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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Kreutz was terrible and the team was a complete joke for half his time on the roster. There's always a need for leadership and Briggs was also a horrible option for that role. Urlacher filled that role and was a star impact player who made a difference. Kreutz was a freaking center, one of the least important jobs on the starting offense. His leadership was based on being a dick and didn't make anybody any better. He was the face of the offense when the team couldn't play offense. All this. Agreed. Kreutz was a lunatic. Urlacher I'll give some credit to, but I think a lot more goes to Lovie. I think coaches who can actually manage their players has the most impact as opposed to some monster player-leader creature. Yeah, Lovie always had everybody ready and willing to play hard on gameday. He was a talk softly and carry a big stick kind of coach that players respected. Nobody was going to respect the goofy Trestman unless he came in and turned the offense into an elite squad. He made them better, but that ended quickly. In my opinion he "lost" the defense last year but it really became the issue it is today when the offense took a step back. Without a 28+ point offense, Trestman doesn't have a leg to stand on.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, I finally feel that there's something to this. After Urlacher left, the Bears veterans were Briggs who doesn't give a [expletive], Peppers, Tillman who leads by example, and Jennings. Plus, I think a lot of that came from Lovie, who the players respected. I don't think Trestman commands a lockeroom like a HC has to if he doesn't have the players to do so. That being said, I don't think leadership is necessary to win. But I do think you need it when things don't go well. What do you need it for then? To make sure you get to 7 or 8 wins? I feel like this train of thought is shifting blame away from Trestman and the coaching staff on this issue. This team wouldn't be any better with Olin Freaking Kreutz at center. Hell, Roberto Garza is a protege of his and was said to have taken over that role when Olin left. All was fine with his leadership before this year. The defense misses Urlachers' ability, but it also missed his ability when he was still on the team and available to lead. His ability included his "direction" while making calls on the field. But this team sucks right now because their GM is a goober who hired a "unique" head coach who is not up to the job. And they have no great defensive players to make up for all the bad ones.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    The Bears were a mess for much of Kreutz's tenure.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    Kreutz was terrible and the team was a complete joke for half his time on the roster. There's always a need for leadership and Briggs was also a horrible option for that role. Urlacher filled that role and was a star impact player who made a difference. Kreutz was a freaking center, one of the least important jobs on the starting offense. His leadership was based on being a dick and didn't make anybody any better. He was the face of the offense when the team couldn't play offense.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Look, I spelled out a hypothetical conversation. One in which no deals were made, no dollar figures tossed around, no terms, nothing. The kind of conversation that happens all the time in the sports world. Players who are under contract are always talking about teams they'd like to play for before they hit the open market. They openly admit it to the media. Shouldn't that be tampering? Agents have been working the phones before a player's contract is up, defining a market for their representatives and perhaps lining up potential suitors in the process. If your agent isn't doing that, then he sucks. Should't that be tampering, too? You honestly don't think managers do the same thing? Really? If you truly want to go by your definition of tampering, that's fine. But then I think you'd see these types of charges being leveled all the time. This type of thing happens every year when NFL free agency comes around. Lots of teams circumvent the rules. The point is, there is tampering, and if somebody actually goes through the effort of not turning a blind eye and lobbing an accusation, it can and does get discovered and punished in the sports world. If your hypothetical occurred and can be proven, it would be considered tampering.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Hey, I didn't make up the definition. No, you just made up the source you chose to take it from.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    That is the very definition of tampering. Except that it kinda isn't. http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/tampering.html You aren't familiar with sports are you? You aren't familiar with reading, are you? So you think sports league offices are concerned with whether or not opposing teams are altering each others documents when they investigate tampering? When team execs have contact with a player/coach under contract and express interest in retaining their services if/when they are out of that contract, that is treated as tampering.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    That is the very definition of tampering. Except that it kinda isn't. http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/tampering.html You aren't familiar with sports are you?
  9. jersey cubs fan
    If they are getting a bunch of really good guys and spending money, sure, let Russell have a cut. But if he's the headliner this is a huge dud.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    That's, like, your interpretation man. I don't see that in there at all. Although it is blatantly obvious that all the leaks about "now is the time" are due in part to the timing of the tv deal. They have a product to sell and that product has been poorly rated for a long time. If I read anything into that it is that the tank job was due in part to force wgns hand to bail. But that's a stretch. Force WGN's hand? The Cubs had the opt out. I was thinking of it in terms of WGN opting out of their radio deal before the Cubs opted out of the TV deal. Not that it necessarily makes sense.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Why are we even wasting PTR's minutes on this phone call? wait until the end of the billing cycle and see what you have left.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    I can get on board with this. I'd rather trade CJ than Hendricks. Hell, I'd rather trade any pitcher in the minor leagues before Hendricks. CJ has yet to throw more than 117 innings in a season. Hell, he's yet to throw 100 as a Cub in a year and a half, which includes playoffs and the AFL. And every other pitcher in the system is either not as good as he is or further away, while Hendricks is a key part to the rotation next year. Moving from Hendricks to Hamels is probably a pretty marginal move that doesn't help the Cubs as much as you would think. I agree, and for all the reasons you stated. I'm saying any pitching prospect other than those 2. CJ is a future reliever. I wouldn't have a problem trading him for an elite guy.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    Well said.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    2-4 I really don't know what he has done to show he's the guy for the job. OC in name only of a poorly run offense. He was fairly well regarded before Chicago and has worked under good Head Coaches. He supposedly is the OC but it's hard to know how much he actually does. To be plausible it first would require a dramatic turnaround if he became interim and he seems to me the most likely candidate to become interim if Trestman was canned mid season. There doesn't seem to be a great track record of interims who secured a long term role (Frazier, Singletary, Garrett the three that pop in my mind). Just thinking about what it would take for a same offense/new defense scenario and while Trestman has to do a lot more to make a case, Kroner could make a good case just by improving the offense since he doesn't have all of Trestman's current negatives. The offense hasn't been good enough for me to bother thinking of ways to try to keep it stable. Sure, if they fired Trestman tomorrow and everything magically worked the way it was supposed to, then I'd entertain the idea of bringing back Kromer. But you would still have a very poor overall coaching staff and need major changes.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    2-4 I really don't know what he has done to show he's the guy for the job. OC in name only of a poorly run offense.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Meaning Rex Ryan as DC under Trestman? Yes Correct. Ryan is there to shore up the defense and generally make Trestman uncomfortable. I would not be comfortable with that, no. I could envision a scenario where it would work, but I do not think there is much to be gained from hiring an almost blatant replacement for your head coach while you could just stop pretending and actually replace him. Rex Ryan's personality probably does not fit under the umbrella of a Marc Trestman coached team. Trestman had a more positive affect on the offense last year than I predicted, but all of that has been erased so far this year and I do not think there is a chance of the Bears succeeding under him going forward. That doesn't even take into account the fact that I doubt Rex takes that job.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Meaning Rex Ryan as DC under Trestman?
  18. jersey cubs fan
    Looks like Martin magically took a step back from framing phantom strikes when moving from the Yankees to the Pirates.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Is this man calling in a hit? Of course there wouldn't be a shortage of applicants for the job of head coach of the Chicago Bears.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    That is the very definition of tampering.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    Not really the point. I'm sure the Mariners would consider trading us Felix if we sent Rizzo, Arrieta, and Russell and then we'd have a bird in the hand just like with trading for Hamels. Doesn't mean it's a good idea. Not sure how you can go from saying "not really the point" and then bringing up a much worse point.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    That's my main concern. I don't see enough of a notable upgrade with Martin. A stud pitcher is going to make a huge difference over whatever 5th starter gets tossed off. An impact OF is going to eliminate some crappy guy from dragging down the team. Martin is going to be better than Welington, but I do not see it being by a wide margin.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Am I imagining this or have the Bears gone away from the status quo of winning the toss and deferring to the second half? I feel like one of the past couple games they won the toss and elected to receive, assuming they knew they would give up a TD.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    This is why it makes little sense. It's not a good match. Given our current situation and our abundance of available payroll, it's a last resort, at best. The abundance of available payroll actually makes it quite possible to sign one and trade for one and possibly throw out a dominating rotation without missing a beat on the offense that would still be full of kids ready to step-in.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    It makes the opposite of sense. I'm not strongly advocating it or anything but I have no idea how people can make statements like this. Unthinking robots sure, but not people.
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