2024-25 Portal SZN Thread

[JerryBones5]

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Callahan kiss of death?

I think they enjoy f'ing with him at this point.

 

[Carm]

I think they enjoy f'ing with him at this point.

We'll rue the day we let Barnes get away. Mark my words!

 

[Dell Husker]

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Callahan kiss of death?

How long ago was that??

 

[Carm]

How long ago was that??

last Friday

 

[Goskers07]

We'll rue the day we let Barnes get away. Mark my words!

He's fast as hell on NCAA25. But his progression is always shit.

 

[jickey moseph]

How long ago was that??

this past tunnel talk lol

 

[Flabio]

Additionally a lot of their money comes directly from Phil Knight, not as much from Nike the company

We all need to come to grips that Warren just doesn’t really give a chit about Nebraska. He’s involved in national and international things

We'll rue the day we let Barnes get away. Mark my words!

How good has he been this spring?

 

[Carm]

How good has he been this spring?

No clue. I was just joking around. I don't think we'll miss him

 

[vailhusker]

Processed

Even with him gone there are still 25 DBs on the roster. ☠️

 

[vailhusker]

 

[Dell Husker]

Anyone?

 

[BIGSTICK67]

My hot take is Damon Benning is part of the problem not the solution with Omaha kids.

He has tight relations with a lot of schools and probably knows a lot of the kids one way or another.

Anytime an Omaha kid doesn’t get an offer, Nebraska offers late or leaves the state he tries to underscore an issue. He’ll try to open up wounds and pour salt into them to give him more power to speak on them for views.

I don't disagree. i.e. it's definitely plausible.

 

[Frogsker30]

Anyone?

 

[Goskers07]

Nebraska don't want him.

 

[BorWhiskey]

It feels like there is some sensitivity around pay in the RB room, and bringing in Brown at the price other schools are offering would upset the entire room. So, we could add Brown but we’d potentially lose Johnson and others. And I don’t think the staff rates Brown as an upgrade over EJ so ruining the room isn’t worth it.

We’re going to try and recruit him in a way that doesn’t piss everyone off.

 

[Blakejc]

It feels like there is some sensitivity around pay in the RB room, and bringing in Brown at the price other schools are offering would upset the entire room. So, we could add Brown but we’d potentially lose Johnson and others. And I don’t think the staff rates Brown as an upgrade over EJ so ruining the room isn’t worth it.

We’re going to try and recruit him in a way that doesn’t piss everyone off.

Is Emmett Johnson a glue guy in the locker room or is he a source of friction? Or is he neither?

 

[Dell Husker]

It feels like there is some sensitivity around pay in the RB room, and bringing in Brown at the price other schools are offering would upset the entire room. So, we could add Brown but we’d potentially lose Johnson and others. And I don’t think the staff rates Brown as an upgrade over EJ so ruining the room isn’t worth it.

We’re going to try and recruit him in a way that doesn’t piss everyone off.

I think it’s crazy that this continues to be the case here. The elite teams in college football find ways to stack their rooms with talent and players aren’t leaving like that. Does EJ think he’s getting 100% of the snaps?

 

[Carm]

It feels like there is some sensitivity around pay in the RB room, and bringing in Brown at the price other schools are offering would upset the entire room. So, we could add Brown but we’d potentially lose Johnson and others. And I don’t think the staff rates Brown as an upgrade over EJ so ruining the room isn’t worth it.

We’re going to try and recruit him in a way that doesn’t piss everyone off.

Yes, it seems the staff doesn't think we need him and they aren't willing to allocate the resources necessary to get him. A similar view from a media member suggesting we should respect their judgement based on the track record:

 

[Seaofred92]

One thing re-the RB room: Don’t forget EJ already portaled once this year. I know the deadline is coming up but he’s been here long enough he could probably find a way to “Graduate” and enter as a grad transfer. I’d imagine Brown winds up at Miami or something if its predominantly about money and if we do take another back it’ll be a much less covered recruitment (can EJ finally steal one of the UConn backs like Cam Edwards?)

 

[Tsakoi]

Something I think matters here is that the coaches are basically at the end of spring and have had an extended look at the guys we already have in the RB room. If after that they feel comfortable then I trust that evaluation. If they didn't feel comfortable my guess is they would have jumped all over one of the numerous RBs in the portal.