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

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Ratboy18 said:
If you take a step back, how is Tate's handling of this situation much different than D. Nestor or any of the previously committed HS kids .... "I came here to play for Urban and want to see what the new staff has to say about their philosophy and my role. In the meantime, I am going to re-open my recruiting and see if my skill set, and my comfort level, fits in better at another school."
(This, obviously, disregards the shenanigans with Twitter bio edits and wallpaper changes)
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Oh neat. You answered your own question.
 
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Ratboy18 said:
If you take a step back, how is Tate's handling of this situation much different than D. Nestor or any of the previously committed HS kids .... "I came here to play for Urban and want to see what the new staff has to say about their philosophy and my role. In the meantime, I am going to re-open my recruiting and see if my skill set, and my comfort level, fits in better at another school."
(This, obviously, disregards the shenanigans with Twitter bio edits and wallpaper changes)
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No one's upset about or even really questioning his decision to transfer.

Him leaving and redecorating his Twitter page like an emo teenager after talking shit publicly multiple times about not leaving and before the guy being brought in to compete with him has even been cleared yet makes him look soft.

Doesn't really matter either way, it's just funny.
 
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Tate's too short and isn't that great of a passer. I've been pretty vocal about my opinion that he'd never win the starting QB job at OSU and that, if he finished his career here, he'd do it at a different position. I would've traded him for Nebraska's Adrian Martinez in a heartbeat.

Sometimes our eagerness for the next big thing blinds us to the possibility that maybe that highly rated recruit really isn't all that we were hoping he'd be. College football fans are big on counting their championship chickens before the recruiting eggs are hatched.
 
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inliner311 said:
The coaching staff did making an effort to work Tate in during meaningful series against some of our easier opponents this year. I can't remember the last time an Ohio State staff did that for the backup QB. By most accounts it seem like they were grooming him to take over for Haskins once he left.

I think that's why he was so cocky and surprise by the staff bring in Fields. The staff's actions basically said the starting job next year is yours to Tate if Haskins leaves.
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I don't think they were signalling that he he would be / is Haskins' replacement by working him into the offense early in the season. I think they were doing that just to see if they can get him involved and to see what would happen and how defenses would react if they put yet another playmaker on the field. What ended up happening is that with Tate in the game our offense basically became one-dimensional, so the coaches mothballed that tactic. My IMO...
 
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shetuck said:
I don't think they were signalling that he he would be / is Haskins' replacement by working him into the offense early in the season. I think they were doing that just to see if they can get him involved and to see what would happen and how defenses would react if they put yet another playmaker on the field. What ended up happening is that with Tate in the game our offense basically became one-dimensional, so the coaches mothballed that tactic. My IMO...
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Sorry I wasn't talking about the goal line stuff or the random plays where he came in. I meant early in the season where they would give Tate a series or two in the first or second quarter so he could going up against 1st team players. I think Urban said they were doing that to get Tate experience. Haskins always came back in and played until garbage time when Tate came back in.

It was the first time I've seen a backup QB get a full series or two so early in a game. We would see Pryor and Braxton get a couple plays here and there just like Tate got later in the season.
 
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inliner311 said:
The coaching staff did making an effort to work Tate in during meaningful series against some of our easier opponents this year. I can't remember the last time an Ohio State staff did that for the backup QB. By most accounts it seem like they were grooming him to take over for Haskins once he left.

I think that's why he was so cocky and surprise by the staff bring in Fields. The staff's actions basically said the starting job next year is yours to Tate if Haskins leaves.
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Part of the reason why Tate was given those opportunities is that reports were that he was already upset about sitting the bench. I think Tate said himself that the only reason he hadn’t transferred already (and this was before Fields) is that he didn’t want to let down his teammates.

I’m not begrudging Tate’s desire to play. He should want to play. But I don’t think the coaching staff did anything to push him out other than bringing in Justin Fields (which was a no-brainer).

We also have no idea what’s been said behind closed doors. Perhaps Day did try to talk Tate into sticking around. Maybe Tate just wasn’t hearing all that.
 
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MARVYMARV14 said:
Still hoping he stays and competes at least through the spring...if not I'll wish him luck and watch him thrive elsewhere, because he will put up numbers wherever he ends up...really hope that it isn't Oklahoma though
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Honestly if he's going to transfer if Fields is eligible, as a fan I'd take the gamble and want him to transfer now, not after the spring. All of his reps can now be split between Fields and Tate, and you have a larger pool of transfer candidates if you want to get back to 4 guys in the room.

The gamble being that A) Fields is eligible and B) Fields is better than Tate.
 
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Tanner said:
Can't imagine a less fun sport to play than wrestling, except for maybe water polo
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Water polo is great... kicked a Warrant Officer in the face.

billmac91 said:
Well.....there's limits in the sense, you are only truly a FA if you've completed your undergraduate degree. Which I think is awesome. It's incentivizing the kids to complete their degrees in 3 years so they can transfer without penalty to a situation that helps them athletically. It's a win-win.

All indications are Tate will graduate by April. I think that's awesome.

Kendall Austin is also a graduate transfer should he choose to leave.

Jalen Hurts graduated on time, but his degree allows him to pick a spot good for him.

The new trasfer rule is awesome, IMO. It truly benefits the student athlete to get their shit done academically, sooner the better.......it's a great rule.
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Always been a fan of the grad xfer rule. Reward kids for earning their degree at 1st place... if situation hasnt panned out in that timeframe, then good luck and play immediately somewhere else.
 
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I recall last years staff promising to use Tate in "special packages" which didn't really materialize much at all. I though maybe they were going to use him and DH on the field at the same time, but his "special package"was just a few plays as a Wildcat basically. Not very inventing.
 
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