***Official portal tracker thread***

If Campbell had not taken the Penn State gig I absolutely believe he would have chased the Browns job.
It's was a blessing in disguise when he took the Penn State job. It gave us a chance tomake a hire and get a roster out together. Imagine losing him now when most of the transfer portal has been picked over already.
 
It's was a blessing in disguise when he took the Penn State job. It gave us a chance tomake a hire and get a roster out together. Imagine losing him now when most of the transfer portal has been picked over already.
I hear you, but 25 players would not have been able to just transfer to Cleveland, to follow him.
 
Well- there's hope as they lost most of their starters as well. Continuity and venue are in their favor, however. Konrardy hitting a walk-off 54 yarder to complete the trilogy would be out of this world.
While that would send the Squakeye Nation into a massive depression, I would much rather just come away with a no-doubt, solid win. Doesn’t have to be a blowout, but a 10-14 point win would push the seeds-of-doubt pleasingly deeper into their mushy, addled brains.
 
It's was a blessing in disguise when he took the Penn State job. It gave us a chance tomake a hire and get a roster out together. Imagine losing him now when most of the transfer portal has been picked over already.
It would've forced our hand to hire what's his name, PSU OC . I seriously don't care to remember his name anymore. Lol. And I'm getting old.
 
And we would be stuck with players that likely don't fit the scheme of a new coach. Especially on defense.
Nah, anyone we didnt want or fit, would be told it would be best for them to explore other opportunities. I would guess several that left this year were told that.

A kid out of KSU went public with the receipts that he was told he no longer had a spot on the team, when he had decided to stay.
 
Portal opens if your coach leaves
I think his idea was that if many of the players could not follow him, they would not have left. Him going to the NFL means he would not have been able to poach from us and players would be unable to follow him.

Also if it happened say now, well after the normal window, the timing would not be good for a mass exodus as most teams have mostly filled out their rosters by now, even with the portal reopening for a coaching change.

Its a possibility, it could also not change anything. I could see it both ways, who really knows, it didnt happen so this is where we are.
 
I think his idea was that if many of the players could not follow him, they would not have left. Him going to the NFL means he would not have been able to poach from us and players would be unable to follow him.

Also if it happened say now, well after the normal window, the timing would not be good for a mass exodus as most teams have mostly filled out their rosters by now, even with the portal reopening for a coaching change.

It’s a possibility, it could also not change anything. I could see it both ways, who really knows, it didnt happen so this is where we are.
The timing definitely may have forced some players to stay, but it would be really difficult to replace any that left with comparable talent. Our best players would have still likely had other opportunities if they wanted. Like you said, it didn’t happen this way so we won’t ever know for sure how it would have played out.
 
The details in the very first page are impressive!

I don’t follow roster turnover very closely just in general (maybe they left a yr or two ago); what happened to the OL Nevada, IA (Rhoads) sp and the walk-on Kock?

TIA
 

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