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  1. BigSlick
    Welp, I knew they didn't have much room to make many moves, and really couldn't net much in return, but making a move or two at least tells your fanbase you're motivated to do something about the team. Retaining Hendry for 2011 to end up firing him in the winter (if thats what they intend on doing) is a perfectly wasteful and "Cubbish" move. Fiscally irresponsible (while purporting to save money) in a vain attempt to uphold the status quo, while subverting any attempt to create a future.
  2. BigSlick
    I hope so too, the Cubs have done a brilliant job of eroding my interest in the team. Please do something.
  3. BigSlick
    Does anybody know what he means by that exactly? It sounds like the avg payroll of all 32 teams has to be 99% of the cap, not every single team has to be at 99%. So there are teams that will be spending less than the 99%. At least that's how I'm reading it. Maybe someone here can explain it better??? The new CBA also allows for some over the cap spending, by borrowing from next years salary cap. So you can actually be ~6 million over and still be ok under the new rules. The salary floor is also gonna drop down, and it will be an average of a few years, so it may be: You have to pay 87% of the cap from 2014-2017. So you could in one of those individual years be below that, as long as the average is above it.
  4. BigSlick
    That seems like an awful lot of money for a dude that barely plays Alright so we're basically bracing for Olin to sign and another interior linemen to sign and we're basically done with all 'big' moves of note right?
  5. BigSlick
    The Bears are absolutely going to bring in another lineman along with Olin (assuming he signs, and I'm pretty sure he will) so anyone worried about it should calm a little down. I highly doubt they go after any wide receiver of any notoriety after the Roy Williams signing, however. This front office doesn't roll like that.
  6. BigSlick
    Heck, with the way things are going, Derrick might have a chance to play with him before the NBA gets back together
  7. BigSlick
    I don't especially like the idea of trading away Olsen (especially because it seems like a philosophical move on Martz's behalf, and how long does he plan on being here? And how effective is he really as an Offensive Coordinator anymore anyway?) but getting a 3rd round pick for him is about right, maybe more than we should have expected. Oh well, get a receiver and a guard and a couple more pieces and lets see how this season plays out.
  8. BigSlick
    I ain't accusing you of anything, but what did Patterson, Jacque Jones and Bradley all have in common? I'm as guilty as anyone for complaining about those guys at times (though Bradley not so much, he wasn't even that bad here!) but you gotta connect the dots on significant portions of the fanbase and why they'd be more likely to have problems with those guys 'attitudes'. Anyway, it would be beautiful for the Cardinals to pull a poor management move like they are set to do and trade Rasmus because Tony La Russa has jerkface.
  9. BigSlick
    Yeah its really pretty much unimportant. Brenly is a little too bunt-happy for me to really care for him too much, but at least you can tell that he has a pretty solid grasp of things and doesn't tolerate sloppy, lazy play. On the other hand he got out of Arizona pretty quickly after they won the World Series and I never heard exactly what transpired there. You'd think winning a WS would buy more than a few grace period years.
  10. BigSlick
    Yeah its really pretty much unimportant. Brenly is a little too bunt-happy for me to really care for him too much, but at least you can tell that he has a pretty solid grasp of things and doesn't tolerate sloppy, lazy play. On the other hand he got out of Arizona pretty quickly after they won the World Series and I never heard exactly what transpired there. You'd think winning a WS would buy more than a few grace period years.
  11. BigSlick
    Damn nice to have him under control until through 2013. A lot of people are already bemoaning the fact that we wont be able to re-sign him after the contracts up, but I'm not so sure its a bad thing. Remember, he's someone that came into the league at age 25, and he still has a limited offensive game. Very valuable player to have, but if someone in 2013 comes around and wants to give him starter money and a long deal, I have no problem at all with that.
  12. BigSlick
    Well it makes me sad about Demetri Mccamey...he's not a bad guy, he just regressed heavily as a player. I dunno, it happens, he has a very odd mindset, and I don't think Weber is blameless in this as well. Jereme Richmond...well yeah he brought this all on himself. I don't see how it's Weber's fault that McCamey decided in January that he'd done enough to get drafted and then coasted for 3 months. Should he have benched him more? It's hard to hold a coach completely blameless for a guy not being motivated. I'm not saying the majority isn't on Demetri, because at a certain point after 4 years, it's on you, but with the lethargy his teams have shown when not lead by a fiery player like Frazier or Brown, it's worth questioning. I knew when I said "I don't think Weber is blameless" that it would be construed as me laying an inordinate amount of the blame on Weber. Thats not the case. But its clear something is wrong with the whole Weber regime when an off-hand coment from one of McCamey's cousins (..."hey maybe you should drive to the basket more!") has more sway with his playstyle than the friggin head coach.
  13. BigSlick
    Well it makes me sad about Demetri Mccamey...he's not a bad guy, he just regressed heavily as a player. I dunno, it happens, he has a very odd mindset, and I don't think Weber is blameless in this as well. Jereme Richmond...well yeah he brought this all on himself.
  14. BigSlick
    oh thank god we didn't get Singler
  15. BigSlick
    So basically, this off-season (if there is one) will basically be: 1. Go after Howard as hard as possible and failing that, (which is nearly certain) 2. Get a 2 guard with any credentials whatsoever Also contemplate very deeply how much money we have tied to Noah and Boozer for the next 5 years
  16. BigSlick
    Dwight Howard is close, depending on how you view defense, what metric you pick
  17. BigSlick
    im glad that between the bulls playoff run and the exceedingly low expectations of the cubs this year have distanced myself from caring, because that last 2 games would have infuriated a previous years' 'me' give up 7 runs and lose and not a single one is earned? really? really.
  18. BigSlick
    It doesnt matter what the subject is, you can count on Whitlock writing an overly contrarian, bad article about it.
  19. BigSlick
    Nice to see the Bulls back to owning. Also nice to see Rose with his burst back. Maybe Bernstein wont proclaim the sky falling anymore
  20. BigSlick
    that rondo gif is a treasure
  21. BigSlick
    please pound the pacers and have the orlando/atlanta series go 7, thanks god
  22. BigSlick
    This playoffs is only 2 days old and its already looking highly competitive
  23. BigSlick
    i despised Noah when we drafted him and hated the pick (what another tyson chandler?! god damnit) its completely understandable that every other fan base hates him, but like he says: thats ok, i got my friends
  24. BigSlick
    No one else even deserves a vote, honestly. A decent chunk of the media still seems bent on Pops though. Honestly, I'd say Thibs is definitely more deserving of CoY than Rose is of MVP. Well yeah, because Thibs actually deserves his award. Just curious, but who's been more valuable to his team than Rose this year? I just want to point out how much I hate that line of thinking for MVP awards. Do you see it get drudged up in Baseball MVP debates? well sometimes, but by morons. But in general, what difference does it make when Albert Pujols cracks 49 homers for the Pirates of the Cardinals or the Braves of the Yankees? His value remains constant, I don:t care what the nebulous *for his team* nonsense means
  25. BigSlick
    that absolutely blows my mind this season has been fun
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