D'Andre Payne

[BeattieFeathers]

Feel free to jump into any of a number of conversations where folks are arguing that losing guys before they start their 2nd season is no big deal.

Attrition happens and is necessary. But you want it to be the right players for the right reasons. Even Mizzou according to Larry's spreadsheet loses about 35% of their players. They very often recruit guys that have few if any other good offers. It takes a "system" that accommodates those kinds of players and a very good evaluation process.

That all said.... Mizzou hasn't won a conference or national championship of any sort in the modern era. If they didn't happen to join the East at a time when UT and UF were down... the compliments of their program would be more along the lines of "That's nice... you've finished 3rd or 4th each year."

If UT, UF, or both return to "norm" then Mizzou is pretty much done winning the East.

And I don't disagree, but teams that manage to have a system that generates a lot of 5th year seniors manage to be competitive. It's uncanny how they have recruited great defensive ends that are so called two and three stars.

As for Payne, he was a bust from the beginning. He would never play.....drae Bowles.

 

[hatingbamaisawayoflife]

Oh boy. Here it comes

 

[hatingbamaisawayoflife]

I mean negavols

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Link?

 

[BigSteve09]

He announced it on twitter

Leaving for maryland

 

[FLVOL69]

Link?

B/R

 

[dbarker]

On bleacher report. Going back home to maryland.

 

[hatingbamaisawayoflife]

Bleacher

 

[vols 30]

Oh boy. Here it comes

Do we need to check your stats ? 😄

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

Justin Martin is scaring everyone off

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Do we need to check your stats ? 😄

New VN catchphrase?

 

[Catbone]

Bleacher

Rollercoaster

 

[hmanvolfan]

Who?

 

[Volz4lif3]

D'Andre Payne Tweets He's Transferring to Maryland

 

[big harry]

Wasn't this the rumor like three weeks ago?

 

[INVolsITrust]

Didn't Butch announce he was leaving before the start of the semester?

 

[Volsfaninva917]

I dont think there's reason for freak out mode but maybe a little reason for concern. So much attrition for a program with so much excitement surrounding it. Just odd is all

 

[roosterjbh]

I'm pretty sure this has already been announced.

 

[austin_vol]

This is very old news. At least several weeks old. Don't think he went to bowl game

 

[Volz4lif3]

Payne saw blood in the water here at VolNation so he decided to announce to freak out everyone here..

 

[soccerbrian]

If it's family reasons then wish you best.....if you can't handle competition then there are better players ready to step up. Give me a lower ranked player willing to fight for his position than a player thinking it's owed to him.

 

[emzeeee]

This was known back in December

 

[1725gatorhater]

He was a Payne anyway.

 

[mdrew27]

This just in!!! Daniel Helm is leaving!!!

 

[tnvols72]

at least the ones that are leaving ,are the ones that wasn't seeing PT. When I see a player that played a lot leaving then I will think there is a problem.