Transfer Portal Targets 2022

Mavric said:
Interesting.  Coaches don't usually comment on that type of stuff.
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Yeah, pretty weird - haven't been able to confirm, but I think the response was unprompted from Leonhard as well. There's a short article on the Athletic, but they didn't get an additional comment from Brown and Leonhard didn't expand much when asked if he could give more info:

“Not really at this time,” Leonhard said. “Unfortunate incident. At this point, it’s more of a family matter we had to deal with internally and as time comes there might be more to say.”
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Odd to blow it up, no one really would've batted an eye without Leonhard's comment. He's a 4th year junior stud recruit who couldn't lock down a starting job, that's the kind of guy who leaves. My (100% pure conjecture, no inside info at all) guess is he was probably angry about that and a discussion with a coach escalated beyond what was tolerable. But again that's a guess and probably not fair to Brown since I have no idea how he feels or how he would react.

 
HuskerInLostWages said:
I thought they weren't allowed to comment myself.  I am sure the schools definitely don't want them to comment as it does open them up to lawsuits potentially as well.
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I don't think there's anything saying they can't comment.  They do say something like that from time to time when a player is dismissed in the middle of the season because it's obvious that something happened.  But it would have seemed like this would be a chance to really not say anything other than he is in the portal.

 
This was clearly an impromptu moment by Leonard to save face. He, like the most of us, I think it is a bad look when players decide to leave your program. When you are trying to show that you are worthy of being a head coach, you get defensive when players pack up and leave. His knee-jerk reaction was to protect himself and program by making sure everyone knows that the player did not have a choice to leave. Although it is the truth. These type of comments are typically not made by coaches in immediate response to portal entries. 

 
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HANC said:
This was clearly an impromptu moment by Leonard to save face. He, like the most of us, I think it is a bad luck when players decide to leave your program. When you were trying to show that you are worthy of being a head coach, you get defensive and players pack up and leave. His knee-jerk reaction was to protect himself and program by making sure everyone knows that the player did not have a choice to leave. Although it is the truth. These type of comments are typically not made by coaches in immediate response to portal entries. I
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They came out and say the kid got in a fight in practice. 

 
Not exactly what we need IMHO.

A 4 year backup who was just booted off the team.

OL is by far the most difficult position group to fill through transfers and this doesn't look like it would be a move for NU.

 
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