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<blockquote data-quote="jojatk" data-source="post: 838824" data-attributes="member: 2627"><p>I don't think many of our transfers fit the "couldn't get on the field at factories" moniker and the guy that, I think, had the highest expectations this year, Keion White, broke his leg before leaving ODU and is just now getting healthy enough to see playing time.</p><p></p><p>- Makius Scott: only spent 1 year at South Carolina so I'm not sure we know he "couldn't get on the field."</p><p>- Kevin Harris: didn't really fit the mold of the rush end at Alabama but I'll grant he did seem to be struggling there even though he wasn't there very long before transferring</p><p>- Kenyatta Watson: injured at Texas and the coaches there were so good that they no longer coach there and they played a bunch of guys in their secondary who weren't getting the job done which perplexed their fans and, I guess, their athletic department who fired them</p><p>- Nick Pendley: played in two games as a true frosh, redshirted his second year but played in 4 games, I think he didn't like playing in Leach's offense (he wasn't recruited by Leach but by the previous staff)</p><p>- Ace Eley: former honorable mention all-Big10 LB. Not really sure what happened there except that the coaches recruited a couple of hotshot kids and apparently wanted to get them on the field. He wasn't recruited by the current staff. What I read pointed to the coaches feeling like he was very good but they wanted to go with guys they felt had more upside. I could be completely wrong about that but from the outside, and from reading what little I could find, that's what it looked like. For us I think Ace is an upgrade and I still believe our bigger problem on defense is coaching and not talent. We should be at least a not-so-great defense but we're a terrible defense.</p><p>- Derrik Allen: redshirted his first year at ND, played in 9 games on special teams and as a reserve as a R-Fr so he was starting to see the field. He's a local kid so perhaps he just wanted to come back to Atlanta. Doesn't look like he fit the "couldn't get on the field" thing but I don't know more than what I've read.</p><p>- Myles Sims: redshirted his first year and then transferred to GT. I did read some comments about the coaches at Michigan not being happy with something but that DC was fired after the 2020 season so maybe he isn't the best source for whether a kid can play or not. His new team, Arizona, has 1 win this year.</p><p>- Marquez Ezzard: don't know what happened here but I don't think his leaving Miami when he did was because he "couldn't get on the field." My recollection is he left after his true frosh year and when that happens I feel like mostly it's not "couldn't" get on the field but "didn't" get on the field as early as he wanted. But Ezzard didn't succeed here so he might fit that moniker in the end.</p><p>- Clayton: he may be the one that fits the description the best of all of the guys we've brought in via transfer.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong. We have brought in transfers that haven't worked out and some of the ones above probably won't (or already didn't). But I think most of them were and are pretty reasonable gambles rather than throwaways from other schools. Just keep in mind that I believe much of our struggles on defense this year are coaching and not as much talent related so that could definitely be coloring my analysis above and I'm totally open to that possibility.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jojatk, post: 838824, member: 2627"] I don't think many of our transfers fit the "couldn't get on the field at factories" moniker and the guy that, I think, had the highest expectations this year, Keion White, broke his leg before leaving ODU and is just now getting healthy enough to see playing time. - Makius Scott: only spent 1 year at South Carolina so I'm not sure we know he "couldn't get on the field." - Kevin Harris: didn't really fit the mold of the rush end at Alabama but I'll grant he did seem to be struggling there even though he wasn't there very long before transferring - Kenyatta Watson: injured at Texas and the coaches there were so good that they no longer coach there and they played a bunch of guys in their secondary who weren't getting the job done which perplexed their fans and, I guess, their athletic department who fired them - Nick Pendley: played in two games as a true frosh, redshirted his second year but played in 4 games, I think he didn't like playing in Leach's offense (he wasn't recruited by Leach but by the previous staff) - Ace Eley: former honorable mention all-Big10 LB. Not really sure what happened there except that the coaches recruited a couple of hotshot kids and apparently wanted to get them on the field. He wasn't recruited by the current staff. What I read pointed to the coaches feeling like he was very good but they wanted to go with guys they felt had more upside. I could be completely wrong about that but from the outside, and from reading what little I could find, that's what it looked like. For us I think Ace is an upgrade and I still believe our bigger problem on defense is coaching and not talent. We should be at least a not-so-great defense but we're a terrible defense. - Derrik Allen: redshirted his first year at ND, played in 9 games on special teams and as a reserve as a R-Fr so he was starting to see the field. He's a local kid so perhaps he just wanted to come back to Atlanta. Doesn't look like he fit the "couldn't get on the field" thing but I don't know more than what I've read. - Myles Sims: redshirted his first year and then transferred to GT. I did read some comments about the coaches at Michigan not being happy with something but that DC was fired after the 2020 season so maybe he isn't the best source for whether a kid can play or not. His new team, Arizona, has 1 win this year. - Marquez Ezzard: don't know what happened here but I don't think his leaving Miami when he did was because he "couldn't get on the field." My recollection is he left after his true frosh year and when that happens I feel like mostly it's not "couldn't" get on the field but "didn't" get on the field as early as he wanted. But Ezzard didn't succeed here so he might fit that moniker in the end. - Clayton: he may be the one that fits the description the best of all of the guys we've brought in via transfer. Don't get me wrong. We have brought in transfers that haven't worked out and some of the ones above probably won't (or already didn't). But I think most of them were and are pretty reasonable gambles rather than throwaways from other schools. Just keep in mind that I believe much of our struggles on defense this year are coaching and not as much talent related so that could definitely be coloring my analysis above and I'm totally open to that possibility. [/QUOTE]
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