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75Crazie
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I guess my point, which admittedly I did not make very well, was that he got enough playing time at Texas to show his potential and get much higher visibility football programs interested in him. I'm just not sure I get the "go backwards in order to go forwards" approach in this case.
scottdude8
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This is the era we’re in until something changes. I’m not going to lose sleep over a guy doing what a huge proportion of college football players are also doing.
Thanks for a year of good memories Maliq. I hope you find what you’re looking for.
Thanks for a year of good memories Maliq. I hope you find what you’re looking for.
chrishoke
Member
I can’t imagine being a college coach in these times.
no kidding, they earn their money....portal, retention, recruiting. This is why I can't imagine Belichick taking on unc.
I'm a bit surprised to be honest but him leaving so soon makes it sound like he got poached and was probably in the market to be poached from the start. We'll have collective bargaining in college sports before long, universities are not going to keep committing resources to players without protection.
75Crazie
Member
Tony Bennett raises a glass in salute.
CrazyNotCrazie
Member
I will let the poster defend himself but I don't think he is necessarily swearing and cursing at Murphy. He is just swearing and cursing about the situation in general. There is a big difference.
I think it is very hard not to be frustrated about what is happening. As I said above, too much of a good thing is not a good thing. It seems like all aspects of life are like this these days - we swing from one far extreme to the other, rather than trying to find a place comfortably in the middle. The old system was not ideal (though I still argue that a scholarship was a nice payment), but this is not good either.
CameronBornAndBred
Well-known member
If this is true then Henry and Grayson are gone. They should be, because Duke is telling them their future isn't in Durham.
I mean this is the second year in a row our starting QB bailed for (presumably) one of the bigger programs in the sport, so yeah , I guess so.
Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Member
I don't think it makes sense for fans to wish/hope/pray for Duke to perform like an SEC school, and then to be surprised or disappointed when it comes along with all the very predictable SEC-like problems.
TKG
Member
Had I cussed, it would have been directed at the situation not Maliq. He’s free to do whatever he pleases. I am frustrated at the situation. But rather than complain about it, I decided to move on and used the phrase Next Play!
CrazyNotCrazie
Member
Call me crazy but I will put it on the record that I am perfectly fine with us losing a few more games each year and doing things in a non-SEC manner. That likely makes me the minority here. But I'm guessing I am not alone.
chrishoke
Member
Have gun, will travel.
OldPhiKap
Super Moderator
Exactly.
I'm not saying it's good. I'm saying it's what exists. The portal, coupled with NIL, has created a Wild West of one-year free agents. At least the professional teams can sign folks to multi-year contracts. If that exists on the college level, I'm not aware of it (but would be glad to learn if it exists).
I did not realize that a little bit of success would make our football program as transactional as the basketball program. Perhaps that is one of the things I liked about our football team -the players stuck around long enough to become part of the Duke family (Jordan Moore and Chandler Rivers come to mind). But those days are gone as well...
Mensah of Tulane has a lot of big time suitors but his first visit in the portal is to Duke. Today. Decent evidence that Manny was not caught unaware....like I said, stuff has being going on, won't get into it due to board rules, but the Devils Den thread (if you can get thru some of the ugliness) sheds some light.
Reading through the thread, all I can think is—wow, tough crowd...
Seems to me that Maalik—who was a highly rated recruit coming out of HS—used the portal in the hopes that he could find a place to start and showcase his skillset with the ultimate goal of perhaps getting drafted and playing on Sundays. He decided on Duke, and poured his focus all in in our season as our starter and team captain, leading us to a 9-3 record. Upon completing the season, he has reassessed his situation and perhaps sees an opportunity to showcase his skillset at what he perceives to be a bigger platform program—we have yet to see what program that might be. I suppose I will never understand why people who root for a team/program feel the need to take a dump on someone who gave their blood, sweat and tears for that program, then decided that it might be in their best interests to head elsewhere. Maalik had a great season for us, so I, for one, prefer to just say 'thanks' for what he gave while he was here and wish him good luck elsewhere. As we saw, the dude can sling the pigskin with the best of them, but he needs serious work on his consistency, his decision making and his mobility if he wants to play on Sundays. If he feels he can best develop those traits elsewhere, that's his decision to make—after all, it's his future in the balance.
I'll be excited to see what Belin and Loftis can do. This provides a good opportunity for one of them to step up and show Manny & company that they deserve the offensive reins next season.
Agree on the first graph—it made complete sense for Maalik to come to Duke.
On the second—the NCAA has always been a business for the players, it was just one in which the conditions were completely controlled by the owners (the schools), the league (the NCAA) and the coaches and the benefits were largely deferred to the future (and, thus, for some the benefits never truly materialized). Now, the players are able to reap more of the benefits immediately, which I think is a good thing.
When Ewers decided to stay, Maalik knew he'd never see the field in Austin. He played last season because of injury to Ewers and the fact that Manning was a frosh waiting in the wings. That wasn't gonna happen this year as QB3 on the depth chart.
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