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  1. UMFan83
    I'm glad we could take them both from a team I don't like and distribute them to my 2 favorite football teams
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    We now have 2 coaches on the Bears that would be better HC's than Marc Trestman
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    Was a bit disappointed in the ST coordinator hire but this makes up for it and then some!
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    http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ib783R401qgfdhto1_500.gif Marc Trestman and Mike Martz? Were Ron Turner and Mike Tice not available to interview?
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    https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/6B2158A71B1169144684715634688_38680437f42.0.1.12059892443795971648.mp4?versionId=eUvuhRIQmyw18gVxgP.eOsZRyBHSEe0. PS why can't we embed youtube/vine videos, etc like pretty much every other forum in the world?
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    The Bulls need to prove they can win in the playoffs under Thibodeau for me to have any sort of confidence going forward. They're 17-22 under Thibs in the playoffs in his coaching tenure. Which has what to do with the post you quoted? Plus Thibs' playoff record with the Bulls is skewed by not having Rose for two years. The Thibs playoff record argument is hilarious. 10-7 record in games Rose plays in 7-15 in games Rose doesn't play. Shouldn't it matter that that record was amassed in one postseason, 4 years ago? No, considering that was the only postseason that their high usage superstar played in. The next year the team was completely built around Rose being the dominant scorer. The after that it was built around Rose coming back for the playoffs (and they still managed to win a series), and the year after that it was against built around Rose again playing and being the dominant scoring threat. I would accept an argument that its inconclusive but not that Thibs has proven to be a bad postseason coach.
  7. UMFan83
    The Bulls aren't like the Spurs where they can coast because they've proven good enough to win a title. I will agree that this stretch of terrible basketball could easily be a blip, and the regular season is a bit of a meaningless exercise for a team like the Bulls, but Thibs wants to win every game, Rose wants to prove he is back, this team wants to win and right now they aren't
  8. UMFan83
    The good thing about the bulls is that they are obviously much more talented than they are playing. It's not like we are arguing that the Bulls aren't talented enough to win a championship like we have the last 2 years. Its simply the team isn't playing up to the sum of its parts. Will that get fixed? I am not sure. The effort has been terrible, something is broken in the defense, Thibs doesn't seem to have answers right now. But there is legit hope that they put things together and figure it out.
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    This team clearly has issues right now, but do you hear yourself when you get this worked up over a stretch of bad games in January? The Bulls need to prove they can win in the playoffs under Thibodeau for me to have any sort of confidence going forward. They're 17-22 under Thibs in the playoffs in his coaching tenure. Which has what to do with the post you quoted? Plus Thibs' playoff record with the Bulls is skewed by not having Rose for two years. The Thibs playoff record argument is hilarious. 10-7 record in games Rose plays in 7-15 in games Rose doesn't play.
  10. UMFan83
    Team is tuning out Thibs, it's pretty clear at this point. Defense is bad, energy is bad, rebounding is bad. This really isn't a very good team. Isn't a prolonged stretch of suckiness bad enough without this kind of sizzling hot meatballin'? Chris Sheridan had one source tell him that the Bulls have indeed quit on Thibs but another tell him that is completely untrue.
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    They are 2 games into a 12 game stretch where their opponent's average RPI is 22. If they come out of that stretch at .500 overall in the conference, it would be a miracle (would mean they went 5-7 over those 12 games). I guess my mantra for DePaul basketball is "one game at a time". If I look at all the Seton Hall and Villanovas on the schedule, it gets depressing. If DePaul didn't blow those games to Loyola Marymount and Lehigh, they'd actually have an outside shot for an NIT bit (just given where they are now, not necessarily that I believe they will get there) at 12-7 (4-2) and 3 Top 35 wins. Regardless its just fun to be actually discussing DePaul basketball in a positive light for a change. They were never really in the Lehigh game, but they should have beaten Loyola Marymount and ISU. Yeah, being mediocre is a cause for celebration, which is both encouraging and sad as hell at the same time. Yeah I know they weren't in the Lehigh game, it was just a game DePaul should have freaking won.
  12. UMFan83
    The Patriots definitely deflated some balls yesterday. What can they even do to them, other than a fine and maybe a draft pick taken away? That's it, if what I'm reading is correct.
  13. UMFan83
    They are 2 games into a 12 game stretch where their opponent's average RPI is 22. If they come out of that stretch at .500 overall in the conference, it would be a miracle (would mean they went 5-7 over those 12 games). I guess my mantra for DePaul basketball is "one game at a time". If I look at all the Seton Hall and Villanovas on the schedule, it gets depressing. If DePaul didn't blow those games to Loyola Marymount and Lehigh, they'd actually have an outside shot for an NIT bit (just given where they are now, not necessarily that I believe they will get there) at 12-7 (4-2) and 3 Top 35 wins. Regardless its just fun to be actually discussing DePaul basketball in a positive light for a change.
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    http://media1.giphy.com/media/TnN8ei3cMolpu/giphy.gif
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    As much as it sucks to lose Valbuena, I'm happy that we were able to essentially pick him off the scrap heap 3 years ago and build enough value to be the key piece in this trade from the Cubs side. He's come a long way from being that douchebag that hit a bunch of HRs against us in that one series in 2009.
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    Kind of cool that we are now making trades where we give up guys with years of arbitration control for a guy who is on his last year of arby. Another sign the Cubs ready to go for it this year instead of hoping this year goes well and targeting 2016 for real contention. Of course that could change if the Cubs struggle out of the gate and are sitting 10 games under in July, but for now its looking good.
  17. UMFan83
    Maybe Urlacher ought to make things right with the Bears. Or keep his flapping gums closed. Either will work for me. Agreed. It's pretty annoying that Fox has that impression of the relationship, no doubt given to him by Urlacher himself. I'm sure Phillips and McCaskey loved hearing that viewpoint.
  18. UMFan83
    Fox said he's going to make things right with Urlacher? I wasn't aware that he was wronged by the Bears (other than his own bitching)
  19. UMFan83
    Who the hell is this woman asking about Urlacher's quotes about QBs?
  20. UMFan83
    Hawks have two games in hand though. To win the Cup the Hawks will have to go thru two of (STL,NSH, WPG) in the first two rounds anyway. Not really worried what spot it they end up in. Really did not matter much last year. Dumb question, but if the Hawks finish 4th and get the 1st WC spot, would they automatically play the division winner with the worst record, or would they try to match them up to their divison if possible? Hypothetical scenario to explain: C1 Nashville 110 C2 St Louis 108 C3 Winnipeg 105 WC1 Chicago 104 P1 Anaheim 109 P2 San Jose 106 P3 Vancouver 99 WC2 LA Kings 98 Do the Blackhawks play Anaheim and play in the Pacific bracket with the Kings moving over to play Nashville, or would they keep the divisions the same since one from each division won the WCs?
  21. UMFan83
    Thought experiment: What happens if a Cutler-led Bears team experienced all of the above misfortune in an NFC Championship game, and lost in OT? I know for one that I would have greatly embarrassed myself on this forum.
  22. UMFan83
    is there a bathroom nearby?
  23. UMFan83
    Mostly evasive of the Cutler question...did say Cutty texted him to welcome him to Chicago and sounds like they had a back and forth exchange.
  24. UMFan83
    That's 2 press conferences in a row that have started early. A shot at the Trestman era?
  25. UMFan83
    Cubs plan to play Olt, LaStella and maybe Alcantara at 3B until Bryant is called up according to Joel Sherman
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