UMFan83

Tied for what spot? Beating the Skislns would make you 7-6, 1 game behind the WC teams.

Recent tweet from Rip Hamilton:

If the Pacers ever acquired a superstar, not even necessarily a top tier James/Howard/Durant type, they would be scary in a hurry. Otherwise I see this team having a late-80s Cavs/mid 00's Bulls sort of upside.

I hate how spaced out the last few games have been. Starting last Monday it's been Game-2 days off-Game-2 days off-game. 2 games in 9 days. The good thing is that teams are starting to catch up with the Hawks in games played, which needed to happen at some point. I just wish that point was after the Bulls season started.

I hate when threads like this jump 5 pages in several hours, even though I respect the intellectual discussion once I dive into it.

Yeah I don't think they would trade Odom for a late 20's draft pick and a $9 million trade exemption if they didn't think they had a great shot at acquiring a superstar whether it be Paul, Howard or even someone else that hasn't been made available yet.

I'm not gonna lie, I hate H2H in any other sport besides football. I love rotisserie for basketball, but I acknowledge that it's not everyone's personal preference.

If Atlanta loses on Thursday, I think I need to start rooting for Detroit to start winning to avoid a 3 way tie. Dammit what the hell am I doing? The Bears are done.

Stat that makes me want to bang my head against a wall Isn't that the time when he signed his extension as well?

I don't get how it could get any worse, for us. We just witnessed a tanking on an Epic level. Do you really care if the Seahawks put a bullet in our brain after we're already dead? I just want to see my team win. Win for pride if the playoffs are out of the picture, whatever. I know we're in a bad situation right now, but I still want to see this team finish with a winning record, so regardless of how difficult that may be, I will be holding out hope and I will be disappointed if we lose. Also, if we lose this game, I think the chances of Cutler coming back for the last 1-2 games of the season are slim to none. If we could somehow win and Cutler is ok to play next week, who knows. I do know the Bears would be fired up with Cutler back as well as trying to end the Packers perfect season. Remember that the Bears have played the Packers as well as any team in the league the last 2 years. Not impossible that we could beat them with Cutler and Forte.

Seahawks have now won 4 of their last 5 games after a 2-6 start. They are amazingly on the edge of the playoff race at 6-7, so they have something to play for. This could get bad.

Have you ever heard of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

Is Mo Williams going somewhere? Based on his comments I doubt Billups wants to come off the bench, and Williams probably feels the same way. Plus they have a young promising backup in Bledsoe, who is currently injured. He is a UFA next year so someone will probably be willing to trade for him for cap space. My guess is he backs up Billups until Bledsoe comes back and then is either traded or waived.

Aramis was an absolutely abysmal defender his first few years in the league, worked on it a ton and improved to maybe average at 3B for several years before declining quite a bit the last 2 seasons (maybe since the shoulder injury in 2009). I didn't watch enough of the Cubs last year to tell you if he's below average or downright horrible these days.

Who is Michael Hill? I passed by Wrigley the other day (Friday I think) and saw the same message.

I bet Theo and co are scouring the FA pool to find the catcher with the lowest CERA they can afford.

You mean you don't understand all the stress they were under. Boy are you heartless... :-) First, I am not sure why anyone would waste their air time interviewing her. Second, it would have been nice if one of the hosts would have called her on these comments. It just goes to show that money can't buy class. The 'interview' was on a Christian radio station that the Pujolses(?) were a big part in starting up with his investments, so I doubt they would be throwing tough questions at her or calling her out.

So seeing significant playing time is indicative of how good a player is or proof that they've been a good draft pick? That my friend, is nonsense. Chris Williams is a below average guard and has had one small stretch of decent play before getting hurt. Chris Williams was the only above average lineman the Bears had this year. Everything you've said the last two pages is nonsense. yeah my recollection was that he was at least adequate at tackle. the virus seems to not realize that there is quite a bit of value in a young player in his rookie contract playing average football. like i said, one can express disappointment at angelo's drafts without saying that everyone he's drafted in the past 5 years is worthless. and i shouldn't have to list names (thanks to sneaky for doing that though) to avoid being accused of trolling - if anyone is trolling it's the guy who's throwing out inane statements with no basis in reality. The point of my initial post, was to really hammer home on how JA hasn't drafted a blue chip player in many years. I'm fine with young players playing average, but sadly that is all we are seeing with his drafts are just plain average players. The point being average is the status quo with the current administration. I don't get how Matt Forte, who was leading the NFL in yards from scrimmage until recently despite playing with a terrible offensive line, is average. Or Devin Hester, who is on a track to become a Hall of Famer albeit at a specialized position, is considered average. The weird thing is that almost everyone who is arguing against you thinks that Jerry Angelo has had a bad track record in his last several drafts, but take issue with the statement that he has drafted literally 0 good players. Even the blind squirrel finds the nut sometimes. I am disappointed with Angelo's drafting because it was somewhat promising after the 2003 draft where we drafted Grossman, Tillman, Briggs, Todd Johnson, Ian Scott and Justin Gage (of course his first 1st round pick was a spectacular bust). That one draft alone supplied 5 starters for the Super Bowl Bears. Then in 2004, the first 3 picks were pretty good (Tommie Harris, Tank Johnson and Berrian). Now we're at 8 starters for a super bowl team in 2 drafts. The rest of the draft consisted of a bunch of unknowns, and from that point on the drafts got progressively worse. He does seem to do OK with 2nd and 3rd round picks and once in awhile he will find a steal in the later rounds, but for the most part he's struggled everywhere else.

According to Pujols' wife, they had absolutely no desire to leave St. Louis, but were insulted by the Cardinals first contract offer which was for 5 years and $130 million. That led to a chain of events leading to Pujols signing with the Angels. She also implied that the rumored 10 year $210 million offer was not true and that if that offer was made Albert would still be in St. Louis. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7346376/albert-pujols-wife-diedre-explains-why-los-angeles-angels-slugger-left-st-louis-cardinals Makes you wonder if the Cubs initial offer, which was said to be shorter term, turned off Pujols as well.

Im sure Howard will still want to go to NJ after they screwed his current team over as he's apparently trying to find a way to stay in town. I read a similar rumor about Jordan claiming him so the Heat can't get him.

This is too easy but.....shouldn't that have always been your goal instead of "see how long you can irritate Bears fans by not addressing the offensive line"? Either way, I am glad to see that my desires for the Bears are now perfectly in line with Jerry's current goals.

Why does him being a cleanup hitter "make more sense" for the Cubs than a #3 hitter? The Cubs have neither. I don't know but I'm really glad the Brewers didn't bat him 3rd last year given our strong need for a cleanup guy.

And once he's president it will be much easier to move the Nyets to Moscow

Stop taking our discarded third baseman you assholes.

your posts deserve to be trolled, they're terrible. saying that the bears haven't drafted a player worth a damn in over 5 years is a lot dumber than someone calling you out on your nonsense. Leave him alone. He's a Pats fan so we shouldn't expect him to remember every Bears draft pick over the last 5 years.