The reality is Chief is merely taking an educated guess (with Duke out of the picture we are in a better position) while also covering his backside (far better than that red Speedo ever could) with the 11.11% margin for error. Any one of us could do this, with or without typing "quite frankly".
The sad part is once TW announces, Chief will either claim he told us first (which he really hasn't) about him becoming a Husky or claim that he did warn us that the kid could go elsewhere (if he does not commit here). He will then take a victory lap for little more than claiming 'he may come here but then again he may not', something that anyone could have posted.