Maraad Watson transferring to Texas

[All4SU]

Obviously this “system” of CFB that is not a system at all, has been discussed to death.

But I will add, fans will very quickly come to the conclusion that you’re probably better off not feeding the beast.

 

[tep624]

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Yet our providing the opportunity for this late blossoming recruit to play as a freshman and get tons of film is the reason he’s getting poached.

If it didn’t happen this year it would have happened next year. Can’t stop inevitability.

 

[tep624]

He wasn't projected to start?

He’s not. He started due to injury last year. Jobity and Dion Wilson are the starters.

 

[Sdot]

He’s not. He started due to injury last year. Jobity and Dion Wilson are the starters.

He’s might of started because of injury last year. But he was a freshman all American last year. He would easily start and be our best defensive player.

 

[orangenauburn]

Football is only getting around 10-11. That’s the problem.

Hard to believe that

Not saying you are wrong, but I personally find that hard to be accepted by Fran

 

[PAcuse]

Hard to believe that

Not saying you are wrong, but I personally find that hard to be accepted by Fran

Agreed and didn't they say publicly it was $15 million for Football, $3 Million for BB, $1 Million for WBB, and $1 for Others or am I just making that up

 

[tep624]

He’s might of started because of injury last year. But he was a freshman all American last year. He would easily start and be our best defensive player.

I’m not saying he wouldn’t be in the rotation - he would. But he’s not the starter.

 

[Sdot]

I’m not saying he wouldn’t be in the rotation - he would. But he’s not the starter.

We will have to agree to disagree on that. He was our highest paid defender after the season, and our best defender going into next year.

 

[orangenauburn]

Agreed and didn't they say publicly it was $15 million for Football, $3 Million for BB, $1 Million for WBB, and $1 for Others or am I just making that up

That's what I recalled

 

[orangetrain]

Hard to believe that

Not saying you are wrong, but I personally find that hard to be accepted by Fran

Have you heard him talk about it on every podcast? He doesn’t sound like he accepts it at all. Hes the football coach, this is above him and he needs to work with what he has.

 

[JimBoston]

Guys the NIL is fine, from what I’m hearing it’s the rev share is the issue. SU is allocating millions less to football than its pier schools. The reason? Basketball. Meaning, Football is starting behind and NIL can’t make up the millions other schools have.

Syracuse's issue is that there is a very successful basketball program (recent performance notwithstanding) which generates significant revenues and draws more fans than football. Comparing 2023/2024 basketball attendance (324.6k) with 2024 football attendance (274k) and you can see more fans attend Syracuse basketball games than football games. So, to offset Syracuse's rev share issues for football, NIL money needs to be raised. That is why Coach Brown wants to raise $6 to $8 million in NIL money on top of revenue sharing for football.

 

[FrancoPizza]

Football is only getting around 10-11. That’s the problem.

FFS! Who managed that decision?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Agreed and didn't they say publicly it was $15 million for Football, $3 Million for BB, $1 Million for WBB, and $1 for Others or am I just making that up

That's how the $20 million from the House settlement will be distributed. The money that SU will legally be able to pay athletes.

It has nothing to do with NIL funds. That's a different pool.

 

[PAcuse]

That's how the $20 million from the House settlement will be distributed. The money that SU will legally be able to pay athletes.

It has nothing to do with NIL funds. That's a different pool.

Right I knew it and NIL where separate, was just trying to remember how they said the $20 million would be paid out.

 

[MadNY3]

What coach would want to put themselves through this in the current college football game?

Do you have to re-recruit everyone on your roster every off-season, simultaneously recruiting high school players and portal transfers, what allows and state of affairs.

This is why Fran was a genius hire. Not sure he becomes a HC this fast in the non-portal/NIL era.

 

[Niastri]

That's why the need contracts for a minimum of 2-3 years on these kids. I know if I were a coach I would probably be ready to pack it in after a few years or so. Very, very stressful with all this NIL BS. Something needs to be done and soon.

The thing is, Fran Brown came into the head coaching gig fully prepared that it was going to be this way… He’s no 25 year head coach comfortable and trapped in his own tradition. He’s the guy everybody else has to watch out for, and he signed up for exactly this.

The fact is, nobody heard of Watson when we flipped him from Kent State. So Fran either does what it takes to keep Watson, or he’ll go get another.

He’s not going to break from this horrible new Head Coaching situation, he’s going to thrive. He already has, compared to all the coaches going back to Pasqualoni.

 

[rrlbees]

Football is only getting around 10-11. That’s the problem.

Where’d you get that number from? It’s really not close. Common sense says if basketball was getting an extra $4-$5m we’d have brought in a couple 5 star studs.

 

[anomander]

Yes. He’s very talented, but he’s not currently a starter and it is exactly the profile of player they have been recruiting.

i doubt he wouldn’t have started. He was easily the best DT we had all last season.

 

[Sudano]

I’m not saying he wouldn’t be in the rotation - he would. But he’s not the starter.

Just semantics, he was our best returning DT. Period

 

[orangetrain]

Where’d you get that number from? It’s really not close. Common sense says if basketball was getting an extra $4-$5m we’d have brought in a couple 5 star studs.

At SU there’s alot more to where the rev share money gets distributed to. To think it only goes to the big 3 is incorrect.

 

[CuseAce3]

He wasn't going to start! They brought in Chris Thomas who is pretty good and they really Like Dion Wilson... Thomas and Wilson were going to be the two starters with Maraad and Jobity rotating in!

 

[rrlbees]

At SU there’s alot more to where the rev share money gets distributed to. To think it only goes to the big 3 is incorrect.

Never said that.

 

[TommyA13]

Wow

 

[cusefan88]

Wow

Good for him. That's elite best of the best right there.

 

[hoopsupstate]

Football is only getting around 10-11. That’s the problem.

Wrong. $14 million plus money from the collectives. They will get less than $14 million because of their roster size going from 85-105. That’s a choice they made.