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The real reason it's there is because Brent and Kirk will be doing the Ohio State/Iowa game. And why are they calling that game? Biggest draw of a disney broadcasted game this weekend? More than Nebraska/Texas A&M?
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The real reason it's there is because Brent and Kirk will be doing the Ohio State/Iowa game. And why are they calling that game?
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Screw ESPN for taking GameDay to Northwestern-Illinois just because the game is at Wrigley. Erin Andrews and her fine self (along with the other dummies) should be in College Station.
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OK, I'm done trying to defend Sandberg. He's just being a baby now.
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WTF is the Dallas Football Classic?
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Why is the 2 year deal odd? Std. practice for a inexperienced manager tends to be either a 2 or 3 year deal. He has a 2013 club option, so he got something in the middle. 2 years with a club option isn't really in the middle of 2 or 3. The benefits of a longer contract is you have more guaranteed. The benefits of the shorter contract is you can renegotiate sooner or become a free agent. I would assume he would have preferred a straight 2 rather than giving the team an option for year 3. Right now he's not getting the benefit of a 3 or a 2. I would think that he'd rather have a longer deal than a shorter one. More guaranteed money that way. If he gets a long term deal and has a lot of success, he can renegotiate for better terms. If he has a short term deal and doesn't have success, he is out of a job with no buyout.
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Undercover Boss Todd Ricketts tonight
Old Style replied to Schwarber Fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
At the very least we can assume that CBS picked up the tab for pretty much everything they gave the employees. And probably more cash on top of that to get the Cubs to participate. If anything the show should have brought in a bit of fresh revenue to throw on the money pile for next year. So now we have enough for Cliff Lee? -
I may be mistaken, but I don't think you'll find anyone really on this board that feels Sandberg deserved the job. Most the people defending him in this thread just feel the hatred towards him is unwaranted.
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Welcome to last page... ;) Damn. Well, it just became official so everyone else was just speculating and I broke the news. :hello:
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Wade Phillips has been fired and replaced by OC Jason Garrett.
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Easily? Yes. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbc10.htm ucla and washington are the 2nd and 3rd worst teams and they're really not that bad. wazzu is the only awful team in the conference. and they have top teams (oregon, stanford), which the big xii does not have. ESPN has the PAC-10 as the 4th best conference. http://espn.go.com/ncf/notebook/_/page/onthemark109/week-9
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Undercover Boss Todd Ricketts tonight
Old Style replied to Schwarber Fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Damn football game went late and my DVR recorded Amazing Race instead of Undercover Boss. :banghead: -
This is the first time I've been able to check this board in quite a while, so I am a little late to the party. But how about them Aggies? :yahoo:
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Rule #1 - Don't believe what Chip Brown has to say. Rule #2 - When in doubt, refer to rule #1.
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Maybe it was made clear to Ryno behind closed doors that the organization had no intention of promoting him even in a few years when Quade may be gone. Hendry told Trammel that he had no future with the organization, so he left. It is possible the same thing happened with Sandberg.
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Because he prefers to seek a major league job over returning to the minors? It's not like he turned down a job on Quade's staff.
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Living pretty close the Rangers stadium, I've been rooting for them pretty much all season. But as they now stand 3 outs away I can't help but feel sad that yet another team will make it to the World Series before the Cubs in my lifetime.
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They claimed it wasn't reviewable because it was a judgment call, even though fan interference situations are reviewable according to the rules.
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That was on a judgement call, can't review it. The TBS graphic said fan interference calls are reviewable. And that was definitely interference.
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Slow down, Skippy. Just because I live in Texas now doesn't mean I am a Texan.
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It's obvious now that the Cubs have hired Quade that either all the chatter about Girardi being the top choice was wrong or that he was the top choice but made it clear to the Cubs that he wasn't interested. Got it now? But why was the timing curious? It's been reported it could happen soon. Quade has made a ton of sense from the beginning and a lot of people more or less assumed he was getting the job. What was it about the timing that makes you think it's curious? It would be curious timing to name Joe Girardi manager right now. It's not curious to name Mike Quade manager right now. You must be from Oklahoma, so I will type slowly. There were a lot of indications in the media that Girardi was the top choice and that the Cubs wanted to wait to talk to him before going with Quade. Since the Yankees are still playing, it was curious timing to seemingly give up on Girardi before even having the chance to talk to him.
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It's obvious now that the Cubs have hired Quade that either all the chatter about Girardi being the top choice was wrong or that he was the top choice but made it clear to the Cubs that he wasn't interested. Got it now?
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Why? Because there was a lot of chatter about Girardi being the top choice, so I figured there wouldn't be any announcements from the Cubs until after the Yankees were done this season. Then maybe Girardi wasn't really the top choice and/or he made it clear he wasn't interested. Excellent analysis. The MLB Network would like to offer you a job dispensing your baseball genius to idiots like me.
