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KneeGrow. said:
He's from Illinois and has former teammates/coaches on staff there
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FT35 said:
That documentary, 89 Blocks, that focused heavily on Jeff's Senior season at ESL was eye opening and not in a good way. There's a poster that frequents here named Title who has connections to ESL and I'm curious to know what he thinks about this. The documentary also focused on Estes and how Missouri was trying to get Thomas/Estes in a package deal. Every time that Estes visited they'd ask about Jeff but I didn't get the feeling that Jeff liked Missouri. Jeff at least visited us unofficially two years ago.

Regardless of the baggage, you take him. Even beyond his ability as a WR, he could be our PR as well. How nice would it be to have a guy back there who isn't running away from the ball out of fear and has the potential to take the ball to the house every time he touches the ball? He'd be a total game changer. He could turn out to be another Green-Beckham but we have to take a chance on him.

Don't get me started on Tate. Arizona was third in the country in rushing yards in 2017. A backfield with Tate, Corbin and a healthy Epstein would be deadly. Just add some guys who can catch the freaking ball to keep defenses honest and this could be one of the top rushing teams in the country with this OL.
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Title said:
Yes, I have knowledge regarding Jeff Thomas situation. First I will start by addressing 89 Blocks. It was a great documentary however trying to put an entire season into 90 minutes created some issues with perception. Jeff NEVER missed three weeks of school however he did miss one or two days a week for three weeks. It's unfortunate for the perception of Jeff that they didn't go into why he was missing. I am sure that would have added another hour to the documentary but it was worth it in my opinion. In short, he missed days of school when they didn't have child care for his daughter because he didn't trust some family members with her. Everyone knew the reason and tried to help out as much as possible which is why it was left up to the team on whether they wanted to deal with it or not. It wasn't a case where he was ditching school and hanging with the fellas. I just thought I should add that piece to help understand the current situation.

Jeff noticed he wasn't getting targeted for over a month and express concerns. Once he did that, the staff at Miami kind of turned on him and started calling him selfish. The bottom line, he wanted to win and it didn't appear that Miami felt he was the answer. They started having issues with everything he did which created an uncomfortable situation. He pretty much was limited against Virginia Tech and was taken out of the line up at practice that following Sunday. After practice he met with his position coach and told him "if you are not going to play me I will just transfer". They had words and it didn't go well. Miami tried to reach out to him to rectify the situation on Monday and Tuesday before announcing his dismissal on Wednesday. He met with the HC and they agreed to part ways. All the extra stuff was an attempt on Miami's behalf to publicly explain why their best offensive weapon was looking to transfer. In the end he is transferring however he don't want to sit out a year. Both Illinois and Mizzou are options for a waiver. Dana Howard has been in contact with him in a effort to get him to Illinois. Mizzou head coach has put his name in the hat as well.
Right now it is too soon to tell which way he will go.

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