Front Office Thread

[Banedon]

http://doubtingtheo.tumblr.com/

[Ding Dong Johnson]

http://doubtingtheo.tumblr.com/

Nick Vlahos is not allowed to celebrate if this team does good things.

[Guest]

http://doubtingtheo.tumblr.com/

 

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[Guest]

http://doubtingtheo.tumblr.com/

Nick Vlahos is not allowed to celebrate if this team does good things.

 

I forgot about that clown. He was trolling around with some stupidity not all that long ago.

[Banedon]

http://doubtingtheo.tumblr.com/

Nick Vlahos is not allowed to celebrate if this team does good things.

 

I forgot about that clown. He was trolling around with some stupidity not all that long ago.

 

He's not being as gracious about having the old tweets brought up as Chet.

[jersey cubs fan]

http://doubtingtheo.tumblr.com/

Nick Vlahos is not allowed to celebrate if this team does good things.

 

I forgot about that clown. He was trolling around with some stupidity not all that long ago.

 

He's not being as gracious about having the old tweets brought up as Chet.

He's based out of Peoria, so was he one of those, "the mean old Cubs are going to regret bailing on the Peoria Chiefs" guys?

[sneakypower]

http://doubtingtheo.tumblr.com/

Nick Vlahos is not allowed to celebrate if this team does good things.

now we know backtobanks's real name

[Hairyducked Idiot]

[Guest]

 

no idea why i'm called the robot when your posts are so unbelievably predictable

 

i knew that as soon as that link was posted, you were specifically going to post something about spiking a football too soon

[Hairyducked Idiot]

And I knew that when I saw the Front Office thread bumped, it would be somebody crowing over how could we have ever doubted the man who has led the Cubs to one playoff appearance in four tries.

[Sammy Sofa]

Two tries.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Two tries.

 

Even if we're playing the stupid "they chose not to try so it doesn't count" game for 2012, they spent a crap-ton of money going into 2013 and were trying to win baseball games.

[Sammy Sofa]

OK, so 3 tries.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

If they lose the play-in game, I'm still totally going to bring up the "haven't won a playoff game in X" stat even though it doesn't mean anything.

[Guest]

If they lose the play-in game, I'm still totally going to bring up the "haven't won a playoff game in X" stat even though it doesn't mean anything.

 

a little view into how you actually work

[Guest]

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[Hairyducked Idiot]

If they lose the play-in game, I'm still totally going to bring up the "haven't won a playoff game in X" stat even though it doesn't mean anything.

 

a little view into how you actually work

 

Sure. But I'm not that different from anyone else in that regard.

 

Sometimes we like nuanced, interesting discussion. Sometimes we like to take cheap shots, like for example finding a bunch of idiotic tweets and posting them even though it doesn't really mean anything or pointing out factual but only partially relevant statements.

[Guest]

If they lose the play-in game, I'm still totally going to bring up the "haven't won a playoff game in X" stat even though it doesn't mean anything.

 

a little view into how you actually work

 

Sure. But I'm not that different from anyone else in that regard.

 

Sometimes we like nuanced, interesting discussion. Sometimes we like to take cheap shots, like for example finding a bunch of idiotic tweets and posting them even though it doesn't really mean anything or pointing out factual but only partially relevant statements.

 

a lot of those tweets were obscenely idiotic no matter what you thought of what they were doing.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

a lot of those tweets were obscenely idiotic no matter what you thought of what they were doing.

 

Sure. But the only reason it's fun to laugh at *them* and not the millions of other idiots is because they disagreed with you on a specific subject.

 

Just like the only reason it's fun to post stats stripped of context is because they vaguely allude to a real point I like to argue.

[imb]

Sure. But the only reason it's fun to laugh at *them* and not the millions of other idiots is because they disagreed with you on a specific subject.

 

No, it's because they were aggressively, stupidly wrong. Not because they disagreed with whoever you autistic lifeless goon

[Sammy Sofa]

Sure. But the only reason it's fun to laugh at *them* and not the millions of other idiots is because they disagreed with you on a specific subject.

 

I like how you break it down like this like that's supposed to mean anything.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Sure. But the only reason it's fun to laugh at *them* and not the millions of other idiots is because they disagreed with you on a specific subject.

 

No, it's because they were aggressively, stupidly wrong. Not because they disagreed with whoever you autistic lifeless goon

 

I'm just mad none of my tweets ended up on the site.

[Banedon]

a lot of those tweets were obscenely idiotic no matter what you thought of what they were doing.

 

Sure. But the only reason it's fun to laugh at *them* and not the millions of other idiots is because they disagreed with you on a specific subject.

 

Just like the only reason it's fun to post stats stripped of context is because they vaguely allude to a real point I like to argue.

 

Not true. We've all had dumb opinions that are fun to look back on. Hell, I mentioned how it was fun to look back at the start of the Rizzo thread due to the concerns we all had, and I started that thread. I'm more than willing to laugh at myself. I'm also willing to laugh at others.

 

And yes, it's a little better when they were idiots.

[Old Style]

Payroll: Ricketts wouldn’t simply commit to a higher payroll now that the team is contending.

 

“It’s not about payroll any more. It’s about what you get. The correlation between the dollars you spend and the wins on the field is going down every single year. In order to have sustainable success, you can’t count on money, you have to count on young talent.

 

“That’s what is going to decide if this team has one or two good years or 10 or 12 good years. It’s about how strong our foundation is over time. That said, winning will help on the financial side too.”

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/34646/cubs-owner-tom-ricketts-its-been-quite-the-journey

[UMFan83]

Payroll: Ricketts wouldn’t simply commit to a higher payroll now that the team is contending.

 

“It’s not about payroll any more. It’s about what you get. The correlation between the dollars you spend and the wins on the field is going down every single year. In order to have sustainable success, you can’t count on money, you have to count on young talent.

 

“That’s what is going to decide if this team has one or two good years or 10 or 12 good years. It’s about how strong our foundation is over time. That said, winning will help on the financial side too.”

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/34646/cubs-owner-tom-ricketts-its-been-quite-the-journey

 

translated: #PTR continues unabated