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Bret BielemaBret Bielema

The best indicators for a recruit's success are the uncles on the mother's side

If you can meet mom and then if you meet one of her brothers. The uncles from mom's sides are usually the greatest indicators of what you're gonna get... DNA means a lot.

This is a scouting philosophy rather than a verifiable fact, but Bielema treats it as a 'fact claim' of high-level coaching.

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Jun 20, 2025
#21060
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Game 7 is a legacy game for the Thunder and Thunder Princess

I'm calling it tonight. This is a legacy game. Game seven for Thunder and Thunder Princess. This is what it's all about. ... If the Thunder win this game seven, then they're gonna have to answer questions for the rest of their lives about how they tarnished their legacy with this NBA championship.

Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals was indeed a legacy game. The Thunder won 103-91 to claim the franchise's first championship, cementing the legacy of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Finals MVP) and the Thunder organization.
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Jun 20, 2025
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MaxMax

Chet Holmgren is not the guy

[Chet Holmgren] is not the guy... not a guy.

The Thunder reached the Finals in 2025, suggesting Chet is a core piece, but the claim that he isn't 'the guy' is a subjective evaluation of a young star's ceiling.
Loss
Jun 20, 2025
#21061
Big CatBig Cat

Netflix might have paid extra to rig the NBA Finals for the 'Starting 5' documentary

Do you think Netflix maybe paid extra to have this [Pacers vs. Thunder] be the finals matchup and a game seven? ... Netflix is two for two for getting the finals guy actually. Oh, okay. So yeah, I'm just saying, just throwing it out there.

There is no evidence to support that Netflix has the power or intent to rig NBA outcomes for documentary narrative purposes.

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Bret BielemaBret Bielema

College football needs to adopt a draft, a salary cap, and performance-based scheduling to fix the sport

The NFL has some three good things that go on for 'em. They have the draft, they have a salary cap and they have a scheduling that rotates every year based on your performance. Those are three really good things that have made the NFL what it is. And I think the more we pay attention to that in college football, I think the better we be as well.

Subjective opinion on the structure of college football.
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Bret BielemaBret Bielema

The College Football Playoff should expand to 24 teams

I think anybody has to understand like there is no time in college football, in my opinion, where the 16th team or the 18th team in the country could possibly win it all... I think the numbers 24... the more you can include... the better we be as well.

This is a subjective opinion on the optimal size of a playoff system.
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Bret BielemaBret Bielema

Indiana Football has the best coordinators in the country

I told my coaches... I said, Hey, these coordinators... they know what you're gonna do before you know what you're gonna do. I think those two guys offensively and defensively are the best I've ever seen in all of college football.

Subjective professional assessment from an opposing coach.