SouthSideRyan
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He was close to taking the Virginia job back in December 2000, but ultimately decided it interfered too much with his molesting. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/post/jerry-sandusky-maryland-and-virginia/2011/11/10/gIQAdvI18M_blog.html
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My point on Williams is, why would you let a guy force out the head coach if you're going to trade him 2 weeks later? They can't both be true and it's more likely to be neither. The higher seeds should win most of the time. March Madness is fun because a Davidson can make a run to the elite 8 as a 10 seed. March Madness isn't fun when Butler makes a run to the title game and shoots 3% from the field. It's not a slot machine, the best teams should win. There's obviously a gap in our arguments because you believe most small market teams are losing money, and I don't buy it. 2 or 3 teams? Maybe. 1/3? (as referenced by somebody upthread) Not buying it. And to be honest, if Michael Jordan wasn't losing money the way he's run that franchise, then something would be wrong. I guarantee you that the Thunder are making nice money. I guarantee you the Jazz were printing it for years. It's not shocking that bad teams are doing worse profit-wise than good teams are. Build a team, pack your taxpayer financed stadium, or get a new owner in there who can.
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Why did you ask a question and then immediately answer it?
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Not since my 2 week run in Equus.
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But as has been mentioned numerous times in the Pujols/Fielder thread(s) you have to pay a premium for a premium talent. And Castro will be a premium talent. ETA: Obviously he's a ways away from free agency so who knows what we'll have on the team at the time, but it doesn't hurt to have a superstar in his prime locked up.
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TRANSLATION: We couldn't get squat for him on the trade market. BABELFISH SAYS OTHERWISE -
The same 3-4 teams? There've been 8 different teams in the conference finals and 4 different teams in the finals over the past 2 seasons. 9-5 the past 3. 11-5 the past 4.
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Did he also single-handedly lead them to a 17-42 record during his starts in '05-'06? How about 10-29 in '06-'07? I'd love to know how you reconcile blaming Williams for Sloan's exit and forcing his way out of Utah within about a week of each other. You don't even want teams over the cap to be able to sign a draft pick? Are they allowed to sign a league minimum guy? It's not like there aren't restrictions on the MLE. The current level of the cap basically requires the MLE to exist, or to have star players making insultingly low pay. OKC's benefit of being under the cap is that they can more easily acquire talent be it through FA or trade that a team like the Lakers and Heat can't do.
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I wasn't exaggerating when I suggested signing him to an 11 year deal.
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When he's 28?? That Vlad contract was a very good deal for Anaheim.
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It's so nice to have grown ups in the front office.
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Memphis traded Gasol because they were [expletive] terrible. Deron Williams never said he wouldn't re-sign, and was torn up over getting traded. The only thing he said was Utah had to put a better team on the court. You're acting like there is no salary cap in place. The Lakers can't just go out and sign anyone they want. Do you want to restrict all player movement for teams over the salary cap?
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Hubert Davis just argued that the SEC is the 2nd best conference. What the [expletive]
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Pretty much just people being dumb.
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They could start by not paying TJ Ford 8.5M/Y The only reason they had Ford at that price was because they had to trade Jermaine O'Neal after he got hurt for the 12th time. You're gonna equate spending 60 million less than the Lakers with making a solid trade that netted you Roy Hibbert for an aging ex-star? Are you including luxury tax payments in your numbers? The link I'm at has Indiana paying just over 30M less than the Lakers last year. It also has them with a payroll nearly 20M above the Bulls and 10M above the Heat. How can those small market teams possibly compete with the big bully Pacers able to buy away top stars like Mike Dunleavy Jr?
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lol, ESPN immediately follows their piece on Calipari with a piece on their anonymous survey where the coaches think other coaches are cheating. ETA: HOLY [expletive], Digger Phelps saying coaches are just saying that because they're bitter about losing out. Have some sort of experience there you miserable piece of [expletive]???
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They could start by not paying TJ Ford 8.5M/Y
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Yeah they do. It's interesting to see them be competitive with Pitt and Baltimore. Instead of just stepped over year after year. I'd venture a guess that a lot of people give a [expletive]. Divisional races between more than 2 teams is unpopular? Looks good for the NFC North, and that Detroit team no one cared about for 15 years. And no one's trying to turn the NBA into the NFL. I think the owners made that clear with multiple concessions to the players. Like no salary cap. It's called closing the gap with a few borrowed ideas. I guarantee like 8 people outside of Ohio give a [expletive] about what the Bengals are doing. People don't care because they know they're not actually any good and will go back to 6-10 next year. Parity for the sake of parity is awful.
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Top of my head...Seattle, Golden State, New York, uhhh Portland? ETA: Missed 2.
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I'd also like it if everyone stopped trying to turn everything into the NFL. The parity in the NFL is a huge negative. The NFL players union is a [expletive] joke. They're the most popular league because of the structure of the sport not because the Bengals are 6-3. Nobody gives a [expletive].
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Punish the players reward the absurdly rich guys. Got it.
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I don't see how the lockout is going to make Toronto management any smarter or make players want to live in Cleveland.
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Tailoring a roster to Wrigley's schizophrenic nature
SouthSideRyan replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Who builds a team around guys that hit pop ups that will drift out under a heavy wind? -
Metro Area Rankings (Teams in order by payroll) Lakers - 2nd Magic - 26th Mavs - 4th Celtics - 10th Nuggets - 21st Rockets - 6th Jazz - 50th 76ers - 5th Hawks - 9th Hornets - 46th Grizzlies - 41st Bucks - 39th Blazers - 23rd Spurs - 25th Pistons - 12th Warriors - 11th Pacers - 34th Bobcats - 33rd Nets - 1st Suns - 14th Heat - 8th Wizards - 7th Cavs - 28th Thunder - 44th Raptors - 9th (5.5M metro area, would slot in here for US listing) Knicks -1st Clippers - 2nd Bulls - 3rd Kings - 24th T-Wolves - 16th
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Damn sick and tired of the big market Spurs winning so much. I will not rest until the small market Clippers are allowed to compete on an even footing .
