Portal time 25-26

[ASUFan4863]

I guess I’m more in the minority that looks at this list of departures and isn’t too bothered. Porter and Dozier were the two that hurt me the most but the others have been far too inconsistent. 10-15 of them haven’t even seen the field. You can’t fault a kid for wanting to go somewhere to play when it becomes evident it won’t be here.

Porter
Bucci
Manuel
Dozier
McCantos
Burks
Kohl

Those were guys I would have wanted back. Each of those helped us win games. But yep, the rest were just Clark holdovers essentially.

I agree on Porter, Manuel and Dozier. Bucci didn’t really do much all year and hadn’t played since Lindenwood. McCantos and Burks were good at times, but safety was a weakness again this season. McCantos had a costly targeting call against Ark State. Kohl was decent at times as well.

I group McCantos, Burks and Kohl all in the same bucket that I consider decent players with some good traits and skills but lack high-end traits and skills that can make them great players.

I could be wrong, but wasn't Dozier the WR who didn't line up on the LOS causing the penalty on the 4th & 1 TD pass vs Arky State? I went back to look at that play, Galloway was a wing off of an extra OL as the TE, meaning the flanker needed to be on the LOS for a legal formation. Great play call with the wing leaking out off of a split zone look. Couldn't see the #, but all the WR needed to do was have enough focus to lineup correctly and stand there.
I know he dropped an easy wide open TD pass that would have sealed the Coastal game. I know the kid is talented, but seen enough drops & lack of focus plays to move on to someone else.

Yes he was and great point. Talented but 2 costly mistakes that directly correlated to 2 losses.

[appbud]

43 years at the same job.

[t4pizza]

3 years with first job and going on 26 years with the next (and current) one.

[moonshine]

I could be wrong, but wasn't Dozier the WR who didn't line up on the LOS causing the penalty on the 4th & 1 TD pass vs Arky State? I went back to look at that play, Galloway was a wing off of an extra OL as the TE, meaning the flanker needed to be on the LOS for a legal formation. Great play call with the wing leaking out off of a split zone look. Couldn't see the #, but all the WR needed to do was have enough focus to lineup correctly and stand there.
I know he dropped an easy wide open TD pass that would have sealed the Coastal game. I know the kid is talented, but seen enough drops & lack of focus plays to move on to someone else.

If Dozier was supposed to be on the line, I’m not a fan of the formation. Larkins was the TE on the LOS on Dozier’s side. If Dozier is responsible for being on the LOS, that locks Larkin in as a blocker only and ineligible as a receiver. Seems counterintuitive to tip your hand on the formation and if the TE is a blocker only, why not use an actual OL player if the TE position is obviously blocking?

[AtlAppMan]

I wonder how many times and how often these kids will change jobs when they get out and have to go to work? What company would want to hire and train an individual who has a reputation of jumping jobs every time a little more $ is on the table?

In my world of IT, it is an expected thing and usually how one climbs the ladder in their career. I have been one of the more rare types that doesn't like job hopping, and even I have done it 6 times in 30 years.

I understand your point but I am in the IT and sales world and can assure you I have seen many people leave a company to be recruited back at a later time. It happens in the real world more than you think so one must make logical decisions based on what is the best available resource at the time to help you progress your own team/company while weighing emotions appropriately. You do what is in best interest of your company.

[JTApps1]

I wonder how many times and how often these kids will change jobs when they get out and have to go to work? What company would want to hire and train an individual who has a reputation of jumping jobs every time a little more $ is on the table?

It's not much different in the business world these days. My company used to be 75-80% long term employees, but now we have about 40% with that much experience. The majority of the remaining employees have less than three years of experience. I don't even bother to get to know new hires in Marketing, Communications, or Sales anymore.

I have almost 21 years here.

[ASUTodd]

It's trickled down to highschool ball. Our local highschool is already putting up player profiles from players transferring in from other schools. They aren't transferring for the great education....

[AppState222]

Some interesting JMU NIL numbers, reported in the athletic, based of FOIA requests,
"James Madison’s revenue-sharing budget is a little more than $1 million, according to its payroll data. That figure is split among 34 players (whose names were redacted). Two players are making $65,000, and four are making $7,500 each. Four men’s basketball players were set to make more than the highest-paid football player.

…

Here’s a stunning way to contextualize it: What JMU paid its head coach and entire roster (just under $1.9 million) is less than Oregon paid its defensive coordinator, Tosh Lupoi ($2 million). Ducks head coach Dan Lanning’s $10.4 million salary is three times the Dukes’ annual football operating expenses ($3.2 million).
James Madison’s budget is competitive in the Sun Belt, but it’s not No. 1. That was Coastal Carolina ($17.3 million in football revenue)."

[hapapp]

A quick poll on staying with the job. I taught and coached at 2 schools in 40 years. Spent 24 yrs at one and 16 at the other. How about the rest of you?

I taught at the same school for 35 years.

[BUTCH1991]

A quick poll on staying with the job. I taught and coached at 2 schools in 40 years. Spent 24 yrs at one and 16 at the other. How about the rest of you?

7 years at my 1st job out of college, 2 years at another job, 25 more back at the original job.

[mtnjax]

A quick poll on staying with the job. I taught and coached at 2 schools in 40 years. Spent 24 yrs at one and 16 at the other. How about the rest of you?

17 years all with the same company after graduating. 3 roles in all

[BambooRdApp]

13 years at one firm .. 14 years at the current one

[Saint3333]

Up to 27 now.

[appdaze]

Drink calls it like it is and says all his players are getting calls because the ncaa is not enforcing any tampering rules.

[appdaze]

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[JTApps1]

What will it take to make all NIL and scholarships contracted agreements?

[Saint3333]

Need the next tier to feel pain. Mizz isn’t the tip of the spear. Those that are tempting and offering the most have no incentive to change the rules, they are exploiting them.

[t4pizza]

Some interesting JMU NIL numbers, reported in the athletic, based of FOIA requests,
"James Madison’s revenue-sharing budget is a little more than $1 million, according to its payroll data. That figure is split among 34 players (whose names were redacted). Two players are making $65,000, and four are making $7,500 each. Four men’s basketball players were set to make more than the highest-paid football player.

…

Here’s a stunning way to contextualize it: What JMU paid its head coach and entire roster (just under $1.9 million) is less than Oregon paid its defensive coordinator, Tosh Lupoi ($2 million). Ducks head coach Dan Lanning’s $10.4 million salary is three times the Dukes’ annual football operating expenses ($3.2 million).
James Madison’s budget is competitive in the Sun Belt, but it’s not No. 1. That was Coastal Carolina ($17.3 million in football revenue)."

Now those are figures that make much more sense than the nonsense NIL boogey man figures that have been posted on many threads here. Sure doesn't look like they are paying their OLmen 190k a year. Nor does it seem like their NIL is so much greater than ours that we just can't compete. Sadly, they have just done it better. We say we do more with less, but clearly they do it much better with less than we do. This is an administration issue, we have to get better at that level.

[TheMoody1]

Gonna need a new kicker.

[T-Dog]

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