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  1. jersey cubs fan
    None. In May, 2009 Forbes had Fisher and Lovie Smith as the highest paid NFL coaches ($5.5 mil). I think Saban is close to the highest paid college coach at $4+ mil a year. Lovie was near the top a couple years ago, but I believe he was surpassed by a few guys since then.
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    Is it really more stability and less pressure at a major school? If you win at a very high level, the pressure and stability issues aren't there at either level. But if a coach at Penn State, Tennessee, USC, Florida, etc. struggles for a year, he'll be villified just as much as if he struggles with the Titans, Jets, Colts, etc. You can be villified if you struggle, but Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno have had more stability than any coach around. Look at Kirk Ferentz, and before him Hayden Fry. At many schools you can finish 8-4 most years with occasional 10+ win seasons and just as long as you limit the sub .500 seasons, you can stick around. There's only a handful of schools that are canning successful guys and even schools like Michigan did so after 12 years. Fulmer was around forever. Spurrier has been a .500 coach at Carolina since 2005. You spend 5 years in one place in the NFL and everybody wants you dead unless you have a Super Bowl. You play fewer games, with a heavy emphasis on home games. There's recruiting trips, but for the head coach that is nothing. College assistants work like dogs, but nobody works more than NFL coaches. And you get a month to prepare for your big bowl game and then a long vacation. College coaching is a plum job.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Maybe cross country trips matter, but I think for the most part if you're getting on a plane to play another game, whether it's 1:00, 2:00 or 4:00 there isn't much of a difference. They aren't travelling by rail or on some cheapo airline. I do think it's an advantage for a team to be playing back to back home games in that situation. But I'm not sure if history supports that claim.
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    I'm not so sure that is true of Gruden. First or second line? I'm almost positive he's not going to a college football team, but I could see where he'd be much less in demand than Dungy or Cowher. Mostly about being hired in a heartbeat, but possibly taking a college job. Being a college head coach is a great gig. Sure, most of these guys want to succeed at the highest level, but all three have already done it. College head coaching can offer much longer contracts, much more stability and much less pressure.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    I hate Thursday night games more than Monday Night. Everybody should get to have their bye the week before a Thursday game. Agreed. The only "problem" is bye weeks are nearly over when Thursday games start. That obviously can be changed, but I'm sure Thursday games are more popular later in the season ($$$), so I don't see that happening. Yeah, that's tricky. They run thursday games through week 16, which would require a week 15 bye, but those are done in week 10. I don't see a problem bumping them back to week 12 or so.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    I hate Thursday night games more than Monday Night. Everybody should get to have their bye the week before a Thursday game.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Dungy, Gruden and Cowher are almost certainly not going to coach at the collegiate level – no matter the prestige of the school. Especially not since almost any NFL team would hire any of the three in a heartbeat. I'm not so sure that is true of Gruden.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    I wouldn't think of Seattle or Detroit as locks. Seattle at home is a lock if this team is any good and has a chance of competing in the NFC playoffs. Although no, it's not a lock in terms of just this game. Yes that sounds dumb but it makes sense in my mind.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Or it was the 200 HR and 4 starting pitchers with 200+ innings and sub 4 ERA. Well the Red Sox didn't actually win because Kevin Millar Cowboy upped. Perception is more important when discussing reactionary offseason plans No I understand I'm just pointing out how it's annoying that the perception has always been about Ozzie ball but what it was really about was a HR hitting team with great pitching.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Or it was the 200 HR and 4 starting pitchers with 200+ innings and sub 4 ERA. I believe Hendry has had multiple "need to get lefty" periods of time.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    He needs to hold Hossa's hand.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Preconceived notions about how terribly the team is run? Are you kidding me? There's no preconceived notion. It's just a simple fact. I was more than willing to give Ricketts all the benefit of the doubt for year one especially since I have a roundabout personal connection and have been offered free tickets. But one year in and he's all on board the Hendry train, hiring what appears to be the wrong type of stats guy and spouting off about nonsense for offseason goals. Why wouldn't I be annoyed? I think your take on this is very strange.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    And Hendry sure as hell tends to focus on both bad situational stats and overly specific team needs. Plus, Ricketts is keeping him.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    And your point is? An owner appeasing his fans is going to talk about making the team better, getting better players, investing in the team, etc. Writing nonsense about batting with RISP (something his untouchable GM has repeatedly tried to focus on) after hiring a strange stat dude who is all about needless situational statistics is a strong indication he is directing the organization to be focused on things they should not be focused on.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    What the hell was Ron Washington snorting when he decided to get Cliff Lee warmed up in game 3?
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    I'm not sure where you are coming up with this nonsensical theory. Why would he still write that paragraph if he didn't believe that crap? Just because people want to hear it? No, that's not how it's written. It's written like a fan with a rudimentary understanding of the game of baseball whose faith in good 'ole baseball people is far too high. Very disappointing words.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    I doubt fatty mcgoo is going to be much help in the OF anymore. He hasn't played much there since his early 30's and he is going to be 35 this year. Possibly get and and play somebody like Nady or Baker when there's a LH pitcher.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    Hooray for another nooner! I can't recall an uglier dominating win. Carolina is a bad football team. Apparently the Bears were getting 3 points by kickoff, and they opened as 3 point favorites. Well now they are 6.5 point favorites against the incredibly mediocre Seahawks. Tradition is holding so far for Seattle, winning at home and losing on the road. The Bears really need to win this game as there is no excuse to lose. Hasselback is the 29th rated QB in the league. Chris Williams might be back, Jay Cutler might be back. If they are, I'd really like to see a 20 point win here and have the Bears solidify their division lead and standing among the NFC contenders.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Sweet? Come on. There's nothing wrong with the NFL fining him for that. It's a very easy rule to follow and he chose not to follow it knowing what the ramifications would be.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Or he was just supporting a teammate? Of course he was supporting a teammate and it was an absolutely irrational support. There is supporting a teammate and just saying something stupid. If Lovie Smith is able to tell the truth ("We got to the point where we felt like we couldn't let them back in the game"), then Devin could. This is a really pointless thing to say.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, he got pretty hot for a while in May. It looked like he may be back to 2008 form but then from June - September he had a sub-780 OPS every month.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    I dunno about that. But he's fragile without a doubt. Back troubles suck and hammies are tough with big freaks of nature. I don't think he's faking it or anything but he's definitely fragile.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    I insist on this response because I have actually seen Vitters in person and I have had the pleasure of speaking to people who know way more about baseball than I do about Vitters. Sorry Joe Morgan but that doesn't come close to justifying your asinine comment.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    So pretty much no O-line changes. They should be improved, then! That's all it takes!
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Why are you lumping an injured and healthy season together? Because I don't excuse the entirety of his crappy 2009 to injury. He was healthy enough to play. He showed over the 2nd half of 2010 he's quite capable of sucking big time for extended periods of time. He's in his mid 30's and health issues are part of what he is, to ignore play that occurs when injured is to ignore what he is.
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