re: Ensminger to OC - First-Choice? Stop-gap? Deflection? (Long)

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O wanted others (Freeze? Briles? TBD?) but JA nixed

O was told no as to Briles. That ain't no lie.

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As someone who was embroiled in his own rape scandal and didn't handle it so well, Alleva needs to not base such decisions solely on such things.

The selective moral outrage in CFB is dumb (I'm making no comment on society as a whole). NCAA officials getting 1000's of dollars in 'gifts' for bowl connections, recruiting (all of it), the wider issue of rape on campuses, officiating, gambling, wannabe agents, etc. The whole racket is morally corrupt. And it isn't new. Tom Osborne and Robinson cheated just as much as Orgeron, Urban, and Saban.

frick their optics. And you know what, optics only last a short news cycle and are easily deflected by creating another contrasting (lesser) story to focus on. Hell, hire Briles and the fire Alleva for hiring him (and keep Briles).

And in the end, the optics are erased by success. Period. Always is.