Linked article in September lists the transfers. It's a hit or miss process. Consider that Anthony Russo, who had a nice career at Temple and got the most attention early in the season, was picked up in the portal. Also did not realize he got into some trouble in East Lansing, for a DUI/OWI (BAC 0.140).
20 players
Unless I'm mistaken, only a few had a major impact (Kenneth Walker III, Jarrett Horst, and Quavaris Crouch), but a quick scan of the bios indicate others had minimal or no impact. In the linked article, MSU wanted to improve their defense, however, they still ranked near the bottom of the B1G in defense at 11th (below Rutgers), which was a minimal improvement over the previous year.
But they certainly improved on offense, mostly due to Kenneth Walker III.
A look at 20 fresh faces for Michigan State football via the transfer portal - The State News
A breakdown on all 20 Michigan State football transfers and the five most likely to make an impact in 2021.statenews.com
Michigan State QB Anthony Russo takes plea deal after OWI charge
Russo was cited on Oct. 17 in East Lansing.www.mlive.com
Russo’s status with the program remains unclear.
“MSU Athletics is aware of the situation and the matter is being handled internally by the football program,” a Michigan State team spokesman sent in a written statement.
3 step drop and throw a vertical fade route. Teams played us man press free. deep routes were there but we could not stretch the field to make teams back off from stopping the run.
I was actually surprised after reading the article. Like any other media narrative (being careful to stick to football), the media made an awful lot about Tucker's 20 transfers and the impact they made, when in reality, it seems to be only a handful. Will others pan out next year (if still around)? Maybe, maybe not. What I find most shocking is that QB Russo did not see the field, and it may be because of his legal trouble.
I agree. We have seen very little true RPO with Vedral. I still think many of the calls are predetermined and there are very little reads and many of those reads are of the RUN/RUN (RB or QB) variety not RUN/PASS.
You say more in 2 lines than a lot of people say in 2 paragraphs (or pages!)--myself included.
Well that goes with the theme I mentioned. Try to get as many good players as you can and see what sticks. The more options you have the better.
But on defense you could say Tucker failed at his mission (glass houses and all) to improve the defense. On offense, he hit a home run, and last time I checked, scoring as many points as possible is a good formula for winning football games.
Simon hit one to Washington and only a great play by the DB prevented another one to Melton. That's in one half of play. What if Simon played more?
When getting interior penetration it is really hard to see the middle of the field, especially when NV does not have the strongest arm. This is why we saw stuff attacking the edges, slips, rolling out and attacking levels, screens etc. Unfortunately deep outs, vertical balls, corners were not balls we could throw.
I disagree. There were times where Vedral was holding onto the ball too long and throws where the receivers had to slow down to catch the ball. Marino was a QB who got rid of the ball quickly and was very difficult to sack. There is no doubt that opposing LB's safeties would play back and more running lanes would be open if we had that type of talent at the QB position.
If you don’t have a cannon for an arm, it has to be on time. Mr. Moxy and Hart did a good job with that.
Marino also did not require a huge amount of separation to get the ball to his receivers.
