Tire Store Report -- National Championship

Thanks for this edition of the Grades, Commissioner.   An excellent job of summarizing.  As the great Houston Oilers coach Bum Phillips once said after a particularly nasty defeat -- “The film looked suspiciously like the game itself.”

Offense:  Clemson had an outstanding game plan and executed it very well. Alabama helped by not calling or executing very well on offense.  It seemed to us, frankly, that Alabama tended to go away from plays that were working pretty well to try to succeed at plays that didn’t go so well.  One critical factor that we noticed was that Clemson had the football IQ and the players to change their defensive formations at or just before the snap.  Tua has done a really, really outstanding job this season of knowing where to go with the football.  On passing downs, at least, he is an excellent reader of the opposing defense.  This dictates where the pass should be thrown.  Simplistically, if the defense lines up in their “Apple” formation, he knows that means his receiver on the far right should have the best match up.  Wherever he looks first, that is where he is going.   If the defense is in “Banana” he is throwing it to the left.  If they are in “Cherries” then he throws to the tight end or the running back.

Clemson was changing from Apple to Cherries right at the snap (or perhaps actually being in the Cherries defense but making it look like Apple).  It sounds simple, but is very difficult for a defense to do.  The players have to all know their assignments, not run into each other, get to where they are going, all in a split second.  Furthermore, while this will work for a little bit, a good quarterback will figure this out and pretty soon wait for his patterns to develop and pick on the guy who has not adjusted quickly enough.  Clemson was able to counter this by getting a solid pass rush from their defensive line of future NFL players.  Alabama was not able to adjust, most especially near the goal line. 

The good news is that there are very very few defenses in college football that can successfully emulate what Clemson was able to do.  Even next year’s edition of Clemson might not be able to.  The bad news is that the defenses we think can manage it, at least sometimes, (Clemson, Georgia, probably LSU, maybe Texas A&M or Ohio State), are all teams Alabama may see this year.  Can our coaching staff and quarterback adjust?  We expect they will.

Defense:  Alabama’s offense did not help its defense very much, but there were long stretches of the game where the defense looked undermanned.  It’s sort of like when we are trying to bust loose a rusty or cross-threaded lug nut.  Sometimes the air gun won’t do it and we end up the old-fashioned way -- a 4-way with a cheater bar and a series of steady pulls.  This works mostly (though one time we saw Big Willie twist a perfectly good steel 4-way lug wrench around as pretty as you please -- looked like some weird little piece of wrought iron fence).  Anyway, the point is that it is not that last push that really broke things loose and got the lug nut off -- it was the cumulative effect of all those efforts.  We think that is sort of what happened to Alabama’s defense -- the accumulation of very good athletes hobbled by injury eventually became too much to overcome against a great opponent with great athletes and things broke loose.  Christian Miller having a hamstring injury was just sort of the last pull on the lug wrench.  Buggs, Diggs, Lewis, Miller, Smith -- eventually it is not just “next man up” no matter how hard they try.  Alabama struggled to get any pressure on the quarterback at any time in the game.  Their receivers made some outstanding catches.  Does a completely healthy defense change the outcome?  We honestly don’t know, but it couldn’t have hurt.

Special Teams:  Well, mostly they weren’t so special, with a poorly designed and more poorly executed fake field goal and a kick off out of bounds when momentum seemed to be changing for the good guys.  We’d be remiss, however, not to tip our cap to gallant walk-on Mike Bernier, who came in to have steadying (if not exactly record-setting) influence on a punting game that had begun to exhibit junior high level inconsistency.  He had his best performance on the biggest stage.  We are glad he chose to wear Crimson. Good luck to him in the future.

Coaching:  The team did not seem to be well-prepared for this game.  Certainly, the in-game adjustments did not seem that good.  To be honest, things had seemed a little out of synch ever since the Mississippi State game.  We are not sure just what to do about all the coaches moving in and out of the program.   Sometimes coordinators taking a new job before the season end seemed to work out just fine -- e.g. Pruitt and McElwain; sometimes not so much -- e.g. Kiffin.  We get that the whole idea of being an assistant college coach is to someday run your own show.  But we are going to trust Coach Saban to come up with a solution here.  We just don’t think that having our coaches interviewing for and transitioning to new jobs at the same time we are in the heart of the new recruiting signing period and preparing for our hardest games of the year is fair to them or their players.

Alabama lost at the end of a magical season.  The world didn’t end.  The sun came up and everything, though we admit to peeking out the blinds a little early on Tuesday morning just to make sure.

The Commissioner’s chronicle of the game being so complete and so compelling, and the fact that continuing to dwell on the game might upset our dinner plans, we hope you will indulge us in a personal note. 

The original owner of the Tire Store was Glenn Williams, referred to as Pop.  He was a two-way player at Sidney Lanier back in the day, as he liked to tell it, when the coaches said that weight lifting made you muscle bound, drinking water in practice caused cramps, and facemasks had taken all the fear out of the game.  He had a scholarship offer to play football at Maryland, but instead he married his high school sweetheart, settled down, and pretty soon bought the Tire Store franchise.  Pop was as old school as things got.  He carried customers on the books for months and never charged a dime of interest.  From time to time customers paid him in tomatoes, cucumbers, and zucchini they grew in their own gardens.  He retired a few years ago, and the Tire Store was never really the same. 

He raised his kids right.  In particular, he taught his daughter the finer points of football.  You know you are on the right track when you are watching the game with your girlfriend and she says something like, “If the ball wasn’t in the air that’s just holding, not pass interference, you bonehead referee”.  It’s the kind of thing that makes you want to marry her.  And I talked her into it.

Pop passed away last week from complications related to COPD.  He was a devoted father, husband, and grandfather.  More than that, he was a Christian, a gentleman, and a lifelong Alabama  fan.  We don’t have any higher compliments that we can give.  Like the Tire Store itself, for us things will never really be the same.

Rest in Peace, Pop.  

A failure should never be wasted, according to the Head Coach, and we doubt this one will.  There are various coaching staff vacancies to fill and reassignments to be made.  National signing day is next month and recruiting for the last few spots is in full swing.  Spring practice will start in March and the A-Day game will be held in April.  On August 31, the reigning SEC Champions will kick the football off again in Bryant Denny Stadium.  We hope to see you there.

Roll Tide.  Beat Duke.

 

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National Championship Grades

Vol Calls:

Bill:     We’ve got Travis from Crossville on Line 1. Welcome to Vol Calls bro, you still pumped up about that Championship Game:

Travis: [Bleep] yeah, I’m pumped up. I haven’t been this [bleep] since I [bleep] [bleep] at Bonnaroo!

Doug:  Yeah, it was great to see Alabama finally get what it deserved. Am I right?

Travis: [Bleep] [bleep] [bleep] you’re [bleep] right. Hey, listen man, I got the best idea of my [bleep] life. I have invested in a deal making DVD’s of the game. It only cost me $5 to make each DVD, and I’m going to sell ‘em for $50. I’m talking [bleep] BANK. You want to be one of my first buyers?

Bill:  Uh … Trav ….. you do know that you can watch the whole game for free on YouTube, right?

Travis:  The [bleep] you say?

Doug:    Yeah. I mean, I think everyone in Vol Nation has probably already watched the whole game at least twice since Monday night. I’m not sure anyone would pay $50 when they can watch it for free.

Travis:    Five

Bill:       Five?  Five what?

Travis:    [bleep] five [bleep] thousand [bleep] dollars.

Doug:    What’s $5,000?

Travis:   What I invested in the DVD deal. [bleep] I sold my car for the money, man [bleep]

Bill:      You sold your car?

Travis:    Well, I think I was my car ……

Tide Talk:

John:      Ok, well let’s see …. Wade is on a cell phone….. Roll Tide, Wade …. Bad game, but give Clemson credit?

Wade:   Yeah, I guess …. But I got to say, you know that horrible no-call on the pass interference on that third down pass to Irv Smith on the opening drive of the second half, that should have been a first down inside the Clemson 10, instead we have 4^th and 6 and…

John:    Stop.  Wade. Just. Stop.

Wade:    But …

John:    44-16, Brother. 44-16.

Wade:    Yeah.  OK, then.   Roll Tide

WSFA AM

Bert:   ….. $4.50 a bushel, and soy beans are .25 cents a gross unit at the Lee County Co-Op. We’ve got a call waiting, all the way from Eufaula, good morning Jim, you got anything to sell, swap or trade?

Jim:      No, I just want all your listeners to know, that the Costco in Columbus has restocked its inventory of toilet paper. Me and Bob have rented a truck and are headed there now. We should be in Auburn by 3:00 pm, so the celebration can pick back up again.

Bert:    That’s great news, Jim. And, I’ve got to say, you, and Bob are great examples of what the Auburn Family is all about. Keep ‘em rolling big guy …. Keep ‘em rolling ….. Do you get it?  Rolling, ‘cause we’re rolling?

Jim:   Oh, yeah!  Oh man, that’s really funny! War Eagle!

It is a privilege to be able to bring so much joy to so many people.  You know the people I mean. The fans of the other SEC schools … and the ACC …. and Big 10 …. Big XII? Not so much, but they are laughing their faces off at Georgia’s expense.

Alabama fans have accepted the fact with stoic resignation: Clemson whipped the Tide in every phase of the game. The offense: Tua made more poor decisions (5) in the game than he has made all year; four trips into the Clemson red zone produced only one touchdown; five of the Tides’ ten meaningful possessions did not end with a kick [2 Ints., 3 Downs]. The defense: allowed Clemson to convert 10 of 15 third downs; surrendered 482 total yards; on takeaways, sacks, and QB hurries recorded 0-0-0. Special teams: a missed PAT; a kickoff out of bounds. Coaching: 6 penalties; fake kick on 4^th and 6 with Clemson playing defense; play selection failed to give the team the best opportunity to stay competitive; for the first time since 2008, the opponent appeared to be better conditioned. At game’s end the Tigers were on their way to adding 7 more points to the score, but Dabo Swinney mercifully took the Paw off Alabama’s neck and let the clock run to zero.

It was a dreadful performance.

Some individual performances deserve recognition. Najee Harris averaged 6.6 yards per carry. Damien Harris averaged 5.2 yards per run. Josh Jacobs averaged 4.3. It’s problematic, however, that our three stellar running backs combined for only 31 carries. Jerry Jeudy gained 139 yards on 5 receptions. DeVonta Smith caught 6 passes for 65 yards. Xavier McKinney was credited with 7 tackles [6 solo]. Isaiah Buggs and Mack Wilson each recorded 6 stops.  

Each aspect of the team’s performance grades out an F. So there is an end to 2018.

But Coach Saban is absolutely right. One game does not define an individual competitor, nor a team. The Tide’s four touchdown loss to Clemson certainly does not define the body of work achieved by the 2018 Crimson Tide, and especially the 2018 senior class. No class of football players in the history of the greatest program the sport of college football has produced have ever compiled a resume to equal that of the seniors who have now played their last game in an Alabama jersey: Wins – Losses: 55-4; SEC West Championships: 4 (one co-championship); SEC Championships: 3; CFP Championship Game appearances: 4; CFP National Championships: 2.

Only Clemson compiled a comparable record.

I’ve been asking myself: How did Clemson do it? What was the secret sauce that produced such a stunning victory? I have come to a couple of conclusions.

First, and perhaps most importantly, Clemson won the 2019 CFP Championship Game in January 2018, when every player on the Tiger defense that could have left early for the NFL draft decided to return for a senior season. If Alabama is going to have a chance to beat Clemson for the national title in January 2020, it will require a similar commitment from the likes of Q. Williams, Josh McMillan, Terrell Lewis, and Isaiah Buggs. Raekwon Davis and Trevon Diggs have already announced they will be returning. Let’s hope their example will inspire others.

Second, I believe Clemson’s defensive coordinator, who has been on Dabo’s staff for a half dozen years, devoted time every week since the end of spring ball, to working on Alabama. It showed. Coach Saban will require a similar commitment from his staff, whomever is left once other schools have finished hiring away his assistants.

The final ingredient will be a universal dedication by players, coaches, staff, fans, and all who love the University of Alabama. Tua expressed it in just five words at the post-game presser: When asked his takeaway from the loss, the young man said: “Good is not good enough.”

Thanks for sharing this amazing season with me. The most important game of the season so far is Duke, on Labor Day weekend.

Roll Tide, Yall

The Commissioner 

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Tire Store Report -- Orange Bowl / National Semifinal

Yet again the Crimson Tide took on an opponent, seemed to very quickly figure out that they were not a serious threat, and then sort of seemed to lose interest in the contest.  This time, it almost cost them, but not really.  It seemed like it might cost Alabama because of Oklahoma’s deserved reputation as a team that can put up a lot of points and do it in a hurry;  and not really because of Oklahoma’s deserved reputation as a defense that couldn’t stop a runaway tricycle.

We were certainly nervous when Oklahoma clawed back, sort of literally, to within 11.  The Comptroller kept saying, “I can’t believe y’all are nervous.”  She works with numbers a lot and I guess that gave her more confidence than it gave those of us who bust down tires and do rotations instead.

This game did renew our faith in how football is supposed to be played -- a team that is only good on offense is going to be in trouble when it runs into an opponent that bothers to play well on both sides of the line of scrimmage.  The Big 12ish seems to have agreed, as a conference, that defense is optional -- most all the best athletes should be put on the offensive side of the ball, and any team that can luck into a couple of turnovers or other mistakes by the other team’s offense will win on the last possession or two. 

If they like that style, then fine.  We just don’t think that is the way football is meant to be played.  We hope this fad won’t have long-term success against teams from other conferences that are willing to play defense and it will go the way of the leisure suits and those creepy little troll dolls with green hair.  In fact, if anything, we’d prefer to start with defense.  Coach Bryant said something to the effect of:  If we don’t score, they might win; if they don’t score, we’ll never lose.  Maybe we are just getting old-fashioned.  But we’d rather be out-of-style, undefeated and heading to the national championship game than fashionable and currently preparing for the Spring scrimmage.

Tagovailoa got a little redemption.  By the end of this game, his season-long quarterback rating had climbed to 205.2.  Kyler Murray’s is 199.2.  Murray is a good athlete and deserving of a lot of respect for his leadership and ability.  However, if he’d had to play defenses week in and week out like Mississippi State, Georgia, LSU, etc. we are not sure his success level would be quite so gaudy.  And Tagovailoa’s stats from Saturday’s game were impressive (24/27 for 318 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions) but seem to be totally lost in all the discussion about how wonderful Murray is.  We have always wondered what Josh Jacobs could do if he stayed healthy for an entire season.  We are now seeing that.  His touchdown run with defenders bouncing off him like so many ninepins was the sort of thing that they play in the background during the first round of the NFL draft. 

The defense was a little inconsistent.  However, some of the Oklahoma statistics were inflated by the fact that Alabama went into anaconda mode a couple of times and traded yardage for time, like at the end of the first half.   Patrick Surtain II, who has had an outstanding freshman year at defensive back, was pushed like a shopping cart by Oklahoma’s receivers -- maybe that is how they rack up the passing statistics they did.  We expect him to play better in the championship, when we hope the rules will be a little better enforced and, frankly, he’ll be a little more aggressive if they aren’t.  However, any effort that held this Oklahoma team to 34 points, given the Oklahoma defense, was a fine and almost certainly winning effort.

We have said enough about officiating this year.  You covered many of the deficiencies quite well, Commissioner.  A friend of ours who was at the game said there was a lot more pushing, shoving, and even punches thrown than were shown on TV.   Apparently when Oklahoma’s coaching staff exhorted the team to “fight” during the second quarter, they took him pretty literally.  How the fellow who jumped on Williams after his sack and started trying to punch him in the head didn’t rate an ejection, or even a flag, is beyond us.  Maybe they just aren’t used to that sort of thing over in the ACC.  Good riddance to that crew.

We do hope that the offseason sees some revisions to the rule about what is a pass reception.  This whole thing of re-running the “catch” from 50 different cameras, enlarged, in super slow motion, just to see if the point of the ball moves an inch or two between the time a player possess it and is called down is not only delaying the games it is, well, stupid.  The problem here is not, in our opinion, the officials who are being asked to see things in real time that are not able to be seen by anyone who doesn’t have Superman’s vision, but the rule itself.  The calls in the Clemson / Notre Dame game were worse than ours, though we fear what this is turning into.  If you have to watch it a dozen times, frame-by-frame, enlarged till it fills up a 55-inch screen, then that process itself ought to be enough to indicate that the call on the field was good enough.

Coach Saban is famous for comparing a college football season to a mountain climb.  Once again, the Crimson Tide are at the last step of gaining the summit of the mountain.  The higher you are, though, the further you fall if you make a misstep.  It is time for Alabama to finish off the climb it started back in the heat and humidity of Labor Day weekend against Louisville.

On to the National Championship game on the west coast.   Rumors are that the field was in terrible shape for last weekend’s NFL season finale.  Pete Carroll made a point of complaining about it after the game and flat out said the terrible turf cost his team at least a field goal.  There was talk of resodding the whole field before Monday night, if they could get it done in between predicted rain storms, which apparently didn’t happen.  I expect the team would happily take the predicted mid-50s and rain showers over the drenching humidity of south Florida -- a sloppy muddy field is a different matter.  Either way, it should be an exciting evening.  

Roll Tide.  Beat Clemson.

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Orange Bowl Grades

     Y’all, this game was not a contest between the best football team in America and the fourth best. There is no way Oklahoma was a better football team than Georgia. Not that the Dawgs deserved to be in the playoffs, mind you, but nobody can honestly say Oklahoma was a better team than Georgia.

      As I write these grades, the Dawgs have not yet kicked off against Texas. Perhaps the Canines will let Alabama beat them again and fail to show up for the Sugar Bowl. But I stand by my opening remark.The Orange Bowl was not a game between the number 1 and the 4 teams.

     Alabama beat Oklahoma 45-34. Don’t let the score fool you. Also don’t get hung up on OU outscoring Alabama in the second half. The score of this game could very easily have been 60-27.

    One team had the Heisman Trophy winner at quarterback. The other had the nation’s best quarterback. The Sooner offense was statistically the best in the nation. The Sooner defense was ….what’s the word I’m looking for?...Not. After Bama scored a touchdown on the game’s opening drive, Oklahoma never possessed the football with a chance to score and take the lead.

     In reality, the game was another playoff semifinal mismatch; not as laughable as Clemson 30 Notre Dame 3, but Alabama was clearly better than Oklahoma. Special teams’ malpractice, penalties (called and not called), and errors in execution combined to allow the Sooners to get back in the game. What should have been a blowout ended up a 4^th quarter stalemate. A breezy, relaxed tune up for yet another rendezvous with Clemson became a slug-fest of cheap shots, and unsportsmanlike play from both teams.

     Alabama’s fourth touchdown was a perfect metaphor for the Tide’s dominance.  Josh Jacobs took a perfectly thrown screen pass 27 yards, and knocked an erstwhile tackler into next week on his way into the end zone. Fortunately, the OU player was not seriously injured, beyond whatever social or psychic impact he might suffer from video of the play going viral.

     How the Tide mismanaged the opportunity to end the game in the second quarter, was a perfect example of the woes Bama has suffered all season on special teams. OU’s first scoring drive ended with two separate OU players flagged for personal fouls. So, with the score 28-7, Oklahoma had to kick off from its own 10 yard line. The Tide offense, which to this point in the game had been unstoppable, was assured of field position somewhere between good and excellent, assuming of course that The Other Jaylen, or Josh Jacobs didn’t score on the return.

     So, what happened? The forward return man, for some reason, stuck his arm in the air. Maybe he was pointing to himself on the Jumbo Tron? He couldn’t have been calling for the ball, because it sailed over his head right into the hands of Josh Jacobs who was primed to return the ball behind a phalanx of blockers. Instead, the refs interpreted the raised hand as a fair catch signal, and spotted the ball at the Bama 21 yard line.

Three plays later, the Tide punted the ball 34 yards, and Oklahoma returned the kick 5 yards. So, instead of answering the Sooner’s TD with a decisive drive of its own, the Tide allowed OU the ball, first and ten at midfield.

     The defense forced OU to grind out yards, and held the Sooners to a field goal. Alabama took the ensuing kickoff, and drove to the Oklahoma 15. On third and less and a yard, Bama was penalized three times. Each penalty was attributed to right guard, Jedrick Wills, Jr. [So.; 6-5, 309; Lexington, KY].  Of the three infractions, a false start was legitimate. The second flag, was a phantom holding call, and the third was a procedure call that nullified a touchdown pass. Alabama had to settle for a field goal and the score at the half was 31-10.

      OU scored on each of its four second half possessions, but had to run 40 plays, and consume 13:43 of game time to do so. The Sooners found yards hard to come by, and were not able to run the up-tempo offense they grew accustomed to in the Big XII. Bama meanwhile continued to drain the game clock while scoring two TDs and taking a knee at the OU 10 yard line to end the game. An earlier drive was thwarted by the video official reversing a catch called on the field. If the standard is supposed to be “indisputable video evidence” the play should have stood as called. Bama would have had the ball first down in the OU red zone instead of punting. More on the disgraceful performance of the officials a bit later.

      Because Alabama dominated OU in a manner that is not exactly reflected in the statistics, here is how I grade the game:

Offense:              A             Alabama gained 528 yards of total offense [200 net yards rushing], earned 28 first downs, converted 7 of 10 third downs, and controlled the ball for 36:08. Tua was nothing short of fantastic, completing 24 of 27 pass attempts for 318 yards and 4 TD’s. Jalen completed his only pass attempt for 10 yards.

DeVonta Smith was the leading receiver with 104 yards and a TD on 6 receptions. Jeudy and Jacobs each caught four passes for 73 and 60 yards respectively. Each made receptions for touchdowns. Henry Ruggs, III caught 3 passes for 14 yards including a spectacular TD catch while being interfered with. Nine different players caught passes.

Jacobs was the Tide’s leading rusher, gaining 98 yards on 15 plays (6.5 avg). Damien Harris gained 48 yards on 11 carries, and Najee Harris gained 45 yards on 6 runs. No Tide running back was tackled for lost yardage.

The offense gained more than 40 yards on 8 of its 10 offensive possessions [75, 55, 61, 48, 55, 87, 46, 49] resulting in six TD’s, one FG, and the end of the game.

Defense:             B             The defense surrendered 471 total yards to OU’s offense. However, the Sooners were only able to convert 6 of 13 third downs, and Kyler Murray was barely 50% in pass completions [19-37, 308 yds]. Murray also gained 109 net yards rushing, but 48 of those yards came on a single play at the end of the first half where the Tide was playing deep prevent.

Dylan Moses led all tacklers with 5 stops [4 solo]. Deionte Thompson and Isaiah Buggs each recorded 4 tackles. Xavier Mckinney was recognized as the defensive MVP for his 4 tackles and 4 pass breakups. All total Bama defenders recorded 4 tackles for lost yardage [3 sacks], broke up 6 passes and hurried the Heisman Trophy winner 2 times.

Special Teams:

Punting:               D+          Mike Bernier only averaged 28 yards per kick on two punts. The return team recorded no yards. The coverage unit allowed 5 yards on one return.

Kickoffs:               D             Joseph Bulovas averaged 55 yards per kick. Only 1 kick was a touchback. The coverage unit allowed 92 yards on 5 returns including a long return of 23 yards. The kick return unit committed an incomprehensible error discussed earlier.

Place Kicking:     A             Bulovas was good on his lone FG attempt [38 yards] and perfect on 6 PATs.

Coaching:            A             Alabama was ready to play. Although penalized 9 times, that will not factor in the coaching grade. The participation report lists 53 players who saw action in the game. OU only played 46 different players.

A few words about the officials, borrowed from the ACC: Take them back and don’t lend them out ever again.

Those guys were pathetic. I suppose they came into the game intending to “let the players play.” At least that is the only thing that explains absolutely ignoring blatant pass interference by OU DB’s and holding by the Sooner offensive line. Apart from the two personal fouls called following OU’s initial score, the officials totally ignored cheap shots and late hits. Perhaps they saw how Alabama’s return team mishandled OU’s kick off from the 10 yard line and figured there was no point in punishing other fouls. The result was that as the game progressed, the quality of play deteriorated….on both sides.

But enough on this topic. Fortunately, Alabama will not have to play another game with these officials.

Notwithstanding the confetti shower, the big trophy filled with oranges, and the TV hype, winning this game was not a stand-alone goal. It was, however an essential step towards a goal. For Alabama, it was just the last milestone on the Road to 18. The finish line is now in sight: Alabama’s annual post-season game against Clemson.

Saturday’s Wall Street Journal has a feature story about how Clemson has been working to turn itself into Alabama. It is worth reading.

Alabama has the chance to make history. No college football team has ever won 15 games in a single season. No team has ever won six national championships in nine seasons. Alabama has those opportunities. Stay focused, everyone. Do your film study. Work on improving every day. Out work yesterday.

And most importantly: trust The Process.

Roll Tide Y’all.

The Commissioner

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