OT: Luke McCaffrey leaving Louisville before he really gets there.
Quite the peripatetic family, those McCaffreys!
+1 for "peripatetic." I'm always impressed with your English, Vlad.
It's that Russian education. They invented English, you know...
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I'm reminded of the Forcier family of QB's when following the McCaffreys
came to this thread to make exactly this comment.
there were definitely reasons to be disappointed that our mccaffrey left ann arbor...but there's not much evidence that these kids have all that much interest in competing for a job.
They seem to be chasing the family legacy but doing it in the exact opposite way from how Ed and Christian built their success..
Ed's brother Billy left Duke for Vandy after they won an NCAA championship, which is still one of the weirder moves for a high profile basketball player.
This is quite a LinkedIn page:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/billymccaffrey1405
"Peripatetic" is Russian word.
"Luke (McCaffrey) came in last week and decided that this wasn't the place for him," Satterfield said. "He wanted to come in and be a starting quarterback."
I mean, if you couldn't start for a struggling Nebraska program, why did you think you'd be starting for a better Louisville program? I assume this was due to some spring practices where he clearly wasn't the #1 dude. Kinda odd
Seems like the new normal to me: 18 year doesn't have everything his way, so he leaves.
I think "kids these days..." is the easy response. But another significant factor is that this is the first time that NCAA football players have been able to do anything about a shitty situation. Who knows how many players in the past would have transferred if they wouldn't have been subject to punitive transfer restrictions? There are a lot of confounding factors here.
this is the first time that NCAA football players have been able to do anything about a shitty situation
This is overstating it. Players were free to transfer before; they just couldn't be eligible that first season. It was really only punitive if you'd already used up your redshirt.
Who knows how many players in the past would have transferred if they wouldn't have been subject to punitive transfer restrictions?
Anthony Carter, for one.
Charles Woodson also.
i think tom brady was very close to transferring early in his career here.
Don’t think they are all shitty situations. These kids were used to getting everything in high school and during recruitment. Then they get to college and other players are just as good. So now they aren’t starting right out of the box and they say screw this I’m leaving. What ever happened to stick with it compete and get better. When these kids get to the real world they are going to get slapped in the face with reality
I'm having a hard time figuring out not only the logistical cost of transferring for so many young players but also the social impacts this has. How do you grow as a person if your issue is "I'm not starting at x position" so my solution is to transfer. Yes - everyone wants to excel in college and make the pros but you somebody needs to remind these kids to enjoy themselves outside of their athletic priorities.
I'd never discredit a young student athlete for leaving a toxic environment or having his or her environment change so dramatically to the one they committed to but jumping at what seems like the slightest degree of adversity seems to be the norm lately.
Young kids watched 3 generations of people eat shit in the name of growth and the end result was the people that didnt eat the shit and just left still got promoted and the people that ate the shit and stuck around got fucked.
All you're seeing is football players finally starting to have the freedom to behave the way that every other adult has been behaving for 20+ years now.
I'm all for freedom but the grass is not always greener on the other side.
True, but the freedom to try and living with the results are part of life.
Getting a full fucking ride plus some to play college football isn't a "freedom". It's a massive privilege.
They've always been able to transfer at will *AND* keep their full ride plus. They just couldn't play a game for a year.
#perspective
If I'm not happy at my job, I leave and go work somewhere else. Why should it be different for kids playing sports?
I think comparing a job in which you are likely more mature, well-experienced, have made career moves before and possibly have higher education to fall back on could be vastly different than say an incoming transfer freshman or sophomore who may be upset with the lack of playing time their first year or two in a campus setting.
Anyhow - I'm sort of playing devil's advocate here. I love that student athletes have the freedom to choose what they think is the best program for them to fit into, whether as incoming freshman or 6th year seniors. My hesitation lies with possibly losing the great things that come with the continuation of building relationships with teammates, coaches, friends, professors, girlfriends/boyfriends, etc.. by transferring around every year.
Many people start their careers before turning 20. Some even go to war by that age. I don't think we can generalize someone's maturity and experience based on age and education level.
I do wonder if we tend to remember the successful athletes' stories who emphasize their time 'waiting in line' compared to those who transferred and succeeded because of the transfer.
sensing a theme with these McCarthy folk
Definitely a trend within the McCampbell clan that's for sure
The McGillicuddy's. Like clockwork!
Those McCulloughs are something man.
Them damn McCoys need to stay the hell outta Kentucky.
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How about them MacDaddies?
You could almost call it "McCarthyism."
Look... me and the McDonald's people got this little misunderstanding. See, they're McDonald's... I'm McDowell's. They got the Golden Arches, mine is the Golden Arcs. They got the Big Mac, I got the Big Mick. We both got two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, but their buns have sesame seeds. My buns have no seeds.
+1 for the Coming To America reference.
First Joe, then Eugene, and especially that darn Paul for breaking up The Beetles Beatles!
This is just seeming more and more like a football version of the Ball family saga now..
As annoying as Lavar is, he did produce 2 top 3 NBA draft picks who both seem set up to have at least decent NBA careers.
I guess you could say he was Luke-warm on his chances with the Cards...
It's all Harbaugh's fault.
The real question is whether he will compete with his brother for the starting job at Northern Colorado.
I could see the coach at UNC taking a flyer on the kid. What does he have to lose besides an awkward thanksgiving meal?
Look for Luke to transfer to UNC, not win the job, then transfer again (maybe to D2 this time).
They both tryout for quarterback at northern Colorado for there dad and transfer out cause the competition.
Better start looking at MAC, Mountain West or FCS if he wants to walk in and be a starter at 18
You are vastly underrating MAC and MWC. It's not like most of these teams don't have alot of talent and pretty good QBs, many of which make the NFL. They just don't have the depth of Power 5 teams. If Luke can't cut it at Nebraska and Louisville, he won't be able to step in and start at most MAC schools.
I would like to point out that at some point we might want to revisit the whole "McCaffrey was driven out by Harbaugh's abrasiveness and incompetence" this family seems to be hell-bent on picking up as many jerseys as possible.
Sorry but assuming Dylan was motivated for all the same reasons Luke was is just dumb.
It also ignores the fact that Max McCaffrey (Duke) and Christian McCaffrey (Stanford) played their entire careers at one college.