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Cubs hire Greg Maddux as special assistant to the GM
jersey cubs fan replied to Tim M's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Nobody is ever all bad. So what? Mob bosses help people, it doesn't make them good citizens. -
No they weren't.
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The level of pay for that type of player varies significantly. Jason Giambi signed for $4m last year in a limited role. Dye already went from making $11.6m in the final year of his last Oakland contract to making $4m in his first year with the CWS. Reed Johnson played last year at $3m. I would imagine somebody as close to the end of his career as Dye is, who has never had a $100m type contract, would be willing to entertain offers in the $2-4m range in a reduced role if nobody is looking to offer him more to be a starter.
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I'm not sure it makes all that much sense for Lovie. College jobs are always going to be available for former NFL coaches, especially ones who have enjoyed some success. And as mediocre as his teams have been of late, they haven't been disastrously bad, and he has been to a Super Bowl. Also, how much are they going to pay him? He'd probably make more under his Bears contract the next two years than he would backing out of that deal and taking the UT job now, because they aren't going to buy him out anywhere near full price.
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Yeah, just posted that in the college football thread. The guys on the ESPN Page 2 podcast suggested Lovie would get that job since most of the other guys in the south have stupid names; Joker, Kippy, Jimbo, etc.
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I hope to god they are only considering him for OL coach Actually I hope he's more of an assistant TE coach. I think this team needs a real OL coach, and Tice isn't even really that.
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The thing is, they really needed that when they went after him. This team was dull and without any offensive weapons. It just so happened that right after they acquired him all the talented young players started breaking out, thus immediately making his services less valuable to the team.
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New or old? Metrodome, sure. I forgot about the new one, I don't think I've seen a game played there.
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I enjoy watching Northwestern on TV but not at home, that stadium is just a horrible venue for watching football. So is Michigan State, Illinois and Minnesota.
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Same here. Especially that Jay isn't getting invited. I'm not that surprised. Recent 1st round draft picks often get to spend a little time with the big club. They are both 20 already, Vitters having spent three years in the system, and Jackson having a terrific 1st year. I don't think it has anything to do with how close they are to the majors, but rather a reward for where they are. As for Jackson, he had the discipline thing last year, so he doesn't get the reward.
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Not really. He was an old dude who missed a ton of time with the Blackhawks already and only had a good season when he split time 50/50. He wasn't coming back on a 1 year deal, and Huet was unmovable. It was never a rational option.
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I still can't believe he got that contract, or that people wanted him back in Chicago.
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And they've still thoroughly outperformed the Cubs during the Hendry era. Not really much of an accomplishment. No, it's more of a knock on the Cubs than any sort of praise for the White Sox.
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Wow, that playbook must be huge.
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Cubs hire Greg Maddux as special assistant to the GM
jersey cubs fan replied to Tim M's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
And you wouldn't be in the major leagues if you weren't that good of a baseball player. A major league manager "stressing the fundamentals" is basically just words to appease the masses. Everybody said Lou wouldn't tolerate the fundamental lapses that plagued the Dusty era Cubs, and now apparantly Lou isn't stressing the fundamentals enough for people. -
Cubs hire Greg Maddux as special assistant to the GM
jersey cubs fan replied to Tim M's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
He's fiery exactly because of his tame reputation. He thinks that's what is necessary. It is on purpose. A) You don't know that for a fact, B) That's something every single new manager claims C) These are major league baseball players, they are going to play in a manner that they always play and D) This isn't all that important, what's most important is how good at playing baseball your players are. -
this was my initial thought as well. why stop at 1 DH when you could have 9. i personally don't like the DH. It brings more strategy into the game when you have runners on first with 1 out and the pitcher comes up. he has to execute his bunt. I think if you play the field you should have to swing the bat. the game is taught to be like that. You don't go with 9 because the pitcher is the only unique position on the field, a guy who plays every 5th day. And baseball is not a game of strategy. It's a game of pitcher vs hitter, with a little fielding thrown in. There is not strategy involved in a sac bunt. It's not an elaborate thought out plan. It's just a guy who can't hit giving up.
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I kind of agree, but they do have an extraordinary percentage of their expected payroll already locked up for 2-3 seasons from now.
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If the Bears are going to sign a position coach as OC, my first choice would be a QB coach. Some teams, like the Bears, use it to employ somebody that doesn't bring much to the table, but many QB coaches are vital to the development of the QB and the implemenation of the passing game, if not the entire offense. That said, without knowing anything about the guy other than he is a coach's son, the Bengals QB coach doesn't scream out to me as a guy who has done a great job. Carson Palmer entered the league as one of the most polished high caliber 1st rounders, started fast and looked to be great, and has since plateaued into a good, but not steller QB. He was awful in the playoff game, his completion percentage has gone down, as has his touchdowns, and he's worked with a pretty talented group of receivers out there. At the very least, he hasn't improved. Although I would say he sort of fits the profile in general of what I hope they get, I hope he would be able to bring in a strong line and QB coach as well.
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I highly suspect this to be the case as well. Bingo. I guarantee that this wouldn't have happened if a team like the Raiders or Browns were interested in him. At the risk of being a jerk: ummmm, no [expletive] sherlock. It's pretty obvious it's because it's a division foe.
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And they've still thoroughly outperformed the Cubs during the Hendry era.
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NBA is loaded with freakily physical guys. You just can't put the type of muscle those guys put on 7' frames. Nobody can say that it's impossible for Dwight Howard to have messed around. Aside from the injury recovery, which in itself is a performance enhancer, much of the good stuff doesn't bulk you up, it helps you get ripped. The other thing about willful ignorance that bothers me is that everybody started acting as though nobody even heard of steroids before the Balco story. It's a ridiculous notion. I vividly remember talk of steroids in the 80's and all the warnings about staying away or your balls would shrivel. There were numerous high school kids rumored and/or known to be on them, and calls to test high school athletes all the times, and check lockers for drugs, yet somehow the elite sports media had no idea?
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Marlins agree to stop stealing money
jersey cubs fan replied to SouthSideRyan's topic in General Baseball Talk
It's kind of interesting that something like that is discussed, but it's also kind of meaningless. So they agree to spend more as they lead up to the new stadium opening, I'd bet they were going to do that anyway. And despite concerns that they weren't trying, they performed almost exactly in-line with the ever expanding payroll Cubs the last seven years, not that this has ever been discussed before. -
Ben Sheets (Was Sheets Signs with A's)
jersey cubs fan replied to Post Count Padder's topic in General Baseball Talk
Rothschild took heat when he sat back and let Dusty treat some guys recklessly, but given the fact that pitching has been the only consistently positive aspect of this team for the pact decade, Rothschild has been given credit. It's the hitting that has disappointed. The one thing he hasn't done is turn nobodies into studs, like Duncan. His specialty has been getting more out of guys with tremendous stuff but shaky performance. Dusty was going to use guys recklessly no matter what Larry said. Baker was his boss and had the final say. I don't blame Rothschild one bit for how Dusty treated the pitching staff. Congratulations, but the point was that Larry has been getting credit for a while now, and there's no need to worry about when he will finally get that credit. -
wrong. http://www.windycitygridiron.com/2009/11/25/1173920/rules-on-hiring-nfl-coaches No, you are wrong. Going from a QB Coach to an OC is considered a lateral move in the NFL. NFL coaches have two categories. 1. Head Coach, 2. Assistant coaches. http://www.insidefootball.com/antitamperingpolicy.pdf That just means they aren't obligated to let him talk to them and go for nothing. But if he wants out and wants the job, it can happen, with repercussions.
