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Defensive rebounding was a huge problem for the Bulls last year. Gibson will probably be serviceable in that area (probably more effective on a per minute basis than TT) but Blair has a chance to be a truly dominant rebounder if he can stay healthy. Gibson's strength is shot blocking which wasn't a weakness last year with Thomas and Noah. Although Thomas selling out for every block shot compromised the defensive rebounding and interior D a ton last year. I wish he had a brain.
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Re: Week 6 - Chicago Bears at Atlanta Falcons, 7:20 PM NBC
SpongeWorthy replied to BigbadB's topic in Other Sports
Dave Toub is one hell of an outstanding special teams coach, no doubt. -
Because some OU fans think the team should basically never lose, ever. I never understood why people criticize OSU and Oklahoma or any school like that for not winning the big game. A: it's not easy to get to that point. You have to be a really, really good team to get to that point and B: It's incredibly hard to beat the number one team in the country multiple seasons. Any coach in any sport (that people care about at least) is going to face criticism for how they coach in losses. I think it's fair. Calling for their heads for those reasons are a different matter entirely.
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Oh, I'd love a guy like Stoops. But Stoops ain't leaving OU, ever. Kelly's Catholic, a family guy, and pretty clearly a very good football coach. He'd be perfect. There are more than a few OU fans who would probably be happy with Stoops going somewhere else. Dumb ones.
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Just saw the JJ game winner. Pretty cool. The team went pretty crazy for him which was nice to see. Seems to have been a nice crowd for a preseason basketball game in London, too.
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Unless Gibson's really bulked up in the last few months I wouldn't characterize him as a huge body. Dude's a beanpole with a nice wingspan.
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I've heard from ND friends that (idiot) Irish fans don't regard Kelly as enough of a name to warrant hiring. According to them it's a stratospheric hire like Shanahan or Stoops or nothing at all. I felt annoyed for my reasonable Domer friends.
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Brian Kelly seems to have everything you'd want. Youth, head coaching experience (D2 titles and BCS conference championships), innovative schemes, etc. I think he's definitely the top current college head coach looking to move to mega program. Chris Peterson is up there as well. I just read on wiki that Fisher is owed $5 million if he's not the head coach by 2011 though. That's pretty brutal if you don't think he's going to be your man. If that's the case then hiring a coach that's going to command a huge salary might not be in the cards (like Gruden or something) and you're probably looking at a young coordinator to step in for less money.
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It's getting even uglier. Bobby was offered a nice "going-away" package in the $5MM range and including staying for 1 more year (so his last game would be a home game), but Jimbo gets final say over everything including coaches (where he would remove the entire staff on the D side of the ball). The major sticking point is that Andrews wants to retire, and Bowden wants Amato as the DC - when Fisher can't stand Amato, going as far as talking Andrews into coming back this year so that Amato wouldn't be the DC. Bobby said "Nope." Now both sides are hunkering down for battle, knowing that Bobby gets a $1MM check when he leaves, and his contract runs out at the end of this year. FSU and the BoT are leaning towards letting him walk away without any second thought. The question is why are they restricting themselves to Jimbo Fisher? Maybe he could thrive without Bowden (I sort of doubt it) but if Weis survives this year, FSU is easily the best job on the market. With Meyer at Florida and Miami plus USF looking strong getting the right coach is critical. One bad hire and you're looking at potentially a decade or longer of mediocrity.
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That is the most underwhelming slate of games I can remember seeing--on a Bears bye week no less. Hopefully college football will rock as it normally does.
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Yeah, Kampmann is totally out of position.
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Thank god.
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I hate gambling. I have Minny -3.5. alksdjfalk;jdf
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Jared Allen is an animal.
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Week 4 - Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions, 12 PM FOX
SpongeWorthy replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
And it wasn't Kerry Collins that kept the Titans from making the Super Bowl last year. With weapons around him he's fine, but there weren't enough weapons last year. This year, the entire team is awful. We don't win 13 games last year with a more mistake prone QB, but I don't think there are a lot of QBs that would have taken us further. I think last year's team went about as far as the overall talent allowed. Sure, I doubt Brady or Manning gets much more than 13-3 out of last years Titans but if you put one of those guys on the Titans last year and you're thinking that team is a heavy favorite to at least get to the Super Bowl. Game managers are great and all but you need a QB who can carry a team at some point in the playoffs. -
Week 4 - Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions, 12 PM FOX
SpongeWorthy replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
Kerry Collins is basically the reason why no one in their right mind picked the Titans to win the Super Bowl. -
Clinton Hart has to be the worst safety in run support I've ever seen.
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Denver would be pretty damn loaded if they had Cutler combined with the defense they've shown thus far.
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Starters off the top of my head I would take over Orton: Manning, Brady, Brees, Roethlisberger, Warner, E. Manning, McNabb, Romo, Ryan, Rivers, Schaub, Garrard, Favre, Rodgers, Hasselbeck, and Flacco. And then you could throw in the fact that no one in their right mind would take Orton over Stafford or Sanchez as a long term solution. I guess you could say Orton is in the next group with the Shaun Hills and Matt Cassels of the world. I don't see how that puts him at "easily above average" for starting QBs.
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Maybe it's because I don't live in Chicago but I don't hear any comparisons and I don't really anticipate any unless Denver really takes off and Chicago falters. Even then, I think the formula for Denver winning this year has been established as defense and the running game. Orton will get some credit but not enough for people to really second guess the trade.
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Any Bears fan that didn't realize they were winning in spite of Kyle Orton as far back as 2005 is an idiot. I'm not worried about him performing well and making the trade look bad--at all. Even if that did happen it would just reinforce the fact that we need to bring in a real offensive brain trust to work with QBs and call plays.
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The Chargers are no real threat without Jamal Williams for the rest of the year. It's a bigger loss than Merriman was last year (who has been totally invisible this season). Denver might win the AFC West.
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Week 4 - Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions, 12 PM FOX
SpongeWorthy replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
The game manager label is just a euphemism for a guy that sucks but is your best option. Orton was pretty error prone in Chicago, anyway. I don't know why people thought he was secure with the football. He wasn't. He's doing a good job of protecting the ball in Denver so far, though. Denver isn't going to allow less than 7 points per game all year though and people will realize Orton sucks soon enough. -
BIG GAME BOB