2025/26 Transfer Portal Thread

[DD4ME]

We’re going to take the Western Carolina kid and run the oompty oop.

My guy! Let's go

 

[Orangeslice13]

Was reading an article about Jakobe. Some have insisted it was all NIL, which it wasn’t.
Get this..in ‘24:
Andre Turrentine played 300 more defensive snaps than Jakobe.
Will Brooks played 300 more defensive snaps than Jakobe.
Jakobe and Christian Charles played about the same.
He was pissed. Almost quit. Stuck it out and got paid to go ball out for coaches who knew wtf they were doing.

I’ve been assured it was all about money and that’s it.
@BigOrangeMojo

 

[bpalmer28]

Also Heupel and members of the defensive staff will be in Ohio today for an in-home with Chaz Coleman - VQ

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

I’m begrudgingly reading this Tim Banks is a dipstick.

He had no business coaching safeties, he wasn’t very good at it. GBO

 

[bpalmer28]

According to who?

Everyone who has eyeballs

 

[Rizzo924]

When we go all out for someone, we usually get them. And he is getting everything

What’s the delay then?

 

[DD4ME]

 

[Checker_the_Shire]

Also Heupel and members of the defensive staff will be in Ohio today for an in-home with Chaz Coleman - VQ

Cue the “but there are recruits on campus!” morons.

 

[EastTNVol95]

Our talent evals and player development on defense has been **** sometimes. Indiana has been so successful because they can identify the right player AND develop them to play their best.

Cignetti served as Saban's recruiting coordinator during the start of Bama's dominance from 2007-2010 and learned everything about how to identify talent from him.

Then cut his teeth at schools like Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Elon and James Madison where you have to be able to find diamonds in the rough and develop them to be successful.

Now he's taken all that and applied it to a Power 4 program that has actual resources. No coincidence what he's doing at Indiana.

 

[DD4ME]

Ayoooo must read. Lol if true it is hilarious. This would have been the moment they found out about Demond.

 

[Checker_the_Shire]

Give me Chaz. Let LSU have Leavitt.

Take Pribula and run the Remember the Titans offense with Kendrick and Bishop. Screw it

I’ll allow this but if and only if I get a clip of Knowles screaming “I don’t want those gump bastards to gain another yard!”

And yes I understand that wasn’t the actual quote from the movie, but still!

 

[DD4ME]

Can we realistically get Lane and Aguero? Or is he just here for tourism?

According to Eric's tracker Lane seems high probability. Aguero has no % yet. We are pushing hard.

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

He had no business coaching safeties, he wasn’t very good at it. GBO

He had no business coaching here, period.... if it wasn't for the nature of the times in early 2021 - Pruitt scandal, looming sanctions, etc. - he never would've been a realistic candidate for the DC job

 

[Stickseller]

I’m not the least bit excited about BP, but unless my eyes deceive me, all of those save the first clip are from the same game. It’s a bit unfair to judge a QB on one really terrible game.

On the pick thrown to seal the game for bama, the bama coaches called a defensive play/alignment they had not run all year. Was not on any film. Bamas defensive line dominated our offensive line all day and was the difference. Same with our losses to A&M, OU, and Virginia. Our offensive line could not pass block to save their life.

 

[DD4ME]

Liking the direction this portal class is headed.

 

[UTK]

Michigan was not gonna let their $12M freshman QB sit in the bench

I’m talking about 24. I understand him not beating out Underwood

 

[MemphisVol3]

Was reading an article about Jakobe. Some have insisted it was all NIL, which it wasn’t.
Get this..in ‘24:
Andre Turrentine played 300 more defensive snaps than Jakobe.
Will Brooks played 300 more defensive snaps than Jakobe.
Jakobe and Christian Charles played about the same.
He was pissed. Almost quit. Stuck it out and got paid to go ball out for coaches who knew wtf they were doing.

Almost certain that was a Banks call.

 

[SmyrnaATLVolisback]

What’s the delay then?

Everyone has thrown a lot at him and is still deciding. In home is to seal the deal

 

[SmokeVol]

Cue the “but there are recruits on campus!” morons.

But they aren’t going to see a 3 star HS recruit

 

[bpalmer28]

Was reading an article about Jakobe. Some have insisted it was all NIL, which it wasn’t.
Get this..in ‘24:
Andre Turrentine played 300 more defensive snaps than Jakobe.
Will Brooks played 300 more defensive snaps than Jakobe.
Jakobe and Christian Charles played about the same.
He was pissed. Almost quit. Stuck it out and got paid to go ball out for coaches who knew wtf they were doing.

And most of our fans were right here lobbying for him to get more PT. He was clearly the best athlete. Banks blew it

 

[Checker_the_Shire]

But they aren’t going to see a 3 star HS recruit

If you still believe that’s why he was there, no offense, you’re one of the morons.

 

[csheaton]

If we close with Leavitt, Coleman, Lane and Augero I like our chances of winning 9+ next year even with our schedule. Raphael would be icing in the cake.

 

[Skooter]

Our talent evals and player development on defense has been **** sometimes. Indiana has been so successful because they can identify the right player AND develop them to play their best.

They play ~ 13 on defense the whole year, so the best players are on the field. Banks would play 5-6 safeties on one game and wonder why the defense wasn’t playing as a unit.
Dumbest coach we’ve had on that side of the ball.

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

And most of our fans were right here lobbying for him to get more PT. He was clearly the best athlete. Banks blew it

Banks is a dumbass, and the fact that Golesh hired him as a position coach at Auburn should give them serious concerns about his ability to get good coaches

 

[AllVol11717]

Cook did that in 2023, his last year there in 2024 it was 2500 yards on 321 attempts with a 62.6% completion rate. They threw the ball 50 times less in 2024 than his high in 2023 then it dropped even further this year.

Pribula did 1900 yards on 270 attempts but had a 67.4% completion rate.

Now why they have thrown the ball less and less year over year I do not know. Maybe the run game is considerably better. Maybe they didn’t trust Pribula to throw. He had higher turnovers and less average yards per attempt on his throws than Cook. Though, why throw less with Cook than in 2024 over 2023?

Pribula did have less weapons. The best receiver Luther Burden III was drafted in the 2nd last year and the receiving corps was not special this year.

Which is all to say - the 2023 Cooks comparison to 2025 Pribula one is not a fair one and ignores 2024.

2024 they threw less because they lost Cody Schrader and didn’t replace him. When they lost talent in the run game the whole offense suffered for it and they couldn’t maintain possessions nearly as well which lowers the overall number of offensive plays run and thus the volume stats. My point isn’t that Brady Cook is a good QB, in fact the opposite.

I will give you that Pribula didn’t have an elite WR, but when both had an elite run game paired with them the stats are night and day different and one WR isn’t enough to bridge that gap. If Pribula couldn’t match Cook in a similar situation, then it’s not just because he’s not being utilized properly. It’s because he has significant deficiencies in his game.

Above all the stats is the eye test. I watched a majority of Mizzou’s games this season. He looked good against their early schedule but when he got into SEC play it was incredibly uninspiring and they stopped trusting him to throw downfield toward the latter half of the season. I don’t mind him as a backup, but if he’s our starter next year you will spend more time being frustrated than celebrating.