Braun, Northwestern trying to keep pace with rapid changes

[mshelton33]

Braun, Northwestern trying to keep pace with rapid changes

How Northwestern is better positioned to replace transfer losses moving forward.

northwestern.rivals.com

@lou v breaks down David Braun's Signing Day comments and the context of Northwestern's NIL and transfer portal future.

 

[Eurocat]

I have no sympathy for the deserters. I obviously don't wish them some kind of personal bad thing (like an injury), but I hope they never start where they end up. Or if they do I hope their teams suck. I won't be rooting for them, if anything - the opposite (again, not rooting for a bad thing like an injury).

Same feeling I have had for any college-era girlfriend that dumped me. I am not good enough for you? Okay, buzz off girl. Go away and of course I wish you have no serious bad stuff happen, I am not some psycho, - but may all your new boyfriends be jerks and may you look back and regret you left me.

That having been said - married 27 years so I guess I got the lucky straw in the end!

GO CATS!

 

[AdamOnFirst]

I guess we’re just going to have to wait and see what we get over the next month. I suppose spending several hundred thousand on Johnson is no different than several hundred thousand on somebody as good as Johnson. The next four weeks are probably critical to Braun’s tenure at NU.

We need a bunch of impact guys.

 

[mickbula]

I guess we’re just going to have to wait and see what we get over the next month. I suppose spending several hundred thousand on Johnson is no different than several hundred thousand on somebody as good as Johnson. The next four weeks are probably critical to Braun’s tenure at NU.

We need a bunch of impact guys.

Sometimes and often... new players of equal or better skill levels will make for more success on field. Change the mindset and the players in fresh start won't remember the past season. I really just want to see a new product on the field. This season wasn't fun to witness

 

[Sheffielder]

I just don't see this model of signing/recruiting/developing/transferring/portaling ever being sustainable.

College coaches already had it hard enough trying to sell teenagers and their meddling families into committing once, and were on high alert 24/7 until signing day. Whether we're talking about Northwestern, Texas or UTEP...this just seems like it epitomizes misery, especially for a football program where you're dealing with ~100 players.

 

[MD_CatFan]

I have no sympathy for the deserters. I obviously don't wish them some kind of personal bad thing (like an injury), but I hope they never start where they end up. Or if they do I hope their teams suck. I won't be rooting for them, if anything - the opposite (again, not rooting for a bad thing like an injury).

Same feeling I have had for any college-era girlfriend that dumped me. I am not good enough for you? Okay, buzz off girl. Go away and of course I wish you have no serious bad stuff happen, I am not some psycho, - but may all your new boyfriends be jerks and may you look back and regret you left me.

That having been said - married 27 years so I guess I got the lucky straw in the end!

GO CATS!

Love the fire but come on man - we were all young once 🙃 and it is a different game today with transfers and NIL and everything. Let the young guns do their thing and wish them all well if that’s what they and their families choose to do. Wish they all stayed for a lot of reasons but that’s not the way it is anymore.

 

[Jaguar 88]

I have no sympathy for the deserters. I obviously don't wish them some kind of personal bad thing (like an injury), but I hope they never start where they end up. Or if they do I hope their teams suck. I won't be rooting for them, if anything - the opposite (again, not rooting for a bad thing like an injury).

Same feeling I have had for any college-era girlfriend that dumped me. I am not good enough for you? Okay, buzz off girl. Go away and of course I wish you have no serious bad stuff happen, I am not some psycho, - but may all your new boyfriends be jerks and may you look back and regret you left me.

That having been said - married 27 years so I guess I got the lucky straw in the end!

GO CATS!

Better off just letting it go. Most of the impact players we had are just graduating, plus if you thought you had a shot at a better football gig, wouldn't you take it? Next season promises to be just as bad or worse than this season, unless we score big with NIL and the portal. The guys who have entered the portal thus far are expendable.

 

[SmellyCat]

I have no sympathy for the deserters. I obviously don't wish them some kind of personal bad thing (like an injury), but I hope they never start where they end up. Or if they do I hope their teams suck. I won't be rooting for them, if anything - the opposite (again, not rooting for a bad thing like an injury).

Same feeling I have had for any college-era girlfriend that dumped me. I am not good enough for you? Okay, buzz off girl. Go away and of course I wish you have no serious bad stuff happen, I am not some psycho, - but may all your new boyfriends be jerks and may you look back and regret you left me.

That having been said - married 27 years so I guess I got the lucky straw in the end!

GO CATS!

I like the girlfriend analogy.

I don't have a blanket rule for who to root for and who not to. Somehow Miller Kopp was just easy to root against, while at the same time I wanted Ryan Young (even at Duke!) to do well. In football, I became a big Malik Washington fan, but I didn't miss Sullivan at all.

 

[CatManTrue]

I like the girlfriend analogy.

I don't have a blanket rule for who to root for and who not to. Somehow Miller Kopp was just easy to root against, while at the same time I wanted Ryan Young (even at Duke!) to do well. In football, I became a big Malik Washington fan, but I didn't miss Sullivan at all.

If any of the deserters had gone pro to the NFL instead of better Big Ten programs… would they still be your and

 

[Eurocat]

Better off just letting it go.

I do let it go, I don't obsess about it - there are thing 100 times more important in my life to get wound up about.

That said, if I was a Indiana football fan two years ago, I would be like - eff you Peyton Ramsey for playing some excellent football at Northwestern in your last year instead of playing your last year here with us! Maybe with you as our QB we (instead of NU) would have played in the Big Ten Championship game!

As a NU fan, of course I am happy we got him. Win some lose some, not gonna change my opinion of those who left though unless it was absolutely made clear to them that they had/have no chance - close to zilcho/zero of playing in their senior (or first year of grad school fifth year) because there are/were one or two guys completely ahead of them on the roster. Yeah, then I can see saying "thanks but no thanks" and taking my cap and going to, well, wherever I would go to.

But for NU most cases it is not that way, we are losing our better kids. I am sorry, we will have to agree to disagree but like I said I wish them no personal bad luck, I am not some kind of lunatic regarding fandom of our teams, it's just a game (you should go to a SEC board and see what they say about transfers out, oh yowzah!). But that being said I ain't rooting for those who leave. Frankly I hope their new teams stink and they regret leaving.

 

[Eurocat]

Let the young guns do their thing and wish them all well if that’s what they and their families choose to do.

Yeah, they can go right ahead, but you might have noticed I sign many of my posts with - just like Fitz signed his emails - GO CATS. It is not "Go Terps" or "Go Thundering Herd", "Go Blue", or whatever. Fine leave, ciao, but don't expect me to root for you.

Go Cats.

 

[PurpleWhiteBoy]

I'm not sure why this "emotions about transfers" is difficult.

If we're going with the girlfriend analogy... You are in college and you have a girlfriend.
You agree that you're very likely to break up when you get your degree.

If she dumps you earlier than that, you have a reason to be mad.
If she stays with you until she gets her degree, you don't.

 

[Gatabowl]

I'm not sure why this "emotions about transfers" is difficult.

If we're going with the girlfriend analogy... You are in college and you have a girlfriend.
You agree that you're very likely to break up when you get your degree.

If she dumps you earlier than that, you have a reason to be mad.
If she stays with you until she gets her degree, you don't.

If your gf breaks up w you and you’re surprised you aren’t paying attention or you don’t care.

Go get another better one if you’re so upset about it.

 

[NUCat320]

If your gf breaks up w you and you’re surprised you aren’t paying attention or you don’t care.

Go get another better one if you’re so upset about it.

If your girlfriend leaves you, especially with somebody else in mind, then you no longer met her needs as a boyfriend.

If you wanted to keep her, you should have treated her as someone with free will and not somebody stuck with you for four years.

Except at Vanderbilt, we’re long past the M.rs. degree.

 

[IGNORE2]

If your girlfriend leaves you, especially with somebody else in mind, then you no longer met her needs as a boyfriend.

If you wanted to keep her, you should have treated her as someone with free will and not somebody stuck with you for four years.

Except at Vanderbilt, we’re long past the M.rs. degree.

#homewrecker

 

[Deeringfish]

I like the girlfriend analogy.

I don't have a blanket rule for who to root for and who not to. Somehow Miller Kopp was just easy to root against, while at the same time I wanted Ryan Young (even at Duke!) to do well. In football, I became a big Malik Washington fan, but I didn't miss Sullivan at all.

If I had to guess, your feeling reflect the respect or lack there of that the player showed when he exited. I feel the same way about all of the above.

 

[Deeringfish]

I just don't see this model of signing/recruiting/developing/transferring/portaling ever being sustainable.

College coaches already had it hard enough trying to sell teenagers and their meddling families into committing once, and were on high alert 24/7 until signing day. Whether we're talking about Northwestern, Texas or UTEP...this just seems like it epitomizes misery, especially for a football program where you're dealing with ~100 players.

The only way to have a successful "developmental program", is to develop a reputation for rewarding ($$$$$$) the players you develop. The timing and the amount of the reward could be tricky but that will have to become a new part of the calculous.

 

[Deeringfish]

not gonna change my opinion of those who left though unless it was absolutely made clear to them that they had/have no chance - close to zilcho/zero of playing in their senior (or first year of grad school fifth year) because there are/were one or two guys completely ahead of them on the roster. Yeah, then I can see saying "thanks but no thanks" and taking my cap and going to, well, wherever I would go to.

The problem with this is that the guys who are buried on the depth chart have more inspiration to get an NU degree than try to go somewhere else. If they are buried that deep they don't hav a future in football.

 

[Jaguar 88]

I do let it go, I don't obsess about it - there are thing 100 times more important in my life to get wound up about.

That said, if I was a Indiana football fan two years ago, I would be like - eff you Peyton Ramsey for playing some excellent football at Northwestern in your last year instead of playing your last year here with us! Maybe with you as our QB we (instead of NU) would have played in the Big Ten Championship game!

As a NU fan, of course I am happy we got him. Win some lose some, not gonna change my opinion of those who left though unless it was absolutely made clear to them that they had/have no chance - close to zilcho/zero of playing in their senior (or first year of grad school fifth year) because there are/were one or two guys completely ahead of them on the roster. Yeah, then I can see saying "thanks but no thanks" and taking my cap and going to, well, wherever I would go to.

But for NU most cases it is not that way, we are losing our better kids. I am sorry, we will have to agree to disagree but like I said I wish them no personal bad luck, I am not some kind of lunatic regarding fandom of our teams, it's just a game (you should go to a SEC board and see what they say about transfers out, oh yowzah!). But that being said I ain't rooting for those who leave. Frankly I hope their new teams stink and they regret leaving.

Those that leave shouldn't even be on your radar. Most of them will never make it to the NFL anyway.