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Donovan makes a lot of sense but the Cardinals won’t trade within the division.

The Athletic has Monken as the best fit for the HC at Wisconsin. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6758442/2025/10/29/james-franklin-lane-kiffin-coaching-fits/?source=user_shared_article What are James Franklin, Lane Kiffin and others’ perfect coaching fits?

To be fair even if the Brewers could afford him they probably still have no shot at any of these Japanese players. The Bucks drafted a Chinese player one time and he had no interest in playing for the Bucks. It took a lot to convince him to actually come and play for the Bucks. For players in Japan it is Chicago, Seattle, LA and New York that are the popular places for them to play. If a team like the Brewers gave them a lot of money maybe they come but Toronto tried that with Ohtani and he took a deal with the Dodgers instead. A player who has no choice but to sign with a team in an undesirable location will do it if they have no choice but I doubt they stay long term.

Carlos Gomez was considered a problem player and he turned out to be not a problem. Carlos Gomez is probably a good comparison to Cruz. I am not sure 3B is a good place to put Cruz defensively. Probably the best spot is LF or DH.

Energy sector will have to expand as the current grid is not efficient enough for EV’s and data centers. Which means more investment into nuclear and other energy plants. This then leads to more construction. There are already billions being spent on creating the data centers throughout the US. This is already creating jobs in the construction industry. The economy is not as bad as it is being made out to be. Job wise yeah it sucks but economically it is good. The economy is in a strong spot right now. There will always be issues in the job market depending on whatever industry is seeing issues. As a whole the economy is looking strong. The mortgage rate isn’t really the problem right now as it is sitting just over 6% for a 30-year. The problem is the price of the houses depending on the market. Some markets are seeing drops but not enough

No the US Navy would not. The Chinese navy is mostly made up of coast guard like ships. Check the tonnage of the US Navy versus the Chinese Navy. They are not even close. US Navy is about 3.5 million tonnage versus China at about 2 million tonnage. The 2 million includes the Chinese coast guard. Don’t underestimate what a dictator will or won’t do. Case in point Putin basically destroying Russia’s economy and is continuing to do so with no end in sight. I said it will seriously hurt. I don’t need to go into the exact details but an economic crash would be under the seriously hurt category.

Andre Jackson is probably more likely to be released. Not really losing much by getting rid of him.

This is not true. The precious metals sector is doing good. The energy sector is also seeing growth and will continue to see growth with the increase in data centers across the US. Precious metals will continue to grow with EV’s and advanced computing (AI, data centers and quantum computing). There is still some room to grow in the EV sector but that is shrinking. Another industry that will be seeing growth over the next 10-15 years is quantum computing. Fintech is also seeing a lot of growth. Pharmaceutical and healthcare in general are seeing growth as well. Overall the economy is not in that bad of shape for now. Ask this again towards the end of 2026 and it will all have to deal with China and Taiwan. 2027 is the mandate to be ready for taking Taiwan either by force or otherwise. A major war would seriously hurt the world economy even if the majority of Europe doesn’t take part in this. Major players in this possible war would be China, North Korea, South Korea, Australia, Japan and the United States. Other smaller countries like the Philippines and Vietnam would also be impacted. Hard to see Europe helping here with their hands tied with Russia and Ukraine. Best case scenario China just continues to saber rattle and nothing comes of this. Worst case and there is a serious regional war. I don’t see China winning this but economically this will be a huge blow.

AI is a broad term like plants. Are you talking about trees, shrubs or ????? I wish I only have to write one email per day. But since I am in a highly regulated profession it is mostly emails all day everyday.

In the banking world it is being used to detect fraud. Far easier for AI to sift through hundreds of thousands of transactions every day than it is for a human. Even the applications that are running now struggle with this. The fear of AI taking a lot of jobs is the same as the robotics fear. Some jobs will be eliminated and some created. Basic jobs will go away but more technical jobs and ones that need human input and interaction with won’t be as impacted. Also LLM’s get mixed up with AI. I use a LLM for nearly everything now mostly for emails. I don’t have to spend hours a day reading or crafting replies to emails now. The LLM can sift through it and give me a summary and I can put in a summary of what I want to respond and it will craft the email for me. Though my LLM has a lot of India words like kindly that I have to get rid of or tell it not to use.

Yes it is only 4 games but the stats are concerning hence why I was asking if he has looked as bad as his stats were saying.

I haven’t been able to watch any of the games but is Turner playing as bad as his stats are? If he is then he is looking like another bad Bucks FA signing.

Contreras arbitration number probably comes in around $11-14mm. There is a possibility that the Brewers will have to pay more in arbitration. Even if it comes in at the lower level of $11mm there is not that much of a difference between $11mm and $12mm for the following year’s arbitration number. So not really a future savings.

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The problem here with PC was these were not even plays you would call risky, they were just your run of the mill plays. For whatever reason PC either just gave up on running a competent offense or the stresses of the HC job got to him and he became a shell of the offensive play caller that he was. It was the simple things like putting people in motion or slightly moving the TE around where he just absolutely failed. If it wasn't for Allen and Taylor I am not sure PC would have had the record he had. Allen probably killed everything that he wanted to run more than Taylor as Allen was a between the tackles runner and that was it for him. He just wasn't elusive enough to bounce plays or to run a counter. The burst of speed just wasn't there for him to run those plays. Even with that it doesn't explain why he never moved the WR's or the TE's around. Even moving the TE from one side to the next was a no no. PC a good to great offensive coordinator but an absolutely horrible HC even with the record that he had.

Except Chryst never employed the same offense as what was done under his time with Bielema. A lot of his plays that he was calling during the Bielema years never came back. No movement of the WR's, the best TE had to line up every single play in the traditional TE spot when he was the HC. The run plays had to be in between the tackles nothing outside no bouncing the play outside of the tackle. A WR pitch play was also thrown out. The end around was also eliminated. When he did have movement on the offensive side it would be one or two plays a game and then it would disappear for like 3-5 games and then come back again one or two plays to then disappear again. He had the players to do everything that he was doing when he was the OC under Bielema. Why he wouldn't do this I have no idea. The reporters never asked why his offensive play calling differed so much when he was the HC versus as the OC. His biggest crime was having a NFL style TE and lining him up 100% of the time in the traditional TE spot. He had the option to bring in an extra OL and place them in the traditional TE spot and have Ferguson on the outside in the red zone to take advantage of his height. He never did this. While when he was an OC under Bielema they would do this. They would put the TE out in space from time to time and have an extra OL or the backup TE in that spot. PC was the complete opposite of when he was the OC compared to when he was the HC. Maybe the HC got to his head or something but he just wasn't the same at play calling when he became the HC.

Todd Monken who looks like he will be out as the Ravens offensive coordinator by the end of the season would be another good hire I believe. His offensive play calling would be similar to what the Badgers have ran in the past and more similar to Alvarez and Bielema. I would be fine going back to the Alavarez and Bielema days just anything what PC was trying to do.

I am not sure how the Panthers are 4-3. Their team screams 2-5 or 1-6.

If I were to replace Fickell today I would prefer Buster Faulkner, Ben Arbuckle or maybe see if Kliff Kingsbury would want to return to college football. The line would be better if Kevin Haywood was out there though not by much. The left side of the line at least would look better. Renfro being injured for the majority of the year is also a huge setback as he was the only senior offensive lineman. All of the younger guys are struggling and I am not sure Bostad would be able to fix that. He is not a miracle worker. Bostad had a hard time turning that 2022 offensive line around and that line was just as bad as this one. I think he saw the writing on the wall and left because that 2023 offensive line was also really bad and just as bad as this offensive line. The offensive line has been going down hill for a while now and this is not something new. You can probably trace it back to after 2019. The 2019 line was the last offensive line that was actually good. In 2020 you had a good pass blocking line but trying to run the ball the line fell behind expectations. Then in 2021 the wheels completely fell off with both the run and pass protection breaking down. Then in 2022 the trend continued under Bostad. Again Bostad is not a miracle worker and can only do so much. Poor recruiting is to blame here which is not a surprise considering the HC at the time for these years. I think Bostad was ready to leave after the 2022 season regardless of who was going to be the HC and I don't blame him. He wasn't really given much to work with talent wise. The well was completely dry like a hot August day in Phoenix Arizona in terms of talent at the OL. I know I have been bringing this up over and over again but PC's poor recruiting from 2019-2022 is to blame for this. It is the root cause here and is the main reason the Badgers are where they are right now. Regardless of the HC who would have been hired.

Offensive Line coaches don't tend to make great head coaches. You usually end up with someone like Matt Patricia. On the rare occasion you will get a Bill Cowher or Mike Tomlin. I don't see anything that would make Bostad a good head coach. He looks to be more of a teacher than a leader.

Billups and Rozier arrested for illegal gambling. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46700053/sources-terry-rozier-arrested-part-gambling-inquiry

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