Was watching ESPN this morning and there was a segment with Damien Harris and some other dude I’ve never seen before (don’t recall the guy’s name).

They were talking about why so many guys have hit the portal from Bama. This goober (not Damien) was saying all these Bama guys who hit the portal was because CKD’s staff “isn’t developing the players”. Not chasing more money. Nope, it’s players not getting developed.

Absolutely CLUELESS take.

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Posted by ghoast

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Posted on 1/14/26 at 4:26 pm to Amarillo Tide

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Was watching ESPN

Found the issue, right off the bat!

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Posted by Chris ALL Capps

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Posted on 1/14/26 at 5:49 pm to Amarillo Tide

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“isn’t developing the players”.

I wouldn't go that far but I'm starting to think the system Womack runs is going to have trouble attracting any big time talent as far as defensive linemen are concerned. I know it's not consistently 3 man fronts but alot of times watching the D it reminds me of the 3-3-5 Rich Rod ran at West Virginia, which seemed to get gashed alot.

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Posted by UASports23

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Posted on 1/14/26 at 5:53 pm to Amarillo Tide

While I would say…it isn’t just about development and NIL is a huge reason why transfers occur.

I also wouldn’t say we are great at development under CKD, yet?

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Posted by Amarillo Tide

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Posted on 1/14/26 at 6:34 pm to UASports23

We’ll probably never know for certain but I suspect guys hitting the portal is 90-99% about how much NIL they can get. “Development” is probably WAAAAAAAAAY down the list of reasons. NIL, playing time and maybe being closer to home are all are probably a good bit higher on that list.

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