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The Chicago Bulls 2007 Offseason Thread
Chocolate Milk replied to killthegoat06's topic in Other Sports
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This is why the offense might not be better, and could be much worse. The offensive line is very susceptible. I think the offense should be better, but the line's health is a big question, followed by just a decline in production by a bunch of old guys. There's also the fear of Grossman regressing and Benson getting injured. I'm not really worried about Benson getting injured. None of his injuries are linked so I doubt that his recent injury history would make him any more likely to be injured this year. If you mean that if he get's injured, we'd be sunk, well... you're probably right. I think Peterson could handle the load for a few games but I think it'd be bad news starting him for a large part of the season. As for the offensive line, they have been healthy for the most part the last few years. Hopefully that continues. Tait is really important. When he was banged up at the end of last year, the line suffered. Simply put, no one else can play left tackle on this team at the level we need other than Tait. All in all, I think the potential positives outweigh the potential negatives.
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Smile....there still maybe be hope. I have heard about this as well and I think it could be a good move. It depends on what we give up, of course.
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An injury to one of the tackles is my worst nightmare. I think we could survive an injury to one of the guards, though.
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There are very few "top hitters" as unproductive as Soriano. Most top hitters maintain solid numbers and get their great numbers out of streaks. The problem with Soriano is he's not a top hitter. He needs his hot streaks just to keep his numbers out of the trash bin. It all depends on what you call a "top" hitter. You get past Bonds, Pujols, Cabrera, and a few others and the most of therest of them are really streaky. We are in an era of guys who hit 40 HRs and strike out 180 times and are considered "top" hitters. and soriano's probably not going to hit 40 homers. Yeah, I think not hitting a single homer in April pretty much tanked any chance at 40 homers.
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How much impact has his hamstring injury had on his hitting, if any? I'm not sure, to be honest. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for a little while longer because of it. I could understand if someone didn't want to, though. He has been getting better after an otherwise disasterous April where he went 270/308/392/700. He's been 304/360/544/905 in May which is much better. Hopefully he can continue the trend into June.
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There are very few "top hitters" as unproductive as Soriano. Most top hitters maintain solid numbers and get their great numbers out of streaks. The problem with Soriano is he's not a top hitter. He needs his hot streaks just to keep his numbers out of the trash bin. He needs the Pittsburgh Pirates to stay out of the trash bin. 24 of his 72 total bases are vs. Pirates pitching. That's one third of his production. This is pretty silly. What are you trying to say here? Soriano can only hit against the Pirates? He's played 17% of his games this year against the Pirates and he played well in those games. It's not surprising that his stats are a little skewed. This doesn't really shed light on anything.
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I don't see why the offense wouldn't be better this year. Unless the offensive line takes a big step back or there is a significant injury, I can't imagine them being worse. Rex, Benson, Berrian are all developing and they have added Hester, Wolfe, and Olsen to the mix. The only significant loss was Thomas Jones who was only more productive than Benson because he received the bulk of the carries. Benson's DVOA was much higher than Jones' last year. I expect his production to be just fine this year and likely better than what we saw from Jones last year. Factor in the field position the Bears will get with all the turnovers the defense created and their dominant special teams unit, the Bears will score a lot of points this year. I'm not sure how significant the improvement will be, but my personal belief is that the offense will be noticeably better. If they can just be more consistant, we should see a uptick. The Bears had the highest % of varience in their offensive DVOA from game to game in the NFL last year. I don't think some consistancy is an unreasonable expectation. BTW, just thinking out loud here. Not directing this toward anyone in particular.
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The Eagles would effectively be tanking the season if they traded McNabb.
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The media was too busy drooling over Hester's performance (and hopefully rightly so). This is good to hear. I love the fluff portion of the off-season.
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Haven't heard much about him other than talk of him selling a reverse to Hester after Benson had already been handed the ball. :reggiebush: I am most happy about Brown being healthy. It is a big if, but if he can stay healthy, it could fix one of the bigger problems with the Bears D from the end of last year. A lot of people have crapped on the Bears offseason this year, but I think they did a good job, in general.
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Hester has apparently looked pretty good at WR so far. Could be all fluff though. Too lazy to link. There are stories about it in the Chicago papers.
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If I remember right, Peavy was just really, really unlucky. I think he gave up a few more home runs than usual, and some of them probably came with men on base, because his peripherals were still really good. If that's the case, then it probably isn't a really useful comparison.
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I went with Bonds.
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I'm trying to think of another person who had been great, then had a inexplicable bad year. I thought of Peavy. Did Peavy have any injury problems last year? Was he just unlucky? I'm not really sure what happened with him last year, does anyone know? Just wanted to throw it out there.
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Very interesting. Love the pictures of Hester being covered by Vasher.
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I hear it mentioned a lot around here that we have a "feast or famine" type offense. I admit that it seems like we do, to me at least. The thing is, this is all based on my perception from watching the games. But, as we know, perception is not always reality, especially when it comes to baseball. Do we actually have more of a "feast or famine" type offense, when compared to the rest of the league? If so, how much different it is from the other teams? Is that enough to make a difference? What effect does this sort of thing have on winning baseball games? I have some guesses as to the answers to these questions, but they are all based on my speculation. Does anyone know if any sort of data or information on this topic is out there? Thanks for any help.
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Lou's shake-up: Guzman and his 3.18 ERA to pen
Chocolate Milk replied to windycityfan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
He has been slumping with the bat as of late but I have been impressed with his patience. -
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I don't know what just happened but I like it!
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In other words, you have no legitimate response besides backhanded insults and pointless hyperbole. A) Being down 2-1 after 6 innings is not a 100-1 deficit. B) Anyone who feels otherwise, is an idiot. C) You have done nothing but indicate the game is over after a 2-1 lead. Therefore, it is overwhelmingly clear you are in fact an idiot. (fronthanded enough for ya?) We have been terrible in one run games this year. That doesn't mean that we're any more likely to be terrible with them in the future. fair enough but losing 7 of 9 one run games doesnt keep the faith going. Yes, it doesn't exactly inspire confidence.
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Charge the mound!
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In other words, you have no legitimate response besides backhanded insults and pointless hyperbole. A) Being down 2-1 after 6 innings is not a 100-1 deficit. B) Anyone who feels otherwise, is an idiot. C) You have done nothing but indicate the game is over after a 2-1 lead. Therefore, it is overwhelmingly clear you are in fact an idiot. (fronthanded enough for ya?) We have been terrible in one run games this year. That doesn't mean that we're any more likely to be terrible with them in the future.
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Ouch.