Yasin Willis transferring to Kansas

[HtownOrange]

Thanks for being Orange, Yasin. Best of luck at your next stop. Sorry we didn't have the line for you to shine.

 

[Archbold44]

Shots lowkey fired haha

Rickie at QB again?

 

[qdawgg]

In my opinion, he flashed greatness, and if he can add another gear in speed, he could be a third-round NFL draft pick at worst.

3rd round draft pick at worst lol. This is laughable.

 

[upperdeck]

He had a nice collection of WOW plays to get us excited. But he dropped some big passes, he missed a ton of holes and while he was big, he didnt run big most of the time. Short yardage he seldom moved a pile or made people miss in the hole. He was better once he got down hill of adding on some yds. He was also avg at best in pass protection.

 

[JimBoston]

Watch out for UConn running back.

Rumors are that he will either stay at UConn, go to Nebraska (one of his former RB coaches is at Nebraska), or go to TCU as the current UConn OC and RB coach are headed there.

 

[Cusefan78]

The offense that got like 80 yards a game?

Stop with your nonsense. The same offense that had its starting qb leading the country in passing. The same one that put up video game numbers last year.

 

[Acesn8s]

Fran Brown has proven he is a great recruiter, he has yet to prove he is great at running a program, I am fully supportive of Fran, and I hope he gets the pieces he needs for next season but I worry he may find getting a decent QB option and new starting RB, a D line, starting OLine help, and linebacker, is going to be out of the financial limits Syracuse can support. Hopefully I am wrong but for a team coming off a disaster season, and losing some of your better pieces this could turn sour quick. Luckily we find out quickly because only one portal window and it’s short.

 

[CanadianSU]

This isn’t cope on my part and if for some reason you’ve noticed I’ve been consistent on this in game threads.

I was never amazed with him.

 

[Archbold44]

Stop with your nonsense. The same offense that had its starting qb leading the country in passing. The same one that put up video game numbers last year.

The same one that was playing a Tennessee defense that was so bad, the DC (who was talked about endlessly during the game) got fired, Colgate (who we had Angeli playing in Q4 and ran up the score), and then a Clemson defense that was not on par to its talent all year. Even UConn ended up being a pretty poor defense as the season progressed. In contrast, the backup QBs faced BC, UNC (defense was strength), ND (defense/ST scored 21), and the 5 teams that finished 6-2 in the ACC.

 

[CanadianSU]

Had one good game really against Tennessee. Thought he would be great this year but he was very underwhelming. Replaceable, see ya later.

Hits the line way too slow and upright. That isn’t always the lines fault (although they need upgraded as well).

 

[Dinkyspond]

Wasn't he hurt all the time too? Didn't he miss a bunch of games?

 

[Kaden]

Fran Brown has proven he is a great recruiter, he has yet to prove he is great at running a program, I am fully supportive of Fran, and I hope he gets the pieces he needs for next season but I worry he may find getting a decent QB option and new starting RB, a D line, starting OLine help, and linebacker, is going to be out of the financial limits Syracuse can support. Hopefully I am wrong but for a team coming off a disaster season, and losing some of your better pieces this could turn sour quick. Luckily we find out quickly because only one portal window and it’s short.

I do worry about certain position depth but hoping turnover is the plan. I don't think anyone that has entered the portal is a loss that can't be replaced. With the caveat that there is a plan in place to do just that. Fran hinted at this all along 2's replacing 2's parents not happy so and so isn't playing. Need to have a good plan because with one portal no second chances for 26 season. We for sure need to get some talent out of the portal. Qb, Rb, both lines, back line Dbs. Hopefully we will be smiling after the portal closes and the staff is completed.

 

[orangemass]

He is not worth a lot of nil. But he probably can do better elsewhere

 

[23Zone]

I'm not worried. Plus don't we have more important things to worry about than 1 year rentals, which is what everyone is now.

 

[Dick_in_MI]

Fran Brown has proven he is a great recruiter, he has yet to prove he is great at running a program, I am fully supportive of Fran, and I hope he gets the pieces he needs for next season but I worry he may find getting a decent QB option and new starting RB, a D line, starting OLine help, and linebacker, is going to be out of the financial limits Syracuse can support. Hopefully I am wrong but for a team coming off a disaster season, and losing some of your better pieces this could turn sour quick. Luckily we find out quickly because only one portal window and it’s short.

McCord hid a number of issues. A number of rookie organizational mistakes by a newbie coach and a lousy D. All credit to Fran for bringing him in, of course.

This year, the loss of Angeli was significant, but it shouldn't have turned into the historical disaster that it did...8 straight losses, worst loss in over 100 years, getting blown out at home by 1-10 BC, 5 guys in the QB room getting NIL$$$ and unable to be remotely able to play, etc.

All that aside, Fran held together most of this current recruiting class when it could have gone south very quickly. He also made some much-needed changes in his staff, including the big one that not everyone thought he would make.

Those are very positive things.

So let's see how the portal shakes out. He has earned some patience, and most fans will give him that. He is growing in the position...he shouldn't HAVE to... but it is what it is. If he rebuilds effectively via the portal and existing younger guys taking the next step up, and if Angeli's Achilles tendon takes the hint and gets its act together, the program hopefully will rebound nicely. To be decided but hope springs eternal.

 

[orangemass]

McCord hid a number of issues. A number of rookie organizational mistakes by a newbie coach and a lousy D. All credit to Fran for bringing him in, of course.

This year, the loss of Angeli was significant, but it shouldn't have turned into the historical disaster that it did...8 straight losses, worst loss in over 100 years, getting blown out at home by 1-10 BC, 5 guys in the QB room getting NIL$$$ and unable to be remotely able to play, etc.

All that aside, Fran held together most of this current recruiting class when it could have gone south very quickly. He also made some much-needed changes in his staff, including the big one that not everyone thought he would make.

Those are very positive things.

So let's see how the portal shakes out. He has earned some patience, and most fans will give him that. He is growing in the position...he shouldn't HAVE to... but it is what it is. If he rebuilds effectively via the portal and existing younger guys taking the next step up, and if Angeli's Achilles tendon takes the hint and gets its act together, the program hopefully will rebound nicely. To be decided but hope springs eternal.

Portal is gonna be the wild Wild West gone wild. Lots of pounding

 

[Sdot]

Portal is gonna be the wild Wild West gone wild. Lots of pounding

Sounds like a brazzers scene filmed in California!

 

[TommyA13]

Sucks that we lost him, but I’m confident in Fran and the staff to land a great RB from the portal.

 

[JDubbin]

Obviously lots has been said about this already, including many of Willis’ weaknesses. For me, you can’t be 235 pounds & so easy to bring down. It felt so rare that he would break tackles, or get out of a tackle situation you weren’t expecting him to. To lack the top end speed, wiggle & vision, catching ability, etc. he had to run like a Derrick Henry truck… he simply didn’t.

I said it once in a game thread, and I’ll say it here. He really was the opposite of LeQuint in making that all out, game on the line, refuse to go down type of effort. Depth does matter, I just don’t think it’s a great loss when it comes to proven, game production.

 

[GoSU96]

That’s a surprise. Hope there’s an upgrade in the pipeline

 

[IthacaMatt]

I'm disappointed by this one. Kid could turn into a freight train.

As others have pointed out, he runs a little too vertical, and needs to develop more of a lean into the point of attack.

But gosh, I think we're going to miss him next year.

If it came down to how much we budgeted for someone with his production to date, and he wants more than we're willing to pay, well, so be it.

 

[Ttk.gman2]

That’s a surprise. Hope there’s an upgrade in the pipeline

Pete Nakos just said we are in the mix for a former Tennessee running back. So maybe Willis replacement

 

[IthacaMatt]

Not a highest bidder situation from what I understand. This has nothing to do with money.

Well, we did not have a functional offensive line when we had to run the ball, after Angeli's injury. Can't blame him, but would have hoped he gave the new coaches a chance.

 

[IthacaMatt]

I missing what makes people think running backs are so easily replaceable? Before Sean Tucker we hadn't had a 1,000 yard rusher since jerome smith in 2012.

Well, they have that opinion because of running backs' relatively low value in the NFL, how short their careers can be. You almost never see a RB taken in the first round these days.

That said, it's more about the offensive line's run blocking ability than it is about supposed difficulty in finding a running back.

If a line is spotty at opening holes, then you DO need a more talented guy who can find yards on his own, when there's not a hole. I thought Willis could have been that type of guy.

Then you look at somebody like Jawahr Jordan, who we had, and who eventually did well at Louisville, and now plays in the NFL. He was too small at first, but Mike Hart wasn't a big guy either, and went on to a hell of a career.

Part of that was because he got to run behind very good offensive lines.

 

[IthacaMatt]

I think he got a concussion in that UConn game on the play near the sideline. And may have had another one later in the season when he was out again.

We'll see where all this goes. Maybe not a factor, who knows.

Did not know that. Thanks.