Portal thread. Who’s leaving, who’s coming.

[Feral]

started all their games, zero sacks given up.

Blackstock hits the portal the same day we get this guy.

I guess it's a wash.

[Spiderham]

Blackstock hits the portal the same day we get this guy.

I guess it's a wash.

Blackstock = Temu Ray Dominguez

[HTL]

Lot of smoke on Auburn WR Simmons. Also expecting a commit from Mississippi State DT.

[vegashog]

tj metcalf in the portal.

[DirkPiggler]

tj metcalf in the portal.

Get him back.

[Feral]

Get him back.

Yes please

[Feral]

Rumor is that we tampered to get Metcalf into the portal.

If that's true, it means our nuts finally dropped as a program and we can drop the Pollyanna "we do things the right way" bullshit.

[DirkPiggler]

Rumor is that we tampered to get Metcalf into the portal.

If that's true, it means our nuts finally dropped as a program and we can drop the Pollyanna "we do things the right way" bullshit.

Please let this be true. 

[HTL]

Rumor is that we tampered to get Metcalf into the portal.

If that's true, it means our nuts finally dropped as a program and we can drop the Pollyanna "we do things the right way" bullshit.

Not sure there's even such a thing as tampering anymore.

[jdcatty]

Rumor is that we tampered to get Metcalf into the portal.

If that's true, it means our nuts finally dropped as a program and we can drop the Pollyanna "we do things the right way" bullshit.

Does that mean we are "serious" about football?

[buff2.0]

Rumor is that we tampered to get Metcalf into the portal.

If that's true, it means our nuts finally dropped as a program and we can drop the Pollyanna "we do things the right way" bullshit.

Great, NOW there will be rules put in place and penalties issued.

[rzrbkfan69]

Blackstock hits the portal the same day we get this guy.

I guess it's a wash.

Didn't Blackstock move over to DLine anyway?

[Pig Benis]

Does that mean we are "serious" about football?

It would be a step in the right direction about 5 years too late.

And yes I know you're being a smartass because you hate the "not serious" line.

[DirkPiggler]

It would be a step in the right direction about 5 years too late.

And yes I know you're being a smartass because you hate the "not serious" line.

I don't see how anyone could argue that we were doing our best to compete last year...from the lack of investment in a roster down to the retention of a clearly incapable head coach.  Being serious about football doesn't just mean giving a stern look and having a placeholder in every role. 

[vegashog]

Didn't Blackstock move over to DLine anyway?

yes, and didn't piss a drop. wasn't any wash, we came out way ahead.

[jdcatty]

I don't see how anyone could argue that we were doing our best to compete last year...from the lack of investment in a roster down to the retention of a clearly incapable head coach.  Being serious about football doesn't just mean giving a stern look and having a placeholder in every role. 

How do you "invest" if you don't have the money?  Should we borrow it?  Would that convince you guys that we are "serious." 

That's the stupidest, most nonsensical term I can think of to use to describe a football program.

[Gambler]

Great, NOW there will be rules put in place and penalties issued.

After a 4 year investigation.

[DirkPiggler]

How do you "invest" if you don't have the money?  Should we borrow it?  Would that convince you guys that we are "serious." 

That's the stupidest, most nonsensical term I can think of to use to describe a football program.

Where did we all of a sudden get this money that we're using to clean up in the portal right now? 

I'll answer for you.  It was available all along.  Decisions like hiring Pittman, giving him a prohibitive buyout when we were only competing against ourselves for his services, then keeping him at least two years after he should have been fired kept the people who were holding onto that money from making it available.  It would have been like piling it up on the fifty yard line and setting it on fire. 

Making those kinds of decisions show that you aren't serious about competing in the sport.  You can call that stupid if you want, but judging by just how quickly the money came back it appears that the people with the ability to influence outcomes agree with me (and pretty much everyone here but you).  Call it something different if it makes you feel better, but it's still the same thing. 

As for borrowing it, that's exactly what the team we saw last night did to jump start their ascent.  It's not my preferred method and isn't something we would have had to do if our AD was managing things properly, but to dismiss it as an option is ignorant.  I don't think anyone at Ole Miss regrets the decisions that got them here.

[Pig Benis]

Where did we all of a sudden get this money that we're using to clean up in the portal right now? 

I'll answer for you.  It was available all along.  Decisions like hiring Pittman, giving him a prohibitive buyout when we were only competing against ourselves for his services, then keeping him at least two years after he should have been fired kept the people who were holding onto that money from making it available.  It would have been like piling it up on the fifty yard line and setting it on fire. 

Making those kinds of decisions show that you aren't serious about competing in the sport.  You can call that stupid if you want, but judging by just how quickly the money came back it appears that the people with the ability to influence outcomes agree with me (and pretty much everyone here but you).  Call it something different if it makes you feel better, but it's still the same thing. 

As for borrowing it, that's exactly what the team we saw last night did to jump start their ascent.  It's not my preferred method and isn't something we would have had to do if our AD was managing things properly, but to dismiss it as an option is ignorant.  I don't think anyone at Ole Miss regrets the decisions that got them here.

Insert applause gif

[vegashog]

yurachek himself said that pittman didn't have the 'resources' he needed, ie. the boosters stopped investing in the program.

on another note, we seemed to have made a good move by getting that gm from arizona.