UNLV QB

[Parkview57]

The one thing that I don't believe is that an assistant coach that is set up to start interviewing for low P4/high G5 HC positions in the next year or two is going to outright promise a kid/agent six-figures just to compete for the starting QB job at a school that definitely doesn't have those resources.

Maybe he promised the kid that if he won that spot rather than compete for it he would get the money. Plus, if there is no QB, the offense stinks and there is no offer of a HC job, so he stretches the truth to make his own opportunity, and we know he is in a hurry. Finally we already know the assistant coach is out for one person only, screw the programs/coaches that hire him, his career supersedes it all.

 

[BFo8]

Syracuse at UNLV next Friday will be interesting.

 

[CJsE]

Maybe he promised the kid that if he won that spot rather than compete for it he would get the money. Plus, if there is no QB, the offense stinks and there is no offer of a HC job, so he stretches the truth to make his own opportunity, and we know he is in a hurry. Finally we already know the assistant coach is out for one person only, screw the programs/coaches that hire him, his career supersedes it all.

I can see that argument, but for me the story is about two people hustling on their way up. If Marion was at the Pitt portion of his career then I could definitely believe he'd knowingly tell an outright lie and hope to get away with it.

But one is near the peak of a decade-long journey, having built up enough successes on his resume that he only has to not screw up and he can coast to that payday in 12-36 months. The only thing missing on the resume is time at the position. The biggest thing that could sink him in this NIL era is this exact type of situation.

The other just started climbing up, has apparently spent 3-4 years at his agency and only negotiated a single NFL contract and didn't do even the most basic steps required to do conduct business responsibly in the state. That's the person I'd absolutely believe would go beyond stretching the truth to such an extreme.

 

[Parkview57]

for me the story is about two people hustling on their way up.

Good point. I never considered two parties...

 

[USN_Panther]

It didn't seem to be that much of a distraction. UNLV put up 50+ points with the backup QB. Sluka might have been holding them back.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Two things: 1) I wonder where Marion is going to be coaching next year? It doesn’t sound like his HC is happy with him.
2) How is SMF going to spin this?

Shows me how bad Marion wants to win. Also, his offense lit up 3-1 Fresno State. Go Go to the CFP.

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

 

[Upg bobcat]

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So he is throwing Marion far under the bus by saying that, based on what he knows about Sluka, this situation is all about "trust and word" and not the money.

 

[Gunga_Galunga]

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Well...... game, set, match.