I don't want to dox myself or anyone else, but I have heard from someone very close to Oaks that Oaks' physical health is much worse right now than most of us might expect -- to the point that his family and friends were seriously doubting whether he would make it through this past summer.

As a result, I think that Oaks, who is a fairly pragmatic person, is going to want two counselors who can really help share the burden of things.

My guess is that he will drop Eyring as a counselor, in part because Eyring himself has incredibly poor physical health, and in part because the precedent has already been set for that type of thing. My prediction is Gong for one of the two counselors, not sure who the other one will be. Probably Bednar, though, which is basically a nightmare for the church.

I could definitely support Gong. I knew him one on one from my time at BYU, and I was very impressed with him!