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Is this not the greatest photoshop in the history of psing?
Derwood replied to Mephistopheles's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
i've never seen or heard of those books -
who? seriously, is he on the coaching staff? i only know of Hall, Johnson, McQueary and Bradley EDIT: ah, assistant coach/linebackers. huh, you never hear his name around here I hear about him some. He's highly thought-of as a recruiter and a defensive coach. Would Vanderlinden leave PSU to go back to a job he had 10-15 years ago? Not sure. Tom Bradley is HC material, and Larry Johnson and Ron Vanderlinden are both DC material at least. They've shown a lot of loyalty to the program, and one rumor I've heard is that there is some sort of succession idea in mind, where Bradley becomes HC and either Johnson or Vanderlinden move up to DC. That leaves one of them without a promotion, though. Bradley has been here since he played for PSU in the last '70s; I can't see him going anywhere at this point. Larry Johnson has been here 12 years, and seems to comfortable in the area. If any of the three of them is going to leave, I suspect it would be Vanderlinden. remember when we though Jerry Sandusky would succeed Paterno as HC? Paterno seems to outlast his coordinators, who either retire or get sick of waiting and go take another HC job elsewhere
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Looking at stats right now, the biggest indictment on Paxson (IMO) is the whole Chandler for JR Smith/signing Ben Wallace fiasco. Some numbers: Chandler: 11.3 ppg, 11.1 rpg, 1.4 bpg Smith: 10.9 ppg, 2.2 apg, 2.3 rpg Wallace: 5.1 ppg, 8.9 rpg We sign a younger, cheaper, better version of Wallace (Chandler) for a decent guard (Smith) who we just get rid of, then sign bad Wallace (Wallace) for huge cash and he sucks. It's a further indictment for Skiles and co. that Chandler never flourished under them.
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who? seriously, is he on the coaching staff? i only know of Hall, Johnson, McQueary and Bradley EDIT: ah, assistant coach/linebackers. huh, you never hear his name around here According to Rivals, he recruited 3 of Penn State's 12 commits for the '08 class and co-recruited 2 others. He's a strong recruiter and was known for his attacking defensive style. He was assistant head coach and DC at Northwestern when Fitzgerald was playing and was the head coach at Maryland, where he gave Fitzgerald his first coaching job in the late '90s. They're pretty close, but the biggest issues would be whether or not he'd feel comfortable coaching under Fitz and when he wants to try for a head coaching position again. There was talk a couple of years back about him possibly replacing Paterno when he retired, but I'm guessing nobody is really throwing his name out there anymore. people here have given up on Paterno ever retiring, so no one ever speculates anymore on next head coach. at this point, my guess is they go internal, but Galen Hall would get the nod over Vanderlinden (since Hall was HC at Florida for 4 years)
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no, he's not. i like how people will make blanket statements like this about bad offensive players without considering the fact that they're great defensively and save their teams dozens of runs a year in the field. you don't see anyone saying "ryan braun is awful" because he is atrocious defensively. because we live in an offensive era and people expect offensive production from every position. modern baseball fans are conditioned to think this way. it isn't the 80's anymore. not saying it's right, just explaining why people think he sucks
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who? seriously, is he on the coaching staff? i only know of Hall, Johnson, McQueary and Bradley EDIT: ah, assistant coach/linebackers. huh, you never hear his name around here
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Levine: Prior, Hudson, Swisher
Derwood replied to JeffH's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya -
i've seen pics of OMC's girlfriend
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Moreno on Mitchell Report: "There's going to be names"
Derwood replied to xecuter83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
won't cover amphetamines? lame. Dan Bernstein used to tell stories about covering hockey or minor league ball or something and seeing bowls of pills in the locker rooms -
wait, he's not 40 years old though. color me confused
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WSCR Rumor?
Derwood replied to Hosak8's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
people need to stop putting so much emphasis on what division a guy is in. Someone (I think Schilling) came up for some reason last year and someone said "his numbers are really good for facing the AL East all the time". I looked it up and his ERA against the AL East sucked but was compensated for his starts against non-East teams -
i bet his english is better than Soriano's
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Only if all the other NBA teams agree to play as horribly as the Sonics. No seriously, I expect them to do what they always do -- pull back into it and then lose in an earlier round of the playoffs. yep
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majors only. we had the Cardinals Short-A affiliate here last year and I went to a lot of games. They're a Pirates affiliate now and I still go. The odds of Short-A players making the majors with the team that drafted them is pretty low
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Is this not the greatest photoshop in the history of psing?
Derwood replied to Mephistopheles's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
i don't get it -
Dear Jim, Your OF is now set for the next four years. Repeat after me: Soriano-Pie-Fukodome. Soriano-Pie-Fukodome. Do NOT tinker. Do NOT decide you need some random tool set. Get a better SS and walk away. Sincerely, Cubs Fans
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Yikes - If I learned anything in Intro To Journalism (actually taught by someone who is a sportswriter for the daily herald) it's that things like this are mortal sins and make your paper look dumb. Hope your professor isn't this guy
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http://www.simleaguebaseball.com/derwood/fukodome.jpg Thats amazing. that's what you can do with Windows Vista. I know, i can barely believe it myself
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http://www.simleaguebaseball.com/derwood/fukodome.jpg
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can Matt Murton play SS?
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Bulls were shooting 39.8% on the year coming in. That is beyond ugly. Maybe tonight will get them going offensively. 7-12 is not good, but once again, they're climbing out of the early hole they dug for themselves
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When I say K, you say Fu........NOCARRIER
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against the spread? oh hell no... considering that you're supposed to have a 50% chance of picking a game right against the spread, the chances of picking every game of a full NFL slate correctly ATS is about 1 in 65,000. Most favorites won this week, and I was also able to pick the upsets that did happen (Giants over Eagles, Houston over Tampa) and the pick 'em game (SD over Tenn). When picking NFL games it's tough to go perfect because there's a lot of parity in the league, and the difference between the good and bad teams is not nearly as large as it is in I-A college football. The parity that has created a 13-0, 12-1, two 11-2, four 3-10 and an 0-13 team this year?
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Bulls put 67 point on Seattle.....in the first half!
