Transfer Watch

[FalconTurf]

It sounds like RB Marlow may not be with the team in the fall. He started 6 games at WR last year and was the team's third leading WR. Man, the last few seasons have been pitiful on the field, but this offseason has been pretty depressing with all these defections. It seems every couple days we're losing yet another guy for whatever reason. We held some water after the coaching change but over the past several weeks there are now leaks everywhere. The phrase "reached rock bottom" has been tossed around a lot on this board the last several years, but when you combine the on-field performance coupled with all the mass defections, I think we're finally there. It's just downright depressing because in 2015 we were sitting at the top and had been rolling for several years. Now that seems like 20 years ago already.

Some of these guys are told to go... horrible grades, work ethic, attitude, discipline, etc. he is not a loss.

Attitude is not in uniforms, locker rooms, weight rooms, film rooms, or stadiums. Attitudes are in people. Sometimes people can change attitudes but sometimes people must be exchanged to change the attitude. For those who were impatient with the past staff’s termination should be happy with the mass migration because this will only speed up the process. THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN before the turn around.

[Falcon Commander]

Has anyone heard anything on Isaiah Johnson-Mack?

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[Tony4BG]

https://bgsufalcons.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7505

Yeah, still listed on roster but have heard he may have left the team

[hammb]

It sounds like RB Marlow may not be with the team in the fall. He started 6 games at WR last year and was the team's third leading WR. Man, the last few seasons have been pitiful on the field, but this offseason has been pretty depressing with all these defections. It seems every couple days we're losing yet another guy for whatever reason. We held some water after the coaching change but over the past several weeks there are now leaks everywhere. The phrase "reached rock bottom" has been tossed around a lot on this board the last several years, but when you combine the on-field performance coupled with all the mass defections, I think we're finally there. It's just downright depressing because in 2015 we were sitting at the top and had been rolling for several years. Now that seems like 20 years ago already.

Some of these guys are told to go... horrible grades, work ethic, attitude, discipline, etc. he is not a loss.

Attitude is not in uniforms, locker rooms, weight rooms, film rooms, or stadiums. Attitudes are in people. Sometimes people can change attitudes but sometimes people must be exchanged to change the attitude. For those who were impatient with the past staff’s termination should be happy with the mass migration because this will only speed up the process. THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN before the turn around.

I hate to see Doege go, just because he seemed like a good kid and returning your starting QB is always a good thing to help transition to a whole new coaching staff.

Other than that I'm with FalconTurf. I was a student, and knew quite a few players on the team, when Blackney left and was replaced with Urban. Many of those guys I knew bolted, and I wasn't surprised in the least (in most instances) with which of them left. The guys I knew that stuck it out were the RIGHT ones to stick around and turn the program around.

I know nothing about Loeffler, and I highly doubt that he's the next Urban Meyer. But even if he's "only" the next Dave Clawson, I don't see a mass of defections as a guaranteed awful thing. This program was a steaming pile of crap for the last 3 years. I'm not gonna get all up in arms if a bunch of the players contributing to that crap leave. If Loeffler is what we hope he is he will weed it out such that the bulk of who can actually HELP this thing turn around will still be here. Get rid of those that aren't part of the solution.

[MarkL]

It sounds like RB Marlow may not be with the team in the fall. He started 6 games at WR last year and was the team's third leading WR. Man, the last few seasons have been pitiful on the field, but this offseason has been pretty depressing with all these defections. It seems every couple days we're losing yet another guy for whatever reason. We held some water after the coaching change but over the past several weeks there are now leaks everywhere. The phrase "reached rock bottom" has been tossed around a lot on this board the last several years, but when you combine the on-field performance coupled with all the mass defections, I think we're finally there. It's just downright depressing because in 2015 we were sitting at the top and had been rolling for several years. Now that seems like 20 years ago already.

Some of these guys are told to go... horrible grades, work ethic, attitude, discipline, etc. he is not a loss.

What? Do you know the guy? Why would you throw something like that around? These are students. They don't deserve to be personally insultedand targeted like this.

[BillyLP]

It sounds like RB Marlow may not be with the team in the fall. He started 6 games at WR last year and was the team's third leading WR. Man, the last few seasons have been pitiful on the field, but this offseason has been pretty depressing with all these defections. It seems every couple days we're losing yet another guy for whatever reason. We held some water after the coaching change but over the past several weeks there are now leaks everywhere. The phrase "reached rock bottom" has been tossed around a lot on this board the last several years, but when you combine the on-field performance coupled with all the mass defections, I think we're finally there. It's just downright depressing because in 2015 we were sitting at the top and had been rolling for several years. Now that seems like 20 years ago already.

Some of these guys are told to go... horrible grades, work ethic, attitude, discipline, etc. he is not a loss.

What? Do you know the guy? Why would you throw something like that around? These are students. They don't deserve to be personally insultedand targeted like this.

+1. There is no room for personal attacks on this board, especially of the student athletes.

[BGSU33]

I just heard that DE Anthony Johnson, one of our top recruits from this year's Scot Loeffler class, is gone. And guys, there's more departures coming. The hits keep coming and coming and coming....

[BGSU33]

And for those who want to say "next man up" with all these departures, defections and transfers, it just doesn't apply to BG right now. In normal situations, yes, that's the take and mindset. But BG is literally a shell of a team right now. We're already thin at even fielding legit starters in a lot of spots and there is zero depth at numerous positions across the board both offensively and especially defensively. We're actually moving some guys to the other side of the ball to positions they haven't and don't play simply to have numbers there. It's not good and it continues to get worse as the weeks pass. This is about as decimated of a team/roster that I have seen in the 25+ years I've followed BG football.

[BGSU33]

https://bgsufalcons.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7505

Yeah, still listed on roster but have heard he may have left the team

And that would be yet another huge blow as he was projected as a starter.

[Flipper]

Next man up....

[Tony4BG]

I just heard that DE Anthony Johnson, one of our top recruits from this year's Scot Loeffler class, is gone. And guys, there's more departures coming. The hits keep coming and coming and coming....

Ouch, in transfer portal even before starting at BG.

Someone correct me if wrong, regardless of how many guys leave, BG can only sign 25 guys for upcoming season?

[MarkL]

It is a total rebuild. Loeffler has such a good staff that I trust him to do it. This will be a tough year but it is an investment. Like 2010.

[BGSU33]

To shed some light on whether Doege leaving was expected or a surprise from a couple days ago, I was told it was NOT expected that he was leaving. We all know Doege said he was staying a few months ago after Jinks and his brother Seth left, but from what I was told our coaches fully expected him to remain at BG and he was slated as the starter. To me, that all but rules out that a grad transfer was in the works to come here that prompted this happening. That's not to say one still isn't at some point. IMO it almost needs and has to at this point. This looks like a case of Doege saying he was done with BG.

[BGSU33]

Next man up....

There's no one there...

[Tony4BG]

Next man up....

There's no one there...

Agreed, not many guys left