bwats28

I'll start off by giving credit where credit is due. We did good on the defensive side of the ball in the portal. But the roster management on offense just feels poorly handled.

We spent a good chunk of money on guys like Nic Anderson, Barion Brown, Bauer Sharp, and Donovan Green who haven’t produced anywhere near the level we all expected. Destyn Hill got hurt the first drive against Clemson and we haven’t seen him since. It’s frustrating seeing these guys come in with a lot of hype and barely contribute. I think they’re talented players, but you’re only as strong as your weakest link, which is clearly offensive tackle. They had to know in the offseason this was going to be a problem and yet it wasn’t addressed.

Austin Thomas makes 850k a year, and we hyped him up as this genius GM who’s supposed to build and manage rosters. But it feels out of sync and poorly managed, especially on the offensive side of the ball.

We spent 18 million on this team and can’t score more than 24 a game. I know coaching plays a part, but how do you have that much money and resources poured in and still can’t manage the offensive side of the roster to be somewhat functional?

It’s also frustrating seeing us lose top recruits in our class year after year and not being able to retain talented guys on our roster like CJ Daniels and Xavier Atkins from last year as an example.