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That would be........helpful.

It might not be a blowout. We might be able to keep them close, just because I don't see the Titans offense as being all that explosive, just consistent and solid. I'd be really shocked (in a good way) if we were to actually pull off the win though.

I think this club is heading for a losing streak. Sorry, but I have to be honest here. They aren't playing well.....and that was with Orton.

We'll get blown to bits by the Titans playing like this.

Trap game. I knew it.

One of the things Lovie did really well when he came in was to introduce good standards for performance on the team. I thought that was lacking under Jauron/Waany. But like many other coaches, after a few years the message starts to be ignored more & more. That's sort of what I think might be happening with Lovie. The players are probably tuning out a bit more than they were when he first came here. I don't think that's really a Lovie failure specifically. It's something that happens to many coaches, in all sports. It happened to Skiles too, IMO.

I don't. At all. Rex still may have more ability, but Kyle has become the better QB. Ill accept that statement after the season. So you want to see a full season out of Kyle before you can say he's better than Rex, who, if you REALLY want to see it bad enough, had one good full season (2006)? Yes. I really dont know how best to answer that question except for yes. I want to see how Orton plays over this full season to say that he is a better qb. I am very excited about the offense, but lets all curb our enthusiasm. I'm fine with that. Actually, I'll do you one better: I want to see a couple solid seasons from Orton before declaring him "the answer" at QB. But I am pretty excited about what he has done so far. I've just been struck down too many times with Bear QB failures I guess. I'm a little gunshy.

Toews needs to get over whatever problem he's having and start putting the puck in the damn net.

That's what I am looking forward to as well. I like sarcastic, negative Bob -- when it's appropriate of course.

It's funny how they've looked better since winnowing out Kitna and Williams. I won't consider this thing to be in the bag unless we get out to a very substantial lead.

I dunno, is Dunn really the best we can do to bring in a lefty bat of consequence?

It seems like all he can do is dunk.

There are trades to bring in talent, then they are trades you make to bring in expiring contracts. Harrington only value to the Bulls would be his contract comes off the books after the 2009-10 season, along with Hughes, and that FA class is going to be a monster class. Players like Wade/James/Bosh/Amare/Nowitzki could all in theory be available. So the Bulls should try to get some expiring contracts (hold onto Gooden, unless you get a player who'c contract comes off the book after 2009-10 season. Hence the reason why I am pushing for the Harrington deal. Like Jalen Rose of a couple of yrs, he marginally improves the team short-term, but his contract is what the Bulls should be interested in. If it nets us one of those guys I guess I wouldn't argue :)

Isn't Harrington just another midline talent who isn't going to take us where we want to go?

Seems like there's entirely too much whining over the rainout. It's a suspended game. Rain and bad weather happens. What do you want to do, play the world series in August? It can rain then too. Play all the games in a dome? Yeah, that's a great idea. Stop complaining. The games will be played. I'm not talking about people on nsbb, just all the stuff I keep hearing in the media.

If Brenly's back in the Cubs booth and he feels slighted by the Brewers, that could make for some fun TV watching next year.

The defensive gaffs. I might not survive it.

No, but I liked his moves to the basket. Kid can slash. A couple of his steals were excellent too. I like the way he was beating himself up over the 4 turnovers too. He's a perfectionist. That tells me he's going to put in the work.

I just heard this too. No game tonight.

Holy crapolia. It's like a monsoon, only really cold.

They're coward trap, you mean? You mean how they have had 1% forechecking? LOL, yeah I guess. Whatever it is that has gotten them like 25 straight PKs. This goalie has apparently never been beaten in the 3rd period either. How come Minny finds all these guys and we're stuck with Huet?

Jesus, their PK is unbeatable.

Aim high. Rose'll drop 30 tomorrow.

I should probably shut up because I don't even really know what I'm talking about. So I will ;)

Seriously. Shootouts happen so infrequently, that theres gotta be no correlation between attendance/ratings and shootouts. Unless the general public can't stand hockey because of the potential for ties. I guess that's possible. I would imagine they put the shootout in because casual fans (i.e. non hockey-watchers) said "I hate the ties!" alot. But I'm not sure. But then how do you figure out if it's actually working? I guess that's why some people have degrees in Marketing, and I don't. Isn't the 'breakaway/penalty shot/1-on-1' widely considered one of the most exciting plays in sports? I would think the NHL instituted the shootout because it adds more of their 'premier' most exciting play. If a 'casual' sports fan is flipping channels he/she will likely stop to watch the shootout because it lasts a couple of minutes and decides the outcome of the game. The NFL and the NBA have both installed rules that allow for more offense. People like to see dunks, touchdowns, homers, and goals. I don't want to come off like a hockey expert because I'm definitely not, but to me the shootout is nothing like a breakaway goal during the game. If I had to choose a football analogy, it would be like taking everyone off the field except for the QB & WR and maybe 2 DBs, then having them throw bombs from the 50 yard line. Sure it would be fun as a distraction for a little while, but as the final deciding factor of the game? I guess what I'm saying is I can see why people who love hockey don't like this.