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Dan knew this guy from his Georgia days and there was a good reason he passed. Maybe GeorgiaDawg has some insights but there were rumors he was a 'me guy' and a 'troublemaker'. This is not my assessment but what was said on social media by some with credentials.

Hate to say it but I think Mario will find a way to mess things up unless SOMEONE really got thru to him and told him to keep his hands off things. My experience has been that micro managers are always gonna micro manage so I will remain in wait and see mode. I don't wish anything bad for him.

While this wasn't a Canzano article, Oram is the JC in training at the O. I even think he might be an OS grad. He, like JC just feels so gosh darn bad for the beavers. 'Everybody was mean to them'. 'The teacher picked on them'. 'The other schools did it first'. Blah, blah blah. BTW- who did JC pick to win the CW? I used to subscribe to his drivel and then realized it was beyond drivel so I canceled. That guy is a wolf in sheep's clothing. On a side note, I was told by a very good source when Dan first arrived and did his first interview with JC he had him all figured out. Same with Crepea.

Don't disagree with you Mike about letting players know when they screwup and Dan does. He just does it privately. I personally am not a fan of 'public beratings'. Yes, what Hutson did was 100% stupid no doubt. My opinion is that you handle it privately. You tell him it's wrong and maybe even sit him for the rest of the game. All water under the bridge now for sure but a good debate. I can tell you that several of the big donors were very unhappy with MC for that tirade at the time.

I can assure you that what you see in the videos is ALWAYS approved by Dan before it sees the light of day. He has full veto authority and you might recall last year after the Colorado 'clicks' thing Dan commented that he should have never let the ABC cameras in the room for that piece. So the net is (and its been said here) Dan is 1000% praise publicly, correct privately and I am glad he is that way. I used to HATE when Mario threw guys under the bus and he did it a lot and no need to even talk about what he did to Kris Hutson on national TV. But I digress..... The net is Dan does have times when he is 'very firm and direct'. I had a chance to observe practice and I can assure you Dan is firm and direct when necessary.

I'm with you Charles and I will say I have faith in Dan to get this worked out. It has to be consuming him to the point of insanity.

Very interesting take Mike. Well thought out and very well presented. I do think Dan and Terry are doing everything possible to figure out the O line thing. Let's be honest it's driving them beyond crazy, I'm sure way more than we know or can even think about. I know some have said 'well, they should have been prepared for this, injuries happen'. Yes, they do and you have to play the hand your dealt but sometimes your options are more limited and I think that is the case here. I think (read hope) having Mike Cavanaugh as a mentor to Terry is helping. Of course Mike is not a magician and can fix Iuli and Bedford's injuries but hopefully the combination they had in the 2nd half of the game can work till they get Iuli and Bedford back.

All of those games are great examples for sure and certainly worthy of all the great commentary here. One thing that always stuck out to me after the Georgia game was that afterwards Dan owned it. He simply stated they lost to a much better team. No excuses, no blame just took the loss and learned from it. That moment to me said a lot about Dan. I hope he continues to conduct himself in that manner. We never know what gets said behind closed doors and that's okay too but perception matters and Dan seems keenly aware of that.

Unfortunately I think this was a good example of Mario's star chasing. He valued stars more than the fundamentals.

🤞There are some rumblings this will get worked out by Saturday. No guarantees but a ray of hope.

What could possibly go wrong??????

Even though Payton keeps denying he is not ready to name a starter.😉

I don't get too worked up over this. It seems to be norm in college football. Saban was the master of coach speak and Kirby is the same way so it's easy to see how Dan learned from them. I think fans in general get it and understand why coaches do it.

Not too surprising since Dad is an asst coach at Nebraska now

Apparently this reporter has very selective memory. Tennessee paid big money for Nico Lamaleava. Those in the know in Knoxville have said he was paid $8 million. I guess that doesn't count????

And to think they were not even a top 50 defense prior to Dan’s arrival. Mario cycled through DCs - Leavitt, Avalos, DeRutyer for sure.

Imagine their grief IF one of them were to flip?🤬

Word is that his girlfriend is going to UT on a soccer scholarship and he did not want to be so far away from her. He supp went supposedly asked others on the team at UO how they manage this sort of thing and all told him it can be done. Apparently he was not convinced.

I just hate when the teacher asks me to summarize chapter 8 and I only read the first 4. Yikes, this was not a surprise event. He had some time to prepare a few remarks. Beyond cringeworthy.

Supposedly had family coming in from out of town to celebrate and due to the airline computer fiasco today their flights were canceled. But agree the extra time is concerning.

Jon Landau would like a word with Max Olsen- Jon wrote this in 1974. "I saw rock and roll's future and its name is Bruce Springsteen!,"

Yep - seems like LSU made a big time late push

John just can't help himself. I get his ' I love the little guy' message but enough. Out of one side of his mouth he blames the schools for their lack of marketing and branding, then he wants us all to feel sorry for them because they got left behind. Hey John, we see what you are doing there. It's pretty straight forward, I need Bray and Dickert to come on my radio show so I have to patronize them in a way gives new meaning to obsequiousness and then I need to look like I am not showing any bias so periodically I will criticize them.

I am so confused, they are an academically prowess institution with so many esteemed alums who are so affluent that one would think their NIL coffers would be over flowing. 🤔

This is epic!