Sammy Sofa
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Blue Jays sign Melky Cabrera
Sammy Sofa replied to David's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
IT'S BECOME SELF-AWARE. -
3rd Base
Sammy Sofa replied to marc_foust's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
You'll all get the gas face...but especially Kyle. -
How could you possibly say this seriously. Because of the Packers, and the 49ers of old, the Colts. Broncos had Cutler, did better with him than we have, then managed to get Manning. Falcons go from Vick to Ryan. Teams do much better than we do, even if it is difficult. Mostly, the overall point is that the strong likelihood is we will go back to poor QB play after Cutler leaves, barring some kind of organizational overhaul. It's just not a strength of the team. Drafting and developing defense is. Other teams can't do that very well. Somehow you managed to think my response was towards the former and not the latter.
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If a better option than Cutler came along of course I'd like to see the Bears pursue it if it was realistic to do so. I don't, however, think that's likely for the foreseeable future so I'd prefer it they tried to fully capitalize on Cutler's strengths as opposed to just assuming he can make do with whatever they go with. Worrying that Cutler can't make things work out of the team they've constructed is backwards.
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You do realize that at least half of the league has O-line problems and that there are really only 2 teams with top notch fronts. I'd settle for adequate.
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Again, this just goes back to my point about how the Bears have fucked this up in that it seems that they, outside of trading for Marshall, have seemingly gone out of their way to exacerbate Cutler's flaws as opposed to playing to his strengths. Hey, your talented QB doesn't have the best pocket awareness? Shouldn't that be motivation to do whatever it takes to improve the long neglected and universally mocked OL (nevermind bringing in someone like Martz)? I'd love it if Cutler had better pocket awareness, but you'd still have a terrible, terrible OL and nigh-useless TE's critically impacting nearly every game. Cutler having more awareness would effectively amount to him taking sacks "better;" yeah, less turnovers but in the grand scheme of things the offense is still stymied.
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their o-line is also awful. they are much better off at TE, but with all their injuries, i'd put marshall and forte ahead of anything gb has at the moment So would I. Cutler isn't someone like Rodgers or Manning who is going to make lesser players look great, but I think it's obvious to everyone what he can do with those guys and you would think the team would do everything they can to capitalize on that.
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No? I don't really follow the Packers, so I could be wrong, but I always just assume almost any team has a better OL/TE setup than the Bears.
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Cutler isn't Rodgers. I'm not expecting him to be Rodgers and he doesn't have to be Rodgers to have success. And as great as Rodgers is, I'm not completely giving him the credit for success with someone like Cobb. It's a team game, and as ridiculously talented as he is he's got a lot more around him, player-wise and coaching-wise to help him succeed than Cutler does. Wanting things like "getting rid of the ball quicker" doesn't really work when the plays being drawn up and the players you can pass to aren't clicking. Are there key things Cutler could do better or ideally be more consistent with? Of course; but I don't understand the how the Bears' more glaring failings and inconsistencies somehow shift the blame more to him as time goes on. That just means they've dragged out rectifying major issues and doing all they can to maximize their QB's capabilities.
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Oh, so it's as simple as "making better decisions?" Well, that's an easy fix. And he's been nowhere near "the best situation" in his time with the Bears. Not even close. I'm stunned (not really) that someone like you, as vocal as you've been about the OL and the playcalling, would suddenly reverse course like this.
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I don't know why something as completely meaningless and arbitrary as "the excuses are starting to run out" is supposed to have any weight when some of those "excuses" are hugely important things that have not been addressed properly. Having Forte and Marshall doesn't somehow make the OL any less horrible or the playcalling any less bad or the deficiencies with the other receivers any less of a reality. The passage of time isn't some automatic cure-all where problems that aren't fixed just stop being problems.
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But who here has ever said he doesn't make bad choices and has his obvious flaws? My main issue is that until they got Marshall his team had seemingly done next to nothing to maximize his strengths and instead practically went out of their way to set things up to exacerbate his flaws.
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How could you possibly say this seriously.
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2013 Draft Discussion
Sammy Sofa replied to seattlecub's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Yup. Trying to tank a season to coincide with a decent draft is probably neck and neck in terms of pipe dream foolishness as planning to be good at just the right moment when a good FA crop is available. -
Which is why I keep saying nice things about him. It's not a huge insult to say I see the guy more as perennial All-Star than MVP. Which is still something the Cubs desperately need, so we're kind of just splitting hairs at this point. It's like debating whether the starving man wants a huge, delicious steak to eat or a slightly bigger steak.
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What the hell is a Cutler apologist.
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One word comes into my mind when players anonymously rip a teammate in the press: coward. Can I kick you?
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From BN http://www.bleachernation.com/2012/11/14/lukewarm-stove-baker-ryu-hunter-relievers-blue-jays-mets/ Oh, come the [expletive] on; it's like that was written with the specific intention of pissing me off. This better not be Puig pt. 2.
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Christ, how many other Cubs fans are you bothering online? Because nobody has said that here.
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Sure there is; those championships are all but meaningless in name only. They just flushed out most of the key players right after each one, and everyone is as apathetic as possible about this team. Sure, they won...but who cares? Yeah, who cares? It's not like they beat any other teams on the way to those titles OH WAIT If meatball Cubs fans want to lend some bastard air of legitimacy to the Marlins mercenary titles by crying over 2003 for the bajillionth time, well, whatever; nobody is going to stop a well-greased meatball from rolling downhill. Outside of that their franchise is nothing but a blip without any kind of legacy from either win. Hell, that the Cubs in 2003 are still the much, much bigger story/memory for failing just emphasizes how much of a nothing their two titles are.
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Sure there is; those championships are all but meaningless in name only. They just flushed out most of the key players right after each one, and everyone is as apathetic as possible about this team. Sure, they won...but who cares?
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The point wasn't pointing blame so much as pointing out that we've sat through 3 straight years of crappy baseball already.
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This is the result of pure, concentrated evil.
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Where did I say that nobody would sign as a FA? Unless you're arguing that, pointing that were simply to sign FA isn't much of a point; you're always going to find players willing to sign, but it can hurt you when you're trying to sign more critical players who are having competitive offers. Look at the recent international FA discussion and people bringing up/wondering why Puig signed with the Dodgers despite the Cubs reportedly offering more money. Players that are in demand are going to have the luxury to turn down an extra year from the Cubs or an extra few million dollars to go to a more competitive team. Again, not saying it's a problem that's epidemic, but actively fostering a losing/rebuilding team can make it more difficult to sign the players you want.
