Roster/Staff Updates

[AppStFan1]

Can we change the conversation to our current players instead of focusing on someone who is not focusing on us?

Moose, do you have any idea on what other positions we are likely to go after in the portal besides DL and LB now?

[biggie]

Can we change the conversation to our current players instead of focusing on someone who is not focusing on us?

Moose, do you have any idea on what other positions we are likely to go after in the portal besides DL and LB now?

Moved some of the Joey post to the UCLA thread.

Saw we lost another LB to portal earlier today.

[AppStFan1]

Can we change the conversation to our current players instead of focusing on someone who is not focusing on us?

Moose, do you have any idea on what other positions we are likely to go after in the portal besides DL and LB now?

Moved some of the Joey post to the UCLA thread.

Saw we lost another LB to portal earlier today.

Thank you! Wondering if this is the last payer to enter portal or if we might see anymore?

[BUTCH1991]

Another out the door. https://x.com/mikeyd1019/status/1914376 ... JjADw&s=19

[311neers]

Spring cleaning! The new world of CFB (and basketball)
Any idea on how many scholarships we've got open? Feels like a dozen or so after last weeks cut.

[AppSt94]

Most of the latest one are walk ons.

[AppStFan1]

Another out the door. https://x.com/mikeyd1019/status/1914376 ... JjADw&s=19

Isn't he and the LB both a walk-on?

[JTApps1]

Another out the door. https://x.com/mikeyd1019/status/1914376 ... JjADw&s=19

Isn't he and the LB both a walk-on?

Yes.

[AppSt94]

Spring cleaning! The new world of CFB (and basketball)
Any idea on how many scholarships we've got open? Feels like a dozen or so after last weeks cut.

We are somewhere between 77-80.

[Saint3333]

How many players on the roster today were on it at the beginning of the 2024 season, can't be more than 40 at this point.

[biggie]

Updated list of Appalachian State players that have entered the Spring Portal:

QB Cam Estep
HB Michael Dipasquale
WR Franklin Baret Jr.
WR Blake Hoban
OT Markell Samuel (Oklahoma State)
OL JT Sowell
OL Dylan Barbrey
OL Andres Dewerk
OL Blake Bradford
DT Garrison Butler
DT Jason Hertz
DE Josiah Wyatt
LB Ryan McKinnis
LB Brodrick Gooch (Medical)
LB Jackson Bussey
LB Cahari Haynes
LB Anthony Rosier
LB Isiah McGuffin
LB Darell Farrar
CB Nick Taylor (West Virginia)
S Trey Lernhardt
S Avarion Cole

[Bootsy]

I’m sad to see Markell go, but proud of the progress he made last season after switching over to OL.
After a rocky start, he made big time improvement. Looks like it’s paid off for him.

[311neers]

How many players on the roster today were on it at the beginning of the 2024 season, can't be more than 40 at this point.

Based off the list below, we’ve had +-40 leave since end of the season. Talk about turning a roster over.

[Black Saturday]

How many players on the roster today were on it at the beginning of the 2024 season, can't be more than 40 at this point.

Based off the list below, we’ve had +-40 leave since end of the season. Talk about turning a roster over.

Maybe that isn't a bad thing.

[Mjohn1988]

How many players on the roster today were on it at the beginning of the 2024 season, can't be more than 40 at this point.

Based off the list below, we’ve had +-40 leave since end of the season. Talk about turning a roster over.

I just can’t see how a football “program” can sustain that type of turnover. I agree with others that I’m not sure we lost a bunch of good athletes but I don’t see how that works going forward.

[311neers]

How many players on the roster today were on it at the beginning of the 2024 season, can't be more than 40 at this point.

Based off the list below, we’ve had +-40 leave since end of the season. Talk about turning a roster over.

I just can’t see how a football “program” can sustain that type of turnover. I agree with others that I’m not sure we lost a bunch of good athletes but I don’t see how that works going forward.

That's just 40 gone from the portal. Probably another 15 or so from graduation/exhausting eligibility... Hopefully losing 55ish is just an anomaly. Summer session starts in 5 weeks, we better have a full roster by then with everyone on campus practicing and working out together.

[Stonewall]

Perhaps we lose half and retain half in the new normal? Some years less , others more.

[ASUTodd]

Perhaps we lose half and retain half in the new normal? Some years less , others more.

The real test will be if Coach D is successful. He will get a coaching offer we can't match and he will probably take a lot of players. I'm hoping Gillin has been through this enough to find us a new coach and reload...

[Saint3333]

Sustained runs of more than two years aren't likely at this level. New formula is blow it up year 1, improve and retain year 2, crush it year 3, everyone exits and start over.

[kornegaylw]

Sustained runs of more than two years aren't likely at this level. New formula is blow it up year 1, improve and retain year 2, crush it year 3, everyone exits and start over.

I think you're correct for now...You can feel the discomfort of the current format and lack of leadership in the CFB fan base and I think, probably more of hope, that the TV/Conference execs see the decline in interest as well

My hope is that change for the better is on the horizon once revenue sharing gets in place.