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  1. Let me give you a different bit of analysis--buyers (and maybe some sellers) now know that the Fed pivot is here. The Fed isn't raising further short of something extraordinary and that's making it easier for them to drink the Koolaid that there's a refinance to come before the end of the year.
  2. That's got to make him a shoo-in for next year.
  3. The one I thought was a little interesting (who knows if attainable) when researching a response to @SydneyCarton yesterday was Austin Clark with the Dolphins. Daryl Tapp with the 49’s and AC Carter with the Rams both had interesting resumes but not necessarily superior to Rod Wright’s.
  4. Just for some context, this is also coinciding with A&M paying whatever it takes on the DL and raising the NIL cost for everyone else. I think some of the direction UT/Davis’ took in contrast was to play to his strengths and get in rawer players that he could groom for several years (and hopefully avoid some of the arms race and chemistry issues plaguing other teams).
  5. Well, prepare your anus. Apparently only full blown excitement is acceptable today. @SydneyCartonIf I have time today I’ll try to do a little research and at least suggest one name who I like more based on their resume and who isn’t obviously not a candidate, just since you issued the challenge.
  6. Look man, I don't want to start mincing words but you're kind of forcing it as a rebuttal--expressing skepticism is not "shit(ting) on Rod Wright as a hire". Did I write something like "comparable coaches to Bo Davis are littered throughout college football" and now I need to support that? If you want to take on disproving that as a research project, be my guest. Your whole post is just a straw man argument.
  7. Because we have a third year Terence Brooks and his cousin that both appear worthy of starter snaps and with a senior Gavin Holmes and early enrollee Kobe Black that presumably have some expectation of playing time. Plus, the gossip was that Jahdae Barron wanted to compete for CB snaps so he could put that on film for the NFL. Meanwhile Bama just lost it's starting cornerbacks and Nike has decided their previous NIL restraint was holding back Oregon.
  8. Are you trying to make a point predicated on an impossible knowledge of who might be available for Texas? If Rod is the hire are you taking it on faith that anyone with a better resume might have been unrealistic? Was that your position when Sarkisian wanted to hire Mike Stoops? (presumably) Look, I'm not going to pretend I know who is a good coach and why, beyond what I see on paper--that's not my profession and after hiring a bunch of folks in the past few years I don't feel entirely confident on why one worked and another didn't. That said, I would look for traits--apprenticing under good coaches, particularly at high profile, peer level programs even in a junior capacity. Maybe doing time at Sam and UTSA is a great training ground but it's also redolent of the Gideon hire and I'm skeptical on that one, too.
  9. Yes--I think it's a better resume through that point. You could also make the comparison that Bo Davis, 13 years into his career, had established a reputation has a high caliber DL coach with 6 years at the main guy at either Alabama or Texas. Rod, by contrast, has one year at Miami and this year with the Texans that might be comparable in terms of responsibility or a resume builder. That's just not the same level of success.
  10. LSU as a grad assistant and then assistant coach at North Shore-I mean, if we trying to Moneyball this shit we’d have to agree that’s really good clay as a starting point. Moreover he wasn’t hired to coach the DL, he was hired by Saban to be an assistant strength and conditioning coach (which was probably a way to skirt the rules on assistant count as I’m sure he was assisting with the position). Plus that gave him three years under Saban, learning from the best program builder of all time before he was fully responsible for a position group. Rod, by contrast, has a resume of being just an ordinary Joe working for primarily offensive minded head coaches.
  11. I’m still skeptical that want to replace Bo Davis with someone that has Rod Wright’s resume.
  12. Back to recruiting, Wells’ most recent update made it sounds like Muhammad is unlikely. We’re not going to guarantee starter level snaps and he needs that or a clear depth chart to build his film.
  13. For those of you Dark Tower fans, who is a realistic option today (I.e., 1970’s Eastwood isn’t an option) to cast as Roland in the Flanagan Amazon adaptation?
  14. That’s the TexAgs model, right? Message board with a private, subscription based section?
  15. I really don’t understand how Green can be shooting worse in year three with upgrades everywhere on the roster that should be opening up the floor for him.
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    Tron Ares

    I actually like Leto a lot, but no one is hiring the 52 year old lead actor from Morbius on an effects heavy (i.e., expensive) feature unless they have a very tight budget. I’ll be surprised if it gets a theatrical release, actually. Sounds like one for the fans and that’s fine. Disney had a really terrible 2023, if they are smart they should be trying to experiment some.
  17. LCHorn

    Tron Ares

    Sounds like they are on a budget.
  18. Are you trying to give Brown credit for contract extensions authored by Alex Anthopoulos? If anything, the fact Crane led the signing is further evidence he doesn’t trust this GM.
  19. LCHorn

    Italian

    We had a tasting menu there a few years ago when it was receiving a bunch of “best of Austin” attention. I thought it was fine and romantic but my wife was really unimpressed and always changes the subject when I suggest we give it another shot. It’s too bad because I like how they change their menu and all the other, more sustainable elements (paying staff a living wage, using local ingredients, trying to offer good value, etc.)
  20. Between Abreu and now Hader I feel like Crane has held onto a 2019 post-season review authored by Luhnow and he’s going to follow it in absence of a GM he trusts.
  21. Let me play devil’s advocate-maybe DeBoer has done this with limited NIL resources in mind. “I can’t Saban this program because I’m not Saban.” He knows that means he’s going to lose next year but it’s a means to jumpstart the NIL donors or get state/institutional support as we presume LSU does (the whole robbing hospital thing). Plus it makes for a clean expectation break and he’s thinking this gives him more runway than otherwise (in other words, he can point to year over year improvement, which is easier starting from 4-8). Finally, he understands that 70% of this was out of his control-once the portal was open and without Saban the wolves would circle and there simply wasn’t money keeping everyone in. I’m with @closetojumping that dismantling all of the Saban machine parts is pouring gasoline on the fire and isn’t likely helpful, but that’s all behind the scenes.
  22. Aren't they down to three freelancers cranking out ChatGPT authored listicles anyway?
  23. I always say, this, too. I credit the fact that Houston gets 250 days of rain a year so drivers have to learn what precipitation looks like. Austin drivers seem surprised. “What’s this?!? Oh shit, the roads are slick!”
  24. I actually remember this one a little from before he committed to Bama-he appeared pro-Texas before Arch’s commitment and the threat of sitting behind him for a couple of years appeared likely. I don’t see what might be different now, in fact it’s probably worse with Ewers coming back.
  25. My read on this is that DeBoer was also eager to get rid of the parents.
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