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Yeah the man knows golf too. Good shout

It's probably because I'm constantly surrounded by opinionated assholes who are wrong a lot of the time, but I found DC entertaining and was able to let a lot of the bombastic things he spouted flow under the bridge. He also had good golf advice

Most bowl/playoff games occur after the fall semester...so not a huge leap.

Would be yet another indictment agains this staffs questionable ability to get LBs to do anything at all

DC was the loveable villain that TKP needed - I'm fairly certain DC and I are NOT aligned on most things but when it came to football I think he mostly knew what he was talking about and I agreed with his larger points - I think the way he presented them was pretty abrasive, though, and he beat the hell out of every horse he killed which could get pretty annoying pretty quickly

As off-putting as he was, you gotta admit he's been right about a lot of things (even as he was simultaneously hilariously wrong about most of the details - due in large part to his weird insistence to overly exaggerate just about everything to make his points)

No - just sarcasm since hes gone from the site.

To be Clear, I liked alot of what he had to say and would probably have fun sitting down for a couple beers with him - I just got tired of certain complaints being repeated ad nauseum.

Well here we are.......

I thought the game was a day time start and as I spent my day ripping out my front yard landscaping and starting my redesign project. Great workout, beautiful weather, very fulfilling activity. I thought I missed the game.

I also watched the Backyard Brawl, I have two daughters who are Neer's. Now that was an exciting game! It wasn't until that game that I realized we played at 7pm. Decided to sit around and watch. Long story short, watched the 1st half in a mixture of sorrow and amazement. Barely paid attention after that. But for the first time since 1993, I couldn't have cared less. Seeing the empty stands was what broke my heart.

Apologies, as I digress. My wife and I decided to make Sundays a zero internet day and we pretty much put our phones down for its entirety. I did play a few games of Risk as I am a total kid nerd when it comes to Risk. Kinda like when I was a kid and had many a battle between the coins in my coin jar or my collection of pencils.

I have now spent my early morning catching up on all the TKP commentary (yesterday showed me how much I love this site and the folks who participate on it).

I had no idea about the in-season transfer opportunity. That is amazingly stupid and pathetic that it even exists, but hey, we are in crazy times when it comes to CFB.

Overall, if a college/university doesn't put forth the resources or doesn't have them, there is no way for them to be effective in today's college football landscape. I don't care who the coach is. Compensation drives behavior. There is no other way to put it. It is the king of Kings. Right now all of these football players who have the opportunity to make NIL money more than likely don't give to licks about where they play versus trying to find the biggest paycheck to launch their college career. At the very least, this is a human nature factor that is sitting at the head of the table. Some kids may care about the school at first....

As far as their college career and their years of eligibility, I like it to an election. As soon as they are "elected", their first thing in office is the beginning of their next election cycle campaign strategy. How do I make myself more electable so I can maximize this situation ongoing?

When you mix the unlimited transfer portal with NIL money, these players are motivated to perform for their marketability to go after and create more value for themselves. This is the way, under current circumstances every player should be (and probably is) thinking this way.

With little to no boundaries in terms on how they go get it, I don't think the locker room is for a coach to lose it as much as it was before. These players have been paid. They are looking to get the biggest paycheck. They don't care about the school they play for as much as they do about making the money. If a coach tries to jazz up the troops to play hard for themselves and represent their school they're like, " I got paid. I'm not gonna put myself out there. I'm not gonna risk getting hurt. I'll opt out and sit out in order not to hurt my potential marketability for next season's NIL catch.

This is a major condition that exists and trying to run an organization around this is very difficult. IMO, the best way to lead, cultivate, manage this situation is to be absolutely and unequivocally transparent to all involved, especially the players. The organization's goal should be to take every NIL player and help them perform better in order to do one of two things...1) put them in the best position to make more more NIL in year 2 regardless of where that may be. Why is this important? If an organization does this, they have the best chance to get the best out of that player in year 1 and it shows the player that the organization truly understands the current landscape and they are their first and foremost for the player.
2) It puts the organization in the best position to possibly retain the player for year 2 outside of some outrageous offer.

If the players leaves then great. Be the program that shows all of CFB that this is where players come to market themselves to get the most money next year. Embrace the One and Done mentality. Show them we focus on NIL development and opportunity maximization.

I understand, I'm speaking in a large, broad brushed way. One can eviscerate the above with granular particulars on the facets of running a successful CFG organization, but I'm only focusing on this particular factor.

At the end of the day, an organization needs to fully embrace what this landscape is and what's the best way to get a psychological edge on the players mind and how they're going to be supported while they are here. Until things change, in my most humble opinion, this is the way to build the foundation for any degree of success above and beyond who the coach is.

HC and their staff, The AD, and the University, they too have their own set of circumstances in how they fit into this current state of affairs.

Historically that's how scholarships were paid and how bags got delivered.

I could be wrong and there's a much more structured setup now especially on larger deals, but my understanding was there really wasn't much in the way of performance clauses even allowed -- thus, for example, guys bailing out on bowl games.

I prefer the story of the USS Eldridge

This. We basically need to death sentence our program without actually killing it for several years.

Totally new staff, and I mean totally, down to the equipment workers and health/nutrition staff.

Every current player need to earn their place. Those that want out can go, and we'll recruit a new roster of individuals that are hungry to play.

I prefer the story of Yorktown rather than Lexington.

Brenden hill should know.

Do not drink the kool-aid on kids can transfer immediately because their coach got fired narrative. Can they transfer when their semester ends? Yes. But they have to be eligible and making progress towards degree on top of the fact that they should have clauses in their NIL...— Brenden Hill, M.A. (@Brenden__Hill) September 14, 2025

They have to finish the semester and stay in good standing to transfer. Apparently a red shirt clause is common as well