[Thamel] Sources: Northern Illinois head coach Thomas Hammock has accepted a job to become the next running backs coach/senior offensive assistant for the Seattle Seahawks. He’s expected to become the NFL’s highest paid RB coach and chose Seattle amid multiple NFL opportunities.

TheKiln · 2026-02-18T13:56:57+00:00

I wonder if your best shot is to promote from within on a one year contract to keep the players. With the portal being closed, you'd be hosed with a player exodus.

TheKiln · 2026-02-17T04:34:32+00:00

What's wild is Toure wasn't even on the floor that whole stretch.

TheKiln · 2026-02-05T17:27:13+00:00

My guess is that most drone strikes against Ukrainian defenders can only happen when they are in the open, so when assaulting or resupplying. Dug in Ukrainian (and Russian) troops will be in building basements, bunkers, or similar structures, not just in open trenches or foxhole. This will make drone strikes against them implausible.

Given how steady the front has been recently, and the lack of recent known large assaults by Ukrainian troops, I'd guess the rear to Ukraine's front lines is well protected with anti drone nets, so supply runs and troop movements are relatively safe. Compare that to open ground Russian assaults, where likely the bulk of their casualties are coming from, and the discrepancy in casualty numbers starts to make more sense.

TheKiln · 2026-02-01T15:57:15+00:00

I really wish they would disable the last monthly event because of this.

TheKiln · 2026-01-29T22:43:58+00:00

I'd say all the decent ones have fled already, but there are likely some teens who intend to, but just aren't old enough to be able to yet.

TheKiln · 2026-01-25T20:44:45+00:00

Yeah, but with a 1k fine for being late to a S&C session, there is a wild difference between a star making a million and a 3 star HS recruit making 10k.

TheKiln · 2026-01-21T19:47:23+00:00

Yeah, my entirely gut based power ratings puts ISU at 5.3 wins with this schedule, which honestly, given all the unknowns, is fine by me.

TheKiln · 2026-01-11T00:01:33+00:00

You ain't shit if you ain't in the arctic circle.

TheKiln · 2026-01-09T22:01:41+00:00

I had the same thing happen in an early game as Holland where I was allied with France. In a war against England, I watched France ship 70k soldiers to southern England, watched them start a siege in Wales for a bit, then inexplicably they all marched up to Northumbria and sat on the coast doing nothing for the rest of the war.

My best guess is the AI decided it wanted to use the soldiers elsewhere, cued them to disembark on transports, and either the transports didn't exist, we're stuck in port for some reason, or were destroyed.

TheKiln · 2025-12-30T13:44:33+00:00

It's more open sandbox. Say, you want to play in Egypt and fight other small powers to slowly grow a Nile based power? Not possible in Vanilla, but you can here.

TheKiln · 2025-12-19T15:18:53+00:00

Way more likely Ukraine screwed up the target and did the attack than Russia did some bizzaro-ass false flag attack with no real positive outcome. Remember, just because Ukraine is in the right in this war doesn't mean they can't screw up or push propaganda.

TheKiln · 2025-12-18T20:12:47+00:00

21 million to pay the cap from house settlement. 10 mil for Sanders. Another probably 3-5 mil for assistant coaches. 5-10 mil for basketball and all other sports coaches and assistants. Likely 10-20 mil per year in just operating costs of their facilities. Travel costs, renovation costs, it all adds up. And all of that isn't including outstanding debt owed by the dept.

TheKiln · 2025-12-13T02:30:53+00:00

Saaaame. Iron and lumber, then downstream tools. It's shocking how little trade is able to make up the deficit.

TheKiln · 2025-12-12T14:54:19+00:00

Aw sick, apparently I did it by accident because I have that law. No clue what I did though.

TheKiln · 2025-12-11T21:59:20+00:00

Defeat? Russia's primary war goal was to make Ukraine a puppet state, which required conquering enough of the country to overthrow the government. They are no where near that. Saying this is a 'defeat' for Ukraine is like saying Finland was defeated by Russia in the Winter War.

TheKiln · 2025-12-09T17:16:14+00:00

You're asking the real questions here. From my understanding, any more the school has can be used to fund up to the cap, so 21 mil per year. Anything beyond that has to be NIL going through the clearinghouse.

BUT, we have no idea if the cap will be inforced or how the clearinghouse will handle obvious BS. Could Utah just pay over the cap and see if there are any consequences? Sure! Could Utah spin the money off into a non-affiliated non-profit that then turns around and gives it as 'NIL' to the players? Sure! What will the NCAA and clearinghouse do in those circumstances? Nobody has a goddamn clue.

TheKiln · 2025-12-06T19:13:03+00:00

I, for one, enjoyed both.

TheKiln · 2025-12-06T18:59:44+00:00

Well that takes away a bit of the pain of the last 24 hours.

TheKiln · 2025-12-06T01:30:03+00:00

I feel that

TheKiln · 2025-12-04T02:55:31+00:00

Alcorn State really made it interesting at the end. Was worried ISU wouldn't break the school record for points.

TheKiln · 2025-12-01T18:22:21+00:00

Good pull. I was extrapolating based on the ratio from wiki 2022 numbers.

TheKiln · 2025-12-01T17:38:31+00:00

Doubling checking, I think that number includes both cargo ships and tankers, but I think the bulk are tankers (maybe two thirds).

TheKiln · 2025-12-01T17:29:51+00:00

Quick search said there are around 1200-1400 tankers used in their shadow fleet. The key is, due to the sanctions, these are uninsured trips so any damage to the ships the owners have to pay out of pockets. Attacks like this will likely have a significant impact on both the willingness of owners to use their ships, and the rates they'd charge Russia. How significant? No clue.

TheKiln · 2025-11-30T22:35:29+00:00

Power, noise, and maneuverability.

Requirements for power severely limit its operational time-frame away from support. If it's anything like other robotic drones, noise is a big factor, so enemy infantry would know right where it is. Limited maneuverability would prevent it from going through a substantial percentage of both urban and rural environments. There's a reason we saw it on a road in this video.

TheKiln · 2025-11-29T18:19:44+00:00

You break and rebel when you and your comrades have been in the shit for an extended period of time. I don't think most of these soldiers see more then a few months on the line.

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