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Puka Nacua, 2019 4* WR, Orem, UT (Committed)
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The key is if the best players play. If these young guys with great or elite talent come in to the program and don’t play vs the inferior talent we will have people leaving.FremontTroll said:Love that attitude but hopefully he doesn't hit the transfer portal when it likely doesn't pan out that way.
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It's not just about talent, though. Experience and versatility come into play, and unlike what some folks believe, I don't think you play the more physically talented guy over the (currently) better guy just because the more physically talented guy will eventually be better and game reps are the fastest way to get to that point.AtomicDawg said:
The key is if the best players play. If these young guys with great or elite talent come in to the program and don’t play vs the inferior talent we will have people leaving.FremontTroll said:Love that attitude but hopefully he doesn't hit the transfer portal when it likely doesn't pan out that way.
Frankly and selfishly, I don't want to see Puka even play if it means he's in for 5 plays per game and we burn his redshirt for something like 12 targets on the year. If he plays, I hope it's because he's kicking ass and getting targets.
And holy shit, what have we been doing if Jones, Osborne, Spiker and Bynum can't keep him off the field? -
They won't if they don't know what the fuck they're doing. See: Joe Tryons's career path. Now that he knows what he's doing, he can unleash his talent. He did not at first.AtomicDawg said:
The key is if the best players play. If these young guys with great or elite talent come in to the program and don’t play vs the inferior talent we will have people leaving.FremontTroll said:Love that attitude but hopefully he doesn't hit the transfer portal when it likely doesn't pan out that way.
I want to see Puka shine more than anybody, but our receiver corps is pretty deep with talented guys ahead of him with more experience in the system. Yes, they're unproven, but they're there. -
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That's not the point. The point is if we don't find a way to get sumpremely talented players on the field, many of them are not going to care because there is a list of schools where they can go get in the field immediately and contribute. without having to wait a year to sit out when transferring they will just go somewhere else. Kids are not smart patient reasonable people. They are told how great they are their whole life and think they are going to be great no matter where they go. It's one thing if you are behind a bunch of first and second rounders, but if you are behind physically inferior competition and watch them be the weak link on the field that's not going to last.CallMeBigErn said:
They won't if they don't know what the fuck they're doing. See: Joe Tryons's career path. Now that he knows what he's doing, he can unleash his talent. He did not at first.AtomicDawg said:
The key is if the best players play. If these young guys with great or elite talent come in to the program and don’t play vs the inferior talent we will have people leaving.FremontTroll said:Love that attitude but hopefully he doesn't hit the transfer portal when it likely doesn't pan out that way.
I want to see Puka shine more than anybody, but our receiver corps is pretty deep with talented guys ahead of him with more experience in the system. Yes, they're unproven, but they're there.
College football is going to be way different with these transfer rules going forward. It's already way different at QB than it was 20 years ago. The other positions are going to follow the same path. -
And this *may* be where Pete’s slow strategy proclivities pay off. No one knows exactly how the portal will change the game but it’s not hard to imagine the kids Pete brings in being a little more patient and long term focused than average. That’s the essence of being slow strategy. Doesn’t mean we won’t have kids leave but I would guess we suffer a lot less than the Oregon’s and USCs do.AtomicDawg said:
That's not the point. The point is if we don't find a way to get sumpremely talented players on the field, many of them are not going to care because there is a list of schools where they can go get in the field immediately and contribute. without having to wait a year to sit out when transferring they will just go somewhere else. Kids are not smart patient reasonable people. They are told how great they are their whole life and think they are going to be great no matter where they go. It's one thing if you are behind a bunch of first and second rounders, but if you are behind physically inferior competition and watch them be the weak link on the field that's not going to last.CallMeBigErn said:
They won't if they don't know what the fuck they're doing. See: Joe Tryons's career path. Now that he knows what he's doing, he can unleash his talent. He did not at first.AtomicDawg said:
The key is if the best players play. If these young guys with great or elite talent come in to the program and don’t play vs the inferior talent we will have people leaving.FremontTroll said:Love that attitude but hopefully he doesn't hit the transfer portal when it likely doesn't pan out that way.
I want to see Puka shine more than anybody, but our receiver corps is pretty deep with talented guys ahead of him with more experience in the system. Yes, they're unproven, but they're there.
College football is going to be way different with these transfer rules going forward. It's already way different at QB than it was 20 years ago. The other positions are going to follow the same path.
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The flip side is we are assured to benefit less from the portal than the Oregon’s and USC’s do, so we better suffer a lot less or it’s really going to hurt us.
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Imagine Reggie Williams not getting on the field because he doesn't have the adjustments to the route tree for our rocket science offense memorized. That wouldn't fly. Not saying puka is Reggie so don't twist. Just saying a world could exist where bacellia gets reps over a Reggie type.HillsboroDuck said:The flip side is we are assured to benefit less from the portal than the Oregon’s and USC’s do, so we better suffer a lot less or it’s really going to hurt us.
Hopefully Adams changes some things and finds a way to get puka on the field because he can contribute. He has better ball skills than anyone on the roster right imo. -
That's a horrifying thought. I'm not sure Pete is that hard headed. Black Beast played as a true frosh. Ditto Gaskins (and Ahmed). Receiver has been tougher to crack but Pettis and Leynius saw the field as true frosh, as well as @BornSinner and Fuller.AtomicDawg said:
Imagine Reggie Williams not getting on the field because he doesn't have the adjustments to the route tree for our rocket science offense memorized. That wouldn't fly. Not saying puka is Reggie so don't twist. Just saying a world could exist where bacellia gets reps over a Reggie type.HillsboroDuck said:The flip side is we are assured to benefit less from the portal than the Oregon’s and USC’s do, so we better suffer a lot less or it’s really going to hurt us.
Hopefully Adams changes some things and finds a way to get puka on the field because he can contribute. He has better ball skills than anyone on the roster right imo.
I am confident a true frosh Reggie would play for Pete but not sure he would start. And yes, that's hard to fathom.
I agree Puca isn't Reggie.
My best guess is Puca doesn't play much beyond his four games. Not being here for spring is going to put him at a massive disadvantage behind Spiker and Osbourne who now have two springs under their belts as well as a full year. I think Puca is better than those two but not significantly better.
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Y'all are painting this picture where Petersen is no fun and too strict and players are gonna hate playing and not playing for us and they're gonna be mad that they're not gonna play as true freshman even though most true freshmen don't and they're gonna say "That doesn't matter, I'm talented!" and they're gonna transfer mid-season. It's a goddamn masterpiece.
