Nico Iamaleava and UNT

[97and03]

1 hour ago, UNTLifer said:

I would say he hit on Rodgers and Morris as well.

I would agree. 
I would also agree that picking proven QBs out of the portal does not indicate Morris can identify talent. Rather, it likely means that he is capable of identifying the right fit for his system. In the current environment of the portal, that is probably equally or more important. 

[MeanGreenZen]

12 hours ago, keith said:

I know this is a popular narrative here, but I'm not so sure.  Morris hits on one QB (Ward) and he's some sort of QB savant?  Not sold on that...yet, but I'm a hard grader.  How much coaching did he really do with Rodgers and Morris?  Both QBs were already 95%+ fully developed in their games.  What specifically did coach Morris change about their skill sets or did he just turn them loose to do their thing?  They just needed a place to play and coach Morris provided that, but Rogers wasn't even named the starter until game three.  So much for identifying talent.  Don't we have a dedicated QB coach responsible for coaching QBs?  As head coach, Morris has a lot of other responsibilities.  And how hard is it to "discover" QBs in the portal?  I mean you just have to sort on position and scroll.  Also, I thought QB Morris sought us out looking for a place to play that matched his style so he could parlay that into an NIL offer (which I'm fine with and how we are going to survive BTW).   

The early returns on Mestemaker indicate Morris might be able to ID quarterbacks. Maybe the most unlikely QB to start a bowl game in college football. 

[NT80]

 

 

[MeanGreen_MBA]

14 hours ago, NT80 said:

 

 

Not really sure why they would take this chance.  Even in his announcement, it doesn’t sound he is committed to UCLA. His younger brother bailed on them after committing to them.  Was he really that good?   I saw him play 3 times and cannot say that I was that impressed. 
UCLA needs a winning season next year. Not sure this is the answer. 

[GMG_Dallas]

1 hour ago, MeanGreen_MBA said:

Not really sure why they would take this chance.  Even in his announcement, it doesn’t sound he is committed to UCLA. His younger brother bailed on them after committing to them.  Was he really that good?   I saw him play 3 times and cannot say that I was that impressed. 
UCLA needs a winning season next year. Not sure this is the answer. 

Look at the QBs they have and you'll see why they're doing this. As you said, they need a winning season and there was nobody with a proven record in the building. Not sure Imaleaving is the answer either but he's probably better than what they had.

[NT80]

1 hour ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Look at the QBs they have and you'll see why they're doing this. As you said, they need a winning season and there was nobody with a proven record in the building. Not sure Imaleaving is the answer either but he's probably better than what they had.

Their coach is on the hot seat, the fan base is screaming = do $omething = pay another player million$ and hope he is the answer.

[UNTLifer]

I want to watch some of these start to not live up to expectations and see what the reaction is then.  Until then, I will just sit back and laugh when stupid crap like this happens.

[NT80]

14 hours ago, MeanGreen_MBA said:

Not really sure why they would take this chance.  Even in his announcement, it doesn’t sound he is committed to UCLA. His younger brother bailed on them after committing to them.  Was he really that good?   I saw him play 3 times and cannot say that I was that impressed. 
UCLA needs a winning season next year. Not sure this is the answer. 

Source: Younger Iamaleava, Madden, to join Nico at UCLA

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/44789694/nico-iamaleava-younger-brother-madden-ucla