Banedon
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I agree. By no means do I think Turner is the greatest OC in the world. But I don't know of any better option. And I believe the best course of action is to maintain what they are doing, and look for improvement from Grossman. Add some O line help to the mix, and maybe another skill position guy via the draft. Plus, let him use Hester as an offensive weapon. I wouldn't mind if they brought in someone that they could "groom" for the Off Coord position for the future though. Some NFL team may be dumb enough to hire Turner as a HC sometime here, and we could be stuck.
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Thank god for blackout restrictions. No way. In 200 years people at the national archives will crack up listening to those 3 idiots. Over/Under on first time Dusty goes off on a nonsensical, metaphor riddled tangent about fishing or some other such nonsense? Over/Under on DPS? (Dudes per show) The hour long show? 9 I'll take the over then.
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Thank god for blackout restrictions. No way. In 200 years people at the national archives will crack up listening to those 3 idiots. Over/Under on first time Dusty goes off on a nonsensical, metaphor riddled tangent about fishing or some other such nonsense? Over/Under on DPS? (Dudes per show)
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Oh I'll be watching it. Dusty's commentary should be pretty good comedy.
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Cubs and Big Z Avoid Arbitration, Agree to 1/$12.4 M
Banedon replied to PrimeTime's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Hendry really wanted Furcal though... -
I was reading through a couple of old Teddy Greenstein articles I hadn't read, and caught this tidbit from last week...maybe this has been discussed, but I haven't seen it:
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Cubs and Big Z Avoid Arbitration, Agree to 1/$12.4 M
Banedon replied to PrimeTime's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Does the artbiter make an immediate decision? How long will we wait to hear who wins? -
Wood to Avoid Throwing Curveball This Season
Banedon replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I'm not sure there is a long term plan. I think they are going season-by-season with him at this point. If he heals enough that he can start, excellent. But if he has to be a closer at this point in his career, so be it. But I don't think anyone can say with any certainty how he will heal up. -
I forget whether it was John Clayton or Len Pasquerelli that pointed out that losing Turner would have been a much bigger loss for the Bears because they don't have anyone in house that is being "groomed" for that job like Babich was for the D coach job.
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Wow...crazy turn of events. I didn't think Ron was a huge loss, but becoming LB coach is pretty crappy. He got screwed.
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The Bears officially announced that Rivera won't be back...nothing about Babich though. http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?story_id=3083
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http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6485778 So I guess Rivera wasn't that essential to the Bears success.. Odd. I have heard that Rivera isn't the biggest fan of the Cover-2 so maybe that had something to do with it. It's still fishy. Maybe he's heading to Dallas for the D Coordinator job there after all?
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Marty Shottenheimer -> Norv Turner is a downgrade. He (SD GM Smith?) just wants a yes man. One of ESPN.com's "burning questions" this week was "Are the Chargers in danger of alienating Ladanian Tomlinson?" The ESPN talking heads all said yes...
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Marty Shottenheimer -> Norv Turner is a downgrade.
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Yeah but it's much more fun IMO to be optimistic from the beginning then to jump on board once they start winning! I agree...so long as they KEEP winning. I may have trouble holding on to my pessimism until opening day. Come on and take the leap....I know it's scary but what the heck it's always an interesting ride! I took the leap last year, and my Cardinal buddy in the cubicle next to me never let me hear the end of it...I have to be at least a LITTLE more cautious this year.
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Yeah but it's much more fun IMO to be optimistic from the beginning then to jump on board once they start winning! I agree...so long as they KEEP winning. I may have trouble holding on to my pessimism until opening day.
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I'm going to probably catch flack for being pessimistic, but here it goes anyway. I refuse to get optimistic right now. Everything is being said correctly, and health wise the team looks good, even with the Wood "injury"...but I refuse to get myself excited until I see how this team plays. If we have a good April, and Piniella is actually doing a lot of the things he says he'll do, I'll be the first one to jump on board with things. But my guard is still up from being burned by the team so much. My pessimism is still a warm blanket I'm unwilling to part with....yet.
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2007 Spring Training NOW WITH PICTURES thread
Banedon replied to moorecg's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Artificially colored snow. -
By draft day, the Bears should know if Briggs is gone or back (though if he's franchised, you might still need an LB to replace Briggs after a year). I wouldn't pick a LB in the first round to replace HH just because HH isn't on the field as much as the other two LBs and the first rounder could be better off looking at S or OL. Don't get me wrong, I really like Posluszny and think he'd be a great fit on the offense, I just think there are bigger needs than LB if Briggs is back (same thing in regards to TE). Poslunszny for QB? :lol: I agree there are bigger needs. But if Angelo thinks he can fill those needs with quality players in later rounds, I wouldn't mind if he went this route.
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Don Banks have the Bears taking Zach Miller TE. But says to keep an eye on Aaron Sears as a possibility. He has the Colts taking Paul Posluszny...I wouldn't mind taking him...insurance in case Briggs walks, or maybe could compete with Hillenmeyer...
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"I'm sorry about that whole wrestling thing." http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingGalleryImages/wm14_rose.jpg
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There are a lot of areas with greater need...TE should not be a priority.
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Kerry Wood falls out of hot tub, out 4-6 days (Not a joke)
Banedon replied to Schwarber Fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Anyone think that as he's falling he decides not to brace himself for the fall because he doesn't want to injure his arm? Just trying to figure out how you land on your chest... -
According to Richard Justice, David Carr will likely be traded around the time of the draft, and that the Texans will probably have to settle for a fifth round pick. There are a lot of rumors out there about the Vikings getting him, but they appear to be just that...rumors. In any case, the Texans GM has confirmedthere's been inquiries about Carr's availability.
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2007 Spring Training NOW WITH PICTURES thread
Banedon replied to moorecg's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I'm not sure it's quite that long, but that's probably Jeff Samardzija, the pitching prospect from ND. Yeah I'm sure that's who she was talking about, and I think it actually is shoulder-length.
