Billy, this is Dijon Lee. He’s one of the most talented, athletic specimens in the country. The only problem is he has the IQ of a sponge.
Had enough of Ryan Grubb. Got guys running routes 30 yards down field with 12 having about 2 seconds to get the ball out. Completely incapable.
If you formed a list of all ~8 billion people in the world, Jemele Hill’s opinion on Kalen DeBoer would be the one i care about least, and it would not be remotely close.
Dre Greenlaw just did something stupid and was ejected from the game. Notice Kyle Shanahan didn’t go running up to him to cuss him out. I’m only pointing this out because there was a lot of discussion about Kalen DeBoer crashing out on Dijon Lee after his crucial mistake.
I don’t think what DeBoer did is a big deal but some of you were saying that this should be expected because college players are being paid. Can’t treat them as “kids” anymore.
Well if the comparison is the pros, NFL coaches don’t rip players publicly that often after big mistakes. Why? Because they know they’re dealing with grown men. They usually correct in private because you don’t want to publicly embarrass a player you’ve invested millions in. Part of being a coach is managing egos.
College players should certainly be expected to be criticized differently by the public and media now that they’re being paid. But if you think coaches will have the license to take off on players publicly now … well that ain’t exactly how it works, either.
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Officiating in college football has never been worse than it is right now. What a disaster. People should be fired, but these guys never get held accountable. It’s disgusting.
There is no greater sign of a changing of the standard than the inability to get up for a team 1) at home and 2) that embarrassed you last year.
Of all the early mishaps, calling timeouts / taking delay of games after touchdowns and kickoffs has me considering self harm.
To be clear, David, you believe the Saban-era player payments of a few thousand dollars disqualifies the most influential figure in collegiate athletics from speaking out against $30mm+ rosters as if the two are remotely similar?
Déjà vu all over again. This is what I said about Saban in June: "Whatever. The last person with credibility on this issue is Nick Saban. Holy crap. This is the coach who built Bama into the unchallenged apex predator of the arms race he is now warning Congress about, who collected $11 million a year while Olympic sports got cut at Bama, who recruited every blue-chip prospect into a system that made the 'spend to win' dynamic he now decries. Saban created the conditions for the race to the bottom and rode it to seven national championships, then retired the moment the players got a meaningful piece of the revenue. Now he is testifying before Congress as the moral authority on what went wrong. This clown is the arsonist trying to put out the fire."
ESPN’s ability to show everything related to Augusta with the exception of players actually playing is remarkable.
Cannot possibly fathom the amount of time it takes Brian Harman, of all people, to hit 205 balls.
Have never in my life seen a coach appear as defeated as Steven Pearl looks. Just standing politely with his hands behind his back as if he’s about to ask mom for a slice of pie.
