12-23-2019, 04:44 PM
This has already been talked about a fair bit, and I would refer you to Samuel's excellent thread on fifth year decisions, here.
The fact that we have a largish class this year is a good thing, and certainly one of the benefits is that it would allow us to encourage some non-contributors to move on. From that perspective, you are correct. The issue, though, is not as you framed it. It is not whether we would rather have Hattis and Hamilton or two more freshmen OL, but rather if we would rather have Hattis and Hamilton come back or Butler and Parson. Here are the 10 players currently in the portal:
Swann, Williams, Costello, Hattis, Hamilton, Pryts, Stewart, Richardson, Eboh, Peek, Powell (confirmed transfer)
plus Parkinson entering the NFL portal
And here are some players who are not in the portal, but I would trade:
Maddox, Speights, Butler, Parsons (Harrington is returning, but I would rather have Parkinson back).
So, if it were up to me, and taking note of several posters here noting that we will likely have a medical retirement and an a late signing period addition to the class, we only need 9 players to transfer out (10 if somehow Parkinson changed his mind). This would be my list:
Stewart, Richardson, Peek, Powell, Maddox, Speights, Butler, Parsons, Harrington (if Parkinson came back). The last one would be harder, because it involves a contributor, but probably Eboh, since needing a 10th would imply Adebo was coming back.
BC
The fact that we have a largish class this year is a good thing, and certainly one of the benefits is that it would allow us to encourage some non-contributors to move on. From that perspective, you are correct. The issue, though, is not as you framed it. It is not whether we would rather have Hattis and Hamilton or two more freshmen OL, but rather if we would rather have Hattis and Hamilton come back or Butler and Parson. Here are the 10 players currently in the portal:
Swann, Williams, Costello, Hattis, Hamilton, Pryts, Stewart, Richardson, Eboh, Peek, Powell (confirmed transfer)
plus Parkinson entering the NFL portal
And here are some players who are not in the portal, but I would trade:
Maddox, Speights, Butler, Parsons (Harrington is returning, but I would rather have Parkinson back).
So, if it were up to me, and taking note of several posters here noting that we will likely have a medical retirement and an a late signing period addition to the class, we only need 9 players to transfer out (10 if somehow Parkinson changed his mind). This would be my list:
Stewart, Richardson, Peek, Powell, Maddox, Speights, Butler, Parsons, Harrington (if Parkinson came back). The last one would be harder, because it involves a contributor, but probably Eboh, since needing a 10th would imply Adebo was coming back.
BC