Loyal Coug1 said:

Fantasize much? None of them are coming. Everyone is laughing at Teresa and the hapless Pac-X.

Have I said "I told you so" lately?

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BSpike76 said:

Who can/would build one of those plants in a day, to take advantage of yesterday’s tariff rates? Which will go poof the next day, based on whether it’s pump week, or dump week?

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dgibbons said:

Maybe he can find some marginal DLs and switch them over!

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ttowncoug said:

John Schneider's track record on offensive line has been terrible. If the Seahawks don't make it to the playoffs, and maybe past the opening round, I think Schneider's time in Seattle has come to an end.

I think Pete Carroll was the main guy finding the talent and making it work . Pete wanted the right personalities to fit his culture. I just don't see the same "magic" coming from John.

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Loyal Coug1 said:

Oh c'mon. Don't lower yourself to the level of the trolls here. And, silly Coug, why would you think anyone (besides the Always-razor focused Loyal One) want to talk about Cougar Athletics?

I did see where the Baseball team had 2,400-plus fans for the recent series-clinching SJSU game. Must have been Mom's weekend? Oh, I mean "parents" weekend. Gotta stay woke.

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ttowncoug said:

I hope we hear UNLV, Tulane and Memphis are coming. Best markets and best brands.

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cr8zyncalif said:

I have absolutely nothing new or useful to add. Just wanted to move this thread to the top of the list and see how many views I could suck in....

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ttowncoug said:

I hope we hear UNLV, Tulane and Memphis are coming. Best markets and best brands.

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Observer11 said:

It's the type of manufacturing done overseas - chips (aside from Micron), pharmaceuticals, munitions, etc.

There's still US manufacturing of some products but as Chamath said, it's the risk of not bringing manufacturing onshore that is the real issue.

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BSpike76 said:

How much of the job losses are due to automation? We still seem to have pretty good manufacturing capacity, per FRED.

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BleedCrimsonandGray said:

I suppose the logic is that its all a crap shoot and you're just as likely to get a solid qb at 1 as you are in the 5th round, perhaps even a little better chance.

Gotta go do some work, but maybe later I'll go do the research to see if there is a correlation between qb success and draft selection order.
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Also, look towards the bottom and you'll find this gem:
"Tom Brady, Gardner Minshew, Dak Prescott, Kirk Cousins, Russell Wilson, Nick Foles, Jimmy Garoppolo, and Drew Brees are the only quarterbacks drafted outside of the first round in twenty years to have a completion percentage of 60%, a TD:INT ratio over 2.00, and an ANY/A rating over 6.00." That's pretty good company Minshew is mentioned with.

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• It shows that QBs picked in the top 5 are better than those picked 6-32...but the difference isn't that big. Those top 5 QBs have a lot more starts, but none of their performance measures - win percentage, completion percentage, passer rating - are markedly higher than those picked later in the round. And, their TD:INT ration is lower than those picked in the bottom half (a stat that might be influenced by Aaron Rogers alone).
• My second comment follows directly from the first...QBs from the top 5 picks have almost 2x as many starts and more seasons rostered than the later picks. So how much of their modestly better performance is because teams are more reluctant to give up on a top 5 pick? (It would also be fair to ask how much their performance is impeded because teams are too eager to put them on the field before they're ready.)

BiggsCoug said:

Hope is a four letter word.

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Observer11 said:

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It’s not a tumor…er, trade war

It’s about repatriating manufacturing and, to some degree, redistributing wealth.

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BleedCrimsonandGray said:

Corellary:
John Schneider has spent the last month rationalizing why he doesn't need draft or acquire OL. He acknowledges the need, refuses to do it.

Hopefully Lucas can stay healthy and make a difference this year and they find 2 more guys that can earn their paycheck.

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95coug said:

Yeah, logic tends to get lost behind the irrational exuberance. People get sucked in by the highlight films and don’t notice that they’re outnumbered by the head-scratching and face-palming ones.

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BleedCrimsonandGray said:

No doubt the number of #1 qb draft picks who have busted is larger than those who have even just had a winning record, but you can't convince anyone in the NFL to not gamble on the next great thing, in spite of the facts.

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BleedCrimsonandGray said:

No doubt the number of #1 qb draft picks who have busted is larger than those who have even just had a winning record, but you can't convince anyone in the NFL to not gamble on the next great thing, in spite of the facts.

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95coug said:

Tell that to the teams who drafted Trey Lance, will Levis, Jamarcus Russell, and Ryan Leaf. Their perspective is probably different.

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Loyal Coug1 said:

I'm not a violent criminal. Is that what you are saying? What a stupid post.

And I post 3 links containing damning info, and the Trumpers immediately pivot to Panama? Nice comebacks.

On the flip side, my retirement accounts are healing well today. After the Orange One (is he orange-er than usual or is it just me?) pauses all his tariffs. So how the F is anyone, US or our trading "partners", supposed to operate with this on again off again circus? I mean really. Were the cargo boats docking yesterday from overseas subject to tariffs, but today they are good to go?

I have no idea what the mechanisms are for collecting tariffs, but Christ what an accounting nightmare. Absolute insanity.

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