Lol at Tony White…

[nscottie]

Here's my thing though... keep the guys you recruited. If we recruit Princewill (Freshman AA) and James Williams (leading returning sack man) and then we just let them leave and tell people they weren't that good, we will always be starting over. My entire point is that we need to recruit guys that want to be here and keep them, it will ALWAYS be cheaper. I'll scream this to anyone that is willing to listen, 1890 stated to me how lucky we were that Robinson and Nash didn't dip their toes in the portal because we couldn't have afforded to keep them. We don't have the money t be a portal team if a conference championship, CFP, or even 9/10 wins is our goal. We have to be a development team and keep players in Lincoln.

Keeping guys will always be the best route compared to finding players in the portal. If we would have only had to get Nwaneri instead of 4 guys along our front 4... imagine how much more we would have been able to spend on RB or OL?

I don’t know why Princewill left but Williams wasn’t staying once his coach left.

 

[Chi7397]

I don’t know why Princewill left but Williams wasn’t staying once his coach left.

Williams is not at all good

 

[Pepe Silvia]

I don’t know why Princewill left but Williams wasn’t staying once his coach left.

didn't Princewill threaten to sit out mid-season unless he got a raise?

 

[nscottie]

didn't Princewill threaten to sit out mid-season unless he got a raise?

Possibly, but my memory sucks. So can’t confirm

 

[Stan Raymond]

Do Gbayor, Princewell, Butler & James Williams make this team better at all? I’d probably take Princewell back but the rest were never more than mediocre.

The 3 players we really miss from our front 7 last year are all in the NFL.

Nwaneri for Williams

Moore/George for Butler

McCullough for Umanmielen

Watson-Trent for Gbayor

I'd like to have Gbayor back, Watson-Trent has not been as good. I'd also take Butler over Moore/George, don't think it's a huge difference but I'd rather have the continuity. I think Nwaneri and McCullough are upgrades.

 

[Blakejc]

I mean this respectfully... so we let two guys go, one of which was a starter, that produced for us so we could free up money to grab Nwaneri who had 2 tackles and a sack for Mizzou? If that's who we are freeing up money for God help us.

As I've said before, we don't have the money people think we do if the above are the decisions we are making. With that said, we do have to start figuring out if we want to pay the back 50% of our roster or not. The fact we are having to make that decision is telling though.

Fair points, but framing Nwaneri in that light is a bit disingenuous. He was the #1 overall recruit the previous cycle and only played in 4 games with Missouri. Of course his stats don’t match his potential, but he’s the type of portal player every team in the country sets aside a wad of cash for, regardless of position.