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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Forte has accounted for 1/3 of Cutler's yards so far, which falls more on the shoulders of the line and Cutler than it does the receivers. Thus, there is no way you can convince me that any of the other options would have 200+ yards by now, so we might as well agree to disagree like you said. I think you are clearly ignoring the garbage receivers (and no tight ends) that Cutler has to work with, and downplaying how much more the line is to blame.
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    My feelings about Payton are that while I loved him as a player, between the point in time that he retired and I found out he was dying, I might have thought about him twice. He just wasn't interesting or impactful outside of the times he was playing. I really don't see the point of a biography about such a person. The fact that he did drugs, banged other women and may have had suicidal thoughts doesn't interest me. It's not like he was out there actively selling himself as some saint. He wasn't a Reggie White type preaching the old do as I say not as I do mentality. Jordan is a completely different entity.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    My original comment was in response to the "well earned" notation about the extension. He was already signed for 2 more seasons. I would have been very happy to see how this season played out before thinking he needed an extension. I don't see how you can give him credit for the core that somebody else acquired and at the same time ignore the step back. Tallon built the Stanley Cup winner. Bowman has been cleaning that roster up, but he's added nothing of note and we have yet to see how all his work will play out. There shouldn't have been a rush, and it remains to be seen if that extension was well earned. I'm not anti-Bowman. I'd just much rather see how things play out a little more before giving him an extension. I don't really see the need right now. Something that concerns me is that as of now, there is nobody that matters who is playing for a contract. Everybody of note is signed longterm, and that can be tough on the hunger question that seems to me to play a role in hockey.
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    At this point I have to think you are playing dumb. They are talking about a person who they felt very strongly about who died. In depth biographies are generally written about much bigger personas than Walter Payton. And most of his friends are all alive, so they are going to defend him. Defending him is great. I never said anywhere they shouldn't. I was getting a kick out of them seemingly having no clue how biographies typically "work." And your idea of who biographies "should" be written about is incredibly narrowminded and subjective. Some of the best bios are written about people that most of us had no clue even existed until the book showed up. Much more meaningful people who we didn't know. But that's the point of a biography, to inform. We already know most everything about Payton, and the fact that he was a professional athlete pretty much confirmed he was probably a bit of philanderer. The only thing this would serve at this point is to confirm that he did do drugs and have a marriage collapse. I would be shocked if less than 95% of pro athletes didn't cheat and do drugs. I don't see the point in biographies about them unless there's more interesting stuff to discuss and/or reveal.
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    I'm sure you are correct, but I think the emotional reaction is completely understandable. They knew and really cared about him. Emotional and rational thinking aren't mutually exclusive. Granted, yes, we're talking about football players here, but still, I'd figure even they could be mad about something without saying stupid things. They are saying they are mad somebody wrote a biography about their friend that revealed drug use and infidelity. Why is that stupid?
  6. jersey cubs fan
    At this point I have to think you are playing dumb. They are talking about a person who they felt very strongly about who died. In depth biographies are generally written about much bigger personas than Walter Payton. And most of his friends are all alive, so they are going to defend him.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Eh, it's just not that interesting to me to rehash everything we already know and then add that he was doing drugs and diddling other ladies. He's a football player who died young. I could see if he went from playing into a coaching career and has a legacy that reached into whole lot of other venues. He's not that interesting. Jim Brown is an interesting character to get to know. Paul Robeson is worthy of multiple stories. There is no market for a Walter Payton biography outside of talking about sex and drugs. It's completely disingenuous of Perlman to talk about wanting to go from the bad guys he wrote about to an in depth biography of a good guy and that he only stumbled across the sex and drugs along the way. You don't write that book unless you have the hook of sex and drugs to sell it.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    I have the book Never Die Easy and don't really think there's any sort of need for a more in depth look into Walter Payton. He was a really good football player, not some leader, decision maker or other important person.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    I think all you pointed out was that Bowman had a lot of work to do, but it's still very far from certain how it will all turn out. The fact remains he took over pre-Stanley Cup with a team built by the previous GM (with his assistance of course), and the team took a step back. Granted, it was a necessary step back. And on the surface I like what he has done, but they've got a long way to go before we can praise Bowman as some sort of super genius who actually retooled one Cup winning team into another. They aren't there yet. I like the direction and I have hope in the short and intermediate term.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    It was ARod's fault.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    I like what he's done and think he's got them pointed in the right direction, but I'd hesitate to call any of it magic or go overboard thinking about where they are at right now. Guys were sold at highs, but it's not like they acquired any gems out of those deals. They are still completely reliant on all the players that were acquired during Tallon's tenure to have success.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Really? I mean it was Tallon who built the Stanley Cup winner. He made a mess of the salary cap while doing so and Stan had to spend his first 1+ years basically fixing the mess. But so far "his" teams have been a disappointment that went one and done in the playoffs and an unknown this season. Not that I think he needed to be replaced or anything, but is an extension really well earned at this point, or is it just a matter of timing given the status of his previous deal (what was it?)?
  13. jersey cubs fan
    Who are you talking about Colvin? I think you need to go back and look at who played on his teams. Quite a few of those players have graduated to become major leaguers. More than I can remember coming up from the cubs system in a long while. I think you need to try and reconcile the notion that Sandberg has supposedly taught a whole bunch of kids how to play the game the right way yet the Cubs are full of fundamentally flawed players.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Courtesy of Buster Olney Seems like Boston's sending out a trial balloon through Olney to see if ditching Epstein will be palatable to the fanbase. My limited sample indicates they are fine with it. They believe "it's time" and that the team has been going downhill for far too long.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    the kid who had his mom record it was a Giants fan
  16. jersey cubs fan
    If this is true then why were all those players that went through his teams still fundamentally flawed players when they arrived? The fact that Mike Quade probably never should have been Cubs manager is absolutely meaningless when trying to justify giving Sandberg the gig.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Is it better to give Ryno the job simply because he was a really great player and a lot of people like him? If you take away the name and consider a man who's been a minor league coach for 5 years total and compiled a 364-341-1 record, is that a guy you're really clamoring for? Hasn't it always been more or less accepted, if not rumored, that very few people actually like Ryne Sandberg? Lots of fans loved the player. But I think lots of people do not like the guy. Considering how often he's gotten himself thrown out of games, and how much he seemed to wear out his welcome with Hendry, who accepted anybody and everybody, plus his reputation as a player for being prickly, I'm not sure he has the social ability to get 25 major league baseball players to deal with him for 8+ months in a row.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    Crazy, right? Everyone loves the 27-year-old pitcher with a 5.0 WAR and 2.95 FIP (for 2011) -- what are they thinking!?! Meanwhile, while you're worrying about the Cubs' minor league shortstop depth behind a 21-year-old star shortstop, did you ever stop to think of what the Cubs' major league rotational depth would be without Garza? It wouldn't be pretty -- at all. Yes, I did, that's why I put it in the post. Everybody includes me. I'm just speculating on what the cost and benefits are to obtaining Epstein. I don't know what the asking price would be or how much is too much. I do think that the GM is the most important single person in a baseball franchise. I also think Castro is a great hitter, but not without flaws as a shortstop. I'm sorry I peed in your corn flakes. I'll aim better next time. Derek Jeter had a lot of flaws as a shortstop throughout his career, didn't stop him from putting up a hall of fame career.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    I like. I'm not saying I want Sandberg, but he recently said that the Cubs didn't offer him his Iowa job back. "There was no other job offering [from the Cubs for 2011] other than, ‘We’d like you to come to spring training, hit a couple of fungoes and walk around’,” Sandberg said. “At that point, I knew it was time to move on." Forgive me linking to my own site, but I knew I could find the quote there easily. Does that change anyone's opinion with respect to how Sandberg left? It changed mine. No, because Sandberg made it very clear before the decision was made that he had no interest in returning as a AAA manager, and he had no interest in being a coach other than major league manager. It comes down to the notion that he felt they owed him the job.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    MLB execs told him that? Tom Ricketts has told everybody that many times. I'd be fine with Cherington too. My fear (if you can call it that) is that Henry will make Theo the President and move Cherington into the GM spot. Boy, you have to really wonder what is going on in Boston. Both Francona and Theo seemed pretty pissed about something other than the collapse. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm on the edge of my seat. I'm not too concerned that they would promote Theo and give Cherington the GM spot. For one, Luchino is pretty well entranched there as the president. Also, I would find it hard to think Theo wants to move into the overseer role of president with somebody else calling the GM shots under him.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    MLB execs told him that? Tom Ricketts has told everybody that many times.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Well then doesn't that speak extremely poorly about his ability to teach those kids the fundamentals?
  23. jersey cubs fan
    I'd much rather have Esptein's assistant plus Castro than Epstein minus Castro. Trading your biggest asset for a new GM is only going to make that GM's job that much more tough. GMs are important, but only in so much as they bring in the players. And Castro is the Cubs best asset.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Trading Garza or Castro for a GM is hilariously not the right thing to do. I don't understand what you are talking about. Make a point and support it. The Cubs need someone to run the franchise. That person is much more important than any individual player. I think he's saying trading Castro or Garza for Epstein would be dumb. And I agree with him.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Obviously GMs are more important, I've made that clear. Fans, however, think about the manager first and foremost. Hendry never got the heat that Baker, Piniella and Quade eventually all felt. Cashman has never gotten the heat that Torre and Girardi have felt when the Yankees come up short. Fans focus on the man in uniform.
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