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  1. goonys evil twin
    He should be able to go. He's dressed before, but was inactive recently. I think that's more of a case of them thinking they didn't need him, as opposed to him not being healthy enough to play. This should be a great opportunity to Bradley to get back on the path he was starting before the injury. God, I hope so. Gage's fumble on the first play of the second half was an absolute killer. He almost caused an interception on the goaline by running the wrong route. Bradley looked good before the injury. It's time for him to step up. Gage and Hester were my biggest goats of the game.
  2. goonys evil twin
    I think the problem is mostly Turner relying too heavily on Grossman throwing deep whenever possible, and abandoning the run. Grossman's mechanical flaws only seem to be exposed once the offense abandons the run and starts taking heat.
  3. goonys evil twin
    He should be able to go. He's dressed before, but was inactive recently. I think that's more of a case of them thinking they didn't need him, as opposed to him not being healthy enough to play. This should be a great opportunity to Bradley to get back on the path he was starting before the injury.
  4. goonys evil twin
    What was his story?
  5. goonys evil twin
    I'm not ready to go that far. But I am more than willing to spread much of the blame his way. The offense is dangerous, but it's too relient on the big play. I don't understand why they are not willing to try and establish a dominant running game. When you are down by 10 in the third, you can still run the ball over and over. I think it's possible to keep the offense dangerous, while at the same time playing some ball control style. Hopefully they finally realize they need to run Benson over and over to establish the running game. The difference between last year's offense and this year's is that they have a QB who gives you a chance to throw the ball. That does not mean they have to throw every chance they get.
  6. goonys evil twin
    That's actually pretty much the definition of reactive, not pro-active. Reactive looks at what was bad last year and then tries to fix it. Proactive has a bunch of internal options lined up to fill holes before they become holes, that way you don't have to spend big on middle relief. Pro-active goes out and acquires a stud before he becomes a stud, or signs a player that fills a need that will come up soon, as opposed to one you've been having for years. Reactive is seeing your team lose a game because of the bullpen then going out and signing middle relievers.
  7. goonys evil twin
    Nobody is saying getting Willis would hurt the team. But the logical thought is about how much you are giving up, and the net effect to the team could be negative if you give up too much. Murton has already shown he can produce in the majors. He's very young, and very cheap, and provides something the Cubs desperately need (besides cheap production, it's above average OBP). He is a very valuable asset.
  8. goonys evil twin
    Home field advantage is on the line. The Bears are undefeated against the NFC, but the 1 loss now puts them in position to be leap frogged by the Giants in tie breakers following this game. The cushion is gone. They need to win this game, or they are going to be in a dog fight the rest of the season.
  9. goonys evil twin
    I'd rather they stop talking about what they should be able to do, and just do it.
  10. goonys evil twin
    I feel the same. Hopefully, it serves as a wakeup call. It comes at the perfect time, at the very least. You just hope they get away from that arrogance that seemed to cost them in the AZ and Miami games, as well as last year's playoff game. Through the first 5 games, it seemed like they had gotten past that issue. They looked incredibly focused and seemed to be playing with a purpose. It really looked like they had learned from the playoff loss. Two out of the last three games, though, they've looked like they've regressed. Goony clarified my point perfectly. I keep hearing how Lovie won't let them look ahead or get too involved in their own hype, but that's exactly what I'm seeing. I'm glad they don't really have a game to overlook the next five weeks... I'm afraid I'm seeing a little bit of Dusty Baker in Lovie, with the whole, us against them mindset, and the lack of accountability. Jones gets to be the RB, apparantly, because his teammates want him to be. Lovie doesn't like to criticize his own players, which is fine, until those players keep making the same mistakes and you just keep enabling them by making excuses. I was disappointed with how Lovie handled the Arizona game. He didn't seem to say, "Look boys, that's what will happen if you don't focus 100% on today's game." The "we won didn't we?" reasoning was just too pervasive. I generally like Lovie. But he needs to have one of those tongue lashing moments where he challenges the players to step up. And it wouldn't hurt if he rested some of the key players once the outcome of the game is decided. Secondary things like trying for the shutout and minimizing the points allowed should not take precedence over the ultimate goal of winning the super bowl.
  11. goonys evil twin
    i guess that's the difference. it kinda feels like the player gets screwed in all of this, but i guess it's similar to being traded, and i have no problem with that. It is like being traded before becoming a free agent, only with the added benefit of being able to negotiate your contract once traded.
  12. goonys evil twin
    I don't know. With an open auction, you wouldn't have the high bid be $30M and the next highest be $10M as abuck described. True. But, you also won't have back and forth bidding that could elevate the bid way beyond 30m. For example, if Boston doesn't want the Yankees to win the bid, they could up the bid everytime the Yankees have the top offer. If nothing else, teams could force other teams to way overpay, which in turn hurts their chances of improving elsewhere. If the Yankees had the top offer of 30m, Boston could bid 31m, Yankees go to 32m, etc.... As successful as a lot of these Japanese players have been, it would seem like a win/win situation for the teams in Japan to have an open auction. That is, until those teams go crazy in a bidding war, and end up paying way more than they originally hoped, only to then realize they have to offer less to the player once they get the rights. An open bidding war increases the likelihood that a team would place a bid they weren't really willing to pay, just to block another team. In this system, you pay what you are willing to pay, and have money left to pay the player.
  13. goonys evil twin
    A sealed bidding process is often used when one party wants to sell to a relatively sophisticated small number of potential bidders, who are serious about spending the money. It's a pretty efficient process that should get the job done relatively quickly. In this case, the Japanese team wants to maximize their profit of selling off one of their assets, without wasting their time with not serious bidders. The bidders are a relatively small amount of teams that actually put the effort into scouting and want to spend money on the rights to this asset. This benefits the team. Free agency is set up to benefit the player specifically, and the agents try to start bidding wars by leaking numbers, while it's not necessarily in the best interest of teams to get those numbers in the open. This process is fair to all. The bidding teams bid what they think the rights are worth. The team that accepts the offer does so without any supposed preconceived side deals with the bidders. Then the player has the right to accept or reject what the winning bidder offers. You can't just have an open free agency like bidding, because the player isn't a free agent. I don't see why it's "stupid" that one team could lose the bid to a team that offers more. If one team offers a lot more than everybody else, it's not unfair that they have to pay it.
  14. goonys evil twin
    What an irritating quote....STOP TALKING ABOUT 1985!!! Doesn't bother me really. He's just using the 85 Bears to ilustrate that they think they can beat anyone at home, even the best team ever (85 Bears). Would it bother you less if he had said they should beat the '72 Dolphins at home? :) It boths me only to the extent that they are talking about what they should be able to do, as opposed to just doing what they are supposed to do. I don't care about how this team compares against teams of years past. I care about seeing them win games now, and win the SB this year. I feel like this team's focus has been too far away from the task at hand. The AZ game should have been a wake up call, instead, it seemed to show the Bears they were doing just fine. Hopefully this loss actually is the wakeup call they needed.
  15. goonys evil twin
    Besides, signing relievers is not proactive. It's going straight to the used car lot while everybody else is looking for new models. It's not much of an accomplishment to come away with the premier middle relievers on the market. Middle relievers don't win you baseball games. They help you not lose them. But the Cubs have had lineup and rotation weakness for a while now, and Jim ignored both to solidify a secondary unity. I don't agree with this assessment. Signing middle relievers can be as you described, but the Cubs signed the premiere middle relievers available in each of the years we're talking about. These are all guys who had stellar numbers at the time of signing with closer potential. That helps you win. They are still middle relievers, and this was a team with a bad lineup and many rotation holes. Middle relievers are a secondary need. A team that sucks both offensively and with starting pitching needs to do a lot more than focus on premiere middle relievers. Teams don't win by signing premiere middle relievers.
  16. goonys evil twin
    Okay, that's crazy. Why would you ever make your determination based on one party being on TV everyday and the other not? The company already made their decision, so obviously somebody in the know is buying her story. That's like saying OJ must have been innocent because we saw him all over the TV for years and he seemed like a good guy, while we've never seeen his wife and her lover.
  17. goonys evil twin
    i think that's how it should be anyway. that way it's more like free agency. it's stupid that the yanks could bid $20,000,000 and could be beaten out by a cub bid of $20,000,000.02. I don't see what's so stupid about that. In a sealed bid, the highest bid wins. If they were willing to bid $20,000,000.03, they should have (although they aren't going to lose by $0.02, there is probably some sort of incremental requirement). There is a problem if certain bidders get to view others' bids. The other option is for an open auction, but that doesn't even happen in regular free agency.
  18. goonys evil twin
    Are you saying the drug testing caused his elbow to blow out?
  19. goonys evil twin
    Au contraire. Nobody who paid much attention would have thought that way. Alf sucked. He racked up save totals, but did it with weak peripherals. The only people that would have thought Alf would be solid are people who judge a reliever on whether or not he's closed a game before. Besides, signing relievers is not proactive. It's going straight to the used car lot while everybody else is looking for new models. It's not much of an accomplishment to come away with the premier middle relievers on the market. Middle relievers don't win you baseball games. They help you not lose them. But the Cubs have had lineup and rotation weakness for a while now, and Jim ignored both to solidify a secondary unity.
  20. goonys evil twin
    Exactly. This is an arrogant team that considers it an insult to do anything but chuck it deep and expect the opposition to hand them the game. I don't understand how a team that has relied so heavily on the run before, can be so willing to abandon it so quickly. They were getting decent chunks of yardage on the ground, especially with Benson getting 35 yards on his first 7 carries, but then they went right back to the drop back, wait, then toss it up in the air offense. This is a team that refuses to play "take what they give you" football. Arizona should have been a wake-up call, instead they refused to acknowledge they got lucky in that game, and paid for it against Miami. The Phins did nothing in that game until the Bears got themselves behind with stupidity, and then played dumb the rest of the way.
  21. goonys evil twin
    It might be the best option. But what do you do if the team stays in the race all year? Let him walk at year's end? Sign him to a 3-year deal? Try and get him to change positions?
  22. goonys evil twin
    I remember the Cubs passing on Jim Thome because Hee Seop Choi was waiting in the wings. Perhaps they remember that as well. I also remember a lot of fans up in arms when we traded Lee and gave up Hee Seop, claiming we just took on salary for what will one day be equal production at the same position. Uhh .... not quite. Hindsight=20/20 That's a convenient answer: When I'm right its b/c I know what I am talking about, and when I am wrong I am really right b/c hindisght is 20/20. The Lee trade was as good then as it is now. Its one of the small handful of deals Hendry has made that had a measurable positive outcome. If only there were more like it.... I thought it was an inefficient use of resources. And if Lee didn't have the breakout 2005, it would still look that way (since he was nothing but an average 1B before that). But he did breakout, so I was wrong. Still wasn't enough to offset all the other inefficient moves made by Hendry.
  23. goonys evil twin
    I read that earlier and wanted to comment on the refreshing part. Why is it refreshing for a team to spend big on a retread? He makes it sounds like baseball is just turning its back on the lifers and forcing guys into early retirement on low wages. I don't get what is so refreshing about a manager getting his 5th chance to manager a major league team.
  24. goonys evil twin
    He said a cow with his nuts is a bull. A cow without his nuts is a steak.
  25. goonys evil twin
    Maybe if you are an owner, or particularly interested in overseas markets. Personally, I just want to see the Cubs win the World Series, so it really doesn't matter to me.
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