In Reply to: Re: If you're not recruiting over guys left by the coach who just failed posted by TheHappyBurgermeister on June 29, 2025 at 18:11:14
But you've gotta be one of the few who would prefer Justyn Martin be the starter over Nico. In fact you're the only one I've seen endorse this position.
Nico has double digit starts to Martin's one.
Nico won the starting job for a good team. Martin has not yet even proven he is an FBS starter, much less a good one.
Nico is more mobile than Martin.
At every state of their respective careers Nico has been more highly regarded and coveted compared to Martin.
Tennessee, a playoff team, wanted Nico back. If they didn't they would have gone to the portal last December. UCLA, a losing team, did not want Martin back.
Your only + for Martin seems to be that he didn't completely sht the bed against Penn St. in a game where we scored 8 of our 11 points in the last 30 seconds of the game.
Will Nico be better than Martin? Most would predict yes. How much will it cost to keep him? Who knows? If Martin had taken a star turn for us in 2025, how much would it have cost to keep him?
Will Nico stay? Who knows? Like everyone else we are just renting guys one season at a time.
Will Martin even start for Maryland? I know Nico will start for UCLA. Nico brought his brother with him too.
We can't know for sure yet, but the probabilities point to Nico being a major upgrade over Martin.