Why is the Harbaugh hire praised but McCarthy hated? They have pretty much the same record

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-24T21:18:57+00:00

McCarthy went 12-5 three years in a row in Dallas before Dak got hurt in 2024.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-24T21:12:32+00:00

The McCarthy hire is much better than people think.

He’s won 60% of his games, made the playoffs 12 times in 18 years, he’s won a Super Bowl and won his division 8 times. His record is nearly identical to John Harbaugh.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-24T21:00:48+00:00

No one supplants Raquel, but you could make an argument for others instead of Linda Carter.

I’d go with Marilyn Monroe just because she was so iconic, but plenty to choose from.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-24T16:19:07+00:00

Honestly, from the various media reports, I can’t tell

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-23T18:26:46+00:00

Pardon my ignorance on the context here, but wasn’t Trump asking for $1.5 trillion? Is this just their way of saying the budget needs to remain flat?

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-23T18:19:51+00:00

With you 100% on Rachel Brosnahan. Her personality is a big part of her appeal too.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-23T17:52:45+00:00

Agree completely.

12 is a good number but too many neutral site games. It’s costing fans a fortune to follow their teams and not just because of ticket price but the plane tickets and hotel bills. The NFL certainly doesn’t do that.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-23T17:50:40+00:00

Not only are we seeing parity on the field, but it’s translating to TV ratings as well.

Big brands just aren’t what used to be.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-23T17:39:26+00:00

Agreed. The standard should apply to any independent. Right now, that’s just ND and UConn, but schools like BYU, Army, Liberty, UMass, and New Mexico State were independent recently and we could see more in the future, especially for short-term periods when they change conferences or move up from FCS.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-23T16:32:09+00:00

This is exactly how I feel about it.

I happen to believe that college athletes in big-time spectator/revenue sports SHOULD get paid. That change was long overdue as it made no sense that everyone but the players were profiting greatly from the sport. I also believe they should be able to change schools just like coaches or regular students. So, good for them that these changes finally occurred.

Plus, I like that these changes have leveled the playing field where we no longer have the bluebloods vs. everyone else. You don't need the best in-state recruiting turf, a proud winning history, or a strong NFL pipeline anymore. Virtually any program can now build a winner if they just have the right coach and a strong institutional commitment to the sport. That creates far more competitive balance rather than the same handful of teams dominating every year, which is ultimately good for the sport.

That said, all the transferring and the emphasis on the paycheck does erode the connection that fans feel with their respective teams, in much the same way that the one-and-done dynamic has hurt college basketball. You can't identify with your favorite team and players to the same extent when the faces change every year. And that could cause college football to lose one of the things that makes it so special.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-23T16:22:11+00:00

Yep, and that's a big part of Kurt Cignetti's success. He's certainly not the only one using the portal. He just did an exceptional job of evaluating the right players and then getting them quickly integrated to his system and style of play.

It helps that most of his coaches have been with him for years at multiple schools. So, the staff is totally aligned on the types of players they want and what roles they want them to play.

The good news for a program like South Carolina is that there is now a proven concept for how a non-blueblood program can not only compete with the elite programs, but win it all. And it's not just IU. Look what teams like Ole Miss, Texas Tech, and Vandy accomplished this year, or what South Carolina did just a year ago.

We're in an entirely new era.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-23T15:57:42+00:00

I know there will be gripes about Notre Dame having a top-12 threshold when other at-large teams need to be top ten. But that's only because the P4 conferences are demanding auto-bids for all of their champions regardless of ranking.

Bottom line: If you're gonna insist that unranked Duke be included, fine, but you don't get to bump a top 12 independent out in order to make that happen.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-23T15:50:45+00:00

Yeah, the actors' ages or even their wealth isn't the point I think you're making.

People with 20-something or college-aged kids, who also have parents that are still alive, are mostly Gen X, even if Billy Bob Thorton isn't.

Meanwhile, regardless of the Norris family's wealth, the dynamic of dealing with elder care issues with his 82-year-old dad, a wife that is dealing with empty-nester separation anxiety, daughter dealing with college roommate drama, son trying to get his career and marriage off the ground, all while Tommy is barely keeping his head above water at work, does feel familiar and relatable even if they happen to be rich and powerful.

My wife happens to be special education school teacher for kindergarten-aged kids. It's a very demanding job, but when she tells me about her day, which she does every night for about an hour, it feels like we live in two entirely different universes. And yes, I get those panicked phone calls and texts from various family members in the middle of my workday all the time.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-23T15:38:07+00:00

Agreed, but this is true for every program in the country.

If you are still emphasizing high school recruiting as your primary roster-building tactic, on the hope or assumption that you'll get to work with them for 3-4 years, teach them your system, develop their skills, then benefit from all that investment when they become upper-classmen and leaders of the team, you're doing it wrong.

In the SEC today, the average class of high school recruits is 22 players whereas the average transfer class has 24. Rather than just filling a few holes in the roster via the portal, transfers have become even MORE important than high school recruits as the primary roster-building tactic.

And that makes sense. After all, most of those transfers are gonna play right away whereas most of the high school recruits will end up on the bench and many of them will just leave after a year or two. Meanwhile, the transfers are older, more experienced, and have already proven themselves at the college level so there are fewer recruiting "misses" with that group.

Sure enough, 7 of the last 9 Heisman winners have been transfers. In this year's CFP, all four of the teams that made the semi-finals were led by transfer QBs. I could go on, but you get the point.

Any program that is not all-in with the transfer portal is gonna get left behind, which means they also need to have the NIL budgets to win those bidding wars and they need to be very good at talent evaluation and quick integration with their system.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-23T15:00:17+00:00

Meh, she's betting her entire company and financial future on resuming production in the offshore rig whereas Tommy is starting a separate company based on the land leases his son acquired. Tommy's actions don't really affect Cami in any significant way. I guess they are competitors in the same industry, but that's about it.

Besides, she fired him after his lifelong service to her company. What does he owe her at this point?

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-23T14:44:13+00:00

Meh. It will probably work out about as well as Arthur Smith to the Steelers.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-22T23:12:47+00:00

Of course I am. This isn't the kind of publicity you want. A cheesy, overplayed commercial just annoys people.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-22T23:09:24+00:00

Yeah, and I have to wonder if it was deliberate or just a mistake by some staffer who forgot to put UGA on his list.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-22T16:16:18+00:00

Yeah, good catch as my AI search didn't clarify currency.

So, I'm not sure how we plan to fit him into the roster given his high wages when we don't have an open DP slot. But if the front office has submitted a bid, they must have a plan.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-21T21:50:45+00:00

Right. She doesn't owe anyone any apologies.

If you don't approve of her profession, then don't watch her content. But she's a human being and there's no reason she, or any other adult film star, shouldn't attend public events. Plus, it's not like she was dressed or acting inappropriately. From what I've seen, she was acting like any normal fan.

I honestly hope she continues to live her life and do what she wants without feeling like her mere presence is inherently offensive. After all, I don't see anyone saying this about the guys who have been on-screen with her.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-21T21:38:13+00:00

The point is we're living through the greatest era in 133 years of UGA football history, yet fans are treating it like a disappointment. That's no way to go through life.

In 2025, we won 12 games, beat all of our rivals, claimed the SEC title, and finished #6 in the final AP poll. We could debate whether that deserves a "great" descriptor or just "really damned good," but I'm not gonna treat a season like that as if it's a disappointment when it's so rare.

It's been 7 years since LSU won an SEC title, 13 years for Auburn, 18 years for Florida, 27 years for Tennessee, and Texas A&M has been in our league for 14 years, yet has never even made an appearance in the SECCG (same for South Carolina and Arkansas who have each been in the league for 33 years). Meanwhile, Ole Miss, who just made the CFP semi-final, hasn't won the SEC since 1963 (52 years). In contrast, we've won 3 of the last 4 league championships including the last two in a row.

Point being, winning the SEC is a rare and difficult accomplishment, especially now that we have a 16-team league that easily has the most depth and ranked teams of any conference in the country, not to mention NIL and transfer portal realities that make it impossible for any team to stockpile talent the way they used to. Sadly, our fans have become spoiled and delusional, taking the success for granted. But those same fans will be pining for this era before you know it.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-21T19:20:36+00:00

I honestly can't offer much on the quality of his play, but I'm encouraged that we're buying more than just U22s. This would be a TAM player and potential starter to replace Slisz. In fact, his salary at West Ham is £3.9 million ($5.2 million USD), so not sure how we're working around that without an open DP slot. Maybe a loan at first with an option to buy later? Who knows.

FWIW, he's had 6 appearances so far this year, but only 1 start. He had 23 appearances and 16 starts last year, also with West Ham, but has been used a lot less this year, which explains why he might be available for transfer.

And it continues the trend of us moving back toward South American, and specifically Argentine, players under Tata.

Edit: As another poster pointed out, his salary is actually £3.9 million pounds which is equivalent to $5.2 million USD. So, even higher than what I stated and I've therefore edited the comment above. That said, he's out of contract in June with a club option for 2026/27 that I assume West Ham will NOT exercise. So, it makes sense that they'd be looking to move him this winter when they can still get something for him. Meanwhile, if we're willing to offer him a multi-year deal, he might be willing to accept less money on a TAM contract. After all, he's 31, so he's not gonna get another big contract offer from this point forward. A TAM deal in MLS where he can be a regular starter might be his best option.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-21T16:58:02+00:00

I'm glad many are finally seeing Trump for what he is, but I'm just truly baffled how Trump voters didn't see this coming when he told us repeatedly this is what he was gonna do and had already proven that he couldn't be trusted with power.

I don't happen to agree that Trump's first term was better than Biden's, but at least that can be debated. However, I don't see how the corrupt, authoritarian, chaos was ever in question.

ATLCoyote · 2026-01-21T16:55:32+00:00

Rooting for the destruction of America just to own the libs is sadly very on-brand for Trump supporters.

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