is Luke Sandy. He scored out as a good OL.
There were some young guys that have announced that we really don't know how they would have developed so it is difficult to say how much they will be missed. If you never contributed, how can you be rated as a big loss?
Entering the Transfer Portal can be a real mixed bag. Some enter with already having a landing spot picked out, while others kind of just become, "out of sight, out of mind" and never amount to anything. Speaking of the transfer portal I saw a name that was familiar last night during the New Year Days games. On the Oregon squad was the quintessential, I am in it only for me type of guy, OL Emmanuel Pregnon. He is now on his 3rd team after leaving Wyoming and USC. I try not to root against people, but he would be at the top of my list if I were to root against players.
I am wondering how much our new OC has had an impact upon the retention of some players and the moving on of other players? I can't help but think that Deion DeBlanc and Tote Harris both spoke with Taylor and made up their minds afterwards.
The bottom line, I don't see us being hurt badly by anyone who has announced that they are leaving and every one can be replaced. Replacing these guys will go a long way to determining how next season shakes out.
Lucas Samsula. He had a nice last season and you can't have too many DL with experience on the squad. The next one that I feel his lost and that is Luke Sandy. He scored out as a good OL.
There were some young guys that have announced that we really don't know how they would have developed so it is difficult to say how much they will be missed. If you never contributed, how can you be rated as a big loss?
Entering the Transfer Portal can be a real mixed bag. Some enter with already having a landing spot picked out, while others kind of just become, "out of sight, out of mind" and never amount to anything. Speaking of the transfer portal I saw a name that was familiar last night during the New Year Days games. On the Oregon squad was the quintessential, I am in it only for me type of guy, OL Emmanuel Pregnon. He is now on his 3rd team after leaving Wyoming and USC. I try not to root against people, but he would be at the top of my list if I were to root against players.
I am wondering how much our new OC has had an impact upon the retention of some players and the moving on of other players? I can't help but think that Deion DeBlanc and Tote Harris both spoke with Taylor and made up their minds afterwards.
The bottom line, I don't see us being hurt badly by anyone who has announced that they are leaving and every one can be replaced. Replacing these guys will go a long way to determining how next season shakes out.
