Be fair if you did. I didn't even think about it when I posted it.
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Be fair if you did. I didn't even think about it when I posted it.
JuCo. Don’t think he played. Thought I read he was the first guy from Hocking to get a P5 scholarship.
I am a huge Mahomes fan, and if he were a finished product, every team would take him. However, he would be the first to admit there are constantly things he needs to keep working on and studying. I believe it was Ray Kroc that said, "As long as you're green you're growing, as soon as you're ripe you start to rot.” The key to development in studying film is that defenses will constantly be trying to adjust and he has to adjust to that.
That may be the best I have heard it stated. His ability, while not really a "running QB" to use his legs and the pump fake to keep drives alive with a key first down pick-up were similar to what we see with Mahomes (and maybe the only thing I would compare them on!). He threw some balls up for grabs that you would say OH NO!, and then Butler would come down with them.
Agreed. I'd label my current emotional state as "cautiously optimistic."
I've gone on record a few times here stating that this football offseason will be the best litmus test of our ability to compete to date, and if things hold serve I'm very pleasantly surprised.
Tremendous job, @brentblum
I don’t doubt teams are inquiring about Rocco, I highly doubt it is in the excess of 7 figures.
The benefit Rocco has is he doesnt need to chase $$$ in college, because the kid has a really good shot to play at the next level. Has the necessary skills, pedigree, etc. Also, his dad is a HUGE CMC fan/advocate. Not worried about him at all
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We also have a highly ranked backup in Kohl. I think Rocco wants to be here, and we want him. But there’s some depth behind him if he moves on
This may be me drinking the Kool-Aid here too much, and if so, im sure you all will let me know, but boy it feels like this program took a massive next step, and moved itself up a tier, ESPECIALLY, if we can keep everyone here and healthy.
Again, drinking kool aid here, but i am more excited for this bowl game than ive been in a while just to be able to watch this team play again, and im just as excited for the 24 season. LFG!
True, and while I dont believe he will move on, having Kohl will be nice. Hopefully the game slows down for him more in year 2
Why would you doubt teams are willing to pay well in excess of $1,000,000 for him? He was just awarded Big 12 offensive freshman of the year. Matt Rhule just said and I quote: "Make no mistake, a good QB in the portal costs $1-2 million." I think he likely takes a major jump from freshman to sophomore as well. I think some fans may be undervaluing Rocco.
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In the corporate world, there’s a lot of big companies that have crazy salaries. Sometimes they aren’t the best place to work.
Consistency, vision and confidence your coach isn’t going to get canned if you lose 3-4 games matters to some ppl.
Both will stay for at least next season, after that all bets are off. If Rocco plays at a high level he may want to chase the money, and if he stays, no way Kohl sticks around and sits the bench for another couple of years.
I largely agree with you. The only thing that keeps him out of the potential 2-3 for me is ....
I need him to dominate without Andy Reid. He's great either way. But if he's going up on Mt. Rushmore... than I need to see him without one of the all time great QB coaches and play callers.
For me, that's what made Brady special. A, that I had a chance of beating him in a foot race and B, he was playing for a defensive coach who didn't always give me great weapons around him and did it at two locations
Thats the one thing I need to see from Mahomes to personally put him on the mountain top with Brady
Didn’t recognize it at the time, but Purdy, Hall, Rose, somewhat fell victim to Fred’s last team/Prohms first.
All the fan she hopes/expectations. The thing that’s encouraging, which we see now with bball, and now football, a program has actually been built.
It’s not strung together with 3-4 AA players, trying to catch lightning in a bottle.
6-6/7-5 realistically seems it’s the floor/baseline expectation. Throughout ISU history 7-5 is a really REALLY good season.
He wanted to build it and he’s doing it.
There is a lot of similarity here. Managing tech talent isn't dissimilar to this portal stuff. They aren't commanding $1 Million dollar salaries but rockstars can go get obscene salaries from the big boys. I have to figure I am going to lose a few each year to that and then I go poach someone down scale from us. But 80% of the team is committed and predictable and here because they want to be at this point in their career. We advertise that and we advertise, hey if you want to come in and make yourself a rockstar go for it, we think you can do that here.