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  1. jersey cubs fan
    I don't really buy that DeWitt is only 26.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Desperation is exactly what brought Soriano here. They absolutely had to have an impact OF and the only way this team stood a chance of getting one was via free agency. They found the best one and grossly overpaid to get him. But you are absolutely right, there is no desperation in trying to acquire the best player possible at a position of need, unless you call what every big market contender does every year desperation. But if that is the case, desperation is perfectly healthy and an indication of a quality organization.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Except that is just about as asinine of a statement to make. The Cubs are not in a mess. The relatively new financial solvent owner has decided to make a change at GM. They have a sound, if unspectaculiar minor league system and actually assets on the major league team. The revenue continues to flow, if at slower rates than when they won more frequently. The team on the field isn't any good, but the franchise is in no way shape or form a mess right now. The Cubs aren't a mess financially, but they're paying a whole lot of money to finish in 5th place, and like WSR said, fan angst is building. The fact that so many here are so desperate to sign Pujols or Fielder should tell you something. The on-field product needs a major overhaul. Yes, the baseball team is bad. The organization is healthy.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    Except that is just about as asinine of a statement to make. The Cubs are not in a mess. The relatively new financial solvent owner has decided to make a change at GM. They have a sound, if unspectaculiar minor league system and actually assets on the major league team. The revenue continues to flow, if at slower rates than when they won more frequently. The team on the field isn't any good, but the franchise is in no way shape or form a mess right now.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    The Chicaco Cubs are not in any kind of financial mess.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    The Einhorn deal with the Mets has apparently fallen through. Not sure where this leaves them but I assume the Mets remain in financial limbo.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    They would seemingly have to have been around a very long time to get that sample size, no?
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Why do people keep saying this? It's one thing to say they didn't improve the team, but that's not the same as taking a step back. Who exactly did they lose that would help support this statement? They have an aging defense and I highly doubt that they're going to be as healthy as they were last year. I think that's a fair statement. It's a misinformed statement. They failed to take a step forward, no doubt. But they didn't take a step back talent-wise. That's just silly.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    They aren't, and they probably shouldn't be.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    I don't know about that. I'm not sure how the salary cap hit comes into play with his bonuses from the uncapped year, but I can only guess there would be some hit from cutting him. Obviously with the space this year you can both fit him in there and afford the hit from cutting him, but I'd rather not have him count at all against next season. Also, while Unga may not be ready on week 1 to be the 4th RB, I would think he could be ready down the line when it actually matters. It wouldn't be the worst thing to keep him around for depth purposes, but how useful is that depth when the guy was as god awful as he was last year. Some undrafted rookie should be able to do the same thing.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Unfortunately the opposite of 8-8 is still 8-8.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Sounds about right to me. Yep. There's really not much to debate about him. He's got 2500+ professional PA with very uninspiring production. he may be able to improve upon his lackluster major league numbers going forward, but that just means 4th or 5th OF.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    That's not going to end well. And that makes me happy. Stupid Eagles. is he going to become a bad quarterback? or will he start up bad newz again? He's going to get killed. well then they're out from under his contract, so that's not a bad thing. i mean on the football field, not by a dog lover
  14. jersey cubs fan
    That's not going to end well. And that makes me happy. Stupid Eagles. is he going to become a bad quarterback? or will he start up bad newz again? He's going to get killed.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/6211 Oh, hey Bruce, there's your link.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Somebody must. If I was in Vegas and bored I could see throwing $20 on a game just for something to do.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Am I the only one who prefers to talk about the next game rather than hanging out in last week's thread? Chicago is a 1 point favorite.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    There's a difference between making a couple key changes and overhauling a staff. They should be able to have a good idea of who they will eventually hire by the end of September, they should make that hire in October and he should be able to bring it, at the very least, a Fleita replacement in October as well. I'm not sure why a new guy would need a month to work on his top lieutenents. How are they going to interview/hire a GM that currently holds that title while the season is still going on? Well, we don't know they will make such a hire, but owners have a way of having conversations and narrowing it down so that the decision can be made before the season is officially complete. But last I checked, October was the end of the season, so I'm not sure what the point of your question is.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    There's a difference between making a couple key changes and overhauling a staff. They should be able to have a good idea of who they will eventually hire by the end of September, they should make that hire in October and he should be able to bring it, at the very least, a Fleita replacement in October as well. I'm not sure why a new guy would need a month to work on his top lieutenents.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    And also, you cannot pick your own assistant, you must use Jim's old one. I know it sounds silly, but this isn't an uncommon practice in the business world, especially when dealing with an executive admin/assistant who has been with the company for a long time or who has a lot of responsibilities (it sounds like this person has one of those). There are significant monetary and productivity costs associated with firing good and/or knowledgeable employees. You don't have to fire the existing one to allow a new executive to hire his own assistant. If that person was any good, they can be efficiently moved into a number of other areas of the business. That would be better for their career anyway.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    I would be disappointed with that series of events.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    I don't think the Bears did anything wrong, they're keeping til Saturday b/c of Barber's injury and Taylor misunderstood their intentions. This is basically a tryout for Taylor. I feel sick for defending a contract procedure by Angelo and the Bears. Yeah, it's another in a long line of weird things, but the Bears didn't really do anything wrong here. When you have so many unprofessional screw-ups on your record, however, you can expect people to overreact to this situation.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    I'm not expecting them to leave, I'm just commenting that it seems odd to me that a new head of baseball operations wouldn't have his choice of executive assistant. Well on that article about the current assistant, it says right in it that the previous executive assistant spanned multiple GMs and a quarter of a decade. I know from my own experience at my company when the new CEO came in, our executive admin assistant stayed in the same role. We've read stuff saying that actual baseball people like Fleita may be forced on the new GM, so an executive assistant doesn't seem to odd. Sure if they decide after a year, they want a change it would be granted, but right away? That would seem odd, IMO. Where have you read Fleita may be forced on the new guy?
  24. jersey cubs fan
    I'm not expecting them to leave, I'm just commenting that it seems odd to me that a new head of baseball operations wouldn't have his choice of executive assistant.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    What you seem to be describing is the difference between a receptionist and an executive assistant. It has nothing to do with canning somebody.
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