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I like this move. I can see where three years might have been slightly better than four, but I'm fine with his deal. I've been torn on Hendry the past couple of seasons. I liked him early in his tenure, but him keeping poor players like Izturis, Neifi, Macias, etc., I began to sour on him a bit. I also wasn't crazy about his seeming lack of interest in OBP. Then, Bruce started talking about the renewed interest in the front office about OBP and other non-batting average/counting stats. Then Hendry started bringing in players like DeRosa, Theriot (though some on here hate him), Fukudome, etc. and I started seeing the commitment to more advanced stats. There's a commitment to winning in the front office (yay cliche!) and Hendry is showing more and more that he understands what it takes to win. Because of that, I feel like he can put together the team we've all been waiting for.

Yep, awful news that the 1st Cubs GM to bring the team to consistent respectability would get an extension. Worst. News. Ever. Not saying I agree with everything he does or even his overall philosophy, but, hey, we could have Ed Wade or Ned Colletti. Hmmmm....consistent respectability. That's quite a standard of success. Hendry has basically been given an open checkbook since he started and the Cubs have one playoff series win to show for it. If "consistent respectability" is what Cub fans are looking for then I guess Hendry has done a great job. "Consistent respectability" is a lot better than watching the Cubs of the 50's and 60's go through 20 years of 4th and 5th (and lower) place finishes. To be honest, a GM can only put together a team that is strong "on paper", the performance is basically up to the players, coaches, and manager. According to the "experts", Hendry put together the best team "on paper" in the NL (and maybe in all of baseball). The players slumped at the wrong time (or choked) and the Cubs lost 3 in a row, but it doesn't diminish the fact that Hendry assembled a 97-win team. .....which means absolutely nothing. He may have "assembled a 97 win team" in the regular season, but somehow his handpicked "best team "on paper"" can't quite make that leap in the postseason. I don't want to be one of those Cub fans who 30 years from now is still waiting for a World Series win and I'm not going to give Hendry any props until it happens. He has had a financial advantage that no other Cub G.M. has ever had, so back-to-back division titles sure isn't much of a return on the humongous amount of money he has been allowed to spend. The playoffs are a crapshoot. You can't blame Hendry for what happened. He put together a great team, and that is all a GM can do. I just wonder if all the people who are lessening the Cubs loss in the playoffs by calling it a crapshoot would be doing the same thing had the Cubs gotten to the World Series. Would it be a crapshoot then? I know I'm a little late responding to this, but figured I would anyway. People were saying the playoffs were a crapshoot long before the Cubs imploded in them. I just have no idea what Hendry could have done to ensure a team that won 97 games could win 11 more in the postseason. The way the Cubs collapsed, no GM could have stopped it.

I like how he says "Dallas Clark, of the Colts" to Peter King. I'd say he knows who Clark is. That said, it does seem like he's a nice guy. It'll make it slightly tougher when we beat ya'll Monday night. :wink:

Considering how badly this season has gone, I actually feel pretty decent about the Alabama game. I don't think we'll win, but I think the players will be in good spirits and confident after the massive beatdown of Miss St and, hopefully, the fans will follow suit. That said, I think Bama will come into the game ready and not overlooking us (thanks to it being a rivalry and the scare the Tide received against Ole Miss). Therefore, we'll hang close, but ultimately lose. And Fulmer's job will drop to even more dire danger.

All 50 of them . . .

Wow, strange as heck to see an AFC playoff model at any point in the season without the Colts, Pats and Chargers in it.

it would have been more fitting if he were hurt for the year after picking a ball off and then getting horsecollared by an opposing wide receiver. It would have been truly appropriate.

Lindsey Soto (NFL Network reporter babe) just reported that Roy Williams - the safety, not the receiver - will be out for the season after breaking his arm. Looking for a link as we speak. ETA: Here we go.

Jerry Jones: "Coaches can get fired for winning, they can get fired for losing, they can get fired while winning Super Bowls." Awesome. :rotfl:

Bravo, my friend, bravo. =D> For those unsure of the reference, Ron Cherry is possibly my favorite referee.

No offense meant to dew, but I don't think the Titans are THAT good. They are about an 11-5/10-6 team. They have a really good defense and an adequate offense (great running game). Can they win the Super Bowl? Absolutely. But are they clearly the best team in the league? Nope. They just happen to be the last team to lose a game this year. No offense taken, first off - I've said before we're not going undefeated and I doubt we're the best team in the AFC. That said, going into the year we were at least a 10-6 team and likely better - after a 6-0 start I seriously doubt we finish the year 4-6. At this point, I don't see us going worse than 5-5 - considering we still have the Jets, Lions, Texans and Browns on the schedule. Surely out of the Colts twice, Jags, Packers, Bears and Steelers we can win one or two games. I expect at this point 12-4 or at best 13-3. We'll find out exactly how good this team is after the next stretch of games, though - Colts, Packers, Bears and Jags all in a row.

Enough of your foolishness. :twisted: Seriously though, I somehow never even realized the Titans had this year's Thanksgiving game. That's pretty freaking awesome! Chances are very, very high, though, that we will not be unbeaten by then. If we are, the sky's the limit for this team. I'm not sure I'll even watch the Colts-Titans game. It will probably get ugly in a hurry. But I guess there's a chance the Colts will decide to play good again. If Peyton can connect on an early deep pass or two, I'll be very worried about the Titans' chances. If we get the early lead, though, I'm going to feel good.

Enough of your foolishness. :twisted: Seriously though, I somehow never even realized the Titans had this year's Thanksgiving game. That's pretty freaking awesome! Chances are very, very high, though, that we will not be unbeaten by then. If we are, the sky's the limit for this team.

Didn't want to go on three extremely long road trips so he took the night off.

Charlie Casserly is reporting Reggie Bush has a torn meniscus, will undergo arthriscopic surgery tomorrow and will miss 3-4 weeks. Bad for the Saints, I'd say.

I've seen Andy get some crap for saying it, but he's right that Brady Quinn should be the starter there.

The Colts run D is not good. And the guy playing me has Ryan Grant on his team. :?

But still they score a garbage touchdown to hurt my fantasy team. :banghead: Same here. I have Tennessee as my Def, but my opponent has Chicago. 10 garbage points against TEN, and 41 against CHI but I lose the defensive battle 28 to 7. Ouch, that's terrible.

But still they score a garbage touchdown to hurt my fantasy team. :banghead:

he cracks me up in the open field. he runs like a d-lineman doing a 4.6 It's awesome watching him run. He doesn't look like a running back.

:-)) LenDale just rumbled 80 yards for a touchdown. The entire time I thought for sure the Chief defenders would catch him. That man's a great rumbler, but he's slow as molasses.

I don't necessarily believe it either, but as devil's advocate, who's clearly better?

Titans extend their lead to 20-0 with a Bironas field goal. I'm feeling good about 6-0 right now.

And Gus Johnson makes games 100% more exciting. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Touchdown Titans!!! Collins to Alge for a big gain and then LenDale busted in! 10-0 Tennessee