in fairness, Chip does take advantage of the transfer portal so he purposely leaves scholarships available. The recruiting ranking services reward quantity in addition to quality. Most of our quality comes from the portal. Not ideal, but it's the reality, and he does a pretty good job taking advantage of it even if we'd prefer to lock…
in fairness, Chip does take advantage of the transfer portal so he purposely leaves scholarships available. The recruiting ranking services reward quantity in addition to quality. Most of our quality comes from the portal. Not ideal, but it's the reality, and he does a pretty good job taking advantage of it even if we'd prefer to lock in blue chip talent for 4 years. You can bet that our starting QB, possibly RB, and probably a WR will come from the portal.
I'm not sure what you are looking at, but Kelly has done literally nothing in the portal. I guess you are just measuring how many players he loses vs how many players he gains? That I will admit, he gains more than he loses because more players have a better chance to play at UCLA vs ride a bench at a better football school. That's the only reason he gets more players, but most of the players are 2* and 3* and washed out at their other schools. In other words, they weren't good enough at their old schools.
Jake Bobo is nothing? Zach Charbonnet is nothing? The Murphy twins are nothing? Sykes? Brown? Latu? Yeah, lots of 2 stars in that group. Literally what are you talking about? Chip pulled in the 6th ranked transfer class in 2022. The only teams that were ranked higher are USC, Ole Miss, LSU, Oklahoma, and Alabama. Seriously, where do you get your info?
PWN3D? What are you, Evan, 12? Come on. I've seen you bristle pretty hard when presented with numbers yourself, so relax. Let's all just have conversations here. No one is winning. No one is losing.
I agree with your point that Kelly has brought in some good players through the transfer portal, Zach being the highlight of that group and one who contributed greatly to our offensive success this year. I will also point out that Kelly's anemic recruiting and talent acquisition (portal or not) on the defensive side was THE biggest reason that this team finished in the middle of the Pac instead of having one more game this Friday. When faced with explosive offenses, our defense was severely lacking speed and high end talent and game changers. And that's entirely on Kelly.
Arizona is NOT an "explosive offense". People seem to always leave out the loss to Arizona? Wonder why? Perhaps because this team had no business losing that game? Sorry, but you can conjure up stats, you can make up stories of how, all of a sudden Kelly is a miracle worker with recruits! lol. NOTHING will explain a loss at home to a 3-6 team. NOTHING. Because there isn't any explanation except Kelly is a crappy coach, period. But again, you all just keep waving those Chipster flags and support him for another 5 years. You will be lucky to get Mater Dei-St John Bosco attendance at the Rose Bowl, in case you're wondering they got about 16,000, probably close to UCLA's average this year! No, I know UCLA's average attendance was I think around 36,000 this year - WOW! By the way the 36,000 average would be the lowest on record. I know they got 27,000 for Bowling Green (lowest) and 71,000 for USC (highest). The average attendance last season was a little over 39,000. So, it's just another year where it continues to drop. Adding to their $100m debt. Oh, that's right, the Rose Bowl is too far from campus, that's why they have low attendance, but they've been at the Rose Bowl for 40 years! Didn't seem to be a problem until Kelly came along. Hmm.
surely you see Zach as a draft pick as well, Evan. He's a fourth year senior, so unless he has some kind of covid-year deal like DTR, certainly he's gonna play in the bigs
I think you are correct about his extra year of eligibility, but I kind of thought that it went without saying that he is gone. Mentioned it with Bobo because a lot of people do not think he will get drafted. Zach probably a 2nd or 3rd rounder this year with nothing to gain by coming back.
in fairness, Chip does take advantage of the transfer portal so he purposely leaves scholarships available. The recruiting ranking services reward quantity in addition to quality. Most of our quality comes from the portal. Not ideal, but it's the reality, and he does a pretty good job taking advantage of it even if we'd prefer to lock in blue chip talent for 4 years. You can bet that our starting QB, possibly RB, and probably a WR will come from the portal.
I'm not sure what you are looking at, but Kelly has done literally nothing in the portal. I guess you are just measuring how many players he loses vs how many players he gains? That I will admit, he gains more than he loses because more players have a better chance to play at UCLA vs ride a bench at a better football school. That's the only reason he gets more players, but most of the players are 2* and 3* and washed out at their other schools. In other words, they weren't good enough at their old schools.
Jake Bobo is nothing? Zach Charbonnet is nothing? The Murphy twins are nothing? Sykes? Brown? Latu? Yeah, lots of 2 stars in that group. Literally what are you talking about? Chip pulled in the 6th ranked transfer class in 2022. The only teams that were ranked higher are USC, Ole Miss, LSU, Oklahoma, and Alabama. Seriously, where do you get your info?
You tell me their accomplishments then. I don't see any, 6th place in the Pac-12 isn't an accomplishment. So yes, they are NOTHNG.
lol, you got hit with facts and so now you pivot to the team's record. Here's their accomplishments though:
Jake Bobo: 54 receptions, 789 yards, 7 TD, possible NFL draft pick
Zach Charbonnet: 1359 rush yards, 321 receiving yards 14 rush TDs
Laiatu Latu: 9.5 sacks
PWN3D!
PWN3D? What are you, Evan, 12? Come on. I've seen you bristle pretty hard when presented with numbers yourself, so relax. Let's all just have conversations here. No one is winning. No one is losing.
I agree with your point that Kelly has brought in some good players through the transfer portal, Zach being the highlight of that group and one who contributed greatly to our offensive success this year. I will also point out that Kelly's anemic recruiting and talent acquisition (portal or not) on the defensive side was THE biggest reason that this team finished in the middle of the Pac instead of having one more game this Friday. When faced with explosive offenses, our defense was severely lacking speed and high end talent and game changers. And that's entirely on Kelly.
Arizona is NOT an "explosive offense". People seem to always leave out the loss to Arizona? Wonder why? Perhaps because this team had no business losing that game? Sorry, but you can conjure up stats, you can make up stories of how, all of a sudden Kelly is a miracle worker with recruits! lol. NOTHING will explain a loss at home to a 3-6 team. NOTHING. Because there isn't any explanation except Kelly is a crappy coach, period. But again, you all just keep waving those Chipster flags and support him for another 5 years. You will be lucky to get Mater Dei-St John Bosco attendance at the Rose Bowl, in case you're wondering they got about 16,000, probably close to UCLA's average this year! No, I know UCLA's average attendance was I think around 36,000 this year - WOW! By the way the 36,000 average would be the lowest on record. I know they got 27,000 for Bowling Green (lowest) and 71,000 for USC (highest). The average attendance last season was a little over 39,000. So, it's just another year where it continues to drop. Adding to their $100m debt. Oh, that's right, the Rose Bowl is too far from campus, that's why they have low attendance, but they've been at the Rose Bowl for 40 years! Didn't seem to be a problem until Kelly came along. Hmm.
well, I in fact p3n3d him.
pwn3d*
Come on
surely you see Zach as a draft pick as well, Evan. He's a fourth year senior, so unless he has some kind of covid-year deal like DTR, certainly he's gonna play in the bigs
I think you are correct about his extra year of eligibility, but I kind of thought that it went without saying that he is gone. Mentioned it with Bobo because a lot of people do not think he will get drafted. Zach probably a 2nd or 3rd rounder this year with nothing to gain by coming back.
Gotcha-- thanks!