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Hot Carl
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re: We need a complete roster overhaul
Posted by Hot Carl on 4/17/26 at 9:03 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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We need a coach who can consistently coach baseball. Jay won't be here in '28 if he keeps up this nonsense
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Did Ravech cum?
re: Where’s the “Jay likes to tinker with the lineup early in the season” crowd?
Posted by Hot Carl on 4/17/26 at 7:16 pm to TigerFan244
Even if we lose this game 15-1, this thread chugs all kinds of cock.
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Etienne's contract ranks 6th among RBs in average annual value.
On April 15th, 2026. On April 15th, 2027, it might not be top 20. On April 15th, 2028, it might not be top 25, and we can restructure and/or release him by then. And isn’t his annual salary really backloaded? So by the time he’s actually getting paid, the cap will have gone up even more.
The only that should matter is how much percentage of the cap a player is getting. But it’s like so many people just can’t get past the fact the cap has gone up over $100 million really quickly. (Not you, necessarily). Back up DTs who barely play are making what Emmitt Smith and Thurman Thomas did in the early 90s.
Again, not you necessarily, (and I’m mixing my thoughts on the Olave situation here), but this reminds me of the folks who say “so and so is not a top 10 college football team.” But when pressed to name 10 better ones, can’t do it. They see a team and compare it to what has, over the years, been imprinted in their minds as to what a “top 10 team” should look like. They can’t comprehend that it’s only relative to the other teams THAT PARTICULAR SEASON.
Some guy in the Olave thread said Chris Olave is a $25 million/year WR. Because that’s what he’s brain has been trained to think after decades of watching the NFL. And he’d be right. If it were 2016. But it’s 2026, and we all need to adjust our way of thinking about these contracts.
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That's not to say Love isn't worth being drafted #8, but to me that's a luxury that we do not have when we need starters at Edge/DE, CB1, WR1, OG
You don’t draft for need at 8. I mean, you don’t take a QB if he’s BPA and you have Patrick Mahomes. So need does play some factor. But I’m not reaching at 8 for a starter at a position of need if they don’t have him ranked near #8. Just me, but if I’m drafting top 5, I want a guy whose ceiling is HOF. Top 10 and I want a a guy whose ceiling is perennial All-Pro. Of course it will rarely work out like that, but I’m not drafting a low ceiling guy at 8 who if he hits is very nice NFL starter at best. I’d rather bust on a guy whose could potentially be special. No matter the position.
***none of this was an attack on you, just used your post to jump off of and give some other thoughts semi relative.*** :cheers:
re: Interesting intel from Nick Underhill
Posted by Hot Carl on 4/15/26 at 10:03 am to moock blackjack
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Love isn’t the pick after giving Etienne the house.
The house? :lol:
We’ve invested the most capital at RB in AK, Etienne, and Miller. 2 of whom probably won’t be here in ‘27 and Etienne might not even be here in ‘28. Hell, Miller and AK might not even be here this year in ‘26.
There was that interesting interview Moore did recently talking about AK and the RB room. He kept saying that AK was on the team and in the room now, but they’d have to wait and see how the draft plays out before really making tough decisions at the RB position. Like if we upgrade there, AK’s position is not safe. Might not be anyway if he doesn’t take a pay cut.
But it didn’t sound like Moore was talking about us picking up a 4th round back that would edge AK out. He did half-heartedly mention other teams would be releasing guys after the draft, so there might be some guys he likes that get released after their teams draft a RB. But that seemed more like plausible deniability. But he kept alluding to waiting until after the draft to address the AK situation. I don’t think he was outright saying they were really high on Love and were hoping he’d fall. But it did sound like that was definitely on the table.
I know they had better top end WRs, and a much better OL, but there’s no way he watched Saquon go crazy in his 7th season (at 27-years-old) and how that helped Jalen Hurts have his best season as a pro. Hurts set career highs and lead the entire NFL in completion percentage (68.7%), yards per attempt (8.0), and QB rating at (103.7). (It was 89.1 in ‘23. His interceptions also dropped from 15 in ‘23 to 5 in ‘24).
That was no coincidence, obviously. He’s seen up close how much a great RB can help a young QB, and make the entire offense and team better. The all-timers can still have as big an impact on the team as anybody still. It just depends on whether or not he sees Love as that kind of all time RB.
re: Who is in favor of paying Olave as a #1 WR?
Posted by Hot Carl on 4/15/26 at 8:36 am to Shiftyplus1
I misunderstood your post. My bad. :cheers:
re: Who is in favor of paying Olave as a #1 WR?
Posted by Hot Carl on 4/15/26 at 8:32 am to ShrevetownTiger
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I'd like to see what he does this year with a little better supporting cast before paying him #1 money.
Sounds good. Doesn’t work. You wait another year to pay him, and his price probably goes up at least $5 million/year. Or more likely he throws the deuces and hits free agency.
Then we have sign a free agent for similar or more money who has never worked with our QB and we’ve wasted 2 years of them building chemistry.
The whole point of starting a rookie QB is so you can make these kind of signings when he’s on his rookie deal.
re: Who is in favor of paying Olave as a #1 WR?
Posted by Hot Carl on 4/15/26 at 8:27 am to LSUPilot07
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I would give Olave $25 million for 4 years, no more
It’s so baffling to me how so many of you haven’t seem to have evolved your thinking with the upping of the cap. You see a player like Olave and that looks to you like a 4-year/$100 million WR. And you’d have been right. 5-10 years ago.
In a few years #3 WRs will be getting $25/per. 2 years from now you will be thanking your lucky stars if we’ve signed him—now—for 4-years/$120 million. Call him a top 15 #1, a back 15 #1, a high end # 2–whatever, $30 million/per might not even be a top 25 paid WR in the league soon.
And it’s always cheaper to re-sign a guy already in the building than to coerce a free agent into coming. With our cap situation where it is, with a 2nd-year, very promising QB, and a WR room that’s both short on top end talent and depth, not signing Olave would be dumb as all frick. Move your head into ‘26, ‘27, ‘28–quit seeing everything from the lens of 2010.
Nice coupe innings from Font. Let him finish on a high note or run him back out for the 5th?
Terrible fricking post.
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At Georgia, it only benefits the batter if they're a left handed pull hitter. The right foul pole is just 314 feet. Center field is 404 feet. Left foul pole is a jaw dropping 350 feet.
Very few home runs are hit right down the line. Their power alleys are only 365 and 370. They have a great backdrop to pick the ball up, and it looks like it jumps out of the park there. Humidity, wind direction, etc…Those dudes can rake, no doubt. But the park plays very small.
Because our infielders are all over the place and having to sprint to get back to their “normal” spots. No time.
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Does he leave the team?
What? frick no. Why would he?
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picthers like Cowan are not as effective against these type of teams because they see stuff like his every weekend.
Probably some truth to that. But just about every SEC hitter would have hit that ball way up into the bleachers. It was a horrible pitch. It happens. Move along.
Can’t throw that pitch in high school. C’mon Zac.
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I DV’d your jinx post.
Fair enough and deservedly so. :lol:
re: Northwestern St 2 @ LSU 4 Final
Posted by Hot Carl on 4/14/26 at 6:58 pm to ProjectP2294
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One thing I’m absolutely tired of is the fricking soft contact that finds holes
While I agree, 1) Simpson should have caught that, and 2) it was a terrible pitch that he hung middle in.
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The offense goes as DC goes. I bet we score this inning.
This got 2 downvotes (so far). Could give a shite about the downvotes, just curious if you have a different take and what it may be. Would love to discuss it. Not argue it. :cheers:
Now, if you’re downvoting my prediction that we score, by all means, downvote away. :lol:
Well, frick me. :lol:
re: Northwestern St 2 @ LSU 4 Final
Posted by Hot Carl on 4/14/26 at 6:52 pm to BigTigerJoe
The offense goes as DC goes. I bet we score this inning.
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Why would there be?
Exactly. No reason to.
But the poster below you said I doubt we see him again this year. I’ll disagree there. He’ll get some pinch hits against RHP eventually, probably when we need a homer to tie or win it and we’ve got a lesser RHH up. He at least has the ability to run into one. And if he does, who knows, that may be all he needs to get his confidence back.
Not suggesting he’ll ever take over the every day 1B spot again, but I think he’s gonna contribute some more before the season’s over.
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