Originally they brought in de Laura in order to replace starting qb TJ Finley who was considering leaving Texas State for the portal. Once de Laura was confirmed, Finley transferreed to WKU.
Malik Hornsby and another backup qb also left via the transfer portal in order to find playing time. Horsnby landed at Arkansas State.
Due to de Laura’s settlement as opposed to jail time regarding a sexual assault case he had back in high school, there was a lot of backlash and several protests were planned by Texas State students.
de Laura has withdrawn from Texas State and Kinne is revealed to have overplayed his hand and Texas State is considering firing Kinne due to this whole fiasco.
This is why you can’t overuse the portal. Dana and now Kinne will be cautionary tales going forward.
Dumb mistake, but if they fire a second-year coach for making a mistake like that, well, that would be par for the course for a program that mostly sucks. Give him a chance to figure it out and work through it or prepare to go back to being less than mediocre.
If the portal is still open surely they can grab a couple QBs. Why would Finley leave TX State and go to WKU? Play for Helton? Hilltoppers were uptempo when their OC moved to Tech.