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  1. NewUserName
    I don't follow the day to day runnings of the Cards, but has this not become kind of a common theme with LaRussa?
  2. NewUserName
    Mark May said yesterday that Michigan was going to roll against ND next week, so I like him for that. Other than that though, yeah he sucks. he is very anti-ND, or ESPN has asked him to be to offset Lou.
  3. NewUserName
    I am going to boldly predict that the winner of next weeks ND/Mich game will be ranked way to high
  4. NewUserName
    I am having a hard time telling if Michigan is actually good or UConn just sucks. Michigan's defense is obviously going to be ripped as the season progresses.
  5. NewUserName
    MSU is leading 28-7 but it sure seems like this game is much closer than that.
  6. NewUserName
    A couple of national/Canadian writers have pretty much been saying the same things that these Wings bloggers did. Ok, so whats your honest opinion then? I'm not a mod but personally I'll give you immunity from being called a troll. Are we in denial, or are the 'experts' overlooking what remains on the Hawks? The Hawks are a hard team to measure. I think they could come in anywhere between 90-115 points. I think the Wings are probably a more safe pick to win the division because they have made a couple of small additions that will help and havent not lost anyone of note. I think the Wings will win the division because I am a homer and have a nickel riding on it.
  7. NewUserName
    A couple of national/Canadian writers have pretty much been saying the same things that these Wings bloggers did.
  8. NewUserName
    Just trying to look at it from the Red Wings perspective, and as one of them mentioned, despite a horrific year for injuries that crippled them for a couple of months, the Wings managed to close a ton of the gap that seperated them and the Hawks when they got healthy in March/April and despite all that happened finished with the 5 seed and got to the 2nd round of the playoffs. And that was a down year for them. So imagine how much better they will be than a weakened Blackhawks team going against probably a much healthier Wings team. I'm not saying I buy all that, it's just the Devil's Advocate viewpoint. a wings team that will be a year older. the Wings have been old since 97
  9. NewUserName
    You are right that they shouldn't allow spectators to stand in it. But the rules regarding bunkers were clearly made available to him and was pasted on the wall in the clubhouse. Dustin said he didn't bother to look at them. The players in the clubhouse who were watching the coverage on TV were talking aloud saying that Johnson better not ground his club. Unfortunately he did. I dont know a lot about golf, did him breaking the rule give him an advantage?
  10. NewUserName
    It's a little sad that your favorite game is watching a team you hate lose. I'm extremely nervous about Michigan starting with UConn. This is a make or break season for UM, and UConn is going to be a tough start. was that the same Michigan team that beat ND 38-0 and ended up pretty much manhandling Florida in a bowl game? I am cautiously optimistic about MSU this year, I think they will be better, but the Big Ten is stacked this year
  11. NewUserName
    I dont think Ordonez plays first base
  12. NewUserName
    the loophole does not bother me that much. I will say that if they are going to reject contracts they should come up with a standard so everyone knows what it is.
  13. NewUserName
    http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=ApXSo_PVro0jyX18r4Xo7cd7vLYF?slug=ap-devils-kovalchuk NHL rejects Kovalchuk deal
  14. NewUserName
    Alas, no. The cap ceiling is a hard cap. You can't even violate it and pay a luxury tax (I think the Hawks would have done that to keep the team together). Think about that 180 turn from Bill Wirtz to Rocky Wirtz. I don't know why they went from no cap to a hard cap all at once. Something like Bird rules would have been nice, at least for the Blackhawks. The cap helped the Blackhawks leapfrog teams that used to spend at will. They were on their way up, but the parity brought on by the cap likely made it happen faster than it would have. Bill Wirtz was one of the owners who pushed real hard to get a hard cap, which was the main reason that the whole season was locked out.
  15. NewUserName
    well, that's gotta all but seal it that the hawks will fit under the cap and probably be able to bring back niemi. unless someone signs him to a nice offer sheet. i'd still be shocked if we could end up getting niemi at around 2 mil He filed for arbitration, he can no longer be signed to an offer sheet.
  16. NewUserName
    They will score 100+ points, unless they have serious injury problems
  17. NewUserName
    campbell's not just dead weight like huet, he's a very good blue-liner. someone trying to make the floor should have taken him by now. i thought the islanders might take him. they need big contracts. if you tacked on a prospect, they would probably go for it later in summer if they still haven't signed anyone. The problem is that Campbell has a limited no movement clause -- I think it's pretty unlikely that he'd accept the Islanders as one of his 8 teams (or waive his no trade). and his value would have to be replaced
  18. NewUserName
    Can Chris Berman be as much of a loud mouth idiot in such a competition?
  19. NewUserName
    I don't have a problem with keeping or firing Hendry. He has made plenty of mistakes during his tenure, but he has also raised the expectation level. He's done better than average on trades, but worse than average on money issues and free agents. One trait that could be considered a positive or negative is that he is a hands-off GM, letting the manager run the team. Personally, I think the Cubs have a better chance to rebound in the next 1-2 years with Hendry rather than with a new GM simply because he knows the personnel in the whole system and has built a relationship with the other GMs. Has Hendry raised the expectations or the fact that the Cubs have gone from middle of the road in payroll when Hendry took over in 2002 to the 3rd highest payroll this season? or another way to look at it is, in 2002 the Cubs and Cardinals had very similar payrolls. The Cardinals are still in the middle of the league in payroll and the Cubs are at the top, but who is getting more bang for their buck? I guess I am saying that anyone who has been given the resources Hendry has been given and has his limited amount of success and people still think he is doing a good job, well I guess the expectation levels are still not high enough.
  20. NewUserName
    Maybe McPhails dumpster diving is finally paying off. Im all for all of these guys sucess, especially when their on a team as irellevant as the Orioles. No matter what happens, I wont kick myself about Patterson as Washington and Milwaukee both quickly tried and gave up on him, and Fox was never of much use to us, but giving up on Pie when they did for nothing, essentially to make room for Aaron [expletive] Miles and Joey [expletive] Gathright is nothing short of perplexing. what really bothers me about Pie is the idea that he was given a chance with the Cubs and didnt perform. You mean after playing half of 2007 and a fourth of 2008 and we shipped him off when he was 24? Yeah, Ill say he got a fair shot. I'm hoping this is sarcasm but, 260 AB over a year and a half is not a fair shot. Getting 1 start a week is a horrible thing to do to a prospect. not sure it was sarcasm but maybe not written well. I was trying to say that there are people who say that Pie was given a chance and failed and thats why the Cubs traded him. I agree that he was never given a chance.
  21. NewUserName
    So just to give you the benefit of the doubt I went back and read all my posts in this thread and found the only one that was negative was a response to a Hawks fan dogging on Wings fans. I think every other one was a reasonable hockey observation.
  22. NewUserName
    Not sure where you take a comment that basically was saying that Marty Reasoner is probably worth keeping as all of that. Also, I am sure that I have not been any more pr less critical of the Hawks future success then Drew Doughty, yet you chose to stupidly challenge almost every post I make about the Hawks and not his.
  23. NewUserName
    you know sulley, I think my observation was very rational and had a decent point. If a Hawks fan would have made it I am sure you would not even thought twice about nor would you have taken it as some sort of slam(which it wasnt) and yes teh wings are going to have 165 points next season, the NHL is going to give them a bonus point just to bother Sulley
  24. NewUserName
    Maybe McPhails dumpster diving is finally paying off. Im all for all of these guys sucess, especially when their on a team as irellevant as the Orioles. No matter what happens, I wont kick myself about Patterson as Washington and Milwaukee both quickly tried and gave up on him, and Fox was never of much use to us, but giving up on Pie when they did for nothing, essentially to make room for Aaron [expletive] Miles and Joey [expletive] Gathright is nothing short of perplexing. what really bothers me about Pie is the idea that he was given a chance with the Cubs and didnt perform.
  25. NewUserName
    yes they are...probably only get 33 points next season
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