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So, usually press conferences are boring. This was not boring.
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“I have a life outside of baseball… being the first to arrive and the last to leave doesn’t impress me."
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Oh this is gonna be good... what'd he ask? Accountability for Castro? He basically asked how Dusty and Lou (who he presumably thinks are on the same level as Maddon) couldn't get it done and why Maddon was gonna be different and topped it off with "do you know what the hell you've gotten yourself into?" Hahaha what did Maddon say? "Why would you not want want to accept that challenge? In this city? With this ballpark? With these players?"
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Joe Maddon on analytics: ”I use them a lot. You ever see that card in my back pocket? That’s dripping with analytics.“
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It's unfathomable to me that the screaming dildo Dave Kaplan is the #1 sports journalist in Chicago.
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"I know it's going to happen. I know we're going to be successful......I'm going to be talking playoffs next year."
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"You can tell I'm pretty excited about being here. And another thing your city is wonderful, I love it here."
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The current Cub management:
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http://i.imgur.com/HfKrcqs.png
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no, because that would be stupid.
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So is this thread the start of putting every desired cubs transaction in Cubs discussion, for the sake of mojo?
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I do not think him is who you think him is.
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Thibs ball with offensive options is great. Bulls have 4 offensive options they didn't have last year, which makes it fun to watch.
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Yeesh. That escalated quickly.
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Castro to Braves
bukie replied to imb's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
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Six hours until the committee reveals what they think. Seven hours until the public decides that a 4 team playoff is dumb and a silent committee with no standards isn't a perfect way to decide playoff participants.
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Rutgers' first two B1G games are home vs Northwestern and Penn State. They win both of those games, and they probably finish 2-16.
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To be fair, Wisconsin hasn't started beating the Wisconsin-City schools by 80 each yet.
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B1G is 11 of the top 40. Crazy.
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It's okay, the Bears are primed for a 7-1 second half to make a run to the NFC North title.
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I don't think an 8-team playoff really dilutes the field all that much, especially with the stipulation that it includes the "Big 5" champions. So for this year, you'd be looking at: SEC champ (Georgia vs MSU/Bama/Ole Miss/Auburn winner) ACC champ (FSU) Pac-12 champ (Oregon) B1G champ (MSU/OSU) B12 champ (Baylor/TCU) and then 3 teams from among ND, the SEC runners up, and the runners up in the B1G and B12.
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This has not been anywhere near a middle of the pack defense. That is the crux of the issue. "Wildly inconsistent" is about the best thing that could be said about the defense. The offense hasn't been elite, but the defense hasn't given the offense even a modicum of a shot in 3 of the games, couldn't manage one timely stop against Buffalo, and couldn't keep the team within striking distance against Miami (both times the offense got a TD to get back into the game, the D promptly gave up monstrous, clock eating TD drives to kill the momentum). The offense hasn't been elite, but the defense hasn't been middle of the pack either. Injuries can be pointed to both as to the problems (O-line and WR on offense, secondary on defense), but the LB and S play has been the worst in the league, and without Fuller out there today the secondary had about as good a chance at stopping them as a team of high school kickers.
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With losses to the Jags and Bucs.
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Your point was ignorant if it ignores the contributions of the defense. That is the point.
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Having the worst pass defense (and near worst special teams) in the league will never get you to 5-3 or 6-2 even if you have a top 5 offense. It's just easier to blame the offense because that's the team's focus, but the reason they didn't make the postseason last year was the defense, and it's no better this year.
