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  1. Soul
    He's going to have plenty of glory if he wins titles in Chicago. And I agree with Tim -- he's not escaping Jordan's shadow by being in Cleveland if we're talking about being called the GoAT. There is no escaping that shadow. Plus, Chicago has more capacity to launch a legacy player into the stratosphere of history, because frankly it is a much more important market to play in than Cleveland.
  2. Soul
    We can drop this game and still have home ice advantage (for all that it's worth, but still). I think the Canucks are much more desperate than we are, and whatever they might say about keeping their cool, I fully expect them to be in freak out mode tonight.
  3. Soul
    Exactly. You can easily make the case that it won't work out for the Bears based on the individual factors on this team. There's no Galactic Alignment that causes free agency based efforts to fail every time, or some unknown force that conspires to cause any coach in a make-or-break situation to always fail no matter what. That's just lazy reasoning.
  4. Soul
    I think the difference is what SSR was getting at. Who do you think of when you think of the Yankees or Cowboys? Any number of stars that they've had could come to mind. Same with the Lakers and Celtics. For the Bulls, it's Jordan, the end. If that sort of thing matters to a player, I can certainly see how there'd be more of a microscope in Chicago relative to somewhere else. But again, is that really going to be the deciding factor for a player like Lebron? I really doubt it. We're talking about a man who carries his star with him, not someone who is looking to a place to define him. I'm sure SSR is right, Lebron won't wind up here. It won't be because of the Jordan legacy, though.
  5. Soul
    Not a big fan of his reasoning. He insinuates that the Bears have to win the SB or Lovie and Angelo are out the door. I doubt that very much. My guess is a 10 win season would be plenty to guarantee they return. That sort of thing happens all the time. Cowher faced a couple situations where he needed to win to stem the tide of getting canned, and they won. A lot of people have said the 2008 season saved John Fox, while 2007 almost certainly saved Coughlin in NY. Fisher was starting to take heat after three disappointing years until they rebounded. Andy Reid's job continues to be threatened but he keeps making the playoffs when he most needs to succeed. Just this year Childress was almost certainly in a win or your out situation, and he won. I'm with you. He's leaving out some recent cases where it has worked out, and I agree -- SB run is not necessary. A solid winning season and a playoff berth will save Lovie & crew for the time being.
  6. Soul
    End of May. Trammel. That is all.
  7. Soul
    Hard to believe I was just in Milwaukee watching the Cubs have the Crew for lunch. I don't know what this team is right now. I'm thinking now is probably a good time to put the Cubs on /ignore for a little while.
  8. Soul
    Yeah, I really don't see him keeping his job if they don't have at least a deep playoff run. He's only got 1 year left on his deal and it's not going to cost much to give him the boot. Yep, I just really don't want the team to hang around the edges of a playoff spot long enough for him to make a horrible trade to help this years team out. That's why I'm beginning to wonder if a solidly poor season might be better. I don't want the powers that be getting the idea that we should continue to coast along.
  9. Soul
    Maybe he is heading for better times, but I am more inclined to believe that the Cubs' bats were simply horrible last night, as they have been prone to be many times this year. But, maybe that's not the case. I don't really know.
  10. Soul
    I don't think the writer does, either... He was just acknowledging a counterargument and dispelling it. Understood. I've heard that sort of thing thrown around before though. I think it's valid for some players perhaps, but when it comes to the very top guys, I can't see Jordan's legacy deterring them. Actually, Lebron might even consider it a challenge.
  11. Soul
    I don't buy that a player of Lebron's calibre would "always live in the shadow of Jordan's statue" or whatever. Lebron in Chicago would be big enough to warrant another statue, right next to Jordan's. I think that's a false negative. Lebron's not going to feel like he can't escape the ghost of a superstar from 10+ years ago. He's too big for that.
  12. Soul
    At 4-2 I was about ready to turn off the game and declare it a win in the name of an extra 20-30 minutes of sleep. Then that goal happened, and it was just the icing on the cake. I didn't stick around for the refs decision. Maybe it wasn't meaningless, but it wasn't worth watching whether it would be scored a goal or not, IMHO. For Canucks fans to fixate on that goal is pretty silly. They lost the game before that.
  13. Soul
    I agree, but didn't ESPN try to make the LT name stick with Tomlinson? I can see how it would transfer, but I do think it's strange. I'm not a big fan of just using initals for a nickname anyway. It seems lazy.
  14. Soul
    That just sounds like another off-the-cuff remark that he probably doesn't even really believe. It would be nice if he got a handle on that kind of stuff because many times people won't interpret or consider hyperbole. They'll just take what you say literally and assume that it's at the core of your beliefs.
  15. Soul
    If they can just calm him down for 5 months or so, he might dazzle. That's always the hope -- just get him to a place where he feels comfortable enough and starts to perform. For the record, I hope he takes the help and turns everything around. I'm just skeptical of it happening, that's all. I'll be happy if he proves me wrong.
  16. Soul
    And a pimp was involved? Someone is guilty of this. The girl was beaten. If it's LT, he can look forward to telling his HOF stories to fellow inmates for a good long time.
  17. Soul
    It's really great how much Buff gets under their skin. For large parts of the season it seems he barely shows up. Then it's the Vancouver series and BAM -- Buff is a primary factor.
  18. Soul
    Hopefully Ricketts is beginning to realize that coasting with the status quo isn't going to cut it. Maybe a nice, big, ugly losing season is better for this franchise in the long run.
  19. Soul
    I think we need to figure out how to kick off another season long fluke like 08
  20. Soul
    Have you ever considered that 2008 was a massive fluke year? All of them, fluking for an entire year?
  21. Soul
    2 years after tearing up the league these same hitters can't touch the likes of Morton? Age can't account for that.
  22. Soul
    Nothing like cub suckage to make people love each other
  23. Soul
    Yeah. I'm OK tonight though. I can afford to get up a tad later tomorrow morning for work.
  24. Soul
    That's a really weird stance. Nobody's making you pay any attention to Bradley. You misunderstand. I'm projecting Bradley to other, real, situations I've experienced in my life.
  25. Soul
    I just very much dislike people like Bradley. They demand all your attention, and it never ends. I hate when someone expects me to jump in order to attend to their latest drama episode. It's like being sucked into a Black Hole. If the Mariners are that intent on making Milton feel at home, then go for it. It's probably going to take a full time person to continually "help him cope" though. I wonder who that will be. I imagine people like Wakamatsu have much more important things to worry about on a daily basis than Bradley's meltdowns.
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