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

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bukIpower said:
How so? By going out and getting a consensus top 3-5 QB?
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Handling people is a skill.
Maybe we'll find out Day did everything to assure him and keep him in the fold and Tate just took everything way too personally.
But there's also a lot of smoke that Fields was annointed coming in and Tate left to assume the worst until there was no turning back.
 
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OregonBuckeye said:
Was that before or after Fields officially decided he was transferring here? If it was before, that's called recruiting and it's done everywhere. Even if it was after, I don't know why that matters. Urban isn't the coach anymore, Day is. I don't know what happened behind close doors, and neither do you, but Day said he would give everyone a fair shot to compete. My perception is that Tate talked a big game and then tucked his tail between his legs and ran instead of competing.
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The game was after Fields decided to transfer to OSU, FWIW. The MSU game was on Jan. 5, and he announced on Jan. 4.
 
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kujirakira said:
Outside looking in, feels this was mishandled by staff... but i think he was gone after Spring anyway.
Learning moment for Day, hopefully.
Destination seems very questionable and he has to sit a 3rd year now before competing for a QB job... but i guess its personal for him. Enjoy the beaches, Tate.
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see...this is where I disagree. Day has coached this kid for two years and didn’t hesitate to pursue Fields. He knows what he had in Tate and that didn’t fit Day’s system at all. why even try to force the square peg into the round hole? OSU did not do Tate ‘dirty’. his scholarship was not pulled. the system/coach he was brought in to run changed. he decided to move on. good for him. but I don’t think for one minute this move wasnt calculated. Day knew Tate would likely transfer with Fields coming in. he weighed that option and went after Fields.
My daughter was recruited over this year for Catcher. she didn’t tweet smack or whine about it when coach was showing the new girl love this fall season. she is happy in school and her scholarship isnt going anywhere and she competes. just sharing this to say I know a little bit what this is like. it sucks but look at the big picture. school and happiness. Tathan will be happy in Miami. just looks weak for running smack on social media and bolting without a challenge.
 
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Best of luck to him. I hope he finishes his degree at Miami and earns some playing time along the way.

As H&G said above - His skill set doesn't really mesh with Day's offensive philosophy. At the Rose Bowl, Martell said something to the effect of him being confident that he would win the starting job, once the read option is put back in. Well, what if the read option isn't going to be a big part of Day's offense moving forward?

He might feel like OSU lied to him or did him dirty, or whatever, but I really don't think they did.

Had Martell not tweeted anything about Fields transferring in before that decision was made, no one would be questioning why he was leaving today. He alone created the bad light he's currently sitting in.
 
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Dryden said:
I mentioned the basketball game because he had posted on Instagram (since deleted) a photo of Urban, Fields, and Haskins courtside being displayed on the scoreboard at the Schott on Jan 5, taken from Tate's general admission seat in the 20th row.

It was the following day that this all blew up.

He was (presumably) fine competing with a transfer -- who also has issues if you watched Season 2 of QB1 on Netflix. He was not fine with Urban rubbing his nose in it and courting the competition. At that point competing was off the table; he wanted out, even if he had to sit a year.

In his view, Urban/Ohio State did him dirty. He wasn't even going to share a QB room with Fields after that. He was done. At least that's my read on it.
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Don't they do that with all big time recruits? I wouldn't be shocked if Tate himself was courtside during his recruiting process. Fields is currently a member of the OSU football team. At that time they were recruiting him.

Just make sure the next time you see Day/Urban courtside with a recruit you lose your shit for the (fill in the blank player) currently on the roster who is getting recruited over.
 
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