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I seem to recall some State Tax thing in Florida that played a part in Lebron signing in Miami. They offered less money, but because of the tax break (or something along those lines) it ended up being more? Am I making this up? If it is true, that could be a bargaining chip, right?

The Hawks would have been much better getting Madden when he was still available than Burish. Right. It's got to be hard for Bowman to look at this roster right now and then look at who is available and pull the trigger. Unless he's going to make a huge move (trading a core player), how do we know how a guy (like Sutton, for example) is going to mesh and how much Q will trust him? Because the team looks pretty damn good on paper. I think Hal Gill is an obvious choice for the Hawks to try to get. I think another one that I do not hear rumored with the Hawks is Tuomo Ruutu. I think he is the type of gritty player the Hawks need on either of the top 2 lines, plus it would free Bolland up to center the 3rd line full time. I always liked Tuomo. Mostly because of his name. I was sad when he got traded.

The CBSSports.com mock-draft has the Bears selecting 5'10" WR Kendall Wright from Baylor... I don't know much about him. It'd be nice to have a big receiver, but can he make up for the lack of height? We already have several sub 6' receivers though. Thoughts?

It has to be a minority, remember? Don't want another issue with the trustees. Uhhh, all those guys are minorities. Chris Mack?

It has to be a minority, remember? Don't want another issue with the trustees.

I really like this move. He has a lot of potential and is still growing!

How do you eat it? With your hands? I shall begin throwing banana chips in his general direction.

SI.com's Richard Rothschild graded every Super Bowl. Apparently, to get an A, it needs to be a Patriots win. Any Super Bowl decided by a GREAT defense was rewarded an F. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/richard_rothschild/01/30/grading.past.super.bowls/1.html

So, my idiot friend posted this on facebook right after the game: There is no reasoning with some people... And yes, he uses hash tags on Facebook.

you mean THIS kid? http://i.imgur.com/H3r9t.jpg

That's what I was wondering. Looking at the Celtics box, looks like a few people are hurt (I don't follow the Celtics regularly, so I don't know who the normal starters are). How long have people been out for Boston? Also, how many minutes have "bench" players been averaging for the Bulls and other teams over the last week or so? And is there an easy way to find this stuff? I'm lazy (and working on a "time sensitive" project... haha)

The Bulls got 71 minutes from their bench last night and won by 15 Just last night... Thunder got 111 minutes from their bench and won by 20 http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=320123025 76ers got 99 minutes from their bench and won by 20 http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=320123020 Celtics got 96 minutes from their bench and won by 31 http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=320123002 Portland got 102 minutes from its bench and won by 12 http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=320123022 So the answer is "lots of teams" Is that just the minutes of the non-starters for that game or does it include the minutes of the people who are usually bench players that are filling in for starters that are hurt? I'm too lazy to look those numbers up, but I'd be interested to see them.

He must have read this thread... http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2012/1/3/2680097/tampa-bay-buccaneers-head-coach-search?sct=hp_t2_a7

I find this appalling. I was not a JoePa fan, and his handling of the Sandusky issue was craptastic, but tue man just died. Let those who were "close" to him pay their respects.

that dingus is doing the m wrong Yeah, what on earth is the YVCA?

Apparently Fausto Carmona has been using an assumed name... and is 31, not 28. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/01/dominican-police-carmona-using-assumed-name.html?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=twitterfeed

I just got into a debate with a friend of mine who thinks the Blues record is actually better than the Blackhawks (and are a much better team) because the Blackhawks have played significantly more home games than any other team. He also tried to point out that since the Blackhawks have played more games, their "Points/game" is less, so the Blues should be ranked higher than the Blackhawks. This is the same friend who went into the long ignorant rant about why Ron Santo (or any player from any team in Chicago) should never be in their respective sports hall of fame.

Should we just merge the two Jaramillo threads? viewtopic.php?f=6&t=60460

Jaramillo actually has 2 full threads about him.

Bears extend Toub 2 years. *edit* beat me to it.

Runner up to their uniforms.

why the [expletive] are people booing crane kenney? if i ever go to a cubs convention in 20 years and crane kenney is still working for the cubs, i'm going to give him a standing ovation while everyone else is booing. +1. I can't stand misinformed idiots.

It could kill us to hire a 3-4 coordinator, considering all the personnel says 4-3. Teams that have made that change have invested heavily in the conversion (Packers- Raji and Matthews; Texans- JJ Watt and others). The Bears are already heavily invested in the 4-3 with the money paid to Urlacher, Briggs and Peppers, and they can't really afford to switch at this point. I agree - that is what I said above in bold. My point was that I do not believe the Bears as an organization have evolved at the rate that some of the more dynamic and succesful teams have. I was using the 3-4 and West Coast offense as examples of largely successfull, non-traditional schemes that have been used to great effect in other places. Obviously they don't work everywhere, but there's no reason (again, other than current personnel) that they couldn't work here. The 3-4 has been around a very long time. It is not new and innovative. Well, in that sense neither is the West Coast offense. My point is that the Bears tend to be stubborn in changing their systems and (for the most part) stay with fairly conservative ones. I realize the Cover 2 is different from the 4-3 that Tobin ran back in the 80's after Ryan left, but it isn't exactly an about-face in terms of dialing-up creative blitzes (in fact Rivera was sent packing in part because he blitzed too much for the Bears liking). The Bears have tended to be relatively vanilla on both offense and defense over the years. I could get into the details later, but if you are old enough to have been watching them for the last 30 years you likely get my drift. I understand what you're saying. That has been a point of frustration for me as well. The Packers didn't have the personnel for a 3-4 Defense, but in the span of about 2 years, they did. The THEME isn't whats important here, it's that the Bears seem resistant to any kind of change and tend to get left behind when other teams make those changes.

I almost got into an argument with a guy about the Broncos/Steelers game. He had posted on facebook: I replied and said "Unbelievable finish. Doesn't hurt that the Steelers were pretty banged up. Still, a win is a win, especially in the playoffs!" To which he replied: "Son, get out of here with that "injury" crap. You either show up to play or you don't. The Steelers didn't show up. Period." I still can't tell if he's just REALLY good at trolling, or just that ignorant. Either way, I didn't take the bait, as tempting as it was.

I saw that Jeff Jordan is leaving UCF...