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Tucker McDonald is coming back!
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Very happy to hear this!
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Really happy about this. I hope it means he gets a chance to compete for the job. He's paid his dues and I'd like to see how he's developed since HS.
Yes, I'm glad...I hope a few more will return...
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More will, it's obvious some players will choose to compete and prove themselves instead of going to the unknown situation.
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What's the old saying about the devil you know?
Glad Tucker has recognized the value of making a choice and following through on his original commitment.
Best wishes to Tucker for good health, continued development and success on the field.
Glad Tucker has recognized the value of making a choice and following through on his original commitment.
Best wishes to Tucker for good health, continued development and success on the field.
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I think he has a solid chance at being the starter. I'm glad he is back. As well as everyone else.
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For Tucker’s sake, I hope that Candle is a coach that will fairly assess and then play the best guy. Tucker’s loyalty is appreciated and I’d like the staff to reciprocate by treating him as one of their own. Based on Candle’s personality and reputation, I think he has the humility to do that. That said, Osborne looks good to me based on Toledo’s bowl game. I really have no idea what Tucker can do.
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Presumably he has spoken to the new coach and has been given assurances that he will be given a fair chance to win the starting job. Hard to imagine he would come back otherwise.
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It happens a lot. Remember Marcus Easley? How about Evers and Fagnano? It happens because coaches are human and they instinctively want to give “their guys” a chance. It isn’t a big deal, but as a player I’d certainly want the coach to commit to me as much as I committed to him.
The player needs to communicate that, “If I stay, I want your word that I will get a fair shake and that as of now, I am one of your guys, not one of Jim Mora’s guys.”
There needs to be a meeting of the minds there. Sometimes that never happens and relationships sour quick.
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Of course, but I'm curious. Why is your default to assume there won't be?
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I don't know if it's that so much, as coaches are human and sometimes they make the wrong choice. I can see why Nick would seem like the more attractive choice prior to injury. Joe had just come off a shaky season and Evers seemed faster and had more zip on his throws. As it turned out, Joe's decision-making continued to improve where he ended up being a very good field general for us. Sometimes coaches make the wrong call, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they did it for the wrong reasons.
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Like Bledsoe to Brady. It’s great when they turn out better than expected.
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What EVERS can you mean? Agree on Osborne, really exciting prospect. Hope Tucker can give him a run for his money. Polston(sp?) also pretty exciting prospect.
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I sincerely hope this is sarcasm.
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I’m not assuming that. I said that I hope he gets a fair chance and that Candle seems like a guy with the humility to provide him one.
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because in addition to what other folks have said already, NIL investment can certainly add to cloudy judgment. After muchhhh pressuring from the press on who would be the starter, Jim Mora admitted in 2024 that UConn had made a major investment in Nick Evers and they HAD to hand the keys to him, otherwise the money spend made no sense.
there absolutely is precedent to the best guy NOT getting on the field - again; we saw UConn 2024 with our own eyes and the stats (TD/INT) between Joe F and Nick E that year, speak for themselves.
So Tucker's fear is valid. That Tucker is coming back, leads me to believe that Candle is doing things well and not playing favorites. I like that. Even if Tucker doesn't get on the field yet again, it will be because of his performance, and not politics. Tucker can (and should) live with that.
None of us will ever know what happened with Easley, although a friend at bills suggested the player had issues off the field.
We all know HCJM wants a dual threat qb, period. He didn’t favor Evers, a kid he barely knew, because he recruited him. He recruited JF, too. Even Skyler advocated for nick, initially
One can always look backwards and say X is better than Y. But there is no way a coach is risking wins, his job, or the overall culture to play kids who haven’t earned it.
Your first paragraph is a complete conspiracy theory with zero evidence. You sound like a guy in a West Virginia basement.
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This was a press conference in 2024. It happened. I am too lazy to look it up but it happened.