Makyle Sanders is back

[meangreen11]

 

Edited February 23, 2021 by meangreen11

[Wag Tag]

PB??

[UNT Mean Green]

This is good news. We need safeties. 

[El Paso Eagle]

The coaches must think he can contribute - They did not have to let him return.

[Marty]

Welcome back!

[El Paso Eagle]

Don't understand the downvote. If the kid leaves UNT he is wished well, but if he stays he's downvoted? 

Edited February 24, 2021 by El Paso Eagle

[PlummMeanGreen]

Makyle feels the new energy in the Mean Green Village & just wants to be part of it is my guess.  

[greenjoe]

It likely has to do with how many bridges he burned on his way out the door.  
 

Someone posted on GMG that 70% (+-) of athletes that enter the portal don’t get a call.

 

Sometimes the greenest grass is Mean Green.

Edited February 24, 2021 by greenjoe

[BillySee58]

28 minutes ago, greenjoe said:

It likely has to do with how many bridges he burned on his way out the door.  

Him being back is evidence that he didn’t burn his bridges.

28 minutes ago, greenjoe said:

Someone listed on GMG that 70% (+-) of athletes that enter the portal don’t get a call.

It’s incomplete data. It’s only February, and the season doesn’t start until August. But whatever number it is, it’s going to be skewed by all seniors getting an extra season of eligibility. There’s a whole extra class of athletes with eligibility next season than there usually are.

[El Paso Eagle]

5 minutes ago, BillySee58 said:

Him being back is evidence that he didn’t burn his bridges.

It’s incomplete data. It’s only February, and the season doesn’t start until August. But whatever number it is, it’s going to be skewed by all seniors getting an extra season of eligibility. There’s a whole extra class of athletes with eligibility next season than there usually are.

There seems to still be players adding their names. I would also expect another wave of players after the FCS season

[DeepGreen]

47 minutes ago, greenjoe said:

It likely has to do with how many bridges he burned on his way out the door.  
 

Someone listed on GMG that 70% (+-) of athletes that enter the portal don’t get a call.

 

Sometimes the greenest grass in Mean Green.

And the 30% end up at SMU?

[97and03]

I think he is definitely not guaranteed a starting spot. He did not play well last year and we are bringing in more talent. At this point we don’t even know exactly how many DBs we will use in our base formation. I really feel like Sanders regressed last year (ok almost everyone did I admit) and was frequently out of position. Let’s see how this works out. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

11 minutes ago, 97and03 said:

I think he is definitely not guaranteed a starting spot. He did not play well last year and we are bringing in more talent. At this point we don’t even know exactly how many DBs we will use in our base formation. I really feel like Sanders regressed last year (ok almost everyone did I admit) and was frequently out of position. Let’s see how this works out. 

Bowen's "Hawk" position was so poorly coached throughout the entire year. 
The player in that spot was basically a scarecrow all game because they had absolutely NO IDEA where to be.   
Sanders was in that spot some last year, and Gaddie was there some as well.   It's no wonder both of those guys looked like they regressed.  I was really disappointed with Sanders' play last year.   Let's hope he has a renaissance in Bennett's scheme.  

[97and03]

I liked Bennett’s comments about making sure the players are comfortable and keeping it simple. It will help, in addition to more 4-man fronts. 

[GreenGang45]

54 minutes ago, 97and03 said:

I think he is definitely not guaranteed a starting spot. He did not play well last year and we are bringing in more talent. At this point we don’t even know exactly how many DBs we will use in our base formation. I really feel like Sanders regressed last year (ok almost everyone did I admit) and was frequently out of position. Let’s see how this works out. 

He was the best tackler on the team 🤔

[jtm0097]

1 hour ago, GreenGang45 said:

He was the best tackler on the team 🤔

The film disagrees with you. He was not very good last year. He averaged 6.8 tackles and had 2 INTs. However, that App State game he was horrible. There were several plays he missed tackles, and this led to big runs by their RBs.

Edited February 24, 2021 by jtm0097

[BillySee58]

There was a lot of doom and gloom a month or so ago about the transfers. We really only ended up losing one starter to the portal on offense and defense combined, and that was Cam Johnson. 

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

I’m getting so excited over the fact we will actually have depth next season!

This defense SHOULD be good with all of the talent coming in and coming back. 

[Mo Green]

... and smuCK didn't take him. There must be something wrong somewhere?

[GrayEagle]

2 hours ago, GreenGang45 said:

He was the best tackler on the team 🤔

Actually he was the second best behind KD Davis in both total tackles and tackles per game.  He almost doubled his tackles from the previous year (68 vs. 38).  

[MGNation92]

2 hours ago, GreenGang45 said:

He was the best tackler on the team 🤔

Too bad all those tackles happened 30 yards past the line of scrimmage

[MeanGreenTexan]

1 hour ago, BillySee58 said:

There was a lot of doom and gloom a month or so ago about the transfers. We really only ended up losing one starter to the portal on offense and defense combined, and that was Cam Johnson. 

I'd add Bean hurt and Siggers really hurt.  Cam was somewhere in between.

[PlummMeanGreen]

1 hour ago, BillySee58 said:

There was a lot of doom and gloom a month or so ago about the transfers. We really only ended up losing one starter to the portal on offense and defense combined, and that was Cam Johnson. 

HORRY’WOOD! 😱
 

 

[BillySee58]

1 hour ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I'd add Bean hurt and Siggers really hurt.  Cam was somewhere in between.

I’ve posted this before, but it felt pretty clear to me that Aune won the long game over Bean based on Littrell’s comments and how things ended. I don’t think Bean was shooed out, but I also don’t think the coaches were spending time late at night hoping he would stay either. 

Siggers did hurt, but he wasn’t a starter. Maybe he would’ve been in 2021, but he wasn’t in 2020.

[Cr1028]

Im glad he is back, he can play, maybe he wont start but at a minimum he can provided some fbs-experienced depth.