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Everything posted by jersey cubs fan
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Sure, there's room for improvement, but in a salary cap league the Bears did well under Angelo. A lot of other guys have done a lot worse with the same resources that he had. On the bright side, the new guy doesn't have to acquire a franchise QB (the toughest thing for personel people to do). But we still don't know that there will be a new guy running things.
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Yeah, the old "didn't have a 2nd QB issue" was always hanging over his head.
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I went to Jets/Dolphins, wow, that was hilariously bad football. Not high school ugly football like Bears/Broncos, but legitimately hilariously bad. On one Jets drive the teams took turns with illegal procedure/offsides penalties early on, then the Jets added two more illegal procedures. There were 7 turnovers. Sanchez threw 2 INTs to defensive linemen. There was another pass caught by an offensive linemen and apparently fumbled (eventaully overturned) before Jason Taylor returned it for a TD despite fumbling it himself in a game whose main feature was over the top ridiculous tributes to Jason Taylor, and him going out of his way to be seen on the jumbotron at all times (he never stood by anybody and seemingly only wore his helmet during plays). Plus, Dolphins fans are probably the most pathetic in sports, but they do provide an ample supply of scantily clad off duty trophy wives/strippers in the audience.
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Yeah, they were obvious potential candidates even prior to Angelo being dismissed. I was thinking yesterday they might be hired to replace Philips. Now, who knows, but it could be scary to have them running the whole thing.
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It'll be tough to go the "Cubs route" in the NFL with no minor leagues. I'm just excited because I hated Angelo's draft strategy. Specifically I'm talking about a guy who won't be motivated to WIN NOW in Urlacher/Peppers/Briggs potential last year of being good, and who may not be married to the idea of winning with Cutler. There's definitely people in football who don't like Jay.
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This might be a sign of Lovie/Martz winning some sort of power struggle inside the organization. Jerry was the one who pushed Caleb Hanie on people. Martz clearly never wanted anything to do with the kid, but Jerry refused to give him another veteran this year (a move I supported). Jerry gave Tice garbage to work with on the line and nothing to work with at receiver. This move may only signal that Jerry is out and Lovie/Martz/Tice/Marinelli will have one last go of making it work with some sort of player personel guy running the draft and signing guys, as opposed to a new real GM.
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That's called overkill. You don't need to go into the season with a veteran backup and another veteran to back him up. I'm much more interested in constantly replenishing the QB position through mid-to-late round draft picks. Cutler is in-line for a substantial raise soon, and I don't want to spend too much of the cap on backup QBs. I'm not all that ecstatic about Angelo being gone, he was no Hendry. The Bears were pretty good under his watch, and they would have had a great season this year if his biggest acquisition, Cutler, didn't get hurt. But there is definitely plenty of room for improvement throughout the organization. I'd hate to see the new group try and go the Cubs way and unnecessarily start from scratch. I'm also skeptical about "the new group" being anything more than a slight transition from within. Ted Philips is to the Bears what so many people think Crane Kenney is to the Cubs. He's an accountant who has too much impact on the football side of the business.
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If Hendry did deals in the middle of open heart surgery, Jed can step away from fetching his wife ice cubes long enough to get something done. -
No reason to be worried or concerned about it.
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Didn't he label the players uninspiring?
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What a difference a year makes for this game. Last year I went with some friends and froze my balls off. There was a bunch of snow on the ground and several snowball fights. Today feels like early September.
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Anthony Rizzo
jersey cubs fan replied to TheDude's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I have no idea why he was rushed to the bigs. If he was given more time and if he was in the right organization he might have been decent. He was rushed? He had well over 1000 PA in AA over the course of 3 seasons, and that was with 3 seasons worth of major college baseball. He was 24 when he got his first call-up and he tore the cover off the ball the following spring. I hardly think he was rushed. Half his value was in the fact that he was fairly polished and a guy who was likely to make the majors (as opposed to a guy with upside to do well in the majors). I agree he may have had a better chance in a better organization, but better organizations wouldn't have drafted him where the Cubs did. -
theo was referred to as tight lipped in Boston. I don't think it's too early to characterize them that way
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My only concern is that he'll continue to get worse, to the point where teams won't even want to waste a guaranteed roster spot on him. If you can trade him now with a few million in salary relief for the next three years, I say do it. I highly doubt his value is going to rise much. But if your only upside to trading now is a few million bucks, then it makes more sense to keep him since he could have a good year, making it possible to unload even more money, if needed, or possibly get a prospect. As a big market team with room in the payroll you can afford to gamble a few million dollars on the chance you'll get more in the future. The concern is that he has an even worse year, and you're forced to eat his entire contract. I guess it just depends on how much the Cubs value the possible millions saved over the next few years Yes, that's the concern. But in the grand scheme the entire contract isn't much more than the vast majority of his contract. There's very little to be gained by forcing him out today, and it's worth trying to see if he can rebound a little and get a contender to bite on more.
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There was never any reason to punt 2012.
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Shannon Doherty is doing online degree commercials. Ouch.
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They are just the delivery guy, the elfs make the babies in Santa's workshop once they are done with toys.
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2012 College Football Offseason Thread
jersey cubs fan replied to snoodmonger's topic in Other Sports
Saban is looked at like the devil because he's jumped from program to program, not because he allowed an assistant coach to use the facilities to recruit rape victims. The public perception problems at PSU aren't going to be fixed by hiring some no name guy who will always toe the line. I don't see how these things are related. -
but still, he was probably in the deal
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i don't love this. i also feel like we need more of an adjustment for who the baserunners are than i am seeing. all that said,the suggestion that the hit and run isn't a disaster now that we've cut it down to only to most ideal situations isn't a shocking one. i still don't want to see my team using it. Yeah, that's pretty silly.
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both abuck and his buddy? There was an elderly couple, and then a middle aged dude with his sons, so, at least 6 more than I've ever seen before. Last year K State fans were everywhere.
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whiter than Merill? Or Jed?
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Misc. Free Agent News
jersey cubs fan replied to Clem Fandango's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
With Marshall gone, Wood probably is the set-up man. I think $2.5-3 with incentives is probably market value for a decent set-up man. You don't pay the man based on a job role he's "earned" by default because the team is being torn apart. -
There's no reason it should take that long.
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this city has been overrun with Cyclones fans.
