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The whole thing is nuts. I'm not sure how much interest I have if it's just one big pickup game.

I get letting kids transfer on a coaching change. But there again, that should be the exception not the norm.

Why in the world would you take a HS kid as an OL prospect? It takes a year or two of training to get them physically ready, and then by year two they want to leave for time, or money because another team needs someone. I'm almost on the Lane Train of just buy mercenaries.

Real, actual, enforceable contracts have to happen.

Which is a significant improvement relative to others. We buy "polite" a beer and hope for a good game with no injuries and no bad calls that decide anything.

8-4 means you only made the short putts, and didn't play up even once. I would expect 9-3.

The portal and instant transfers have devalued the idea that it takes a few years to get "your system" installed with "your guys." The game now is about getting the guys who showed up this year in the best position to win using a system that can be loaded quickly.

Next year, a pile of "your guys" will be on someone else's payroll, be it NIL or pro, You'll have new ones, and the world is new again. Even if you recruit a stud 5* multi generational aggie lover, it makes zero sense for him to ride the pine and wait his turn. And less to stay in school once he gets hyped after a couple of years. OL as a possible exception.

SHOW ME THE MONEY.

CFB is in sore need of contracts. I like the Mike Leach recommendation.

Who wasn't? If we lose 2 qbs for the second year in a row even my atheist azz will consider us being punished by god.

No idea. But since when did money matter? :)

I absolutely love the play. the attitude, the whole deal that the Lions are bringing. That Dan Campbell and Aaron Glen are bringing it makes me one happy MF. My GreenBay family is not with me this week.

I have retired from that.

"Chris Marshall released do to breaking team rules."

For the good of those who come after him, I hope that he ends up asking "you want the sandwich, or the meal."

At the end if the day nobody cares about talent that for whatever reason is inaccessible.

I just read a quote where one of the guys basically said that some of the new guys were "loose in the head" and that caused the Great Unravelling" of 2022. Is there not some modern day equivalent of dragging guys out under the west bleachers to "explain a few things in a way they can understand?" I get that you can't just beat an idiot anymore, but if fish become an ongoing problem then seniors are THE problem.

Simplification is going to be the biggest deal. With early draft losses and the portal, you need a system that guys can pick up quickly. Let good athletes do what they do. That was Leach's genius. And Phi Slamma Jamma. It is part of why Kliff had quick success (having JM didn't hurt).

It's also why Kliff isn't special in the NFL. Having more time with more talent negates the benefit of simplicity.

But take OL as an example. If a guy isn't big enough until he is a sophomore and leaves when he's a senior, you only get a max of 26 games from him (ok, max max of 30). Better not waste any on complication.