Mr. Scot

I don't want him picking anything in the draft.

Coached by predominantly college coaches who should be used to dealing with younger players...

Per this index from The 33rd Team... Only the Raiders, Cowboys and Bears were worse, but at least the Cowboys we're winning.

You can see a bunch of them here. Yikes

Schwartz...

I've used that word with regard to Rhule multiple times. It's probably his closest descriptor.

That's a tactic poor leaders use. So yeah...probably.

One who's trying to make excuses for looking like a doofus...

Matt Rhule and Marty Hurney are at opposite ends of the spectrum on this. Rhule is unable to see that certain players who don't fit the ideal "checkboxes" often have intangibles and other factors that make them very good players. By contrast, Marty looked at non-ideal players and saw those intangibles and other factors when they weren't actually there.

Almost foreshadowed Okam's fate...

They're sports talk guys, not investigative journalists.

He found a place.

I wouldn't. If you want a long term unit to actually fix the problem rather than just a quick fix to make everybody feel good, you're probably looking at a two year build. Honestly, maybe three but two is likely possible.

Breer's quote...

Wait, what?! Ummm...

I was thinking of the old Chinese saying, "May you live in interesting times"

Meanwhile in New York...

This oughtta be interesting.

Thanks. I remembered Fowler saying it but wasn't sure I remembered Rapoport. Either way, not sure what's actually happening on that front now.

Was it Rapoport or Jeremy Fowler who said that?

From way back in February... ______________________________________ Apparently our head coach, while generally a nice guy, isn't always an easy man to work for...or play for Pretty good read in The Athletic (subscription required) After joining Matt Rhule’s Baylor staff from Rice, Frank Okam was fired up about making the jump to a Power 5 program. Then the first game happened, and Okam wondered if his might be a short stint in Waco. After Okam’s defensive line had a choppy performance in the 2018 opener against Abilene Christian, the Bears’ first-year assistant called his girlfriend to let her know he’d endured the wrath of Rhule. “The headsets were crazy and there was a lot of yelling going back and forth. And coach Rhule in frustration said, ‘Frank, this might be your last game here,’” Okam said last week. “So I called her after the game. I was like, ‘Hey, I think I might be fired from Baylor. So I’m not sure, I’m gonna show up to work tomorrow and see what happens, see if they’ll let me in the building.’” Okam’s job was safe: A calmer Rhule explained the following day he was just trying to get the most out of him and his players. But it was a bit of a system shock for Okam... ______________________________________ The wrath of Rhule Man, did this story ever turn fifty shades of ironic It's also relevant again because this is the kind of coach we're gonna be trying to get "rockstar" assistants to work for. Coaches and players don't necessarily mind hardass bosses when it's someone like Belichick who's a proven winner. But when your coaching is ass and you're an ass as well? That's...not so good.

Jon Alexander is indicating that Hamilton might not actually be in their interview plans.

So, maybe... maybe not.