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QB Tathan Martell (transfer to Miami, transfer to UNLV)

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sparcboxbuck said:
Or alternatively, he should have kept his fingers out of the twitters before he knew where the fuck he stood in the QB room?

Overconfidence effect, much?

(Tate, not you)
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That is how I felt...Tate was the likely the guy with edge heading into the year and just ran away once Fields started looking here. I was a huge Tate Martell fan for the longest time, but I feel quite different now. He could have stayed here and won the job, he really could have. If he would have stayed at least for the spring competition like Burrow did and left if he didn't win the job, I would feel much differently. But he didn't and after how he handled this, I don't think much of Tate at all and that is the nicest way I could say it. I rooted for Joey in Baton Rogue this season despite the fact that he was playing in the SEC. That will not be the case for me when I watch Tate at Miami.
 
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RB07OSU said:
That is how I felt...Tate was the likely the guy with edge heading into the year and just ran away once Fields started looking here. I was a huge Tate Martell fan for the longest time, but I feel quite different now. He could have stayed here and won the job, he really could have. If he would have stayed at least for the spring competition like Burrow did and left if he didn't win the job, I would feel much differently. But he didn't and after how he handled this, I don't think much of Tate at all and that is the nicest way I could say it. I rooted for Joey in Baton Rogue this season despite the fact that he was playing in the SEC. That will not be the case for me when I watch Tate at Miami.
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Burrow had the luxury of graduating and transferring. Tate didn't.
 
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mendensa said:
There lies the difference on how a lot of Buckeye fans will percieve Tate's exit vs. Burrow's exit.
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Biggest difference for many is that Tate talked a big game, but when time came to back it up, he just left. Unless someone on the staff told him to do so (which I have a hard time believing) then that kind of behavior is not endearing.
 
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Nigel Tufnel said:
Biggest difference for many is that Tate talked a big game, but when time came to back it up, he just left. Unless someone on the staff told him to do so (which I have a hard time believing) then that kind of behavior is not endearing.
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Personally, I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt that he and the staff agreed that leaving was in everyone's best interest. It's easier to not hate on him that way.
 
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It is easier to not hate on him in that painted scenario, yes. But, as much as he has ran his mouth pre-Fields, do u really think he wouldn't have taken the opportunity to spout off on social media given the opportunity?

To tell Buckeye Nation that he wasn't running away from competition rather the offense was going in a different direction and he no longer fit? Fields scared him away IMHO.
 
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RugbyBuck said:
My take on all of this is that I really don’t care why or how it came about but Tate’s chosen the right place/culture for him. Nowhere else prizes “style” over substance quite like Cryami. Tate’s clearly a wannabe gangster and he’s found a home. Burrow provided the template for how something like this should be handled. Tate was too much of a child to follow it. Hit the books, get the credits, work hard and develop and then be qb1 at tOSU or elsewhere as a grad. That was, clearly, too much for DJ T-Mart and his entitled need for instantaneous gratification. So be it.
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How have the other Gorman kids worked out at Ohio State and other big time programs? Given the entitled status of that program within Nevada and its sheer ability to out-talent every other school in the state by 40 or 50 points every game, I have to wonder how many of these Gorman kids are prepared to actually come in and scrap and fight for a starting role.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
How have the other Gorman kids worked out at Ohio State and other big time programs?
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DeMarco Murray (Oklahoma) and Ronnie Stanley (Notre Dame) both turned out okay.

Haskell Garrett is still on Ohio State's roster. He hasn't really "flashed" yet during his first two seasons, but he should be in the rotation on the defensive line next year.
 
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