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  1. jersey cubs fan
    ARod is coming off the books. The best he is hoping for is a 60 game suspension. He hasn't denied doing PEDs, he saying that the suspension was unfair. But 60 games wouldn't take him off the books.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    It's neither new nor going away. Both the contracts and apparently people claiming it will never happen again.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    What is a pants-on-head contract? GMs hand out contracts that their owners can afford. I don't see why we should worry about it.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    Joba's an interesting acquisition, but I just don't see how he fits with what the Cubs are trying to do this offseason. How so? Because he's not team controlled? I thought one thing they'd do is aggressively restock the bullpen and try to improve by not being horrible at the back end. I think he fits.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Didn't they bring back Darnell McDonald?
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Oh my god, how prescient. You sure proved the rest of us wrong.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Kind of a natural fit. Great move for Texans, IMO. Hire a Texan, in Texas, where there is maybe the most football talent in the country, and hiring a guy that players like to play for. He already has some pieces in place in a lot of places. Maybe adding the #1 pick. Anyone halfway capable of running an offense and they'll be contending for a Superbowl by 2015. We're talking about Lovie Smith right? I think he meant that if Lovie were HC and hired someone capable of running an offense. Still arguably a stretch for Lovie. It's not like Lovie never coached a team that was in contention for (or actually in) a Super Bowl.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 16m Packers QB Aaron Rodgers officially ruled out for Sunday.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Am I missing something the White Sox did?
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Kind of a natural fit. Great move for Texans, IMO. Hire a Texan, in Texas, where there is maybe the most football talent in the country, It's the NFL and its salary cap, the number of good Texas football players doesn't really matter.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    John McClain ‏@McClain_on_NFL 50m McNair just indicated he wants to talk to Lovie Smith.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    I've been thinking about that for awhile but for the entire pitching corps. It seems like it would work to keep injuries to a minimum and keep guys more fresh. A TOR type could start and close all in the same week. Probably better in theory. You don't want to mess with guys who can actually go 6+ successfully every 5th day. I think they should be able to set-up a rotation with 2 or 3 of those guys and then 3-4 piggyback types taking up the other innings.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    I used to love him and think he will make somebody a great OC. Do you think he gets another HC shot down the road? This year was a catastrophe, but he also was at the helm for every respectable season the Texans have ever had. Unless he turns around a new offense in a hurry, it will take a while. But yes, I would assume that a few years of quality OC work will put him right back in the running. Pete Carroll and Belichick have both done wonders for guys looking for a second shot.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    needs more cleavage
  15. jersey cubs fan
    I can't step away for a second.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    I used to love him and think he will make somebody a great OC.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    I completely disagree with your theory.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    A hell of a lot smaller assumption than somebody stating that "he's built his own brand so this is no different or harder".
  19. jersey cubs fan
    "How somebody looks" in instructs is a worthless topic barely worthy of a blurb at the end of a "state of the organization" offseason update. There's no point in going out searching for worthless quotes for their own story. And there is nothing wrong with waiting until you have access to the actual mouthpiece of the organization. The "our beat writers suck" interpretation to explain the timing of this note is just ridiculous.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    I completely thought he'd be a figurehead. No idea why someone would trust him to actually negotiate their 9 figure contract...especially in a field he probably knows nothing about. Only knowing his public persona, I'm not at all surprised he thought he could step in and negotiate with a professional baseball team. He's built a brand worth half a billion dollars. There's no reason he can't negotiate with a baseball team, it's not rocket science. Sounds like his celebrity status may have hurt him this time. He's built a brand that has nothing to do with negotiating the unique contracts you deal with in baseball. And he's been surrounded by yes men who praise his every step. Every time he's been in a business meeting he's dealt with people who wanted to butter him up in an effort to use his persona for their own profit. In this situation, Jay Z can provide absolutely nothing of value to the people on the other side of the table.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    those have been over for a long time. Wonder why this is just now news? Because our beat writers suck and probably don't even know what instructs are or to report on an important guy like Vizcaino there when he pitches and it's probably the first time Theo's been interviewed since he threw/specifically asked about him? I don't see how the beat writers "suck" when they don't have access to Theo to ask about these types of things. And Vizcaino isn't really important.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    These things always come down to money. A NTC is only valuable in as much as it is a negotiating tool that can get you more money. Why are you assuming the numbers would be leaked but the NTC battle wouldn't?
  23. jersey cubs fan
    How is a potential difference of $10m/year "moot" in favor of a hang-up over a NTC?
  24. jersey cubs fan
    The Nazi's were involved? Holy [expletive].
  25. jersey cubs fan
    I feel like you aren't getting what people are saying. The way you get a young guy to agree to a team friendly deal is by offering him the first "you can retire on that" contract of his life. Most of these guys got maybe a couple million dollars to sign and have made the minimum for a couple years. They have a large incentive to sign early, and will be willing to give up a free agent year or two exactly because this contract will set him up for life just in case he gets hurt before free agency. Jeff Samardzija never went through that process. He got his huge guarantee very early in his career and never went through a season making the minimum. He's made in excess of $2m in every year of his career and even if he gets hurt tomorrow, he should be able to live a comfortable life without ever working again. He has less incentive to sign that extension for below market. And the stories we have heard about the Cubs offer indicate that it is way below market. You can go ahead and think that what he made shouldn't change the equation. But it does when it comes to how willing Samardzija will be to settle for less than the maximum.
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