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Skipper

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  1. I feel like multi-year contracts with liquidated damages should be the solution. Just for illustrative purposes, 5 star locks in a 3 year deal. $500K year 1, $1MM year 2, $1.5MM year 3. Either side can terminate without cause at any time for $350K (so collective also gets 'bust' protection). So if Oregon wants to overpay an all american year 3 that is locked in, they will need to buy out the contract for $350K. Again, just throwing numbers around for sake of an example, but in a world without salary caps or luxury taxes, something like that makes the most sense to me. Essentially no different than coaches and their salaries.
  2. I guess that was the point I was trying to make earlier. How much do we (and others) continue to adjust when recruiting HS players. I mean if we lose Manny for example, we developed him for 2 years and now lose him at the point where he should have his best season. Would we have been better off using all the money we paid him on other rentals? I get there really isn't an easy or correct answer and certainly have to do some of both. And in theory with some players there will be actual loyalty (and/or a loyalty discount) to the program they signed with as long as they are treated 'fairly'. If you could lock players into multi-year deals with material liquidated damages to terminate, it would make this easier to manage and I don't see how we don't get to that point. As it is now, I assume very difficult to manage allocation of funds between recruiting and portal/retention.
  3. Guess let's see who it is. But if you pay, develop and then lose a 5 star in their prime to a higher bidder, do you have to start rethinking how much you allocate to recruiting vs. retaining/poaching? Crazy world to try to manage without a salary cap or multi-year contracts.
  4. Sounds like my question yesterday as to how prepared we are on the NIL front collectively is about to get answered. Do we still have shit participation from both small donors and large donors with a handful picking up way to big a %% of the tab?
  5. What is remotely 'weird' about a guy that has called plays for his entire career, got this job precisely because he was elite at it, not wanting to give that up.
  6. For those that know - how are we doing overall in NIL coffers? Has One Fund participation increased over the course of another successful season? I'm guessing price of success comes with heavy retention costs for numerous future NFL players on our roster that are currently draft ineligible not to mention a raise for guys on the fence we talk into staying.
  7. There was probably a NIL number that made sense for Blue to come back but not sure if that number would have worked for us. On one hand he's only going to have this speed for a limited number of years (and it could all be taken away with one injury) so if you can stay on an NFL roster as a RB, better to start that clock now. On the other hand, unless he improves fumbling, pass pro and running through contact he could be off a roster soon. Best of luck to him. Hope it works out. Definitely has the potential to be a solid pro.
  8. He had a terrible game against OSU but wasn't healthy. He played fantastic at times this past year though. If he actually comes back will have extremely high expectations for him next season.
  9. JFC. This board is going to lose their minds when Arch inevitably throws 3 picks in a game next year. Anything less than a heisman is going to be unacceptable the way you all have built Arch up in your minds.
  10. There are a lot of absolute fucking morons that post on this board and he's at the top. This thread and the Quinn thread is like a magnet to the biggest dumbasses and pure shit fans.
  11. I would add the holding no-call (that could have been called on 3 different OL) on 3rd and 15.
  12. My dumbass friend apparently sucks at reading comprehension and missed when the other friend told him to buy for them. It's $100 at door (100 total available). Is that right? Idiots.
  13. Has definitely been one of the weirder ticket markets I've ever seen with the snowmageddon headfake.
  14. At this point I'm pretty confident drive to game won't be an issue for anyone as it isn't expected to get that cold overnight. But tomorrow night is a different story as temps back in low to mid 20's for whatever is left. Hopefully not much more precipitation tonight and it clears over the course of the day.
  15. When are you cutting off sales? Herding cattle but about to buy 4 or 5 I think.
  16. Starting to look better for tomorrow. Temp holding strong above freezing so has just been rain since early afternoon. Also looks like precip may clear out earlier than anticipated.
  17. Roads are going to be shit in Dallas early tomorrow. It won't all just magically disappear when precipitation stops. Seems like latest guesses are bullish for decent amount of snow in metroplex overnight. If I were coming from Austin I wouldn't plan on arriving in metroplex before noon at earliest.
  18. Still plenty of space left? Still trying to figure out plans but will try to steer some folks this way tomorrow.
  19. Definitely would not do it today at this point. Tomorrow later is going to be better but of course every person traveling tomorrow is going to realize that so traffic is going to suck.
  20. Just checked and 2 flights from Columbus have been cancelled and 2 delayed. Flights from Cincy/Pitt cancelled and several from Detroit and Cleveland cancelled. That's a shame.
  21. Pretty crazy how at my house it keeps fluctuating between snow, sleet and rain. I'm guessing all dictated by whatever 1-2 degrees fluctuation in temp at any given time. We were all snow most of the AM, then sleet and rain for a bit late morning. We just had about 30 minutes of snow and now shifting back to sleet/rain. Looking out the windows probably getting to the point where I would have no desire to drive on roads in our neighborhood.
  22. Pretty interesting. Obvious it's all about where the freezing line is setting up which is crossed through the metroplex. We are north of it and still getting all snow. Still warm enough that it's melting on roads right now but would assume further north you go overpasses are getting pretty damn slick. Also nice that it's not so damn cold like the 2021 event with snow and kids can play outside longer.
  23. I think temp maybe 1-2 degrees cooler than expected resulting in snow here. Kids are excited. Regardless, think it's pretty safe to say would not be a good idea to leave early from Austin tomorrow. Roads will be nasty most of Friday AM
  24. Big ass snowflakes in North Dallas right now. Main event supposed to come tonight.
  25. Hopefully all the flights from Columbus/Cincy/Pitt, etc. getting cancelled. That shit fanbase deserves it.
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