Montgomery picks up a CB to UGA

[18IsTheMan]

Georgia seemingly swooping in at the last minute to steal one of our top recruits.

 

[18IsTheMan]

 

[18IsTheMan]

ON3 now only gives us a 6.1% chance. Nuts. Kicked.

 

[18IsTheMan]

He's now 74% UGA, 4% USC. We were nearly 100% a month ago.

 

[Gamecock72]

Word is he has always wanted to go to UGA but before they targeted someone else and when that did not pan out, they turned attention to him. And since that was really where he wanted to go from the start, he changed his mind.

 

[Rogue Cock]

Oddly, they actually offered him before we did....they just had others ahead of him that now are or appear to be headed elsewhere. He was our top offer.

 

[KingWard]

Here's the deal boys, we are done as an emergent program with any shot as relevancy until we acquire a generational coaching talent AND establish financial support around him necessary to facilitate player acquisition. We will continue to play in the SEC and that alone will be occasionally entertaining, but otherwise we will occupy a place congruent with Illinois or Indiana in the B1G. No use arguing about it. I will remain correct until proven incorrect.

 

[1vagamecock]

Here's the deal boys, we are done as an emergent program with any shot as relevancy until we acquire a generational coaching talent AND establish financial support around him necessary to facilitate player acquisition. We will continue to play in the SEC and that alone will be occasionally entertaining, but otherwise we will occupy a place congruent with Illinois or Indiana in the B1G. No use arguing about it. I will remain correct until proven incorrect.

If all we have to talk about here is WBB I will be forced to pursue entertainment elsewhere. Possibly something as entertaining as WBB, maybe the professional lacrosse circuit or something of that ilk.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Here's the deal boys, we are done as an emergent program with any shot as relevancy until we acquire a generational coaching talent AND establish financial support around him necessary to facilitate player acquisition. We will continue to play in the SEC and that alone will be occasionally entertaining, but otherwise we will occupy a place congruent with Illinois or Indiana in the B1G. No use arguing about it. I will remain correct until proven incorrect.

We’ll have to have a Lamont-type lucky hire

 

[KingWard]

We’ll have to have a Lamont-type lucky hire

Lamont has had one good year. Let's hold our water a little while.

 

[KingWard]

If all we have to talk about here is WBB I will be forced to pursue entertainment elsewhere. Possibly something as entertaining as WBB, maybe the professional lacrosse circuit or something of that ilk.

Well, Partner, you can talk about anything you want to. If it's in the realm of the theme of this board, I'll talk about it with you.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Lamont has had one good year. Let's hold our water a little while.

Gotta find excitement where we can...

 

[18IsTheMan]

If all we have to talk about here is WBB I will be forced to pursue entertainment elsewhere. Possibly something as entertaining as WBB, maybe the professional lacrosse circuit or something of that ilk.

Wish we could get sub-forums

 

[Cackmandu]

Here's the deal boys, we are done as an emergent program with any shot as relevancy until we acquire a generational coaching talent AND establish financial support around him necessary to facilitate player acquisition. We will continue to play in the SEC and that alone will be occasionally entertaining, but otherwise we will occupy a place congruent with Illinois or Indiana in the B1G. No use arguing about it. I will remain correct until proven incorrect.

This is what we've always been, nothing new here and now the nil and the portal have just made it worse!

 

[Forkcock]

The more things change, the more they seem the same.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Here's the deal boys, we are done as an emergent program with any shot as relevancy until we acquire a generational coaching talent AND establish financial support around him necessary to facilitate player acquisition. We will continue to play in the SEC and that alone will be occasionally entertaining, but otherwise we will occupy a place congruent with Illinois or Indiana in the B1G. No use arguing about it. I will remain correct until proven incorrect.

I recently found myself making peace for the 50,000th time with the reality that we're never actually getting over the hump. I mean, really, 2024 will be our 132nd year of football. In that time, we've had 4 truly good seasons (and even one of those is grossly marred by the Navy loss). We've never had an objectively great season. We've had seasons that WE consider great, but not that anyone else would remember.

As a Gamecock fan, I've realized it's the thrill of the chase that keeps us engaged. It's kind of like back in my dating days, there were a few times when I was dead set on getting a date with a particular girl. It's all I could think about. She was THE one. Then, when it finally happened, I instantly lost interest. I loved the pursuit more than the prize.

I'm really not sure the vast majority of Gamecock fans even actually have hopes or expectations of being anything more than what we have always been. Honestly. If any of our fans ever actually had hopes of being a contender, they'd have cashed out a lot time ago. Nobody who actually had hopes of us being a contender could possibly stay engaged for very long with the results we have put up over the years. We TELL ourselves that's the ultimate goal, but it can't be. Fans can't stay engaged for 132 years with the results we have produced if the actual goal is contending. We are tantalized by possibilities, dreaming, imagining, but it's nothing more than that. But, again, we don't really have hopes/expectations for greatness. We enjoy the perpetual fantasy of getting over the hump.

 

[LonghornsGamecocks]

I recently found myself making peace for the 50,000th time with the reality that we're never actually getting over the hump. I mean, really, 2024 will be our 132nd year of football. In that time, we've had 4 truly good seasons (and even one of those is grossly marred by the Navy loss). We've never had an objectively great season. We've had seasons that WE consider great, but not that anyone else would remember.

As a Gamecock fan, I've realized it's the thrill of the chase that keeps us engaged. It's kind of like back in my dating days, there were a few times when I was dead set on getting a date with a particular girl. It's all I could think about. She was THE one. Then, when it finally happened, I instantly lost interest. I loved the pursuit more than the prize.

I'm really not sure the vast majority of Gamecock fans even actually have hopes or expectations of being anything more than what we have always been. Honestly. If any of our fans ever actually had hopes of being a contender, they'd have cashed out a lot time ago. Nobody who actually had hopes of us being a contender could possibly stay engaged for very long with the results we have put up over the years. We TELL ourselves that's the ultimate goal, but it can't be. Fans can't stay engaged for 132 years with the results we have produced if the actual goal is contending. We are tantalized by possibilities, dreaming, imagining, but it's nothing more than that. But, again, we don't really have hopes/expectations for greatness. We enjoy the perpetual fantasy of getting over the hump.

This all resonates so clearly.

My last flickers of hope died in the relatively short window around the failed Chad Holbrook tenure, the Belk Bowl debacle, the Chapel Hill season opening collapse, and Frank flailing post-Final Four.

I'm still a fan, but a fan with no real hope.

 

[Prestonyte]

Lamont has had one good year. Let's hold our water a little while.

Agree.
Wait for the follow up performance to determine legitimacy of his initial performance.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Agree.
Wait for the follow up performance to determine legitimacy of his initial performance.

That’s considered hate speech around here.

 

[KingWard]

Gotta find excitement where we can...

Excitement needs to be renewable lest it decline into disappointment.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Excitement needs to be renewable lest it decline into disappointment.

We thrive on disappointment. It’s our richest nutrient source.

 

[Prestonyte]

Excitement needs to be renewable lest it decline into disappointment.

If we take the progressive slant, we can change the definition of disappointment to ''temporary delayed excitement''.

 

[KingWard]

I recently found myself making peace for the 50,000th time with the reality that we're never actually getting over the hump. I mean, really, 2024 will be our 132nd year of football. In that time, we've had 4 truly good seasons (and even one of those is grossly marred by the Navy loss). We've never had an objectively great season. We've had seasons that WE consider great, but not that anyone else would remember.

As a Gamecock fan, I've realized it's the thrill of the chase that keeps us engaged. It's kind of like back in my dating days, there were a few times when I was dead set on getting a date with a particular girl. It's all I could think about. She was THE one. Then, when it finally happened, I instantly lost interest. I loved the pursuit more than the prize.

I'm really not sure the vast majority of Gamecock fans even actually have hopes or expectations of being anything more than what we have always been. Honestly. If any of our fans ever actually had hopes of being a contender, they'd have cashed out a lot time ago. Nobody who actually had hopes of us being a contender could possibly stay engaged for very long with the results we have put up over the years. We TELL ourselves that's the ultimate goal, but it can't be. Fans can't stay engaged for 132 years with the results we have produced if the actual goal is contending. We are tantalized by possibilities, dreaming, imagining, but it's nothing more than that. But, again, we don't really have hopes/expectations for greatness. We enjoy the perpetual fantasy of getting over the hump.

So we've had periodic pullbacks from suckage.

 

[gamecock stock]

Here's the deal boys, we are done as an emergent program with any shot as relevancy until we acquire a generational coaching talent AND establish financial support around him necessary to facilitate player acquisition. We will continue to play in the SEC and that alone will be occasionally entertaining, but otherwise we will occupy a place congruent with Illinois or Indiana in the B1G. No use arguing about it. I will remain correct until proven incorrect.

Our "Einsteins" on the BOT and the Athletic Department rolled the dice by hiring a Head Coach who previously failed at Florida. Then they rolled the dice again on someone who had never been a Head Coach. The incompetence at the University of South Carolina annoys me. Pisses me off, actually.

I agree with you about lets see what Lamont Paris does next before putting him into the Hall Of Fame. But, it's hard to deny that the early results, both on the court and in recruiting, are VERY encouraging.

Our 2 most successful Head Coaches currently (Staley and Paris) had prior success at other schools. Of course, that does not guarantee success. But, it sure improves the odds. By the way, I know no one wants to hear this but Jamey Chadwell may very well turn out to be that "generational coaching talent" we let get away. SMH