Some names to watch before it’s deleted

[Memnon]

Do you think he would be the best hire given our personnel?

Yes.

I think it will take a few years before we can fully transition into a 3-4 style defense.

Belk runs a 4-2-5 that we’re used to & until the roster turnover of Diez recruits gets filtrated out of the roster it makes the most logical sense to maintain the system they’re familiar with until they can fully switch to a new scheme.

 

[OrangeBowlMagic]

Do you think he would be the best hire given our personnel?

You don't hire coaches based off your personnel. For one, especially in 2022 and beyond, roster turnover is absolutely insane. Your personnel might be different tomorrow, never mind a year or two down the road.

Secondly, you hire coaches based off scheme, and the good coaches adapt their scheme to the skills of their players. And then you begin to recruit players who fit who you are at your core.

Belk would be a great hire for anyone's personnel, because he's an excellent coach and he's smart. There are some absolute extreme exceptions, like if we were going to hire a triple option coach with TVD and Jake on the roster. But that's very much not the norm. Good coaches put their players in positions to succeed.

 

[BS85]

$4+ where I live. FML. And my can requires 93 Octane.

I drive from LA to Tahoe a few months ago and it was $6.50 a gallon on the way, granted it was in the middle of nowhere but still.

 

[Da Jumbo Mutombo]

I got #99 problems but a DC aint one!

@RVACane

 

[skeeter]

I'd rate Belk a B hire.

Don't think he's proven enough.

And while their defense was good and has improved since he got there...Cincinnati was going for about 10 yds a play until about 10 mins left in the game when they called the dogs off. Did I expect them to stop Cincy or win the game? No...But I would have liked to see some resistance...Cincy was one of the best G5 teams we've seen but their offense was clearly not as good as their D.

He is a young up and comer and I like that and think he has potential. I think overall we can do better.

 

[Genghis Cane]

4

Wow, god bless you, man! That’s quite the work load.

 

[JHallCanes]

Yes.

I think it will take a few years before we can fully transition into a 3-4 style defense.

Belk runs a 4-2-5 that we’re used to & until the roster turnover of Diez recruits gets filtrated out of the roster it makes the most logical sense to maintain the system they’re familiar with until they can fully switch to a new scheme.

3-4 would be rough

We can barely run a 5-1-5 at this stage

 

[soddyCane]

I'd rate Belk a B hire.

Don't think he's proven enough.

And while their defense was good and has improved since he got there...Cincinnati was going for about 10 yds a play until about 10 mins left in the game when they called the dogs off. Did I expect them to stop Cincy or win the game? No...But I would have liked to see some resistance...Cincy was one of the best G5 teams we've seen but their offense was clearly not as good as their D.

He is a young up and comer and I like that and think he has potential. I think overall we can do better.

Who would be an A for you?

 

[423Hurricane]

Correct. 7% bs 6%

Luckily for me I stop and shop in Virginia when I can

We buy groceries in VA. 2% on some things and 4-1/2 on others.

 

[423Hurricane]

Having just driven to TN and back, it's about the same as most places in FL, maybe a little cheaper. North GA had the cheapest at $2.81/gal at one station.

That said, we have places here that drive our average up. Gas around here is ~3.40, but 15 miles away in West Palm, my wife pays 20 cents a gallon less.

The last couple of months, it’s fluctuated between $2.90 and $3.05 here. It’s $3.01 today.

 

[Cryptical Envelopment]

I said ND was better based on perception of the last 5+ years. We have underacheived and have been remiss in our commitment to success. We see that's changed, but outside of die hard fans, not many others do. They think we're the same old perennial wannabes who used to be something and got passed.

I haven't said jack about the current roster.

To come here, Belk would need to buy into the belief that everythting will get better and have to want to be a part of that. Otherwise, he can go to ND and having that on a resume is still worth more than having us on there because look at the great coaches in the last 15 years who worked at Miami.

This is what Mario's up against. He got to recruit coaches as well as players.

Perception?

Fans?

None of that matters.

We're talking about 7-figure high-level professional football coaches that know what it takes to win and know how to project whether or not the tools are there. In this instance Mario would be recruiting Belk the same way he recruits the kids, showing him everything they are building (literally!), how the program will be run, and especially that he'd have autonomy over the defense. It's not completely dependent on "belief" on Belk's part. There are more concrete things to see. The NIL commitment from billionaires (proven by the deals that have already gone down and how every top kid has stayed), the plans for the new building, what just went down last weekend and the talent-base in SFL, the recruiting results over the last 6 weeks, the commitment to coaching salaries and support staffing, and so much more. Including that Mario turned two marginal programs into conference champions with a PHD in Alabama football in the middle. Concrete things that ND would not give Kelly. So Kelly left because he didn't think ND was committing to winning the CFP. He LEFT to a school that offered the SAME commitment Miami is making.

I can't offer anything else. It's ok if we disagree. I think it would be short-sighted for him to go to ND over us. My 2 cents.

 

[OldhamA]

Having just driven to TN and back, it's about the same as most places in FL, maybe a little cheaper. North GA had the cheapest at $2.81/gal at one station.

That said, we have places here that drive our average up. Gas around here is ~3.40, but 15 miles away in West Palm, my wife pays 20 cents a gallon less.

Should just go electric, mate.

Costs me peanuts to recharge my car at home.

 

[JayCane20]

We buy groceries in VA. 2% on some things and 4-1/2 on others.

And they sell 36 racks of beer instead of the 24 max in Tennessee.

Learned that in college.. drive an extra 30 min to get a 36 pack of natty for $27 after tax instead of a 24 pack for $23 after tax

Then I became an adult and got a kegerator and don’t have to do that

 

[Tad Footeball]

I drive from LA to Tahoe a few months ago and it was $6.50 a gallon on the way, granted it was in the middle of nowhere but still.

$3.15/gal for regular in Lauderdale this morning. $3.40 for mid-grade.

I think the country as a whole (with obvious geographic exceptions) has now been conditioned to think anything under $3/gal is reasonable or even cheap and anything above $4/gal is expensive and freakout worthy.

 

[Rickd]

Property tax is highly subjective.

When I was at UM, Coral Gables used to brag about having the lowest millage rate (property tax rate) in Dade County. Uh, yeah, because the value of the real estate was so high. So Coral Gables property tax bills were higher (on a total basis) than elsewhere in Dade, but at a lower tax rate (millage rate). It's a trade-off.

CA and NY have suffered from skyrocketing property values, which makes the total bill higher each year, even if the millage rate remains constant. I would also point out that the populations of CA and NY are higher than almost any other state (as well as higher population densities), which necessitates more roads, schools, fire, police, and other types of services.

I would point out that localities (property tax, some local-option sales tax) are different from states (income tax, sales tax). States set a budget and get a TON of money from the federal government (OVER HALF of Florida's state budget revenue comes from the federal government), and states can deficit-spend. Cities and counties have to balance their budgets and therefore the millage rate on property taxes gets adjusted each year to cover the number.

Actually, the six highest PROPERTY TAX RATE states are:

1. New Jersey (widely-known and heavily-complained-about at 2.49%, also the highest annual tax on a median-priced house)
2. Illinois (2.27%, and #6 highest annual tax on a median-priced house)
3. New Hampshire (2.18% and #3 highest annual tax on a median-priced house)
4. Connecticut (2.14% and #2 highest annual tax on a median-priced house)
5. Vermont (1.90% and #7 highest annual tax on a median-priced house)
6. Wisconsin (1.85% and #11 highest annual tax on a median-priced house)

Texas is 7th (1.80% and #14 on annual tax). New York is 9th (1.72% and #4 on annual tax). Pennsylvania is 11th (1.58% and #16 on annual tax). Ohio is 13th (1.57% and #22 on annual tax). Florida is 28th (0.89% and #27 on annual tax).

California is 37th (0.76% but jumps to #9 highest annual tax on a median-priced house). It's just that...property has a very high valuation in CA.

I mean you could say that every day, lol.

Hopefully the ND mod saying it's down to the other 2 guys is because Belk really is a done deal to UM. Doesn't matter to me when they announce it.

I mean you could say that every day, lol.

Hopefully the ND mod saying it's down to the other 2 guys is because Belk really is a done deal to UM. Doesn't matter to me when they announce it.

What did the ND mod say? The choice is down to which two?

 

[Rickd]

Belk not even on the list of guys rumored for ND right now. I doubt that is the hold up

Who is on the list? I saw Belk and Al Golden.

 

[KWCOWBOYFAN]

I would like to buy a vowel….

Or at least how many letters are in their last name…

Not asking for much!

 

[OldhamA]

Who is on the list? I saw Belk and Al Golden.

Save us, Al Golden. You're our only hope.

 

[423Hurricane]

Property tax is highly subjective.

When I was at UM, Coral Gables used to brag about having the lowest millage rate (property tax rate) in Dade County. Uh, yeah, because the value of the real estate was so high. So Coral Gables property tax bills were higher (on a total basis) than elsewhere in Dade, but at a lower tax rate (millage rate). It's a trade-off.

CA and NY have suffered from skyrocketing property values, which makes the total bill higher each year, even if the millage rate remains constant. I would also point out that the populations of CA and NY are higher than almost any other state (as well as higher population densities), which necessitates more roads, schools, fire, police, and other types of services.

It should be noted that localities (property tax, some local-option sales tax) are different from states (income tax, sales tax). States set a budget and get a TON of money from the federal government (OVER HALF of Florida's state budget revenue comes from the federal government), and states can deficit-spend. Cities and counties have to balance their budgets and therefore the millage rate on property taxes gets adjusted each year to cover the number.

Actually, the six highest PROPERTY TAX RATE states are:

1. New Jersey (widely-known and heavily-complained-about at 2.49%, also the highest annual tax on a median-priced house)
2. Illinois (2.27%, and #6 highest annual tax on a median-priced house)
3. New Hampshire (2.18% and #3 highest annual tax on a median-priced house)
4. Connecticut (2.14% and #2 highest annual tax on a median-priced house)
5. Vermont (1.90% and #7 highest annual tax on a median-priced house)
6. Wisconsin (1.85% and #11 highest annual tax on a median-priced house)

Texas is 7th (1.80% and #14 on annual tax). New York is 9th (1.72% and #4 on annual tax). Pennsylvania is 11th (1.58% and #16 on annual tax). Ohio is 13th (1.57% and #22 on annual tax). Florida is 28th (0.89% and #27 on annual tax).

California is 37th (0.76% but jumps to #9 highest annual tax on a median-priced house). It's just that...property has a very high valuation in CA.

City rate here is $2.16 per $1K @ 25% of assessed value. County is $2.21. ****es me off getting double dipped! Lol

 

[Cryptical Envelopment]

I drive from LA to Tahoe a few months ago and it was $6.50 a gallon on the way, granted it was in the middle of nowhere but still.

That was in an isolated, remote place that is not cost-effective to deliver gas to. CA is very expensive for gas but that was an exception to the already rough rule. I am guessing Big Sur if you went via the coast to stop in the Bay Area or by the parks in BFE if you went inland?