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POLL: What Will the Water Testers Do?

Who returns, who stays in the draft? What's your best guess?

  • They all return to Carolina for another year.

    Votes: 15 34.9%
  • Theo and Joel return, Tony stays in the draft.

    Votes: 25 58.1%
  • Theo and Tony return, Joel stays in the draft.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Tony and Joel return, Theo stays in the draft.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Theo returns, Tony and Joel stay in the draft.

    Votes: 3 7.0%
  • Joel returns, Tony and Theo stay in the draft.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Tony returns, Theo and Joel stay in the draft.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • They all stay in the draft.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    43
Just my .02 but it sure seems they all should come back, do as JJ did, and work diligently on the areas suggested from the combine.
Particularly due to the first contact predicating future contracts, get solidy in the first round or in the top half first round is a world of difference from round two bottom half in expected contract offers, obviously.
If Tony comes back, works hard he could be lottery or top 10 next season and thereby set his future income/contracts and not have too many worries.
Just my .02.
 
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I voted that TP and JB return with TB staying in the draft. I think it almost as likely that all three return, but I fear that peeps are blowing too much smoke around TB. I think TB is such a hard worker and so coachable that he will be successful either way. I really think another year with our coaches and as the focal point of our inside/out O would propel him into the top 10-12 next season though!

The best part of all this speculation is that Roy has learned from the past and will never be caught unprepared again; he has Brooks already and the Grad Transfer in the wings = brilliant!
 
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I would be shocked if Theo doesn't return. He has too much to prove. I think he will prove it, but I also think the pros will insist on seeing him prove it. Theo also has the best chance to leap way up in the rankings by returning.

Berry is very likely to return, too, because he has things to work on. But I suspect the pros already have a good idea of how good he can get. So it's a more a question of whether they want to spend a pick on him than whether he needs to prove something.

Now that the early entry stuff is past us, the view of this draft may have changed for Berry. In earlier mocks, there were a bunch of PGs early in the draft, but only a few late in the draft. So entering might not have been such a bad idea because there wasn't much competition in the range where Berry was likely to be selected. But some of the latest mocks show as many as 6 PGs in round 2 - including some good ones.

Tony is 50:50. They will try to assess just how high his ceiling is and how long they will have to pay him before he gets where they want him to be. Even if they think he has a way to go, I still think it's likely that some team will be willing to spend a late 1st round pick on him. Then it's up to Tony to decide whether that's good enough.
 
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Bradley drinks the water and enjoys the cool aftertaste and swims away
 
I would be shocked if Theo doesn't return. He has too much to prove. I think he will prove it, but I also think the pros will insist on seeing him prove it. Theo also has the best chance to leap way up in the rankings by returning.

Berry is very likely to return, too, because he has things to work on. But I suspect the pros already have a good idea of how good he can get. So it's a more a question of whether they want to spend a pick on him than whether he needs to prove something.

Now that the early entry stuff is past us, the view of this draft may have changed for Berry. In earlier mocks, there were a bunch of PGs early in the draft, but only a few late in the draft. So entering might not have been such a bad idea because there wasn't much competition in the range where Berry was likely to be selected. But some of the latest mocks show as many as 6 PGs in round 2 - including some good ones.

Tony is 50:50. They will try to assess just how high his ceiling is and how long they will have to pay him before he gets where they want him to be. Even if they think he has a way to go, I still think it's likely that some team will be willing to spend a late 1st round pick on him. Then it's up to Tony to decide whether that's good enough.
I think your assessment is pretty accurate. I voted that all three return because that's what I want to happen, daggummit. If anyone leaves, it's most likely Tony.
 
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