Quick non-baseball thoughts

I honestly think Ohio State's football coaching staff is better this year, overall, than in any year under Urban Meyer.   They may not get to the final 4 if they have a hiccup along the way but I think they are better prepared and react better to in-game situations/trends than in the past.   If that latter thing was a point of emphasis this year, well, consider it improved dramatically...so far.

When I was a little younger the expression was "Well that is (fill in time spent) I will never get back".   It usually applied to situations that turned out not to be satisfying and, as the impression implies, were a total waste of time.   That is what I said after watching the Browns game tonight.   Total waste of time and, worse, players looking like they (a) were totally confused and frustrated that things were going so badly, (b) totally mad that Baker Mayfield couldn't make the plays necessary to get them back in the game, (c) as the game wore on, totally looking like they were going through the motions trying not to get hurt so the they could continue getting a paycheck and, finally (d) Fred Kitchens looking forlorn and dazed on the sidelines, telling me that he has totally lost control of this team and that he is probably in over his head as a head coach of THIS team at THIS point in his experience as a coach.  The comical thing:  That is the way I remember Belichik looking when he coached the Browns.  Wouldn't that be hilarious....

College football recruiting and the subsequent transfer portal are interesting to study.   What your recruiting class in any given year looks like on October of the year of a kid's high school senior year and what that recruiting class looks like after the December early signing period and after the transfer portal shuffle over the following two years is amazing.   When talent evaluators have to wait until the summer after that player's sophomore year to evaluate the recruiting class from two years prior AND NONE OF IT HAS TO DO WITH PERFORMANCE BUT, RATHER, ON PERSONNEL SHUFFLING speaks volumes.  Ah, for the old days of no early commitments and no transfer portal when your recruiting class could be judged early and only changed due to injuries or overachieving.  Those were the days.