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I don't think he'll handle failure very well, either. If he starts dropping balls, he might not be able to recover confidence.

Well, there's always hope. I was hoping he'd fade into more of a role type guy who could at least provide more of a jump ball threat, or maybe some tougher possession catches. But that he wouldn't be expected to be "the guy." I don't think he's going to be able to do that.

Now I know there's going to be lots of booing.

What the heck does that even mean? He's the starting WR in a pass happy offense, how in the hell is whatever he gives us a bonus? He has to produce. It's very early. It means I don't expect him to remain in that position.

Didn't it just get a huge cash infusion from venture capitalists? It may suck but it is relevant. Relevant to whom? I'm not questioning the truth of your comment, just curious. If it weren't for people posting about how horrible it is on nsbb, I wouldn't even know it existed. To me, as far as I can gather, it's just another random site someone put up to post their ramblings. There are thousands of them.

That's what I mean. There will be a segment of the fan base who will expect to see peak Roy Williams, and if/when they don't get it, he'll be singled out. We've seen it happen in the past, it just feels like RW is the next in line for that kind of treatment, unfortunately. Eh, I don't mind having him on the team. I figure whatever he can give us will be a bonus. The biggest issue I see are the drops. If he can limit those, I'll be good. I don't think Martz will tolerate it for long -- he'll be out of there if he can't hold on to the ball.

I've never tried it, because I can smell piss a mile away. And my Dad inexplicably liked it, which means it's bad and shouldn't be tried.

Why is the bolded a reason to boo someone? Unrealistic expectations.

The best thing to do would be to stop expecting anything more of Williams than a role-playing, bits-n-pieces kind of guy. He'll be booed, partially because he's not very good, and partially because some people think he's coming in here to "revive his career" or "recapture past glory." He's coming here to die, and to make a couple plays here & there. Based on the last Cutler interview I heard, Jay certainly isn't thinking of him as his "new key target" or anything of the sort. He's just a guy, regardless of his past successes and failures.

I recommend using the parking lot at DeVry. The shuttle buses run often, it's very cheap, and you don't get blocked in. But if you absolutely must stick around the Wrigleyville area for hours after the game, this might not be an option (the buses stop running 2 hours after the game).

He started drinking more.

This feels like the 2nd year in a row we're sticking the proverbial daggers into the Cardinals' dead corpse.

I just can't see dropping top dollar for a back. Too risky. Too much banging and bashing, too much wear and tear. I think it's appropriate for the Bears to take their time on this, at the very least.

YES.

Hahahahaaaaah. Just got home. Heard the news in between fighting fires at a busy day at work. Been waiting all day to voice my approval! This is a GREAT day, my friends. *NOW* the Ricketts era has begun.

http://www.csnchicago.com/08/18/11/Williams-among-Bears-offensive-problems/landing_moon_v3.html?blockID=550554&feedID=9399 LOL wow. What a free agent signing. Come on, man. Ease off just a tad. It's still pretty early. Lots of teams are dealing with players who are still getting into peak conditioning. Am I a Williams fan-boy? Of course not. But I'm sure he'll whip himself into game shape. The real questions for me are the same questions he's always had. Will he catch all the throws in his direction? Will he create the space, be the reliable big target he needs to be in order to have value in this league? I don't think conditioning should be a *real* concern, at least not yet. Not when we've only just played our first preseason game.

Nah. Watching Jay run around is fun! We need to adjust our mental perspective on this thing, that's all.

They are not making it easy.

Behold the power of twitter.

My bad, XZ.

That's funny. Were the refs just oblivious? I suppose that wouldn't be much of a surprise. For those of us who couldn't catch the game, it's on NFL Network tonight 6pm.

Why do something today that you can put off until tomorrow.

No team has more discussion of piss than the Cubs. Why is that?

No, but Hendry typically talks himself into a corner by enraging the meatheads to the point that no solution is acceptable other than the banishment of said player. GMs will lowball him because they know he HAS to make a move. Had all parties just shut up and kept the clubhouse business in the clubhouse, no one would be wise to any of this today. If the player has value to multiple teams, the fact that we have to move him becomes somewhat irrelevant. But when you paint the guy as a disruptive force, you're diminishing his value. Obviously Hendry finds merit in that sort of thing, so it would be naive to assume other GMs don't. You can't pretend essentially saying "this guy is a problem we need to rid ourselves of" isn't going to have bearing on how much perceived net value he has and how much others will give up for him. You basically put youself in a position where the player is persona non grata on your team, and other teams have all the leverage. Come on. That's not happening because of Hendry. Everyone in baseball knows what Zambrano is at this point. Everyone saw what was happening last night. Everyone saw the deliberate throwing at players to get tossed. That all happened before Zambrano's clubhouse antics came to light. Hendry's not going to be able to cover for that. Quit painting this as Hendry's fault. Look, I don't like Jimbo either. But Zambrano's simply a lunatic. Everyone already knows it. We're way, way past any usual tactics to keep truths behind closed doors. That horse left the barn long ago.

I just saw that Cialis commercial and realized the joke.