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That seems like a good start for rebuilding the DTs.

Besides the upside, I wonder if part of the idea with Warren is balancing OL classes. However, I still feel like adding a player like Warren is one of the bigger risks in taking a player through the portal. Big upside, little film. Whereas, if they are trying to improve the team for this...

I’m in that same boat and hope they still pick up that type of guy. However, if they see an opportunity to supplement HS recruiting by taking a highly ranked underclassman through the portal, that’s probably an acceptable approach.

III is right. Jr. is 72 and a retired NFL special teams coach.

I guess we will find out soon enough on Warren. They need to hit on the OL transfers this year. Taking a guy like Warren with little experience increases the risk of a bust. I hope he’s as good as the HS rating suggests. The Oklahoma offer is definitely a good data point in his favor. Only...

I’m not sure how to feel there. He seems to have good stats but somehow was left completely off all-conference lists. I get that all-conference lists can be subjective but being left off altogether is interesting.

Agreed that the wrong tone was used on my post. This kid looks like a potential depth piece for next year with upside for the future. A starting OT is still needed. Hopefully, they still have enough money allocated to obtain that player.

However, it looks like he is ranked an 88 and the 19th best OT in the portal by On3 but not rated by 247 yet.

Looked like it was around 80 snaps on offense with the remainder on special teams.

No one, this move has to be for the future.

That can’t be their lone OL pickup from the portal if they expect improvement there next year.

People don’t always get fired when they should nor was there anything this year that indicated he shouldn’t have been let go. Managers are humans not some AI that immediately notices a trend an executes a change. The receiver corps couldn’t win against man nor could they make a contested catch.

The position has not been very good over that time period. He’s lost far more HS recruits than he’s developed. The recruiting hasn’t been great to start. Additionally, quantify the effect he’s had on players developing as opposed to players naturally acclimating to the speed of the game.

Rate Bowl offensive MVP isn’t a very high bar… Also, Matt Simon was also the coach when Smith had “too many drops”. Finally, how many all-conference WRs has he had since 2019? What’s his hit rate on HS WR recruits?

The WR room has not been very good for quite so time now.

Gundy did not put that program in a spot to be successful the last few years. Complete and total inability to adapt to the times.

Yeah, OK State was such a mess the last few years with Gundy I’m probably willing to give him a pass. According to Gundy, Nardo coached a 3 man front and Gundy didn’t let him bring coaches that had experience coaching that type of defense. Seems like he was set up to fail.

Has history coaching LBs and safeties.

Also, taking a DB from Iowa is likely a worth while risk. As long as they had some sort of tangible experience.

Personally, I am NOT a fan of the first option. Koi is not bigger than the team and the money can be used places that have bigger impact. While I don’t necessarily like Koi leaving it can be a win-win situation. Koi gets what he thinks he wants and MN gets to re-allocate the money to improve...