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Fukudome traded to Indians
UMFan83 replied to erik316wttn's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I do like this comment: But like someone said, this was from 2 years ago so we've yet to see this focus pay off. -
You are acting like other teams were like "Oh crap, Albert Haynesworth? Why didn't I think of acquiring him! Dammit Patriots, you are just too smart for us." It's so damn shrewd of the Pats to take a chance on an overpaid headcase who chooses when to display his admittedly good talent.
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Back then I was infatuated with Fukudome because I read so many good things about him, but at the same time if the choice was between a 26 year old who produced a 3.9 WAR the prior two years and would make $9 million a year and a 30 year old coming off a wrist injury (i think) who was coming from japan where power doesn't always translate well, and would make $12 million a year, it seems like a no brainer right? I don't blame Hendry for trusting his scouts who apparently gushed nonstop over him, but his scouts were wrong.
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Dave Kaplan? Is that you?
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That's a lot of spin. They were in the NFC Championship game. Somehow that's a joke? It definitely could be. A bad call against the Lions, a horrible team in the Divisional game and the Green Bay game wasn't as close as the score indicated. GB is stacked on defense and our offense will continue to be inept against them and perhaps even the Lions if we don't seriously upgrade our offensive positions. DBs are the least of our problems. In terms of importance in a Lovie Smith defense, CBs are towards the bottom. And based on numbers, it doesn't seem like they did that bad at all. Rodgers had his 2nd lowest QB rating, 3rd lowest completion percentage, 6th lowest passing yards of any game that year in the NFC title game. A bad non-challenge against the Redskins, a bad luck 1st and goal not converted against the Lions, and the Bears are even better than what they were last year.
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^ Good post. I agree with all of it.
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Explain to me how this team has gotten better over the last couple of days, particularly as compared to a team like the Pats, who have less cash to spend under the cap and yet have managed to acquire two impact players in 24 hours without giving up the farm. Both those impact players come with big question marks. Ochocinco is getting old and didnt have a good year last year and got owned in the playoffs the year before. We all know what question marks Haynesworth has. They have an organization that is willing to gamble with stuff like that, we don't.
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That's a blockbuster. Interesting trade.
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It's funny that he's going to Carolina because 3 years ago he pretty much gave the Panthers a win 2 years ago with his two 4th quarter lost fumbles. Yes I'm still bitter about that.
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Every NFL team has at least someone that's decent. That said, I doubt we're getting anyone that good. On twitter, they are saying its literally a player to be named later. I could see us maybe getting a 3rd along with that. I don't think I've ever heard of a PTBNL trade in the NFL. Zach Zaidman said the player being traded is based on a physical. It would never happen, but I'd laugh my ass off for about 48 consecutive hours if the player was Jeremy Shockey.
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This whole 'building the team around the zany mike martz offense' is going to look silly when we fire martz after this season or next.
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Every NFL team has at least someone that's decent. That said, I doubt we're getting anyone that good. On twitter, they are saying its literally a player to be named later. I could see us maybe getting a 3rd along with that.
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Apparently Warren Sapp is laughing at us on NFL Network and saying we're going backwords. Reaction on twitter seems to be 100% in favor of Carolina here. Bears getting a PTBNL?
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Not sure if this is new news but Haugh said the Bears are pursuing Roy Williams.
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I've come to terms with it today. It's no secret Martz isnt a fan of using the TE in his offense. If we want to truely commit to martz this isn't all that bad depending on our return. Olsen always had the potential and showed strong flashes of it at times but it's not like he was pro bowl caliber.
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It doesn't really matter. Most of these guys are like 26-30 years old. If they are signing a 3 or 4 year deal, that's likely to carry them through the duration of their career. Also, even if a guy does this and will need to sign another deal in 4 years when he's 30 years old, teams are going to have a very short memory on this (especially since this is a very unique situation), and they're not going to make that much money at that age anyway. No I really dont think people are going to be going around reneging on these deals. The NBA does this every year when there is a week of talking before they are allowed to sign and every year people agree to terms well ahead of time and I cannot remember a single case of something announced as done ending up falling through. Sure if the story is 'Sources: Player X looking to sign with Team Y" I could see it as a possibility but if its "Player X agrees with Team Y", that deal is done.
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I'm surprised theres not more celebration here.
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It's funny that I was much more apathetic towards this team in May, where there were still hints of hope, than I am now where I actually find myself watching games here and there despite how pathetically awful they are. I blame the Bulls for not winning the title. When the Hawks won it last year, the resulting euphoria kept me content with sports until September.
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Well Sunday's are always easier to get than Saturday's. Most (but not all) of the Cardinals fans that flood to the games from down south will be on their way back home. But there are still a ton of Cards fans in Chicago that will raise the demand. That particular Cardinals series was the first series to sell out after the Yankees series (and maybe White Sox), so I don't think you will be able to get tickets under face value. Despite how crappy the Cubs are, people still goto weekend games in the summer months, and with the Cardinals in the running for the Central, you gotta believe a lot of the Cardinal fan population in Chicago will have the same idea as you (trying to buy tickets cheap from disgruntled Cubs fans).
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Yeah only Angelo can get away with making a deal and then reneging on it.
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Martz....2 TE sets....does not compute
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Random topic: A friend is arguing with me that adding a relagation system to American sports would be the best thing to happen and has no downsides. His big argument is that teams would never have fire sales, or be cheap and limit their spending to a fraction of what the best teams pay, etc. I'm not at all against relegation, but I can think of a few downsides. Wouldn't have a system like that in place place a value on mediocrity? Meaning, sure we aren't the best but we'll keep fielding this mediocre team with a mediocre payroll because we can't afford to spend like the Yankees, and we can't retool with prospects because we'll be in danger of being sent down. I think in a sport like baseball it would only increase the disparity between the haves and have nots in the league like the EPL is right now with 5 teams competing for the title, 5 trading spots in the middle, and the rest battling relegation. In football it would never work because the league promotes parity. In fact in every league with a cap (aka the other 3 leagues) it wouldnt work without abolishing the cap, lest they potentially put a team like the Cowboys or Lakers in danger of getting sent down at some point. Anyways, he is a pretty stupid arguer because I've said all that and he can't rebut it, but I'm right here? What advantages am I missing to going to this system? Obviously it would never ever happen but its fun to ponder.
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Fukudome traded to Indians
UMFan83 replied to erik316wttn's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Jesus Christ, calm down. What mythical GM WOULDN'T be hyping up how many home runs Colvin hit? With the way he's hyping up Colvin, maybe he's trying to deal Colvin too. Nah probably not. -
Wait, you are allowed to trade players at the peak of their value? Seems like that's exactly what the Indians did with Abreu. Because look at those numbers he's put up, he doesnt seem to have much upside at all considering his low OBP is going to potentially develop it's way though the Cubs minor leagues now.
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Would at least be an improvement on their previous philosphy that they don't even need the line just the QB.
