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  1. jersey cubs fan
    The same could be said about just about any "work" that involves using a computer. It takes complete focus & attention, some effort, and knowing what you're doing. It's not exactly easy. What? Complete focus & attention? No. Effort? No. Not easy? No.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    He implied it was smart to not waste money on a retread. But he has still decried their overall situation and the lack of attempts to fix it, primarily through the draft. It was stupid to not draft QBs in recent years. It was not stupid to avoid Pennington and others. But they must fix the development portion of the puzzle or drafting QBs will not likely yield the results they want. Unless the guy is simply good enough to succeed in spite of the coaching/teaching. I know you addressed this earlier, but I just wanted to re-point to it here. They must have the people ready to take that draft talent and hone it for the NFL, on the offensive side of the ball. Yes, this is true. The most important thing is an offensive line. No QB prospect can develop without one. Next is a good coach, however, you don't have to employ a genius to get a very good QB to be a solid pro.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    He implied it was smart to not waste money on a retread. But he has still decried their overall situation and the lack of attempts to fix it, primarily through the draft. It was stupid to not draft QBs in recent years. It was not stupid to avoid Pennington and others.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    A) Angelo is signed through 2013 and is going nowhere. Sure, it would be nice to replace him, it's just not likely. B) Angelo has shown he is capable of drafting well in the middle and late rounds, although that has not been consistent. He's struggled with first round picks conistently though. C) A top 5 pick means both, the team sucked, and you have to pay an exorbitant bonus to a rookie which could set your team back years due to salary cap ramifications.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    But that doesn't matter to the Cubs because they set their ticket prices and are going to sell out regardless. They explained their decision as a way to be "fair" to fans and if you define fans as anyone who is willing to go to a game at Wrigley then sure its fair. But it ain't fair to those of us that bleed the Cubs. What a bunch of nonsense. Care to explain other than a short remark I hate the "true fans" story. And I don't see how it's any less fair to Cubs fans. There are millions of Cubs fans who want to go, there is no perfect way to distribute. You think it should be about devoting a day to the VWR, others think those who want it most will pay the most. Time is money. If people really want to go, they can. But not everybody will.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    The comparison to football and baseball does not hold. Football has 8 home games, almost always on Sunday afternoons. Baseball has 81. It is quite easy to fill a football stadium 8 times a year, yet the Dolphins do not do that. We just bought 8 tickets for opening game from the Dolphins themselves. I've been to 3 games there, none of which were close to full. They definitely have trouble filling it. A big part of the problem is it is in the boonies. There is nothing for miles surrounding it. That means everybody has to drive. Almost all great attended baseball stadiums are located in relatively easy reach of public transport, if not just a downtown area in general. It is very difficult to get 30,000 people to drive to a giant parking lot 13-14 times per month. Twice a month on a Sunday afternoon over a four month period, not hard. 81 times during the hottest time of the year in one of the most oppressively hot places in America, very difficult. And of course, as others noted, the Dolphins play from September through December, not in June, July and August.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    But that doesn't matter to the Cubs because they set their ticket prices and are going to sell out regardless. They explained their decision as a way to be "fair" to fans and if you define fans as anyone who is willing to go to a game at Wrigley then sure its fair. But it ain't fair to those of us that bleed the Cubs. What a bunch of nonsense.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Sac bunting is stupid. Bunt for a hit all you want, as long as you succeed.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    I would not. This defense cannot blitz. They suck at it. Whether it is scheme or ability of the linebackers, when they rush 5 or 6, the only thing I see is guys running right into blockers. I would much rather they force Manning and the Colts to take their time and move up and down the field methodically, increasing the chances that they will make a mistake, rather than gambling on blitzes.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    I don't think there is any argument that he whiffed on 2007's picks. It's clear he did. 2008 is unclear. He also whiffed early in 2002, 2003 and 2005. I'm inclined to give him another draft, possibly only because I know it's inevitable that he will still be here. But also because he hasn't been completely incompetent. But enough about Jerry's screw-ups, this is a game thread. I'm convinced they will lose and lose big. This has been penciled in as a loss from everybody, from those picking 4-6 wins or those thinking 7-9 wins is possible. The only way people could have been thinking this is a potential win are those holding out hope for 10 or more wins, and I think if this team pulls out the win, 10+ would not be out of the question.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    It's not about having an elite defense and an elite offense. But, an elite defense and an offense anchored by a solid offensive line can be a great team. I'm fine with being a defensive-oriented team. But you don't do that by ignoring offense. You claimed they "started drafting offense" with Olsen. They still picked defensive players on the first day that year, and wasted the picks. There is nothing wrong with picking offense early and often, even as a defensive-oriented team. It wasn't the Olsen pick that weakened the defense, it had a lot more to do with Bazuin and Okwo. Those selections should have easily brought in, at least one, if not two, solid contributors to the defense going into 2008 - especially as a defensive oriented team that specializes in finding defensive bodies. But they still need to pick offense. You can't win with a great defense and a completely inept offense. You need to build the line first and foremost. Even if you don't find a true franchise QB, a line will keep you afloat and allow an elite defense to dominate.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    That's why I hated when he started drafting offense, beginning with Olson. Defenses age very, very fast and need constant new blood. I believe the Bears can win with a defense/special teams philosophy, but it will require constant drafting of top defensive talent. I disagree with the bolded. He drafted Olsen in the 1st, but he wasted a 2nd and 3rd on crap defensive players that year. He was all about defense and special teams in the 2006 draft. He got cocky with his ability to get away with overdrafting. What he should have been doing was drafting QBs and OLine every year in the 2-4 rounds. Yes, defenses age fast and it was important to keep restocking with fresh young bodies. But, while the notion that they can win on defense alone may be true, it's stupid to live by that rule. They need to keep restocking the defense with bodies, while also building the offense. Instead, they let the offense stay as mediocre as ever, and failed to restock the defense.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    How so? He got by in 2005 and 2006 with an aging offensive line. That's it. But up until those years he was constantly tinkering and adding to it. It was not several years in a row of winning that gamble. They started to decline during the 2006 season, it did not come up out of nowhere as some Bears beat writers try and pretend. The gamble was ignoring the line going into 2007 and again in 2008, and he lost bad.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    this is all just a smoke screen to stop people from getting too carried away about the inevitability of the Cubs winning the world series.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    LOL, nicely said. I'm coming to that conclusion myself. I'm resisting it a bit.......he did somehow assemble a pretty good ballclub a couple years back. Was it just a mirage? It was 2 straight years of playoff football, that's got to count for something right? Or should it? Blah. I'm disappointed with where the team is right now, but I can't call Jerry a clown. He is a horrible judge of offensive talent. What he needs to do is hire an offensive guru, even if that means forcing him upon Lovie as an offensive coordinator. He needs to revamp the scouting department to find people who can find offensive players. Jerry ignored the line for too long and completely screwed the pooch on last year's draft. However, he's not imcompetent, and it's not out of the realm of possibility that he'll be able to turn things around.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    I would agree, but I'd also make a judgement on Angelo. Regardless of the fact that he's only picked in the top 5 once, he's had 7 opportunities to pick in the first round and has not selected one impact offensive player. The closest thing he's picked to an impact offensive player anywhere is Hester, who has really only had an impact on special teams. And of those 7 opportunities, he's picked one impact player overall, with Harris on defense. I think it's more than fair to doubt, if not completely disregard the chances of Angelo making the right pick in the top 5. his overall track record is fair territory, especially 1st round. that being said, I would prefer a high 1st rd pick that he could trade and increase his odds. or just get rid of him entirely and stop wasting draft picks. The only possible way he's gone before the next draft is if this team is truly historically bad, and goes something like 2-14. That may be the only way the McCaskeys thinking about eating his contract. Trading high draft picks is not the same business it was 5-6 years ago. It's really hard to do and very hard to get value.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    I would agree, but I'd also make a judgement on Angelo. Regardless of the fact that he's only picked in the top 5 once, he's had 7 opportunities to pick in the first round and has not selected one impact offensive player. The closest thing he's picked to an impact offensive player anywhere is Hester, who has really only had an impact on special teams. And of those 7 opportunities, he's picked one impact player overall, with Harris on defense. I think it's more than fair to doubt, if not completely disregard the chances of Angelo making the right pick in the top 5.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    You're going to have a rough Sunday if you are relying on the Bears to pull you out of your baseball blues. The Bears getting annihilated and confirming expectations that they won't be a contender could make a Cubs fan feel much better about baseball, and the situation the Cubs are in.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    He's picked twice in the late first and once in the top five. And one of those late first picks was due to the team's record before he took over. His other times he's picked in the middle or traded out to the 2nd.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    I'm saying that guys usually fail because it's baseball and in most situations guys fail more than half the time.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    Better now than October.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    What happens in those situations is basically a matter of luck or happenstance. The idea is to get a lot of base runners on so that some of those times when we happen to get hits, there are runners on. We're inevitably going to fail more often than not in those situations. That's a fact. For people to be complaining about not getting hits in certain cherry picked situations is missing the point, entirely. Luck? Sure, sometimes. If you hammer the ball but it goes directly towards the third baseman's glove, yes, that's bad luck. But grounding out to SS when you need a fly ball isn't bad luck. It's bad hitting. Most of the time when people fail in those situations, it isn't because they're unlucky. It's because of a bad approach. I doubt it's "most of the time".
  23. jersey cubs fan
    why would it be different? His fingers on one hand don't really move and he doesn't have muscle in them? I'm guessing he was making a joke about Koyie Hill's pre-injury prowess with the bat.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    As somebody who is somewhat familar with NY cops/rent-a-cops, "the Yankee way" and faux-post 9/11 aggressive patriotism in the NY area, I would not dismiss his claims.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Like a burned shoulder?
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