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Have players opted out and then tried to return next year like sorry I opted out/quit on the team near the end of last year?   My memory clearly sucks.


I understand opting out for the draft when your team goals vanish.  I can even understand opting into a season ending surgery of some kind so you can start the process of rehab sooner rather than later, but I don't think that would be a player opting out.  

He didn't look interested in tackling this past Saturday.

Well...bye.

That dude must have read mock drafts from 18 months ago that had him as a first round pick.

NFL Scouts watching his film: 

 

michael jordan laughing GIF

5 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

Per IT - no idea if its for the draft or if he'll return next season.

I wasn't aware the AAF held a draft

I thought Caden already opted out for the entire 2020 season...  RIGHT??

Ossai's gotta be next right? He makes more sense than fucking Sterns. 

3 minutes ago, UTEX_ME said:

Ossai's gotta be next right? He makes more sense than fucking Sterns. 

Unless too hurt, I don't think Ossai will opt out...

7 minutes ago, Red Five said:

That's two captains quitting the team. 

 

The (below) marginal WRs of Kansas State are probably the most disappointed. 

15 minutes ago, deech said:

Have players opted out and then tried to return next year like sorry I opted out/quit on the team near the end of last year?   My memory clearly sucks.


Didn't BJ Foster do that during the first game and come back the next day? So yes.

Edited by vtaenz

I'm gonna opt out on the last two games of the season as well. 

I opted out on Herman in 2017.  

3 minutes ago, FloridaHorn said:

How long before on of these seniors starts taking shots at the coaching staff?

"It's never fully on the coaching staff ... That’s the million dollar question everybody’s trying to figure out the last 10 years,” Ehlinger said.

I opted out during the 2nd quarter of tcu. Thanks Tom.

23 minutes ago, SA-KC_Horn said:

He didn't look interested in tackling this past Saturday.

Well...bye.

Seeing as we didn't play on Saturday, you could say that for anyone on our roster.

Sterns was our leading tackler on Friday.

 

22 minutes ago, Newy25 said:

NFL Scouts watching his film: 

 

michael jordan laughing GIF

The recent mocks I've seen have him going third/fourth round. How? I have no idea.

Edited by ChampionshipLevelPiss

33 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

Per IT - no idea if its for the draft or if he'll return next season.

By: Justin Wells and Bobby Burton

Inside Texas has learned that junior safety Caden Sterns is expected to announce that he is opting opt for the remainder of the season, according to two sources.

It is unclear if Sterns will return next season or declare early for the NFL draft.

LOL fuck Sterns, he sucks anyway. How ridiculous to have your Freshman year be your most productive. Sick of these pussified kids. 

Didn't Herman say at his press conference today that he didn't expect any more opt-outs after Cosmi, and that those would have happened already?

Wow.. great platform this kid has. For all his talk about the eyes, when it comes to putting up or shutting up he straight up bails. Not much respect for this guy. 

Edited by taybo20

I'm gonna opt out and enter the Get Laid By Sofia Vergara Draft.  I feel like I've earned it, and that's all that matters.  

Sterns strikes me as the kind of guy who is going to get drafted in the mid-rounds, turn into a solid player, and everyone will be like "woah, how'd he end up being good?". Happens a lot with talented players who get poor coaching. Several of Strong and Herman's guys have had similar arcs - Poona, Roach, Okafor, Elliott, etc. 

When a player shows out in his first year or two then gets worse, that's almost always a coaching issue. Herman's poor coaching eventually crept in and pushed out Sterns' natural instincts and/or prior good coaching. The right NFL coach can unwind that.

Edited by BradInATX

how will we replace his motor and effort, against KSU?

Caden Stearns didn't always try hard, but he tried to try. 

Edited by SwanderedTalent

7 minutes ago, BradInATX said:

Sterns strikes me as the kind of guy who is going to get drafted in the mid-rounds, turn into a solid player, and everyone will be like "woah, how'd he end up being good?"

I'm no NFL scout but what in the world has he put on tape the past 2 years that looks like a mid-round draft pick?  He is flat out average.

16 minutes ago, taybo20 said:

Wow.. great platform this kid has. For all his talk about the eyes, when it comes to putting up or shutting up he straight up bails. Not much respect for this guy. 

we knew he was soft in the summer. 

Sterns strikes me as the kind of guy who is going to get drafted in the mid-rounds, turn into a solid player, and everyone will be like "woah, how'd he end up being good?". Happens a lot with talented players who get poor coaching. Several of Strong and Herman's guys have had similar arcs - Poona, Roach, Okafor, Elliott, etc. 
When a player shows out in his first year or two then gets worse, that's almost always a coaching issue. Herman's poor coaching eventually crept in and pushed out Sterns' natural instincts and/or prior good coaching. The right NFL coach can unwind that.
Poona was our best dlineman here during his time.
Elliott was a Thorpe candidate.
Roach was in a system that he didn't benefit from. He wasn't terrible though.
Okafor... do you mean Omenihu? Yeah he was our best pass rusher while he was here.

What are you talking about? Maybe these guys weren't drafted where they should have been. But that happens all the time in the NFL. Although with Poona, he was undersized so he was going to be drafted late or not at all. I think most people knew what he could/would be and it's worked out well.
9 minutes ago, BradInATX said:

Sterns strikes me as the kind of guy who is going to get drafted in the mid-rounds, turn into a solid player, and everyone will be like "woah, how'd he end up being good?". Happens a lot with talented players

he’s slow and not particularly athletic and he’s a very poor tackler.  don’t know if he fits the bill. 

1 minute ago, Skipper said:

I'm no NFL scout but what in the world has he put on tape the past 2 years that looks like a mid-round draft pick?  He is flat out average.

You could have asked this about numerous Texas players over the last decade who are now productive NFL players.

Just now, futureman said:

he’s slow and not particularly athletic and he’s a very poor tackler.  don’t know if he fits the bill. 

"Coach says I get an EFF for EFFORT!"

1 minute ago, vtaenz said:

Poona was our best dlineman here during his time.
Elliott was a Thorpe candidate.
Roach was in a system that he didn't benefit from. He wasn't terrible though.
Okafor... do you mean Omenihu? Yeah he was our best pass rusher while he was here.

What are you talking about? Maybe these guys weren't drafted where they should have been. But that happens all the time in the NFL. Although with Poona, he was undersized so he was going to be drafted late or not at all. I think most people knew what he could/would be and it's worked out well.

No, I mean Alex Okafor who has been a very productive player for the Saints and Chiefs.

You think Sterns has been getting good coaching at Texas, eh? That's.. a take.

.....so Leon was right???

Just now, BradInATX said:

You could have asked this about numerous Texas players over the last decade who are now productive NFL players.

No.  You couldn't have.   Poona was a badass.  Pretty much everyone thought the NFL absolutely fucked up not drafting him and he proved them right.  Elliot played at an elite level his last year here.  Omenihu was BIg 12 DPOY.   Sterns flat out rarely impact the game.  He's is the poster child for average.   With a shit attitude to boot.  I'll be shocked if he makes an NFL roster.

I'm interested to see his combine numbers because he hasn't looked speedy (to put it mildly) during his time here.

4 minutes ago, futureman said:

he’s slow and not particularly athletic and he’s a very poor tackler.  don’t know if he fits the bill. 

I don't think that "slow and not particularly athletic" is accurate. Tackling can be fixed, though he is a bit slight of frame.

By no means am I saying he's a lock to be successful in the league, but it's beyond stupid to try to project any of Herman's players to the NFL based on what they've done at Texas. They have been taught by an abortion of a coaching staff at Texas. When a player gets worse every year, that means they're learning poor fundamentals and being coached badly. Which we already know.

Time will tell whether some of these guys can be saved by good coaching in the NFL, but it's too early to throw dirty on guys like Sterns.

2 minutes ago, Skipper said:

I'll be shocked if he makes an NFL roster.

Haha. Okay.

Some of you have your feelings hurt by these guys opting out, so I understand saying ridiculous stuff.

Edited by BradInATX

4 minutes ago, BradInATX said:

No, I mean Alex Okafor who has been a very productive player for the Saints and Chiefs.

 

Okafor had a much, MUCH better career at Texas than Sterns.  

6 minutes ago, Skipper said:

No.  You couldn't have.   Poona was a badass.  Pretty much everyone thought the NFL absolutely fucked up not drafting him and he proved them right.  Elliot played at an elite level his last year here.  Omenihu was BIg 12 DPOY.   Sterns flat out rarely impact the game.  He's is the poster child for average.   With a shit attitude to boot.  I'll be shocked if he makes an NFL roster.

Okafor had 12.5 sacks as a senior.  He was first team all big 12 twice and a consensus all american once.  And big 12 DPOY.

Edited by Johnny Sack

Just now, Johnny Sack said:

Okafor had 12.5 sacks as a senior.

Seriously.  Absolutely ridiculous to reference Okafor as a comparison to Sterns.  

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