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oldngrizzly

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Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 08, 2025 5:55 pm
For the record....I don't hate on any person for doing what's best for them. And nobody knows what's best for you, except....you. I'm also not saying this is what I would say or do if I was a teammate of any player, MSU or otherwise.

I just find it disingenuous sometimes. I talk to probably close to 200 current and former coaches and ex college football players pretty consistently. I don't know one person who's like "Man, I'm so happy for that guy" or who thinks that all these contrived, AI-written posts are classy or cool. It makes the vast majority of them sick and there's a general growing concern for the health of the game, especially below the Power 4 level.

So I guess I'll put it like this: If I was the player transferring, instead of writing a bunch of BS about all the unforgettable memories and how thankful you are, just write "I'm doing what's best for myself, I'm entering the portal." And if you're one of the guys getting left in the dust, if you are really happy for that guy, good for you, post about it, I guess. But if you're not happy about it, don't just post about it because that's what the social norm of young person communication is this day and age.

Like this profile I wrote about Rylan Ortt this year (https://skylinesportsmt.com/iron-ortt-m ... d-bobcats/), Bobby Daly told me this:

“He has the ability to confront and command more from his peers than anyone on the team. He doesn’t give a s—t what they think about him. And that’s tough at that age. I struggled with that when I was a player (an All-American linebacker at MSU in the late 2000s). I was nowhere near the leader that Rylan Ortt is.”

My point of making this post in the first place is that I like to believe there's guys out there who aren't hoping their now ex teammates go and be great. They hope they go learn a tough lesson that winning is hard and you aren't going to find very many spots where you're going to win more and do it for as many people who care about as Montana State....
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I get where your coming from but yes teammates do wish the best for the friends when they leave. It's not like they are playing them, they're going fbs. They are of no threat to them. Now if they were a stud for us then transferred to say ndsu that's a bit different. Why would a teammate want their friend to go and fail? Everyone is saying the guy that left isn't family well if my family wanted me to fail or learn a tough lesson I wouldn't call that person family or a friend. But maybe I was just raised differently. If your my friend no matter where you go or what you do I want to see you do well BECAUSE you are my friend/family.

You talk to a lot if people so do i. Most of the current players think like I'm saying. The old guard and the coaches don't like it because it hurts THEM. People say the player is being selfish, well I say the coaches are being selfish. These kids have a chance to go play against the best comp they can so why be mad about that and wish them any ill will? Sorry I just find that very childish. What you're missing is these kids are trying to position themselves to potentially go make millions. It's just a fact that a mediocre fbs player will get a chance over really good fcs players many times. I don't make the rules is just the way it goes. So yeah they're doing all the can to go to the next level, why would anyone have a problem with that?

Now let me be clear I'm not a fan of the transferring. I have seen it not workout way more than I've seen it work out. Especially when it's a back up that isn't playing. I don't know why coaches even go get those guys. What I see is a guy who was in a battle and lost, so is now running to try and win a more winnable battle. So trust when I say I get where your coming from. I also can step back and say hey if they think that's their ticket and feel they can go get it done, I hope they do...I wish them nothing but the best. I just don't feel that God wants us to be spiteful and when you hope for another man to fail you in turn will fail. I raise my boys like that. We don't wish for no person to fail we want everyone to win that we call friends. By uplifting others you in turn are granted prosperity so I don't subscribe to the "i hope they learn are hard lesson by leaving me"... no I hope you achieve your dreams because I'm going to be over here achieving mine.
 
My first time to check on transfers in the bobcat portal on their fan forum I found this .I though it was worth the effort to post it here.
 
Colter’s not wrong. The statements they put out professing all the love and thanks to their coaches, their teammates, the fans, how they’re a XXXXXXX for life, followed immediately by “but I’m entering the portal. Makes all the professed love sound so trite. And let’s be honest, most guys that enter the portal don’t move up. Most of them move laterally, down, or even OUT.

I, too, would rather they just say thanks for the opportunity, I’m going to ply my wares elsewhere.
 
AZGrizFan said:
Colter’s not wrong. The statements they put out professing all the love and thanks to their coaches, their teammates, the fans, how they’re a XXXXXXX for life, followed immediately by “but I’m entering the portal. Makes all the professed love sound so trite. And let’s be honest, most guys that enter the portal don’t move up. Most of them move laterally, down, or even OUT.

I, too, would rather they just say thanks for the opportunity, I’m going to ply my wares elsewhere.
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I respect your opinion because you’ve never professed that you don’t editorialize.

I agree with the OP here. I was once part of a team upon which a player was good enough to transfer to a better program. Every single dude on the team was happy for him. Shocker, he was grateful enough for his time spent and friends made at the lower ranks with us that he hung out with us and watched us play whenever he could. Unlike the poster quoted by the OP here, I have no problem with people saying they are grateful for time spent and bonds made with “soon-to-be former” teammates and coaches. In fact, I think it would be strange not to be thankful. But, that’s just my editorial.
 
Social media...

In the past, dudes gave handshakes and high fives on their way out. Probably a big going away party.

Now, they have their girlfriends hammer out lame, public love letters to their ex-teammates.

They ought to just go...their friends are indeed happy for them - majority of the time.
 
SoldierGriz said:
Social media...

In the past, dudes gave handshakes and high fives on their way out. Probably a big going away party.

Now, they have their girlfriends hammer out lame, public love letters to their ex-teammates.

They ought to just go...their friends are indeed happy for them - majority of the time.
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"Now, they have their girlfriends hammer out lame, public love letters to their ex-teammates." Especially when they were there for one season. They are so corny
 
Grizzinator said:
I don’t know. I left a job I absolutely loved to be a better family man and I publicly posted my thankfulness and love for my coworkers. I had to do what was best for me but I don’t think it diminished the time I was there and wanted it to be known. To each their own.
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Good thing you publicly posted it!
 
I've been thinking about social media in general and people's motivations for the things that they post. I think that athletes are mostly following the general trend of carefully crafting and curating an online presence in order to portray oneself in the absolute best light possible. However, as discussed previously n this thread, it unfortunately backfires at times when the many superlatives actually reveal disingenuousness. A lot of this I chalk up to youthful ignorance. They will eventually come to understand that a few heartfelt words will be better received than a novel written in someone else's voice.

At any rate, a lot of these social media posts are completely fine, but I agree that many have crossed the line into ridiculousness and probably should be scaled back.
 
Da Boyz Mom said:
I've been thinking about social media in general and people's motivations for the things that they post. I think that athletes are mostly following the general trend of carefully crafting and curating an online presence in order to portray oneself in the absolute best light possible. However, as discussed previously n this thread, it unfortunately backfires at times when the many superlatives actually reveal disingenuousness. A lot of this I chalk up to youthful ignorance. They will eventually come to understand that a few heartfelt words will be better received than a novel written in someone else's voice.

At any rate, a lot of these social media posts are completely fine, but I agree that many have crossed the line into ridiculousness and probably should be scaled back.
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All of it makes me so mad I could just tip over a trash can in an act of completely mature exuberance.
 
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