oleschoolaggie
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Nov 15, 2023 11:47:41 GMT -5
hate to say it, but if he's looking to return to an hbcu, it "might" be the buzzards cuz i'm sure he's familiar with coard and they're winning. he's not familiar with coach brown and we're "losing"... I thought and said the same thing when asked my opinion. I didn't think returning to A&T would be in the cards, as I'm not sure how he'd be received in the locker room. I can see him, however, at either South Carolina State or NCCU should he choose the HBCU route. What mystifies me is that he got very little burn at ECU. Did they redshirt him or was he just that far out of his element? i'm not sure what happened at ecu except that ecu is "struggling" this year. i would think he would've had opportunities to play given how horrible ecu has been this season...
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Post by aggie2039 on Nov 15, 2023 13:55:12 GMT -5
Sam Ofurie is back in the portal too! At 6’2 235lbs he would make a great addition.
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Post by blessedaggie84 on Nov 15, 2023 14:37:44 GMT -5
Can those player like Sam Ofurie and King transfer back to FCS and play right away or would they have to sit a year?
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Post by westcoastaggie on Nov 15, 2023 15:20:18 GMT -5
Sam Ofurie is back in the portal too! At 6’2 235lbs he would make a great addition. I bet he would… 🍿
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Post by westcoastaggie on Nov 15, 2023 15:20:52 GMT -5
Can those player like Sam Ofurie and King transfer back to FCS and play right away or would they have to sit a year? They’d probably get a waiver to play immediately since they’re back at their original school.
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Post by blessedaggie84 on Nov 15, 2023 15:23:16 GMT -5
Can those player like Sam Ofurie and King transfer back to FCS and play right away or would they have to sit a year? They’d probably get a waiver to play immediately since they’re back at their original school. Does that apply as well if they transfer to another FCS school not A&T?
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Nov 15, 2023 15:29:27 GMT -5
if they didn't play in any games at all, i suppose it could be considered the one year of sitting out that's required when transferring more than once. there is a new transfer portal rule whereby you're not required to sit out the first time you transfer, but you do have to sit out a year if you transfer thereafter.
however, there's also been a long standing rule that says in effect that if you transfer "down" a classification (i.e., from fbs to fcs, or from fcs to d2), then you don't have to sit out a year. at least, that's my understanding...
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Post by westcoastaggie on Nov 15, 2023 17:01:30 GMT -5
They’d probably get a waiver to play immediately since they’re back at their original school. Does that apply as well if they transfer to another FCS school not A&T? I don’t know. However, he was enrolled here and either didn’t play at their other school or played at a Juco.
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Post by aggie2039 on Nov 15, 2023 19:10:30 GMT -5
Can those player like Sam Ofurie and King transfer back to FCS and play right away or would they have to sit a year? Ofurie went JUCO
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Post by Bornthrilla on Nov 15, 2023 19:29:40 GMT -5
Can those player like Sam Ofurie and King transfer back to FCS and play right away or would they have to sit a year? Ofurie went JUCO That sounds like a grades issue. I wonder if we would want him back considering our new academic requirements.
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Post by Agg E. Pride on Nov 15, 2023 19:44:16 GMT -5
Peeps: I'm concerned that there's energy behind the supposition that King and Ofurie MIGHT transfer back INTO the program. I can co-sign and support the energy behind King, as he and Roberts were among the best linebackers in the Big South, possibly FCS. Ofurie, on the other hand, didn't see the field with us, and may not have seen the field wherever he went. That, plus his grades are allegedly an issue. I'm not sure he's a fit right now...
That's why I've mumbled on this board about NOT getting too excited about portal kids. They entered the portal FOR A REASON...Not trying to be funny, but I think we all "see" why KC and GC are no longer at VTech and USCarolina, respectively...Are they impact players? KC is, but the jury is still out on GC after 2 full seasons with us. I'm all about second and third chances, but a lot of our portal kids just didn't quite live up to the hype since the portal has been a "thing."
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Post by planoaggie on Nov 16, 2023 6:43:59 GMT -5
Getting players from the transfer portal is not the problem and in my opinion less of a risk than recruiting a high school player. Why? These portal players have played at the college level if they saw the field. We know a whole lot more about their college academic and athletic capabilities than HS players. Any failure by the player falls on the HC if the recruit (transfer or HS) does not pan out as expected. Coaches are responsible for evaluating talent. That is why we put so much emphasis on how good our coaches are in identifying talent. We choose them and they select us.
As to Ofurie and King, Ofurie should be eligible to play right away. King on the other hand will have to sit out a year since he played in the Michigan game and recorded 1 assisted tackle. Of course he can apply for a waiver and see what happens. Coach Brown will need to determine if they both are more talented than what he has now or can recruit. Maturity does wonders when it comes to academics, so I would not be so quick to rule out someone that had trouble academically as a young man his 1st go round in college. Proper mentoring and better tutoring/assistant for the athletes this time around compared to the last Coach matters as well. In the end, it is on Coach Brown whether it is worth the risk. We are 1-9. Do they make us better?
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Post by saabman on Nov 16, 2023 10:40:37 GMT -5
Peeps: I'm concerned that there's energy behind the supposition that King and Ofurie MIGHT transfer back INTO the program. I can co-sign and support the energy behind King, as he and Roberts were among the best linebackers in the Big South, possibly FCS. Ofurie, on the other hand, didn't see the field with us, and may not have seen the field wherever he went. That, plus his grades are allegedly an issue. I'm not sure he's a fit right now... That's why I've mumbled on this board about NOT getting too excited about portal kids. They entered the portal FOR A REASON...Not trying to be funny, but I think we all "see" why KC and GC are no longer at VTech and USCarolina, respectively...Are they impact players, KC is, but the jury is still out on GC after 2 full seasons with us. I'm all about second and third chances, but a lot of our portal kids just didn't quite live up to the hype since the portal has been a "thing." A&T's History in the portal has been good mostly but I'm not a portal players fan . If the are not Plug In Play athletes with in game experience I'm not really interested. At least with JOCO and High School talent they are coming of a season of on field activity, unlike a lot of portal players that have been setting for a season or seasons on the sidelines. The only advantage most portal athletes give you with no in game experience . Is his practice record against starters and there back up's on his previous teams depth chart and there HS tape and star rankings. Other than that your just getting a bench warmer looking for some playing time that he may or may not get at his next stop . The Portal is Hit or Miss even when the player is Plug In Play because sometimes that level of play dose not transfer with him, so the portal is a Dice Roll that sometimes comes up Snake-Eyes .
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Nov 16, 2023 15:06:47 GMT -5
King on the other hand will have to sit out a year since he played in the Michigan game and recorded 1 assisted tackle. Of course he can apply for a waiver and see what happens. no waiver needed unless the rules have changed. when you transfer "down" a classification (i.e., fbs to fcs, fcs to d2), you do not have to sit out a season...
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Post by Bornthrilla on Nov 16, 2023 15:18:24 GMT -5
A&T's History in the portal has been good mostly but I'm not a portal players fan . If the are not Plug In Play athletes with in game experience I'm not really interested. At least with JOCO and High School talent they are coming of a season of on field activity, unlike a lot of portal players that have been setting for a season or seasons on the sidelines. The only advantage most portal athletes give you with no in game experience . Is his practice record against starters and there back up's on his previous teams depth chart and there HS tape and star rankings. Other than that your just getting a bench warmer looking for some playing time that he may or may not get at his next stop . The Portal is Hit or Miss even when the player is Plug In Play because sometimes that level of play dose not transfer with him, so the portal is a Dice Roll that sometimes comes up Snake-Eyes . That kind of describes that Mario Love kid we brought in last season. He never got on the field at NC State and never got on the field for us.
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