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'23 TNFR K Alejandro Mata (Signed to COLORADO)
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Once you’re in the portal, you have no options other than a different program. Your scholarship at your original program is terminated.
If I am Becker and I believe in my skills, I view the odds as much more favorable staying and competing where I already have a scholarship than gambling on not having a scholarship at all (or having to kick for a G5 or lower program).
That’s not what he’s doing. He is running away from competition.
Prime wants to win. If Becker shows out and proves that he’s the man for the job in spring practice and fall camp, Prime will play him ahead of Mata. That is not what Becker is doing. He is running away from competition.
The program Prime is building is based in competition.
You can go back to your program if they want you. They just don't have to let you back.
Yes, if they agree to reinstate your scholarship, you can come back. But, it isn’t a player option that DBT implied. Plus, Prime has been very plain about what he thinks about players who go to the portal…
I guess I did not realize until just now arguing on the internet was your craft.
A player may withdraw his name from the portal and return to his/her original team. It would then be the school’s choice whether or not to restore the scholarship. But from everything people are saying, the school can cut scholarship players if they want anyway.
I find the idea that Becker should have stayed and “competed” for a spot that was obviously not going to be his to be pure fantasy. Nobody does that. It’s imbecilic. He has more options now than he would have in August. He’d be stupid to “compete” for a job that is obviously going to somebody else.
You know, if you don’t like this thread, you always have the option to, you know, not participate. I’m sure there’s a soccer thread somewhere you can enjoy.
I’m not bothered by the fact that Prime brought in his own kicker. Prime’s team. Prime’s roster. He can do whatever he wants and I’m not going to be critical. Where I take issue is with the notion that Becker should have stuck around and fought for his job. That’s just plan delusional. Nobody does that. Anywhere. To suggest otherwise is ridiculous.
I’m not bothered by the fact that Prime brought in his own kicker. Prime’s team. Prime’s roster. He can do whatever he wants and I’m not going to be critical. Where I take issue is with the notion that Becker should have stuck around and fought for his job. That’s just plan delusional. Nobody does that. Anywhere. To suggest otherwise is ridiculous.
I do enjoy arguing but it isn’t my job.
Coaches can cut players from the team, but the scholarship remains in tact for the duration of the signed agreement.
A player who enters the portal can withdraw their name from the portal, but the scholarship must be reinstated by the issuing institution. They don’t get to come back on their own terms.
Here's a point:
Kicker is a unique position in that huge success is not related to the level you're playing on. For a theoretical kicker, if you're 70% from 50-60 yards, you're going to get a shot in the league whether you're at Alabama, South Dakota, or Fort Hays State. And that makes the decision to go into the portal a lot less risky than the portal decision is for normal position players.
Kicker is a unique position in that huge success is not related to the level you're playing on. For a theoretical kicker, if you're 70% from 50-60 yards, you're going to get a shot in the league whether you're at Alabama, South Dakota, or Fort Hays State. And that makes the decision to go into the portal a lot less risky than the portal decision is for normal position players.
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Regardless of who the kicker is, it's highly probable that a game or maybe more games will be decided by that one guy's success or failure in that game or games.
So it's kind of a key position on a team, IMO.
I hope no one puts a foot in his mouth.
LongHaulBuff
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At this rate this kicker bull**** is going to pass Travis Hunter around 6 tomorrow evening. Good job assholes.
Episode 3 of Prime is out and our guy Mata is featured a bit. Prime called him “my guy, Mata”. Nailed 3 short FGs
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Why is that disturbing. As said elsewhere, this decision is really the only one that raises any questions, thus discussion on a discussion board.
And for the record, I’m in the scratching my head camp in this one.
I’ll support Coach Sanders in this one, but lord help us Becker doesn’t pull a Rick Vaughn, sign on with Nebraska, and end up sticking it up…our…****ing…ass (2008)