UMFan83

this doesn't really save money though How so? I'm sure you are right but not sure how trading a huge cap hit doesn't save money? Is there some sort of cap penalty for trading him?

Yeah I dunno the more I think about it I don't hate it. Certainly not out on Poles. I would have preferred to keep him for sure but it's a sensible move IMO.

Not sure how I feel about it. First reaction is very bad. Second reaction is Poles knows he needs to rebuild and is not in a great cap situation and has no draft picks. Mack is an expensive player and one of our best trade pieces so I guess we should have always expected this to happen.

They imploded like they have all year in the 2nd half. It's an ongoing trend. Once they start imploding they cant stop. Just ask North Carolina, UCF, Seton Hall, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio State. There was like a 10 minute stretch in that collapse where they had more turnovers than shot attempts (all missed). And many of those turnovers were like dribbling off their foot, slipping and falling, passing to a cutting player that doesn't cut, etc. I mean for sure give Indiana credit, their season was on the brink and they responded but I do tend to feel like once the ball started rolling Michigan basically collapsed. I do think Devante Jones twisted his ankle right before the collapse and that played into it. He was regularly getting in the paint before that but couldn't do anything and had a couple of bad turnovers because he couldn't plant his foot correct. All I'm saying is that Phil Martelli coached Michigan team had literally 0 problems in the 2nd half of games. JH is back and whoops, 36-9 collapse. (this is the part I expect sneaky to torch me over lol) i had a work meeting so i missed everything after they cut our lead down to 8 but does seem you're crafting a little bit of a silly narrative You know me lol. This post was my mind knowing its going irrational places but unable to stop it. That said, there is a clear pattern of Michigan collapsing in the 2nd half this year. Not every game but enough where you can't ignore it being a "thing". Whether that's coaching, players, the opponent, etc. that I'm not sure. They sure did look more in control of things with Martelli but a 5 game sample size is not enough to draw any real conclusions. In actuality, this is likely just a mediocre team that cant put things together long enough to be consistently succcessful

Someone tell Jed to stop spanking it and get to work.

I can live with contracting all 4 teams

There was a rumor maybe 3 weeks ago that the Cubs were planning to offer Rizzo a contract as soon as the lockout was over. Should find out pretty quickly if that's true. Lost a little respect for him with his vaccination issues but would still love to have him back, especially if the shift is banned. IIRC, Rizzo was the most shifted player in the majors over the last couple of seasons.

Don't know what happened today, looked very good for about 3/4 of the game, Indiana played good D but, quite a bit of the loss is on Michigan. Really did want the Illini playing an improving Michigan team thought they'd be a tougher match up than Indiana. Although I believe the Hoosiers are going to be a big challenge for the Illini tomorrow. They imploded like they have all year in the 2nd half. It's an ongoing trend. Once they start imploding they cant stop. Just ask North Carolina, UCF, Seton Hall, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio State. There was like a 10 minute stretch in that collapse where they had more turnovers than shot attempts (all missed). And many of those turnovers were like dribbling off their foot, slipping and falling, passing to a cutting player that doesn't cut, etc. I mean for sure give Indiana credit, their season was on the brink and they responded but I do tend to feel like once the ball started rolling Michigan basically collapsed. I do think Devante Jones twisted his ankle right before the collapse and that played into it. He was regularly getting in the paint before that but couldn't do anything and had a couple of bad turnovers because he couldn't plant his foot correct. All I'm saying is that Phil Martelli coached Michigan team had literally 0 problems in the 2nd half of games. JH is back and whoops, 36-9 collapse. (this is the part I expect sneaky to torch me over lol)

So do we think we might see FA signings tonight or are they going to have an official reopening time? (like tomorrow at 12pm or something)?

How many playoff teams did we end at, 12 or 14?

So that's how they are planning to make up those games? Are they going to bring back the 2 series they cancelled yesterday at least?

im horsefeathering so sick of michigan basketball this year. I'm sure ill watch if they get in but....crushed me way too many times this year. The last 2 months have followed this exact script -Huge season saving victory -Fall flat on their faces in a loss. Last 10 games: WLWLWLWLWL. Blowing a 17 point lead with 13 mins left is just too much to handle emotionally lol I thought they had figured out their 2nd half issues over the last handful of games because they had about 7-8 second-half collapses earlier in the year. Hmm anyone know what might have changed for Michigan for a recent 5 game stretch that abruptly ended today? There has to be some variable I'm missing that wasn't present in the first 25 games of the season, then was present for exactly 5 games and then went missing again today. (sneakypower is going to torch me for this lol)

How so? I’m sick of every left handed hitter being a 3 True Outcomes hitter because they can’t beat the shift. People keep saying “well they should just adjust then” but i mean I think if they could they would have. Maybe when an entire generation of hitters has been developed to go the other way we can see some meaningful adjustment but even still, try going the other way on a 100mph inside fastball. Most sports have some rules about how offenses and defenses are aligned. Not sure the up roar about it. I’d be ok with a shift that requires the defense to be on the IF dirt. It’s just so unnatural to have an infielder camped out in short right field and unfairly neutralizes LHH who already have a disadvantage as most of their batted balls go toward the side of the field they are running towards

Keener hasn't posted here in 11 years but I think he's still got a shot I would hope nobody would vote for Keener considering what we know about him off the board. Uh oh what did I miss?

The Chicago Bumslayers are back with their bumslaying captain DeMar DeRozan.

From my perception, it seems like the owners made a big leap forward this round. But when you really look at it, they gave almost 0 ground in previous negotiations so these proposals were really the first time they've given any real ground in the discussions and they are still not close to the midpoint between the player's proposal and owners. But people will only see the owners making strides and think the players are being greedy for continuing to hold out.

it would be pretty wild, no doubt. but also Pace's rating should still be tempered by his other moves and the fact he had such a high draft pick to begin with. its not like he picked Mitch in the 7th round Presumably it would still be a strike against him as there were 3 choices for him and he traded up to take the one that needed the right HC and environment to make him good and presumably he'd still be the worst of the 3 (off the field issues aside)

Was wondering where people like you, Mojo, Tim, Laura, etc were in that contest. Did you opt out or something?

Rumors are the Giants want Mitch and assuming there is a real possibility of starting, I'm sure he'd want to play under Daboll again. I still don't think Mitch will be all that great as a starter, but I'm absolutely terrified at the possibility of that happening. If that happens I'm going to Lake Forest and trashing Nagy's $6m home that's on the market. You're terrified of Biscuit becoming a great starter with the Giants? Lol. I don't think that's going to happen. I'm just terrified at the possibility of it happening.

His real blog is still out there, too: https://web.archive.org/web/20140601095901/http://shades-of-wrigley.blogspot.com/ horsefeathering hysterical that the most recent post is about Khalil Greene. I really wish he wasn't banned before Greene fell flat on his face with the Cardinals. His whole schtick was that he was smarter than everyone and knew things about undervalued baseball players that none of us did. After Green finally gets traded to the Cardinals he plays one year there and then never played in the majors again (which I realize was partially due to mental health issues but still)

My guess is Mitch Trubisky himself Wentz is a tough QB to commit to, my feel is the Colts wanted out early especially after a collapse down the stretch. His injury history is pretty serious: a concussion (those are forever) against the Seahawks during the playoffs in 2019 was immediately followed with leading the league in INTs and a sub-60% competition rate for 2020, the knee in 2017 cost him alot of athleticism, and there's some back and foot stuff mixed in too. He came into the league as one of the better athletes at the position but that's long gone... Rumors are the Giants want Mitch and assuming there is a real possibility of starting, I'm sure he'd want to play under Daboll again. I still don't think Mitch will be all that great as a starter, but I'm absolutely terrified at the possibility of that happening. If that happens I'm going to Lake Forest and trashing Nagy's $6m home that's on the market.

Speaking of nsbblol, I found an archived version of the site: https://web.archive.org/web/20080603100215/https://nsbblol.wordpress.com/

Keener hasn't posted here in 11 years but I think he's still got a shot