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69% shooting will keep you in most games. I don't see how that can hold up.

THIS! I mean, it is not as if RV has never done this before! He has recent experience, multiple times. If there was a Guiness Book entry for most coaching hires in a short period of time, he would surely be mentioned.

THIS!

This is the only "ace" I see here:

That is exactly why our new DC is every bit as important as the new HC in terms of a turnaround. And we are going to have to develop more depth so we can rotate guys more often. Powerful up-tempo offense is a two-edged sword.

I consider Helton a special case, just like DD would be if Memphis wants to keep him. I see a disturbing trend emerging this hiring season in that most of the deals that have been announced have been 6 years...6 friggin years! FFR asked a question and my response to it today will be 5 years. That has pretty much been SOP historically in our set of circumstances.

This. My gut feeling is that the fuse on the Strong bomb is getting pretty short. One more season and done for him, absent a miracle. I guess that is why they would pull out all stops to get Cumbie.

If one of the "17" wanted, it would make sense to buy Mac's former digs and lease them to the new coach on favorable terms.

Worse. The moment RV learns that Meacham is HFC and AD. Premature condimentation!

Very moving story. My heart and prayers go out to McKenzie for eventual full remission.

Yeah, he's involved. He's holding Smatty's jockstrap. And will launder it later.

Helwig is at TCU now. Wonder if Meacham has "consulted" him.

No, I doubt if he could stop it. I was thinking more along the lines of the "goodwill factor", or "coaches ettiquette", or something along those lines involving interpersonal relationships and the future. Patterson knows the game and he knows what we need but he wouldn't be too happy if we threw a wrench into his well-oiled machine. JMO.

Worse than burned out, Deep! After this season I feel like I've been chewed up by a rabid wolf and shit over a cliff!

RE: that Iowa State contract, my thoughts when I read about it were: 1. They seemed pretty damned sure he could do the job to lock him in like that, or 2. He sold them that it would be a time-consuming, major rebuilding job and he needed security if they proved not to have the patience for that, or 3. Everyone else has been telling them not only no, but HELL no, or 4. They are just f'n crazy!

Check out THIS quote from the Rutgers president when he did a presser: "This is a particular point in time and one makes the decisions on a multiplicity of factors and this happens to be a confluence of one of those directional lines if you will," Barchi said later Sunday during a teleconference with reporters.