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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Dudes who build their own business can be just as, if not more, arrogant than people born with a silver spoon. Just look at Tom's dad. It probably should be noted that he wasn't born a billionaire, that business was tiny when they were little and grew into the behemoth it became while Tom was of working age.
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    Pink hat guy!!!
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Does the fact that Florida is paying part of his salary effect the cap hit that the Hawks will have? I would have assumed that you assume the contract and the hit regardless of who is actually paying, but I could be wrong. Reports said Chicago is only paying half and taking half the hit. That might be the best part of the deal from Chicago's standpoint. Paying his full amount and taking that hit would be very bad.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    He also served as a VP of two other companies and co-founded a 3rd in between those two roles. That was certainly easier to do based on who daddy was.....He had connections far in advance of what the normal guy would have had. I'm not a fan of the apparent way in which the family acquired the team, but I don't think Tom or the rest of the kids are dolts. Didn't Tom go to Northwestern? I think they have a business model to maximize profit. He went to UofC, BA and MBA.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    You don't think this is helpful? Yeah, this team just needs veterans who provide leadership and deflect attention and pressure. That's all they need really.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Getting into player development gets us into all sorts of squicky areas like what happened to the two top prospects that *were* in place when the front office took over. This also isn't about which regime was better. The point is these guys should be able to field a much better team than Hendry could. But they have not. They have a highly ranked farm system, but Hendry had one of those way back when. I still think these guys are good. They are highly compensated for what they do. And they should be able to work on parallel fronts, making the major league team better while improving the farm. That is not an irrationally high bar to set.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Uh.... Yes? Wasn't Kyle the one who said picks in the top 3 or top 5 are valuable, and the rest of the draft is pretty much a crapshoot? Also this whole idea leaves out player development. It matters little who, when or how a young player was acquired if the organization sucks at developing players. Would Baez be the current player if the old regime was still in charge? Maybe, maybe not. Castro was a beast when the regime changed, not so much now.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    This! I was totally bummed about losing Laddy and 'Steeg. At least we got one of them back. I thought Ladd was a lot more useful and a much bigger loss than Versteeg. I vaguely remember being in Philly and seeing Versteeg's sloppiness with the puck hurt the Hawks on more than one occasion at that game. I'm surprised at how excited some people are about this. Maybe if they failed to win another cup after those guys left you could see some "seller's remorse" and hopes for a return of the good old days. If Versteeg wasn't on that cup team, and was just another forward out there with the same resume, I'm guessing the reactions would be much more blah than the consensus.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Garfein is a bit of a homer for the Sox, but those other guys are just typical snarky sports talk types. The Cubs suck, therefore the tone about the Cubs is going to lean toward mocking. If the Cubs didn't suck, they wouldn't be mocked for sucking.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    THIS! There's precious little Offseason Rumors in this thread. Seems like every topic degenerates into the same tiresome discussion. Maybe start a Ricketts Sucks/Whining/We're Doomed thread for this stuff? Maybe it's the cubs that have become tiresome. Their offseasons haven't exactly been intriguing.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Okay. I remember bersteeg being a guy I didn't care about losing the first time. After 20 different autocorrects I'm leaving the name.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    The fact that it has happened does not mean that it should happen, or that people should pretend to tolerate it in an effort to paint themselves as more informed fans that understand the process.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    People aren't overreacting like they will never get out of it, they are pissed because they never should have been this bad for this long. It is difficult to be this bad for this long. Every franchise may have bad 4-5 year stretches, but not necessarily this bad. But every one of those franchises deserved and got tons of [expletive] from people who bother to care how much they win for the fact that they lost this year. The notion that people have no room to complain because some other random team had a tough stretch in the 70's, or that it's okay because they weren't even trying to win, or that one day they will actually be good again so it doesn't matter is just flat out absurd. My point is that every franchise has a point in time where they have a severe shortage of talent and are unable do a quick-fix and turn it around in a year or two. AND MY POINT IS THAT THIS DOES NOT MATTER AND IS AN INCREDIBLY STUPID "POINT" TO MAKE BECAUSE WHEN THOSE TEAMS WERE IN THAT SITUATION THEY WERE RIGHTFULLY CRITICIZED. You aren't some hero because you tolerate this losing and understand how long of a struggle it is to rebuild a franchise. People like Arguello(sp?) are not more informed because they understand and tolerate this unnecessarily long process of extreme failure.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    People aren't overreacting like they will never get out of it, they are pissed because they never should have been this bad for this long. It is difficult to be this bad for this long. Every franchise may have bad 4-5 year stretches, but not necessarily this bad. But every one of those franchises deserved and got tons of [expletive] from people who bother to care how much they win for the fact that they lost this year. The notion that people have no room to complain because some other random team had a tough stretch in the 70's, or that it's okay because they weren't even trying to win, or that one day they will actually be good again so it doesn't matter is just flat out absurd.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    Business casual, business or black tie?
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Oh, just read it. Not my favorite from him. Those "Tut-tut, I knew this was going to take forever and it is good that it is taking forever. You barbarians expecting more are far too uneducated to understand what I know" people are just the worst things on earth.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    I can't imagine a sports team would wear a new style jersey just in an effort to sell replicas to the public.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    those are cute pajamas for a 5 year old who really likes basketball
  19. jersey cubs fan
    how'd he lose the ball in the sun?!? he's not mexican
  20. jersey cubs fan
    I'm surprised he still wants to play. Gets the Ravens again next week though so maybe that had something to do with it. It's Reed, the Ravens and Rex. Lot of ties that don't make this all that crazy.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    You have prospect lists; I only have #poortomricketts. Prospect lists are to be shared and treasured by all. Signed, #PoorTomRicketts Never took Tom for a socialist
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  23. jersey cubs fan
    Came for Jets/Bills analysis, that's disgusting
  24. jersey cubs fan
    A bulldog once licked my ass Which one? http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100708105639/prowrestling/images/8/82/The_British_Bulldogs5.jpg
  25. jersey cubs fan
    That's what makes most sense to me. There are ties between the Cubs and Blackhawks already. However, there are also longstanding relations between the Blackhawks and Bulls. I don't see the point of avoiding "mocking tones" of anchors. You avoid that by winning more than you lose. I would prefer people just grow thicker skin with that stuff and that we avoid a cast of homers heaping nothing but praise on the organization.
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