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TNET: Former Tigers DB says he wasn't "pushed enough" at Clemson
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Translation: I was being pushed too much by the underclassmen
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and wanted to transfer rather than NFL teams seeing that I was losing playing time.
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^^^^THIS^^^^
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Re: ^^^^THIS^^^^
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There’s a difference between the Michael Jordan’s, Kobe Bryant's, Tom Brady’s and Patrick Mahomes of the world and everybody else. They have the desire to be great and don’t need to be pushed. Their drive, effort and will to win separates them. At some point and time you have to push yourself to be the best and stop relying on others to push you.
I wish I had the will and desire to be great in my twenties that I have now. Good luck to the young fella hope he finds it in himself at Texas. If he didn’t have it here at Clemson my guess is he doesn’t have it at all. Looking at how his sophomore year ended my guess is the latter.
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Re: ^^^^THIS^^^^
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There’s a difference between the Michael Jordan’s, Kobe Bryant's, Tom Brady’s and Patrick Mahomes of the world and everybody else. They have the desire to be great and don’t need to be pushed. Their drive, effort and will to win separates them. At some point and time you have to push yourself to be the best and stop relying on others to push you.
I wish I had the will and desire to be great in my twenties that I have now. Good luck to the young fella hope he finds it in himself at Texas. If he didn’t have it here at Clemson my guess is he doesn’t have it at all. Looking at how his sophomore year ended my guess is the latter.
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These were my very first thoughts. Very well said. Don't think I could add anything else since you summed it up perfectly.
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Re: ^^^^THIS^^^^
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Aug 15, 2024, 2:45 PM
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Well said TigerChrisL. As Dabo said once: let the light within you shine brighter than the light on you. He was in a position to succeed and excel, but didn't. True greatness emanates from within and that's where he needs to focus.
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Re: ^^^^THIS^^^^
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Aug 15, 2024, 3:46 PM
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This is exactly right. Every kid I’ve ever known that had to be pushed through school or sports, etc. rolled back down the hill when the pushing stopped. The drive to improve and play your best has to come from within. That is what champions are made of.
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Re: ^^^^THIS^^^^
Aug 15, 2024, 5:41 PM
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Proof of what you're saying, look at the WR that Sammy Watkins became by pushing himself!!!
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Re: Yup! Barnes pushed him right out the door.***
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1000% true. In the 24/7 article, Mukuba was quoted in one paragraph saying that he wasn't getting better, didn't play much last year and the coaches failed him and the team wasn't where it needed to be. The first sentence in the very next paragraph says "Clemson finished last season with one of the best pass defenses in the nation..." Glad we are rid of this clown. What a weak link in the chain. He also said he saw Sarkisian as a "father figure"  . I guess Sarkisian's 2nd divorce cemented it for Mukuba.
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Re: Yup! Barnes pushed him right out the door.***
Aug 15, 2024, 4:14 PM
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Just for clarity, the reason he didn't play as much last year is injury.
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Re: Translation: I was being pushed too much by the underclassmen
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Aug 15, 2024, 12:42 PM
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UT transfer portal, it’s all about The Dollars, $$$, The Dollars $$$$$. Losing playing time at Clemson, and a fresh start $$$$$ at Texas.
Maybe it will help his NFL stock, instead of being a backup at Clemson.
Good luck in your future…..
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Re: Translation: I was being pushed too much by the underclassmen
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Yep, but he didn't have the heart to say what his real reason was for transferring. So he made it out to that it wasn't enough talent at Clemson to push him. Conclusion, that's what a real piece of _ _ _ _ says before choosing to be completely honest about underclassman was about to pass him and he didn't want NFL scouts seeing or knowing that. Young man those NFL scouts have seen a tone of players being passed by underclassmen, and they see it before talent like yours even realize it's about to happen!!!
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Re: TNET: Former Tigers DB says he wasn't "pushed enough" at Clemson
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After that long it starts to fall on the player. He should know that he's allowed to push himself to go along with the competition. That's a sry excuse. You either have the drive to keep getting better or you don't, or you just peaked already and thats all you really have.
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Re: TNET: Former Tigers DB says he wasn't "pushed enough" at Clemson
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Aug 15, 2024, 12:15 PM
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This is a prime example of the lack of player leadership these past several seasons, and part of the issue with us not performing up to our potential and closing out games as much as we'd become accustomed to. Seems like a hungrier, more determined, and more confident mentality has been setting in since the '23 class arrived.
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Let's see where that relationship with Clemson coaches goes
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Aug 15, 2024, 12:13 PM
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after those comments. And if he didn't feel like he was getting attention from the NFL playing against ACC receivers, let's see what those SEC guys do against him.
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Mukuba get your non pass covering @zz TF outta here
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Texas will soon see when he gets torched in pass defense.
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Once a Tiger, always a Tiger!***
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Awe, the greats always blame others right Judge
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Aug 15, 2024, 12:34 PM
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I mean why not throw Mom and Dad under the bus for not telling him to go play at Texas to begin with so Clemson would not have been beaten so much the last few years. Yes he is responsible, at least partially, for all losses but mostly Tennessee where he could not cover a slug...true story LOL
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Who says he isn't responsible for his development to this point?
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He absolutely is.
He certainly isn't the only one responsible, but he is absolutely responsible.
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Nothing since 1969
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When is this girl gonna get banned? Holy crud.
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And when I say banned, I mean permanently.
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SHEEEEEIIIIIT ... I remember him getting torched quite often
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Re: SHEEEEEIIIIIT ... I remember him getting torched quite often
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He seems like a follower who wants to make people around him happy. In this case, saying what he knew would likely get some good press in favor of Texas.
I wish he had just taken the high-road and said, "due to the injuries I had, my time at Clemson didn't go as I expected"! Or something like that. "I was homeskick and wanted to return to Texas", nothing wrong with that.
I thought he was better than these comments.
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Re: TNET: Former Tigers DB says he wasn't "pushed enough" at Clemson
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Hard to push someone in practice when they’re constantly out with injuries.
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Re: TNET: Former Tigers DB says he wasn't "pushed enough" at Clemson
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Aug 15, 2024, 12:24 PM
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Hard to push someone in practice when they’re constantly out with injuries.
Yep!
He had that elbow/shoulder thing going on - which is what he pointed to for his lack of production his 2nd year! And, it makes sense, because often you have to trust your body again to work how it always have up to that point when your playing football or whatever sport/activity.
But, he should have just left it at that. Wish him some maturity and growth.
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Re: TNET: Former Tigers DB says he wasn't "pushed enough" at Clemson
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Aug 15, 2024, 12:28 PM
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Cough... Cough... Money
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Re: TNET: Former Tigers DB says he wasn't "pushed enough" at Clemson
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Good luck Andrew. Hope it all works out for you.
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Re: TNET: Former Tigers DB says he wasn't "pushed enough" at Clemson
Aug 15, 2024, 5:53 PM
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I hope that he's putting back some of that NIL money that Texas paid him to transfer there bc it could be his biggest FB money that he ever gets...
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Reporter should have asked him...
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Aug 15, 2024, 12:41 PM
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How m7ch nil$ Texas offered him.
That's probably where the big push came from.
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Oh oh! Bum alert!
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Aug 15, 2024, 12:44 PM
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Are you kidding me? That’s the best he can do? Either he was getting passed by or he got comfortable and lazy. He had all the tools to be successful and great talent. Thats on him. I would agree with if I hadn’t seen players be successful at Clemson.
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Re: TNET: Well......
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Aug 15, 2024, 12:46 PM
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Maybe not enuf Franklins pushed to his hand BUT plenty of competition that pushed him out.
Didn't Kube get benched for a game by Dabo for violation ? Maybe he just didn't start. Something happened.
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I'm sure $$$$ wasn't a factor!!***
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Re: For whatever reason he left, I don't know. I tend to believe
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like a lot of other posters, it was for something other than what he said. Being closer to home, probably had a lot to do with it, but the dollar, and I believe tampering, had something to do with it also. I wish these kids would just start being honest and admit, it's all about the money. At least I could respect them for being honest.I believe Mike Reid is an excellent DB coach, and to lay it on him and the staff, is really bad form
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Mickey Conn not Mike Reed***
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Re: You're right, Conn coaches safeties, Reed coaches CBs.
Aug 15, 2024, 3:40 PM
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I still believe Reed is an outstanding coach, and I still believe his leaving had nothing to do with how he was being coached.
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Re: You're right, Conn coaches safeties, Reed coaches CBs.
Aug 15, 2024, 5:55 PM
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You've got to be healthy to be coached...
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He left out the part
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where they paid him to transfer. I wonder why?
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He's trying to justify to himself the reason he left. He knows he left for
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money and is trying to convince himself and others he left for another reason.
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Re: He's trying to justify to himself the reason he left. He knows he left for
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There. I fixed it.
"I wasn't being paid enough to where I could reach my potential and my peak. I feel like the pay wasn't where it needed to be for me……to be successful.”
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Um....thank you!***
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Clemson has probably put as many DBs in the NFL as any school out there over the
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Aug 15, 2024, 1:20 PM
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last ten years. So, if Mukuba wasn't being pushed enough, he was running backwards.
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It appears our coaches pushed him...
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out the door. lol.
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No, he was offered additional NIL to stay***
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Oh, ok.***
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Re: TNET: Former Tigers DB says he wasn't "pushed enough" at Clemson
Aug 15, 2024, 1:35 PM
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TL;DR: Texas pays better.
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Re: TNET: Former Tigers DB says he wasn't "pushed enough" at Clemson
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Very disappointing comments but not the first to leave because they saw the handwriting on the wall about future playing time and he won't be the last. Bottom line is we will be fine without him with an attitude like that. Good luck and goodbye - who knows we might see you on the field......
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Re: TNET: Former Tigers DB says he wasn't "pushed enough" at Clemson
Aug 15, 2024, 1:53 PM
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He means , he wasn't pushed enough $$$$$$. Plus he was burnt toast in many games. Good Luck and Good Bye !
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Re: TNET: Former Tigers DB says he wasn't "pushed enough" at Clemson
Aug 15, 2024, 2:36 PM
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Soft-batch cookie b@@ch!!!! He was outclassed by a freshman stud...
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The way I interpret these comments is...
Aug 15, 2024, 2:44 PM
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Tigers have been trending downward the past couple of seasons and Texas has suddenly trended upward last year. Couple that with joining the SEC, and the money he got from NIL, and Voila. Now we have lost what I think is the 1st starter to the transfer portal. I think we will have the best season in 4 years this year. The question is how good will it be?
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Well, somehow the group is being pushed on avg pretty darn great looking at NFL
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Well, somehow the position group is being pushed pretty #### good looking at NFL placement.
Clemson has 7 secondary players in the NFL. That's counter-indicative of poor player development.
His comments don't add up. He should've come up with a better narrative to defend.
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Enjoy all those $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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who?***
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Re: TNET: Former Tigers DB says he wasn't "pushed enough" at Clemson
Aug 15, 2024, 4:02 PM
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He misspoke. I wasn’t being *paid enough.
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Re: TNET: Former Tigers DB says he wasn't "pushed enough" at Clemson
Aug 15, 2024, 5:12 PM
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Well, since UT is down to their third-string tailback (due to injuries), and the season has not even started, Makuba may find himself playing for a mediocre team. The grass is not always greener. . . .
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Re: TNET: Former Tigers DB says he wasn't "pushed enough" at Clemson
Aug 15, 2024, 5:14 PM
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Needing to be pushed means you have desire, no self starting ability and no personal goal to reach your full potential and no self motivation. Sure hope he makes it to the NFL and stays a long time otherwise he will not make a good employee in the every day work world.
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Re: TNET: Former Tigers DB says he wasn't "pushed enough" at Clemson
Aug 15, 2024, 6:02 PM
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Exactly, being a self starter well keep you employed as much as anything else you can do for your employer bc no matter how hard you can work if you know what to do, an employer hates seeing someone standing around bc he hasn't been told what to do next...
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Re: TNET: Former Tigers DB says he wasn't "pushed enough" at Clemson
Aug 15, 2024, 6:35 PM
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As a manager(coach), I teach you the job. I teach you the basics of how to perform, when, where, etc. I'll show you some tricks and techniques for success. And I teach you THE PLAN. As you perform your job(game), I give you updates, performance reviews and guidance on how to become better. At some point, as an adult, you realize it's your responsibility to perform. If you want to get paid more, you learn as much as you can,where you can and you put it into practice. It's your responsibility..........
So your first year was great. You tore up the field. You were the man. What happened??? How is it you stopped being the man. Injuries I get. Cant do much to control that. Could it possibly be that all those accolades went to your head and you stopped pushing??? MAYBE, the opposing coaches started figuring you out. Maybe, the competition got better, and YOU didn't adjust. All comes back to that responsibility thing.
As a manager(coach), when someone came to me and send they were having issues and were thinking about leaving, I could usually tell if they were "already gone" or just needed to talk. You were already gone. The coaches could probably see it. Do you honestly believe that the coaches wouldn't have pushed, paid the nil, done what was necessary, if they believe/ needed to keep you. Sometimes, ya got to let people sink on their own, for them to understand and to keep from pulling everyone else down.
Hope you do well, Mukuba. Hope the future is bright, but sometimes you get blinded by your own glory.
Go TIGERS!!! BEAT DEM DAWGS!!!! AND THE COWS, IF THEY COME CALLING
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