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That is both surprising and encouraging. Is it really encouraging at all when it's 4-13? The fact that their division manages to contain three worse road teams doesn't make me feel any better. Just saying. Basically, that was just my semi-condescending way of letting you know they're 4-13 on the road. I guess it's just surprising, then 8-)
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Ben Sheets (Was Sheets Signs with A's)
Soul replied to Post Count Padder's topic in General Baseball Talk
Aww, I missed the internet fight. -
When he's on he's alright? He's not Martin Brodeur, but he's a good goalie. I really don't get all the constant concern about Huet. Because he's the weakest link on a championship caliber team, and a giant question mark as to how he's going to perform in the playoffs on a nightly basis. He goes into a funk and we're toast. But that's what I liked about last night's game. He didn't let the last game bother him and he bounced back. Maybe he's improving. He's a question mark only because people are obsessed with the notion of a goalie who has done it before, even though the Stanley Cup playoffs are always filled with surprise goalies who haven't done it before and proven goalies fall left and right. He's been good this year, calm the funk down. He's 24th in save percentage. All I was asking was why he can't play more like last night, more often.
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That is both surprising and encouraging.
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U. of Southern Indiana (D.II) Player Collapses In-Game, Dies
Soul replied to Roast's topic in Other Sports
is injured really the right word there? No, I don't think so. That's terrible. -
Yeah, I don't think every ounce of the bulk just disappears. At least not for everyone. If he was also weight lifting, and if he continues to, there's no reason he's going to go back to what he looked like his rookie year.
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Or the steroids caused the injuries and cost him substantial playing time. Steroids helped him add a lot of bulk, but they don't do anything for tendons and ligaments. And the added strain from all that bulk certainly wasn't helping. Yeah, it's hard to say on that.
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It's distressing, but entirely expected. They aren't going to find a top OC, or a top DC. It's got to be someone who is fine with not being able to unpack the suitcases for a year.
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Why can't Huet just play like that more consistently? Some pretty good saves out there last night. When he's on, he's alright. When he's not.......he's really not.
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Sharpen your knives; I just heard he interviewed for OC. Not OL.
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I know, right? Who wants to see stuff where people compete based on time or other tangible factors. I'd much rather see a panel of judges score the participants arbitrarily. Basically, if it's not a race or curling, it's a waste of time. Which is like 80% of the Winter games. But the skaters are so pretty.
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yeah, but I've given actual baseball logic for why AZ makes more sense in this thread. The votes for florida are "they'd be closer to me!" The only baseball reason to move to florida is that they'll provide facilities that are enough better to offset all the other reasons to stay in AZ. If the reasons to stay in AZ were so compelling(my memory is that the main thing is having crappy FL weather impact the hub of your in-season operations), wouldn't we see a lot of teams leaving FL for AZ? I think it might be overblown. It hasn't exactly been a flood of teams, but there have been several moving operations from FL to AZ over the past few years. Can't think of anyone going the other way. So we'd be trailblazers for once 8-)
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The thing is, they really needed that when they went after him. This team was dull and without any offensive weapons. It just so happened that right after they acquired him all the talented young players started breaking out, thus immediately making his services less valuable to the team. yeah i agree with that, plus that was the offseason immediately after the passing of dollar bill. they really needed to make a big signing like that... campbell is a good player but the signing was as much symbolic as it was a sound hockey move. it showed blackhawk fans that rocky wirtz wouldn't be leading the team in the same way his dad did. Yeah, I don't find myself hating Campbell. I'd like the contract gone, but I'm not sitting there wishing he wasn't on the ice or anything. I'm not up to speed on every team's situation but I'm sure lots of teams have a guy like this on their roster. It shouldn't mean we can't find a way to use him, and be successful.
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I just hate the option. It's so dull and unimaginative. I can see that but when only a few teams are running it, I love it. I think what a lot of the "spread" teams are doing is really dull and unimaginative. Georgia Tech's offense (outside of the Iowa game) is really explosive against some good teams. I'll admit I didn't watch a lot of GT football this year, but in the bowl game I was looking forward to seeing what they were doing that was so special. After watching it, I came away wondering what the big deal was.
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He's been...ehem....preparing to pinch hit.
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I said I didn't mind "losing" Fewell, and you said I'm suggesting this means they will luck into a better candidate and that it's possible the defense would get worse. OK. I guess I inferred that, because frankly what else would it be? They sure as heck aren't going to get better people because of how good a job they're doing running the club and filling roles. It would be luck. But, sorry for putting words into your mouth.
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I'm not suggesting that, what I was saying is that a Lovie disciple was not likely to fix this Lovie defense which has failed miserably for three years. 2010 depends on the OC and Jay Cutler. They cannot rely on the defense to make a difference. The defense could most definitely sink far enough that Jay and the OC can't overcome it. And the search for OC isn't going all that well either. I guess you just aren't going to read what I wrote. I'm not sure what you are getting at that I didn't speak to. Sorry.
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Sign me up for a bench role. Stick him in there when Soriano's legs decide to give him trouble again.
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The 2010 Cubs: waiting for real change.
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I'm not suggesting that, what I was saying is that a Lovie disciple was not likely to fix this Lovie defense which has failed miserably for three years. 2010 depends on the OC and Jay Cutler. They cannot rely on the defense to make a difference. The defense could most definitely sink far enough that Jay and the OC can't overcome it. And the search for OC isn't going all that well either.
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You have to think that Lovie's lame duck status is a factor in all these guys passing on the Bears. I am not disappointed. And quite honestly, this might actually make Lovie consider a gig like UT a little more (although it remains a very unlikely scenario). I never thought for a second that a guy like Fewell would make any difference in 2010. It was easy to see before the Bears even did this that they would have difficulty finding people for a lame duck. This isn't brain surgery. What you are suggesting is that this might allow the Bears to stumble into something better. The real truth is, their incompetence is going to sink the Bears much further than it will raise them overall.
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I can argue that his contract isn't good. But I think as piece on the roster -- disregarding the $$$ -- he's alright. I agree he's not a complete defenseman. He's kind of an oddball; pushing the puck, joining the offense, etc. We seem to be able to use that effectively, though. I'd like to get his contract off the books.
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Ben Sheets (Was Sheets Signs with A's)
Soul replied to Post Count Padder's topic in General Baseball Talk
I was for getting rid of the GM who we all knew would target pure garbage in order to get rid of a cheap, productive player. But, alas we couldn't do that. "pure garbage" - I agree "cheap, productive player" - If you mean Bradley, he wasn't cheap or very productive. I will agree that he was more productive than Silva will be. He was still fairly productive and on terms of our team he was kinda cheap. I imagine he has a big bouce back year too, very frustrating how that turned out. I wish just once Jim wouldn't run a players value straight into the ground before trying to trade him. We'll see how year 2 of Hendry with a budget works out. Year 1 wasn't so special. I still think the solution has been, and remains -- get rid of him. We can do better than Mr. Hendry. -
Oh, also: Fewell is reportedly now at the top of the Giants' list, meaning we might be back to square one for a DC, too.
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Clayton was just on ESPN 1000. He wasn't very positive about the Bears' chances for finding a good OC who will work well with Cutler. His strong speculation was that Martz isn't a guy who Jay wants to work with. FWIW
