Thank the Lord it’s April fools.

Today’s combine

Give Jim the tools and he will produce.

Yeah, but i wanted to be one more warm body to support the guys.

“ The Spring game should be interesting.”
I’m bummed I’ll be out of town for it, but i plan to attend a few practices.

Aside from QB, there are some big shoes to fill at RB. Vargas is supposed to be a real exciting back to watch. But we have Fischer and Matteo in the mix. It will be interesting to see how our offense evolves with a mobile QB and the 3 RBs, each with their own style.

Yeah, I’m mainly retired these days so i haven’t had to deal with HR stuff in a long time. The process certainly has evolved, good or bad. Before retirement, at some point i was required to submit all my interview questions to HR ahead of time for approval, and had to ask the exact same questions to every candidate. I wasn't allowed the flexibility to explore an answer with further questions. But 25 years ago i stopped a guy who was essentially hired, and would be reporting to me. I found out his references were not called, but were only emailed. After making a few calls, it was clear he had a drug problem that had affected his on the job performance. But fortunately he did eventually get clean (we’re in the same profession so not hard to hear things) and obtained another job. Maybe i wouldn’t be able to make these calls under todays HR rules.

Well, I’m not sure but i believe UCD academic senate gets a crack at interviewing our head coach
candidates.

“ You don't always know from an interview. I've got an employee who interviewed beautifully and is a huge pain in the ass to work with.”
I’ve been able to figure that part out by carefully scrutinizing references and personally calling them. A lot of times they’ll level with you on the phone vs what they say in an email.

Thank you.

So Taylor hired Thompson away from Slak. He (Thompson) hasn’t seen 1 season in his new position. So i assume he’s being shown the door also?

Good find.

My son follows “all things” Stanford. He told me they were looking for a reason to show Taylor the door. Shortly after he took the job, i was told by a really good source that Taylor would not work out, mainly bc he could not effectively deal with Stanford politics and the “Stanford way.”

Yeah, but it sounds like he was successful at it. Whether he can recruit and deal with university politics will be determined.

“ After the first investigation, Taylor signed a warning letter on Feb. 14, 2024, acknowledging he could be fired if the conduct continued, according to the documents. Additional complaints were documented in a second investigation that ended last July 24, but Taylor remains on the job.”

“ The second investigation cited evidence "that this is an ongoing pattern of concerning behavior by Coach Taylor." It was conducted last June and July by Timothy O'Brien, senior counsel for the Libby, O'Brien, Kingsley & Champion law firm in Maine. O'Brien, who has advised several Division I and Power 5 programs, said in his report that he has never encountered "this palpable level of animosity and disdain" for a university compliance office.”

Even during the interview with me, when talking about compliance issues, Coach Taylor's tone was forceful and aggressive," O'Brien wrote.”

I’ve never really thought he would last there.

These announcers must be from SD

Looks like the ladies are getting out hustled.

Dr. amd Mrs. Mike getting on TV quite a bit.

Poly hitting some NBA 3s

I’ll check 1140