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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Well said.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Meaning Rex Ryan as DC under Trestman?
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Looks like Martin magically took a step back from framing phantom strikes when moving from the Yankees to the Pirates.
  11. 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.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    That is the very definition of tampering.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    What does he mean "already"?
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Never underestimate the Bears' ability to accidently win games in order to shoot themselves in the foot long term. Before the SF game, when everyone was predicting the Bears would lose 77- negative 6, their prospects looked just as bleak as they do now. The coaching staff found a way to save their jobs. I believe that they'll do that again, especially since going 6-10 and picking 6th or 7th would be much worse in the long run than going 3-13. I would not compare what it looked like going into San Fran to what it looks like now. They lost week 1 by 3 points in overtime. That was incredibly disappointing for a team with Super Bowl aspirations, but it is worlds away from 3 straight double digit losses and surrendering 50+ points for two consecutive games with a bye week in between. After week 1 the fear was this team would struggle to get to 9 wins and might be 7-9. Now it looks like they might not eve win another game.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Like another dumpoff to Forte?
  21. jersey cubs fan
    No. This team's problem is not that they aren't running the ball enough. who said that it was? according to you, everybody.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    It's not like they didn't try, they just sucked at it. I don't know if you could say they tried very hard. They didn't seem to care about acquiring players just to get draft picks like the Red Sox did and rarely overslotted (Samardzija is the only one I can think of). Or maybe it's just the awful development that's clouding my judgement. Josh Vitters will haunt my dreams forever. Hendry got the GM job on the strength of the job he did rebuilding the farm system in the 90's. He actually did a pretty good job at that. He did not take advantage of the Cubs financial strength and he wasn't as smart about how he did it as the smart teams, obviously.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    No. This team's problem is not that they aren't running the ball enough.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    It's not like they didn't try, they just sucked at it.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    I was all ready to dismiss that stupid concept but then:
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