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My favorite part of the thread is Joey casually accusing Williams of point shaving and no one disputes it

You had a window after Wisconsin. UCLA doesn’t even want him.

This is where I’m at. Next year is the year. He will get it done or he won’t. If he doesn’t, he’s not the guy. Three years is fair.

With just a passing interest in all this shit about one player, I'll just observe that you seem to be skipping over the injury part and you're assuming he has a big statistical year next season. Those are two assumptions I'm quite confident that DB isn't skipping over in doing his return-or-leave calculus.

I think the real risk, though, is that, for whatever reason, his production doesn't match or exceed what he did this year. That is a death sentence from a draft standpoint.

If I'm him, I don't make that bet unless I come from money.

Recall, too, the context in which Odunze was making his decision. He was returning to something that was clearly trending up and as I recall he explicitly said he was coming back to win a natty. Just my $0.02.

Your obsession over this is approaching autism. I don’t know how you can possibly be so certain of something you can’t possibly be certain about.

Great CEO’s would want to delegate. Instead we have Jimmy Dougherty who hasn’t advanced past qb coach in 15 years.

Always fun to read that extensions come with clauses that the coach needs to be less involved in what he’s supposedly a genius at.

1 - He can flat out recruit (whatever that means in 2025). That is like the #1 thing. Notch that at the top of the "pro" column.

2 - He is a good CEO for the program; I really believe that. Besides recruiting well, he hired Walters and seems to have a good donor and upper campus relationship. Notch that in the "pro" column.

3 - He shouldn't be calling plays. Put that at the top of the "con" in bold and italics. Give himself veto power over the OC perhaps, but he's not that good at it. He is good when we crush teams, but that is like me being Mike Tyson's ringside coach against Tommy Gun. RUN FUCKING MOHAMED 30 FUCKING TIMES HE WAS GASHING.

If he gets an extension with good money, one of the clauses needs to be to hire an OC who calls plays.

I don't want Fisch in the defensive meeting room. Close and lock the door.