CB Duce Chestnut transferring to LSU

[GoSU96]

1000%. It’d be a recruiting coup for us even if he never played a down here again.

Yep

 

[GoSU96]

The value is in the cautionary tale.

Not worried about pr, if there's a better option available

Prove that the Ohana is real.

The prodigal son returns and is embraced.

 

[NYCCuse826]

Brian Kelly's statement reads as if he's suspended indefinitely.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Brian Kelly's statement reads as if he's suspended indefinitely.

Yeah well, Brian Kelly killed a kid, so...

 

[RF2044]

Prove that the Ohana is real.

The prodigal son returns and is embraced.

Or recruit a better player. Either or.

People here get to hung up on players whose names they recognize.

And frankly, if things don't work out with this situation, the kid has nobody to blame but himself. If it works out, fine, but no need to overextend for imaginary PR.

And for the record, I'm not against the coaching staff bringing Chestnut back in, if Dino is okay with it. But if there's a better prospect out there, enhancing the roster should trump feel good stories.

 

[OrangeAl]

Or recruit a better player. Either or.

People here get to hung up on players whose names they recognize.

And frankly, if things don't work out with this situation, the kid has nobody to blame but himself. If it works out, fine, but no need to overextend for imaginary PR.

This is college football, not the pros.
We still like to think of the players as kids who grow and develop in our view.
There's a romance to it - though it's certainly being killed by NIL, the portal, conference vulturism, and Brian Kelly.

 

[Stevenson]

Next.

I’d pay for them not to bring him back

 

[kcsu]

He made a decision that ended up being a major mistake. A life changing mistake. Ive made two in my life and thankfully recovered, but both were extremely difficult on me and my children. I hope that if Duece wants to and is able to return that the coaches and his teammates welcome and support his return as he obviously needs support. Forget the PR value. Do it because the kid needs it. Period.

 

[rocfan44]

keep in mind a second transfer he has to sit out. I don’t see that happening.

 

[JRHEETER]

He made a decision that ended up being a major mistake. A life changing mistake. Ive made two in my life and thankfully recovered, but both were extremely difficult on me and my children. I hope that if Duece wants to and is able to return that the coaches and his teammates welcome and support his return as he obviously needs support. Forget the PR value. Do it because the kid needs it. Period.

Absolutely agree with this.


The big thing here is, for Duce to transfer anywhere, he is going to need to finish school at LSU….

And if he’s not on the football team, he probably won’t have a schollie and is going to to have to pay tuition out of his own pocket.

I wish the best for Duce, he certainly has got himself in a sticky situation

 

[JRHEETER]

keep in mind a second transfer he has to sit out. I don’t see that happening.

Not if he grad transfers which is what most expect to happen here

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

Willy Love commits to SU & arrives on campus next summer but doesn’t have a car & needs cousin Duce to drive him around. Boom...hardship waiver.

 

[SUFan44]

At the least, it makes every single one of our current players take a long, hard look at their situation and how “bad” they have it at the end of the season when the Twitter/X DM’s start flying in.

 

[GoSU96]

Or recruit a better player. Either or.

People here get to hung up on players whose names they recognize.

And frankly, if things don't work out with this situation, the kid has nobody to blame but himself. If it works out, fine, but no need to overextend for imaginary PR.

And for the record, I'm not against the coaching staff bringing Chestnut back in, if Dino is okay with it. But if there's a better prospect out there, enhancing the roster should Trump feel good stories.

Investment in recruiting Jersey. The kid can play, but I don’t think he makes or breaks the roster. If it keeps Clark around another year and he can slide in for Johnson, cool.

It’s all speculation.

It’s recruiting jujitsu.

 

[GoSU96]

At the least, it makes every single one of our current players take a long, hard look at their situation and how “bad” they have it at the end of the season when the Twitter/X DM’s start flying in.

Xactly.

 

[GoSU96]

Next.

I’d pay for them not to bring him back

Boo

 

[Entropic]

At the least, it makes every single one of our current players take a long, hard look at their situation and how “bad” they have it at the end of the season when the Twitter/X DM’s start flying in.

Not going well for Carter at tOSU either.

 

[justgold315]

At the least, it makes every single one of our current players take a long, hard look at their situation and how “bad” they have it at the end of the season when the Twitter/X DM’s start flying in.

Whole new meaning of taking a Duce

 

[anomander]

This is poster board material for the next guy who thinks getting that little bit extra NIL money is worth it. He went from possibly entering the draft after this season to possibly not playing football again for a season and a half. Who is advising these kids?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Investment in recruiting Jersey. The kid can play, but I don’t think he makes or breaks the roster. If it keeps Clark around another year and he can slide in for Johnson, cool.

It’s all speculation.

It’s recruiting jujitsu.

You're recruiting jujitsu.

 

[djorange1989]

This is poster board material for the next guy who thinks getting that little bit extra NIL money is worth it. He went from possibly entering the draft after this season to possibly not playing football again for a season and a half. Who is advising these kids?

Who is advising them? Ben. Ben Franklin.

 

[JKinPhilly]

Who is advising them? Ben. Ben Franklin.

 

[OburgOrange]

Too bad. So sad. What about the kids who want to be here? The portal guys we got? Everyone was saying, no big deal…Duce wasn’t all that! And now you want him back? Laughable

 

[TheHaze315]

I think Duce is still a really good player who just got himself in a bad situation, when you’re that young and get offered the kind of money LSU has to offer, it’s surely hard to turn down. He still loves Syracuse I mean hell since he’s been at LSU it feels like he posts more Syracuse things than LSU things, I think leaving was tough and he regrets it now. I hope he finds his way back.

 

[NYCCuse826]

Yeah well, Brian Kelly killed a kid, so...

One has nothing to do with the other. I'm reading the LSU boards and it seems that it's unanimous that he can't play at that level. From the other tea leaves, it looks like a suspension and in Duce's best case, his scholarship isn't renewed so that he can transfer immediately.