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Turner might have had a head start, but it was also rare to have such large numbers already committed at the time. July, then October were the prime season for early commits. And Turner still had more recruits. I agree a lot can happen in 5 months, but to say it is Chicken Little drama is...

Ron Turner, who is rightly noted as not a great recruiter, started up much stronger recruiting at Illinois than Lovie. And then had a couple of horrific years, and still had a better showing recruiting in those years than Lovie. Just throwing that out there.

I think it was covered below, I think Nike cooked up many ideas around the rebrand, and certain elements were tossed aside with the initial part of the process. The guidance received from DIA allowed them to drive down to the final product. The feedback I have been given is more along the...

I have no proof either, but an acquaintance who saw some of the proposal gave me the columns, etc speech for why the shield. The presentation surprised him when they changed the rationale. Definitely not proof, but I think there is smoke on this one.

From a development point of view, a company would never develop a product with a 50% acceptance rate. That would equate to ~40% survival rate of the product within 3 years. A 90% acceptance rate is FAR from a statistical improbability. It is rare, but hardly unheard of for an acceptance rate...