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  1. UMFan83
    What were you watching? You don't think the LBs would have been better with Urlacher and Pisa in there instead of Hillenmeyer and Williams or whoever was in there? Watch the Cincinnati game again and see Benson getting to the outside because the linebackers could get there quick enough. Or see Palmer buying time because the blitz couldn't get through and find wide open guys. The LBs had a couple of decent games, but by no means were they a strength IMO.
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    I think the sentiment was that Germany v. Serbia was pretty much a wash. It's the potential quarterfinal game that's a huge difference. What about all the yellows picked up setting possible suspensions? Won't effect any game we play against them. The shot for Ghana to take points from Germany probably gets higher, but I don't think Germany loses to them and if they tie anyone, they have that 4-0 win over Aussie going for them. Right now the standings are Germany (2 G) 3, +3, Serbia (2 G) 3, +0, Ghana (1 G) 3, +1, Australia (1 G) 0, -4. I guess it all depends on how many goals Ghana beats Australia by, but yeah you might be looking at a scenario where Serbia has to beat Australia by X number of goals to advance. Germany should be through still with a win against Ghana, as even a 1 goal win gives them a high enough goal differential to make them feel safe. Interesting group with that result though.
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    i don't care at all about athletes personal lives or what they act like. i just don't see why people get all upset when people point out that kane fits the mold of what many or most athletes are like. people really shouldn't be looking at athletes if they want an idol or role model. if reminds me of how bill simmons always talks about how he avoids hanging out with athletes that play for any of his teams because his perception of them is completely ruined when he sees the way they act and the things they do (most specifically the married ones). no one probably wants to hang out with bill simmons anyways I'm pretty sure J-Bug and House are imaginary people Simmons "hangs out" with
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    I have thought about this and this is my theory: The Cubs have a pretty decent starting pitching staff and a bullpen that is somewhat stabilizing (at least 8th-9th guys). They can stop good and bad offenses many nights. However, their offense is putrid. They cannot score runs against anyone. So what we see is that these sub-500 teams get just enough offense to win, while the punchless Cubs can't do anything to come back. The same things happen against good teams. Sample size is the reason they've won a few more against the good teams. Yeah, but teams like the Astros and Pirates not only have worse offenses than we do, at least on paper, but they dont have the pitching we have. When it comes down to bad offense vs. bad offense, shouldnt the team with the better pitching win? Id take our number 5 or 6 starter over any Pirates or Astros starter aside from Oswalt any day. Well obviously our offense is worse in that it can't even hit bad pitching. Case in point Charlie Morton and his 1-9 record and 9.35 ERA. 6 IP 2 ER against the Cubs for his only win. Yay
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    tom thibodeau would be awful confused if that happened.
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    Van Gundy (think it was him) just said that tonight allows Kobe to jump over Magic for greatest Laker ever. What the hell did Kobe do tonight that convinced you he was better than Magic?
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    Sorry, not as cool as the Stanley Cup.
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    Those are the most bizarre locker room hats that I've ever seen. Retro.
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    Wow Artest giving one of the best post championship interviews ever. Credits his psychologist and then remembers to promote his new rap album. Bizarre.
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    Hopefully the Slovenia men's football squad is not inspired by those clutch FTs by their countryman.
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    For the love of God please miss 1 FT.
  12. UMFan83
    I have thought about this and this is my theory: The Cubs have a pretty decent starting pitching staff and a bullpen that is somewhat stabilizing (at least 8th-9th guys). They can stop good and bad offenses many nights. However, their offense is putrid. They cannot score runs against anyone. So what we see is that these sub-500 teams get just enough offense to win, while the punchless Cubs can't do anything to come back. The same things happen against good teams. Sample size is the reason they've won a few more against the good teams.
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    This probably deserves its own thread but this is a scenario I just thought up... If you could choose to either: completely clean out the front office, including manager, gm, baseball ops, etc and replace them with your own handpicked guys that fit the values that you are looking for OR completely clean the entire 25 man roster of the Cubs (lets stop at 25 for this argument), and could rid yourself of all contractual obligation to every single current Cub and were allowed to spend $140 million building a new 25 man roster. Which scenario do you think would lead to more LONG TERM success? Remember if you choose A you have to start the scenario with the current Cubs roster and if you choose B, you have to have the current front office managing this new team after you've built it.
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    It goes on sale July 20th and for the first time ever the NHL is releasing it on Blu Ray as well!
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    Actually it began 3 hours ago when the posts above were made :)
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    I guess I just don't see the big deal in UM/PSU/OSU in the same division. I mean from Michigan and OSU's perspective, they already have to pay both those teams in 8 out of every 10 seasons. They already have to compete with those 2 teams for Big 10 and National titles. And while you might not get any UM-OSU, OSU-PSU, or PSU-UM conference championship games, there are more than enough good potential title opponents in the other division IMO. I think the worry that it would be like the old Big 12 North is legitimate, but I don't think Wisconsin and Iowa are better 2-3 teams than Missouri and Kansas State. Nebraska = Nebraska Wisconsin > Missouri Iowa > Kansas State Illinois > Colorado Minnesota = Kansas (maybe slight edge to minnesota) Northwestern > Iowa State But of course I'm wearing Big 10 homer glasses.
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    I really like Bolland. And I think you trade the guys who get you the most in return, not necessarily the guys you think you can most afford to lose. In that case, we should trade toews right away. If we package him with Keith we might be able to get a great haul of cheap replacements
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    Any truth to the rumor that Lou met with the A's manager Geren about skipping the top of the first inning and allowing the game to start in the bottom of the 1st down with the score A's 2 - Cubs 0?
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    I would agree though that having Bolland as the #3 center is possibly depth that we can't afford to have considering Bolland is probably a #2 center on many teams.
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    I'm sorry I cannot in good conscience take Buff over Sharp. I realize the value that Buff brings, but Sharp is simply a better and more consistent player. Also you said the roster doesn't include Brouwer, but Brouwer is in the projected lines. Why couldn't Keith have won the conn smythe grr. Re: Sharp vs. Buff - if the cap hits aren't that far off, how can you take buff over Sharp Last 2 seasons: Sharp: 51 G, 59 A, 110 P, +30 Buff: 32 G, 33 A, 65 P, +0 Postseason: Sharp: 18 G, 15 A, 33 P, +9 Buff: 14 G, 11 A, 25 P, -6 That's not enough to justify Buff's ability to play mediocre at defenseman.
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    I don't know the answer but I'm assuming part of it is padding (try stopping one of those lightning fast shots without some padding).
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    I heard one of the beat reporters for the Score yesterday or the day before and he said that one person management is really high on is Chris Williams. They claimed that his improvements were the biggest personnel improvement of the offseason in terms of an individual position getting better. So we got that going for us. That plus Omiyale playing LT all year instead of being moved to a position he sucked at and the OLine should at least be marginally better, depending on how much Kreutz is planning to decline.
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    Would have been deeper if we weren't cheap and didn't dump Alex Brown. Being deep is good, but not when you still have a lot of mediocre starters.
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    That's what I was wondering. Isn't July 1st the day that other teams can sign RFA's to offer sheets? And I'm pretty sure I read that the Hawks cant match offer sheets if they are over the cap. So shouldn't some moves be made before 7/1?
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    Hmm...I would hope they'd match that too. A first round pick is good no matter what, but definitely less valuable when it comes from a team that expects to compete for the Cup. I don't know if there's any way we can match that...we'll see though. I love reading other team's FA predictions...obviously they act like homers just as we would. On a penguins board, one poster thinks they should sign Hammer for 3 years 2.25 Mil cap hit, and then trade their 4th line center Max Talbot and a draft pick for Sharp.
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