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This feels premature, but I…

This feels premature, but I still enjoy the discussion of how a 2-loss OSU will miss the (12-team) playoffs.

Feels like it should be…

Feels like it should be adopted by Iowa.

Sure, but it's not like he…

Sure, but it's not like he has played 9 full seasons.  He was basically injured for four years.  Don't think that's going to be an intentional strategy used by many.

+1 for so confidently…

+1 for so confidently getting the rule wrong.

Yes, Michigan hasn't put…

Yes, Michigan hasn't put them in the top 10 but if you consider the experience of guys in the top 10 versus Moore and Minter there's a difference.  Most in the top 10 have been successful coordinators for 10+ years versus two for Moore and ~5 for Minter.  After Moore and Minter's contracts are up in 3 years (or possibly renegotiated earlier) they'd likely be in position to argue that the people on this list are their comparables.

  • Monken: 10 years of OC experience in college and NFL plus head coaching experience.  As others have noted, he's back in the NFL now.
  • Knowles: >10 years of DC experience
  • Odom: >10 years of OC experience.  Is now Head Coach.
  • Matt House: 10 years of DC experience.
  • Jeff Lebby: ~5 years of OC experience.
  • Tosh Lupoi: 3 years of DC experience, plus position and PGC coaching roles in NFL.
  • Peter Golding: >10 years of DC experience
  • Pete Kwiatkowski: >15 years of DC experience
  • DJ Durkin: 10 years of DC experience
  • Jim Leonhard: ~5 years of DC experience 
Well, you said Harbaugh is…

Well, you said Harbaugh is putting together a top-5 class and this guy is an outlier to that.

Does it matter if he’s a PWO…

Does it matter if he’s a PWO?  I thought it was well established that with NIL the scholarship limits aren’t relevant for a program like Michigan?

I doubt being a journalist…

I doubt being a journalist for The Wolverine pays a lot, so good on him for contributing even a small amount to a cause he supports.  

Why bag on someone for…

Why bag on someone for making a contribution?

You missed his point, which…

You missed his point, which was about keeping an amount over the FDIC insurance limit with one bank, when there are simple strategies available to have much larger amounts FDIC insured and thus risk very little (or nothing, barring a complete collapse of the system.)

This has little to do with…

This has little to do with FDIC insurance.  The bank essentially failed because of a liquidity crisis, not because it doesn’t have any assets.  Those without FDIC insurance will likely be made whole - or very close to whole - and it sounds like they will have access to their funds this coming week.

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As an added bonus of going…

As an added bonus of going to that page and voting, you get to see an amazing picture of Brian Kelly.  Worth the price of admission.

Pretty important distinction…

Pretty important distinction here vs. Fisher is that the allegations against Pearson are for creating a toxic culture (etc.). That seems like someone who you don’t want hanging around the program?

I haven't comparison-shopped…

I haven't comparison-shopped for this service in ages, but have been using Carbonite for many years successfully.

I think he meant 'in between…

I think he meant 'in between the Carr and Harbaugh years' (i.e., he was not including the Carr years in his comment.)

Logged in to down vote. …

Logged in to down vote.  Please go back to whatever echo chamber you’re accustomed to.

bluesalt hit it spot on. …

bluesalt hit it spot on.  Only things I’d add is that by going pro he gets to spend 100% of his time focused on what his team wants him to work on, versus college where he has classes, his access to coaching is more limited by NCAA regulations, and what he works on is partially focused on his development but also driven by the needs of the team.

Obviously it would be great for Michigan if he stayed, but it probably isn’t best for Dickinson.

Why this post didn’t…

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@yossarians tree

Here are…

@yossarians tree

Here are actual job descriptions for these types of roles:

https://www.indeed.com/q-Director-Player-Personnel-Athletic-Department-jobs.html?vjk=aa3dc7043cd26f2a

Here's a short summary from Army:

The Director is responsible for the overall recruiting effort of the football program through oversight of the recruiting database and evaluation of current team needs to effectively advance Army West Point Football while upholding standards of excellence established by the Head Football Coach..

Thanks for the breakdown.  I…

Thanks for the breakdown.  I wonder if the subsequent years' buyouts will really matter (or other terms for that matter)?  In college you always want your coach to have at least 5 years remaining on their contracts for recruiting purposes, and so my assumption is that he'll be signing a new one of these each year.  So while his compensation will presumably follow the schedule described (though the breakdown and amounts could certainly still change each year like it has recently), the buyouts could essentially be perpetually at the year 1 levels...?

As a side note, while CTE…

As a side note, while CTE rates are higher among football players than soccer, the latter is associated with a pretty high risk of CTE as well.

Sure, but that's still a far…

Sure, but that's still a far cry from the "biggest bust ever".

Sorry for the crappy…

Sorry for the crappy formatting, but his stats are comparable to two fellow 5-stars who play for Michigan:

              GP MIN   PTS  REB AST STL BLK  TO   FG%  FT%  3P%

Player A  16  25.4  10.4   3.6   1.4  0.6   0.4   2.6   38.6  64.6   32.9

Player B  19  31.4  10.5  4.5   1.3  0.7   0.3   1.8   40.5   73.6   35.6

Player C  18  22.9  9       6.3   0.8  0.3   0.8   1.4   56.3   62.3   27.3

I don't see many people writing off Houstan (player B) or Diabate (player C) nor saying they're huge busts.  'Not being one of the better players ever' is very different than 'being the biggest bust ever.'

A few things:

His father…

A few things:

  • His father says he's going to see a doctor for a back injury (and that he'll be back with the team), not that he's left the program or anything.  
  • People talk about Caleb Houstan being young, but Emoni Bates is a year younger and already in college.
  • And, he's not even doing badly at Memphis so this feels like a long way off from being "one of the bigger recruiting busts of all time".
I don't even think it's NIL…

I don't even think it's NIL specifically, but do suspect that the less college football looks like what Harbaugh experienced as a player, the less incentive/interest he has in sticking around for it.  Somewhat analogous to the Beilein situation (though obviously about his coaching rather than playing experience.)

All of this is semantic,…

All of this is semantic, though.  The cost or value isn't being assigned to the autograph, but to the player committing to that school over another one.  

Why do you say that the…

Why do you say that the model is not sustainable?  To me, it seems no more or less sustainable than how things worked prior to NIL.  The idea that the NCAA has any power to implement a drastic shift seems unlikely to me, as well.  Anything they do to try to restrict this will likely end up losing in court.

In my world it would be a…

In my world it would be a very rare occurrence to never hear back after interviewing (and would reflect poorly on HR and the hiring manager).  Hearing back later than originally indicated would be much more common, though.  Often times managers (or HR) can be a bit optimistic around next steps and if things don't go perfectly then it can take a little more time.  My experience is that's not usually a great sign for the candidate (may mean they're trying to work something out with a preferred candidate but don't yet want to let their #2 candidate go yet, for example), but there are plenty of circumstances where the candidate may still get the job.

Nope, that's the same one.

Nope, that's the same one.

Michigan State - the team…

Michigan State - the team that beat us - was also ranked last week and got stomped by about a billion points to Ohio State.

There’s a big gap between the top 3 teams and #4 regardless of who is #4 until someone proves otherwise.

For my education and…

For my education and entertainment, please provide examples of when someone says "I can't imagine" and means it literally rather than as hyperbole.

Maybe "fix" is the wrong…

Maybe "fix" is the wrong word, but Michigan's FT problems are abnormally bad and you'd expect a regression to the mean.  Dickinson's FT shooting is nearly 30% below last season; Jones is nearly 40% below last season.  Those two guys lead the team in FTA.  

I have zero MLB experience…

I have zero MLB experience and would generally recommend over-dressing vs. under, but there’s also something to be said about understanding the culture of the organization. I walked into an interview at CMGI a couple decades ago wearing a suit and immediately realized that was not the right move if I wanted the job. Maybe have your son stalk LinkedIn or other places to get a sense for what is suitable for a professional photo and then assume he should be dressed up more than those photos (if they’re generally in button downs, then I’d go with tie and jacket for an interview). 

Yes, he was out there.

Yes, he was out there.

IT IS STILL ONLY OCTOBER 19…

IT IS STILL ONLY OCTOBER 19.

A better question would be 'when was the last time we were so optimistic on October 19?'

The answer, of course, is that it does not matter because it's only October 19.

Desktop Chrome doesn't seem…

Desktop Chrome doesn't seem to have an issue; but mobile does.

I should add; it's not that they're autoplaying on mobile, but that the whole page seems to constantly refresh itself and take forever to load.

This is true, but it is…

This is true, but it is especially problematic for UFR on mobile Chrome.  It is effectively not possible to load the UFR pages properly on mobile.

Keep in mind that if those…

Keep in mind that if those prices are widely available then it means they’re not worth it (otherwise fans and resellers would have grabbed them all.)

Tickets prices almost always…

Tickets prices almost always drop as you get closer to the game… especially in the last few days leading up to the game.

The fact that you argue the…

The fact that you argue the logo has value is the exact reason why the school wouldn’t want everyone to be using it. 

You asked about facts, not…

You asked about facts, not opinions.

I haven't seen anyone…

You're missing the point.  The underlying trend will prove to be true.  On average (which is different than being true in every instance, which seems to be your argument), you should expect that for every HS player who foregoes college, it essentially moves up the ranking (let's call it a 'college impact' score) for the players who do go to college.  No, this doesn't make any individual player better or worse, but it makes them better or worse compared to the competition.  To change your example, if all of the top 1000 players went pro except for Mady Sissoko, he probably would have looked much better.  And the 1001st player would have had a much higher likelihood of having an impact in college, right?

To sum it up: players who go…

To sum it up: players who go to other college teams impact Michigan because they are competition; players who play professionally are irrelevant to college basketball.

Much of the world is also…

Much of the world is also moving in that same direction.  Outside of Asia and Africa, marijuana has either been made legal or entirely decriminalized in much of the world.

Presumably, yes.  If NCAA…

Presumably, yes.  If NCAA says there are no NIL rules (which is what they've just said) then there's nothing needed from the state at this point in time.

Basically, the NCAA is…

Basically, the NCAA is suspending all of their rules related to name, image and likeness.  So if there are no state rules there are also no NCAA rules and people can engage in whatever NIL activities they would like.

Agree completely. As Habs…

Agree completely. As a Habs fan the Isles’ win was a godsend.  The Pens were the only team I thought could beat us that year.

Here's a good video that…

Here's a good video that explains skill vs. luck in sports.  It doesn't fully explain parity since it doesn't get into the distribution of skill, which is where the salary caps and entry drafts come into play:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNlgISa9Giw&t=437s

Parity is driven by the…

Parity is driven by the rules of the sports, which these days is predominantly driven by salary caps, importance of individual contributions, and entry draft rules.

Comparing parity between college and professional sports is largely driven by 'entry draft' differences (or, more broadly, 'talent acquisition' since there's no draft in college.)

Since all the major professional sports approach the draft similarly, salary caps play a big role - NHL and NFL have hard caps which forces talent distribution in the league.  NBA has a soft cap, and MLB has a luxury tax which is essentially a soft cap.  Thus MLB and NBA make it easier for talent concentration.  College sports technically has a scholarship limit which functions as a type of soft cap, but it's set so incredibly high compared to the number of contributors on a roster that it's largely irrelevant in creating parity.

Finally, roster size and contributions impacts parity as well.  This is why in individual sports (tennis, swimming, track and field) you can often see the most talented individual ranked #1 for incredibly long periods of time.  In the NFL you have 30+ players who contribute meaningfully in a game; in the NHL you have 19; MLB is ~12, and NBA is ~7.  The lower the impact of any one (most skilled) person, the more parity you're likely to see (especially when paired with a salary cap or other method of talent dispersion, which is what you see less of in NBA, MLB and college sports).