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Castro accused of sexual assault, no charges filed
jersey cubs fan replied to A New Era's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
If this doesn't motivate Castro to shore up his defense nothing will. -
Known Liar&Cheater Ryan Braun Caught Lying&Cheating Again
jersey cubs fan replied to ctcf's topic in General Baseball Talk
I hope Bill Conlin presents the award. -
Castro accused of sexual assault, no charges filed
jersey cubs fan replied to A New Era's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
This is why we can't have nice things. -
I don't particularly like the move, but I don't think Theo did this to be cowardly, or blame the Cubs' past suckiness on anyone. Based on his comments he sought advice from nearly everyone close to the situation and made an informed decision. Even though I don't care for the move, I like the willingness to call it what it is. I meant the players, who supposedly kept telling him Zambrano can't come back. Guys like Wood, Dempster..., who's left on this team now?
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2012 College Football Offseason Thread
jersey cubs fan replied to snoodmonger's topic in Other Sports
I like the picture this puts in my mind of the guy mingling in some conference center butting in on conversations to tell people he's going to be teh head coach. -
It's a pretty nice arena. It's very similar to the UC.
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I think many people had an unrealistic idea of what the market for Z was going to be. It wasn't a good trade, but it was as good as it was going to get. If you insisted on trading him.
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Yeah, that's what I said. We got another illiterate here. There's a wide gulf between nobody and everybody. But you don't like to hear stuff like that I know.
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There's no guarantee any rookie WR will be a factor in 2012.
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Where is anyone make such a general claim? People have been adament in their stance on the matter, and the movement is growing.
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How are they going to pull that off? After this year you can no longer spend huge on prospects. The baseball budget is set year by year. You can't go out and spend an extra $50m above that budget one season after not spending it, because the next year you are going to be screwed trying to get back down to your real budget. Unless there's another Darvish on the horizon, there is nothing to use the carryover money on from a baseball standpoint.
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Choosing to actively avoid making a bad team better is essentially actively choosing to be bad. Also, avoiding all free agents is stupid.
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Yeah, that's what I need to work on, being mad at the job Jim Hendry did.
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I'm of the opinion that the Bears shouldn't be ruling out any of these guys, Jackson included. If they spend big on him, they can still sign help somewhere else and draft d-line, o-line, secondary, WR and LB as needed in the first 4 rounds (5 picks).
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But not every team has a QB and a RB due for a raise.
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Good front offices with a good offensive line and a good QB should be able to turn 3rd - 5th round WR picks into viable options, especially when they have quality receivers lining up with them. Even when the Bears get a good front office. Don't have a good OL. Don't have quality WRs lining up. I think that's a whole helluva lot to come together in 1 offseason. If we had the OL or a WR like Jackson in place, then sure a 3rd round WR would be fine. But that's my issue. Jackson is a quality WR, but he's not that good that he would fix the problem enough to ease a 3rd-5th round WR into the offense. I think even with Jackson you still need a 1 or 2 pick in. And I think Jackson makes that less likely than a cheaper option, that may only be marginally less productive. But you seem to be complaining about the notion that if they sign Jackson they won't spend a 1st or 2nd on a WR, when in fact, if they do sign Jackson, then a 3rd or 4th round WR mixed into the rest of the group should actually be a good thing.
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Luckily we're not talking about a diner, because you can build a quality organization in the future while still trying in the present. There is no need to punt 2012 no matter how hard davearm works to convince you people otherwise. I seem to recall a lot of excitement about this offseason on this site. Money off the books and the Cubs would be players in the big free agent sweepstakes. I am getting old so maybe my memory isn't very good. Am I remembering wrong? One by one the zombies have been convincing themselves that spending money on baseball players is foolish.
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They aren't actively trying to win yet, that's for certain. They're not placing 2012 ahead of the long term, which is the only thing I think you can say with any degree of certainty right now. Saying the FO is actively trying to lose in 2012 is ludicrous. They have not yet done anything to make the team better in 2012. That can be said with certainty. Not doing anything to improve a bad team make not be actively trying to lose, but if you aren't doing anything to try and get better, it's the same damn thing. There is nothing ludicrous about being upset at what they are currently putting out there for 2012.
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Luckily we're not talking about a diner, because you can build a quality organization in the future while still trying in the present. There is no need to punt 2012 no matter how hard davearm works to convince you people otherwise.
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Good front offices with a good offensive line and a good QB should be able to turn 3rd - 5th round WR picks into viable options, especially when they have quality receivers lining up with them.
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Hyperbolic BS. How? It's a crappy team that had addressable needs that haven't been addressed. Nothing done to date suggests any interest in trying in 2012. Unless you think getting rid of Zambrano's attitude will magically make players play better (which I'm pretty sure some people think).
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They aren't actively trying to win yet, that's for certain.
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In a salary cap league it's certainly possible to get there in a hurry. I'm not completely against the Jackson idea by any stretch. I said it has merit to talk about an unwillingness to spend big on certain positions, because you can't spend big on them all. The Bears spend on LB and DE, they will be spending big on QB shortly and will go from a low RB cap hit to a high RB cap hit. The fact that they can fit a guy into the cap with ease today doesn't necessarily mean it makes sense to sign him when there are other needs.
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how is that hence #2?
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Looks like the team learned Hendry's cowardly ways and blamed their suckiness on a scapegoat.
