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or maybe by not fumbling 12 times. They wouldn't have needed much out of Mitch to win that game by 10. They may have not needed much, but probably still would have gotten it all, and that would be with him tucking and running and not avoiding contact on a tender throwing shoulder.

Also if Trubisky had won us that game it was probably by running all over a wet field and taking more big hits. I'm okay with holding him back and letting him heal up right.

Meh, if the Bears were just gonna go 2-3 down the strecth with wins against NY and SF, might as ell end the misery early. (half kidding)

But seriously, maybe they feel like that's the scenario where they can get away with a lane duck situation and save some money in what should continue to be a couple worthless tank seasons anyways, then go big in 2021? First it was hot duck, then it was chill duck... I know I had a typo, but I don't know if I should understand this joke.

It is kind of weird though. Reports had just surfaced that Hoiberg was being evaluated on his job this much, which if you remember started 3 days ago. Wonder if Hoiberg didn't like this much and forced the issue now. Maybe gives him a leg up to angle for a nice college job.

He didn't, Boylen did. But seriously, maybe they feel like that's the scenario where they can get away with a lane duck situation and save some money in what should continue to be a couple worthless tank seasons anyways, then go big in 2021?

He didn't, Boylen did.

Oh and shout out to my brother who has the be the only person who still cares about this team (seriously hasn't missed a game in like 6 years) and seems very happy with the news. This one's for you.

Based on Championship droughts this is definitely accurate.

6 championships the last 28 years, best record in the league with Rose recently, got rid of Butler at the right time, drafted pretty well for where they were at, and have been at the top of league attendance total for years. Weren’t winning in the East with LeBron. The Bulls have a solid core right now too. yeah. i don't love paxson, but i think he's about replacement level, maybe even a little above. they've had some pretty good draft picks throughout his tenure. did a good job making the best of striking out on the big guys in 2010. etc. nothing you can really do about not being able to luck into a generational talent, and i firmly believe that that part of building an nba team is almost entirely luck driven. i'd rather have someone smarter and more analytically minded running the basketball operations, but i really don't see him as a disastrously bad executive like some are portraying him as. i know there've been some procedural missteps though and stuff like that. edit - somehow glossed over the 6 championship mention in the quoted post. that's silly. Yea there probably isn't a ton wrong with Pax, it's just a giant cluster f of a organizational setup.

No, this interim coach is Jim Boylen, different from the Jim Boylan that was interim head coach 10 years ago. Is this the worst run organization in pro sports? My co worker was so confused when I explained this to him today.

This is where I am. I have been on the board of a nationally recognized domestic violence shelter for 18 years. I have been the board chair for the past four. The staff does amazing work. Their efforts are always difficult, stressful, and sometimes gut wrenching. We have a room named in memory of a little boy who was killed by his father after leaving the shelter. The room has a finger painting in it that he did when he was 1 1/2 years old. Every time I look at it I feel like puking. It is not just the physical abuse either. It is about control. Sometimes that is threats. Sometimes that is not allowing them to see others. Almost always it includes making sure the victim doesn't have some basic life skills. It is amazing how many of the women in our shelter don't know how to write a check or balance a checking account because the abuser wouldn't let them learn. This is the type of barrier that often keeps women in the situation they are in. They feel helpless and are afraid they can't survive basic life needs (and are told they cannot repeatedly by the abuser). But we have victories. We have families that are getting out of the terrible situation they are in and making a better life for themselves. We have women who are being trained to get their own jobs and to take control of their lives (and are being taught how to handle money, interview, write resumes and fill out job applications). I know many women who have left abusive situations and are thriving. But, I always feel like it is just a partial victory. Abusers don't tend to stop on their own. So while I celebrate the success of the woman and/or family that has gotten out of the abusive situation, I can't help but think that the abuser is now on to another relationship and the process is repeating. The total victory would be getting the abused AND the abuser help so he (sometimes she, though not often) stops the cycle of abuse. I don't want Addison Russell on the team. But I don't want him discarded either (as a person, I don't care about his impact on the roster or if we can get "assets" for him). By totally discarding the abuser (and believe me, I understand why anyone would want to do so), we are inevitably creating more victims. We are inevitably creating more generations of abusers. So, IF he is really trying, and IF the Cubs are really working to make him a better person, I applaud that. Even if he gets successfully rehabilitated I don't know that I'll ever be able to warm up to him again, but I will be happy that another woman or child is not being abused. Thanks for the work you do! I think I understand your point about not discarding abusers, but seems like in this case the Cubs could have moved on without it being a discarding type of thing. I suppose we'll see how they handle him. It'd be pretty interesting if for instance they demoted him to Iowa or even AZ and told him to work on his issues without the stress on MLB and the travel and all that for a while. That might actually help him get a better footing if he really worked on rehabilitation. On the flip side, going right back to the MLB team seems like it would be a ripe environment to falling back on his behavior (not that the under the alternative he isn't very likely to do so as well).

Yea must have been real bad for them to not wait until Christmas Eve like normal.

Nagy gon Nagy

What a shitshow

Harper to StL confirmed.

This is very true because my reaction was "Who?"

Emerys draft picks are finally coming around (except Shea).

I was living oversees at the time and just got back from an early morning weekend trip to login to my nfl network to see the very end of that meltdown.

For me the Dolphins game stings the most. Osweiler, good lord. that loss really sucked but idk if i remember a worse regular season loss (independent of playoff implications or whatever) than week 1 in my entire couple of decades watching this team Yop. I was in total 'lol boars' mode after that loss. They really managed to turn it around.

If they tie any game, tiebreakers could come into play with Vikes for the division. Or if they lose grounds to the Vikes, tiebreakers could come into play for WC.

The most important game left is week 17. That is the one likely to have tiebreaker implications. Otherwise it's just a race to 10 wins. If you wanna be super duper optimistic the following week against the Rams will have Bye week tie breaker implications. Either way, sitting Trubisky is the easy choice if he is anything less than 100% I get the sentiment but waiting for 100% is beyond extreme caution. It can be 100% on a curve I guess, in the sense that a little wear is normal in week 13, but no sense rushing him back at all for this one.

The most important game left is week 17. That is the one likely to have tiebreaker implications. Otherwise it's just a race to 10 wins. If you wanna be super duper optimistic the following week against the Rams will have Bye week tie breaker implications. Either way, sitting Trubisky is the easy choice if he is anything less than 100%

6 INT 9 WINS

Saw a fun stat that Eddie Jackson leads the league in defensive TDs since 2015. You may also recall he was drafted in 2017.