Who's Leaving? 2024/25 version

Moiraine said:
People related to Fidone continue to be embarrassing online. 

This was on a post about Thomas Fidone on the official husker football FB page.

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[SIZE=0.9375rem]So I read somewhere they were hoping Fidone would play a senior year. That’s total propaganda BS. You think they would pull a good player out of an entire game for motion penalty.? They did everything they could hurt his pro stats. This kid gave it all [/SIZE]from Nebraska And they did everything to hurt him, especially in that next last game





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[SIZE=0.9375rem]Robert Lee Fidone[/SIZE] how Nebraska hurt him he played in every game





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[SIZE=0.9375rem]Putt G Wloo[/SIZE] well to keep his statistics low. They didn’t pass him as much as they could have. And he was open a lot. Finally, the biggest slam came when they pulled him out of a game on the third play for motion. And he did not get back into the game until the last couple of plays where he caught a pass for like 30 yards. When the pros look at him, they look at all that stuff yards after catch, etc. etc. They tried to keep it low enough so he wouldn’t be a great candidate if he wanted to go pro in his senior year. Pulling him out of that game was a dealbreaker. I’m sure. And behind closed doors they promised him a whole lot more. A break out year with a lot of passes per game. Never happened the one coach before this new one told the other tight in that he wasn’t good enough to play so he portal out.
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The problem is, it was way more than just a motion penalty. They must be forgetting the missed blocks he had. 

 
This is either a statement of how the portal has pushed these guys down a level by the amount of people entering, or an indictment of their ability.  Or probably both.

 
BigRedBuster said:
The problem is, it was way more than just a motion penalty. They must be forgetting the missed blocks he had. 
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He hadn't missed any blocks in that game, it was only the second possession. He didn't start either though, fwiw. I don't buy that they intentionally kept him out or anything, but for Wisconsin it was just the motion penalty combined with Boerkircher/Lindenmeyer playing well enough that there was no need to take them off the field. My understanding is when Holgorson stepped in there was very little separation between the TEs, and it was after the Wisconsin benching that Fidone stepped it back up. 

I thought Fidone was fine as a blocker, not as good as Lindenmeyer but not a liability by any means. He missed some blocks, as did most of our guys. I do think there's validity to saying he was open more than his numbers would show, but there was no actual effort by the staff or other players to minimize his role. And contrary to that relative's claim, pro scouts don't care about random stats like YAC in a vacuum. He'll be evaluated on how well he did his job, not how often he got the ball.

 
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Husker in WI said:
He hadn't missed any blocks in that game, it was only the second possession. He didn't start either though, fwiw. I don't buy that they intentionally kept him out or anything, but for Wisconsin it was just the motion penalty combined with Boerkircher/Lindenmeyer playing well enough that there was no need to take them off the field. My understanding is when Holgorson stepped in there was very little separation between the TEs, and it was after the Wisconsin benching that Fidone stepped it back up. 

I thought Fidone was fine as a blocker, not as good as Lindenmeyer but not a liability by any means. He missed some blocks, as did most of our guys. I do think there's validity to saying he was open more than his numbers would show, but there was no actual effort by the staff or other players to minimize his role. And contrary to that relative's claim, pro scouts don't care about random stats like YAC in a vacuum. He'll be evaluated on how well he did his job, not how often he got the ball.
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He missed blocks all year. It doesn’t have to be just in that game. The frustration with a player can build to a point where just the motion penalty gets him benched. 

 
Huskers93-97 said:
Yeah I noticed a lot of our guys were going to lesser schools. Really anything outside of Big10 and sec is a step down. 
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I would say that most of the guys that have left and went to lesser schools is bc they aren't very good and we took a chance on them.  They have the ability to play but not without development while a lot of power 5 schools are looking for transfers players that are going to make a impact on the field right away.

 
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Keep an eye on EJ Barthel going to Texas. 
 

Honestly I think this would be a win, win for both parties 

 
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