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When Trump and his crew take the reins again, I expect the machinery of power to run on revenge, to silence those who dissent, to remake this place in a darker image.

But it was running back Marks who once again proved to be the steadying hand, even as a new quarterback took the reins.

When he was sacked, the fans were furious and the decision to hand the reins to Daniele de Rossi seemed a way to placate supporters rather than to serve a long-term vision.

He bounced between three high schools in two states before taking the reins as a freshman at Nevada Las Vegas last season.

That frustrating late defeat against the Poles at Hampden is increasingly looking like a blow to the prospect of reaching a first World Cup since 1998, when Brown had the reins.