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I think Rhule failed to notice the rule changes and what a different world college football is now and will be with all this transfer portal and imaging money scenario. Doesn’t it throw a wrench into the traditional recruiting process where your level of graft could have as large an effect on your recruiting effort?

Yes. Reminds of the saying nothing good happens after midnight. 2 pages is about midnight.

No Hurney RB contract for sure. I’d like to have him on the team though.

There are a lot of QBs succeeding in the league who weren’t high picks. And a lot failing who were. I’d rather risk a lower pick even with it’s assumed lower hit rate, short of a transcendent no brainer type of talent being there where we could draft him.

If we make the playoffs then Darnold will have had a reasonably good showing I would think. Not knowing any inside info on how much or what their other options are I would look at keeping him around. And draft a QB a year until we get one and then keep it up until we get another as they can be very tradable. So that is a little different option. Keep Darnold and draft a lower rated QB too. Though with Corral on the roster maybe no need to take one this year.

OTOH a splashy big time name hire is about the only way he can get away with shunning Wilkes for another candidate, at this point. Sort of depends on how we finish but short of a meltdown Wilkes is looking strong. You don’t go with the flow there and instead try to force a new fancy young offensive type, you are going to be crucified at least at first. A huge name is about the only way out.

That’ll happen with whoever. Probably the GM will be in the barrel next but once people finish him off old silky Wilky better look out.

Yep. Try extra hard to remember to be nice to the people you care about, even when you aren’t feeling nice.

We saw SF on McCaffery Trade Showcase Day. Wonder what a rematch would look like. Playoffs… okay. I don’t know about that but I do know we are a team people who are aiming for a good seeding don’t want to see.

Good coaches are going to lose games. I have seen enough, personally. I feel like he showed us who he is on game day one, I just needed to see some response in terms of performance from the players. It was clear to me he was going to get at least some of that, but would it enough to translate to wins? I could list the things that sold me like his handling of Robby and Piniero showed quality at both ends of the player psyche spectrum (banish, or keep and build up). I already really liked him because when he was here before doing the secondary, I came to believe they intentionally gave him leftovers because they knew he could produce a working unit out of rejects and failures. And he usually did. He is just one of those guys that won’t kiss ass, which we should all love about him. It is always the fear, that I go to when people decide a coach should be fired, how do you know you are upgrading? Be careful what you wish for. Etc. I think I know what Wilkes is and I like it. I respect it. To not give him the gig, assuming a decent last 4 games, is looking like a large risk to me at this point.

Fun as hell to watch the LOS move a couple of yards when the ball is snapped. I love that they have done the work to get that group up to this level. So who is the best front 7 in the NFL? Because that is what we need to measure these guys. The ‘they know it’s coming but can’t stop it’ approach works on people who can’t stop it but when you meet the ones that can… we’ll, they stop it cold and you are left with a screwed up plan and a loss.

Happy for Baker. Probably the height of his career, glad he got to put it together like that. As far as indicting the Panthers let’s see how he does next time.

I see the Titans just fired their GM. Did you hear about that?

So he gave up on a bad hire after 2.5 years, that viewpoint effectively ignores the 2 years of treading water under his directionless leadership, until he came up with his master plan. and He still has no QB. I think the acquisition of Darnold showed the priority level, but it came to nothing and only desperation type moves followed, from Cam to Mayfield. Anyhow he still has no QB, but he has a soccer team and a lot of concerts and stuff.

Someone let him know that we are grateful to him for hiring Wilkes.

It is hard to understand why people think the way they do. Or maybe they just don’t stop and think, probably more like it. You can criticize the hell out of players of a particular color all day long no one says a word. They will jump right in if the player deserves it. You can praise players of any color all day long and no one says a word. Well, maybe they will think you are an idiot but they don’t assault your character. But with all that, don’t you dare to critique one of those players of the other color (you know: the color you are not), for what they do on a football field, because it means you are a racist. Cut and dried. No question, there is the proof of it right there! I feel the same way about Cam that you do. Or did feel. So much unfulfilled potential, he was a disappointment to me in that way. Because I thought he could have been next level. Truly one of the greats. Not a borderline HOF one time MVP that I believe he became. Which is still pretty damned good. Just sayin.

And the reporter injecting her opinion into the question was not what should be happening either.

Same. Luckiest MF I ever saw. I never wanted a QB like that, I only envied his luck.

Not specifically for Wilkes but addressing the OC aspect where people say you get a great OC he is gone to be a HC… Or DC like when we lost McD it hurt a lot too. More than losing Chud for instance. Surely more than losing Turner. Anyhow… I think before I hired a guy I would be sure to make some kind of agreement in advance of this anticipated situation, that would protect the team. Like, you can’t take the entire O staff with you to be your OC and staff. Deal breaker. Negotiate that stuff. One pick for them to take and it can’t be the guy you would promote to his now old job. Or specify who on the staff is fair game and who isn’t. Figure something out that is agreeable to both parties and proceed.

The thing about NFL HC is the job is so different than an OC or DC job that it can negate the talent of a coordinator, or inhibit the talent from being applied by that individual. IOW you taking the main asset that person has, that attracted you in the first place, and putting it under a thick layer of unrelated poo that will likely obscure it. They are just two very different jobs. And, if you go with the trends, you are a follower not an innovator. Something to slow down the young offensive-genius-bandwagon-trend -following and consider.

Held my tongue for sure, and I am not a Nebraskan, corn farmer, or any of that. I recognize the condescension for what it is. Ignorant and probably ist in one or two ways as well.

The source of ruination can be traced to Matt Rhule, but the trail continues through him to its true end.

That is where I am. It isn’t because I think Darnold is the answer. But Mayfield is the answer to a different question altogether. And presumably the offense was installed with Darnold in mind. Let’s see him.

Retread as a category is loosely defined.

Retreads at least have experience in all kinds of things a guy who has never been a HC wouldn’t have on his radar. Not to mention they are the guys who can put together an experienced staff.