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Stupid Cubs: Sosa needs to make amends
WrigleyField 22 replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Notice Kerry doesn't say anything about inviting him to the number retirement ceremony though. Unless it's Hollandsworth. In which case Sammy should have to tell him he's sorry... he sucks so bad as a media figure the Cubs chose [expletive] Ron Coomer over him. Otherwise I've exhausted my list of the 2004 Cubs with any sort of current affiliation with the club. -
Stupid Cubs: Sosa needs to make amends
WrigleyField 22 replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
And the stereo is so big and clunky Sammy can't manage to shake Kerry's hand so he either doesn't shake Kerry's hand or drops the stereo and breaks it, and we talk about if his disrespect at the reconciliation ceremony warrants banishing him again. -
Stupid Cubs: Sosa needs to make amends
WrigleyField 22 replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Oh and also there is a big pre game ceremony like Rivera's retirement tour and they shake hands and Wood hands over the stereo. -
Stupid Cubs: Sosa needs to make amends
WrigleyField 22 replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
So this basically means he has to apologize to Wood right? Does Wood have to buy him a new stereo in return? If this is the arrangement I'm okay with it especially if Wood has to buy him a big ass 2004 stereo. -
Is 3-1 against the DBacks really impressive, even for the Cobs?
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People keep throwing out Houston without a good idea on what it would actually take for them to clear the room. They have to get teams to take on a year of Lin and Asik at a very high actual dollars cost and not really a great cap cost. Plus Morey has a pretty stingy reputation in trade negotiations. Not sure on Dallas' situation. I'm still taking the Knicks over the field, and probably a lot. Phil and 30m and the possibility of 2015 will be too much to give up. I'm giving the Knicks 70%. I do like the Bulls shot the best among the 30% field though.
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That's my point. At this moment, he's not a max player. He may or may not ever be again. If I'm Melo or some other big FA, I'm probably looking at too much risk to come in and count on him. What the alternative for Melo though? He has to feel pretty comfortable with the team without Rose, but I don't see why he wouldn't be, unless he's willing to wait a year in NY for their cap situation to improve.
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Love NFL prediction time. "Looks like 9-7 or 10-6 with a shot at 11-5 if we steal one. Should be 7-9 at worst" said any NFL fan ever. Basically take your toughest two home games and make them losses. Split your roads games at .500 and everyone is 10-6!
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I know he was an MVP and all but do we really still get to call him one of the best guards in the league? Usually playing in the league is a pre-requisite to being considered among the best.
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NSBB Mock Draft 2014 - Patriots (wekim) on the clock
WrigleyField 22 replied to dew1679666265's topic in Other Sports
I think there's a decent chance the Browns will actually pick this guy at #4. So if they got him at 26 that'd be pretty damn lucky. Derek Carr, QB -
I don't think it necessarily cheapens your cause to bring along the hecklers. There's power in numbers and hecklers are easy to attract. Still wonder if there will have been any benefit a month from now when the media is over this story (other than whatever benefit it brings victims to see the justice of public opinion brought on one guy). I also feel uneasy that there's probably dozens of athletes flying under the radar because they didn't get charged or there lacked sufficient evidence. It's possible we have one of our very own. This guys a scapegoat for all predators and probably not even the worst unfortunately. Are we attacking a certain culture that exists amongst powerful rich athletes or content to just spew vitriol at a single person in the culture.
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Jesus Christ I was just settled down from the loss and you have to post that. I know the Bulls had about a 1% chance of scoring, but between the bogus jump ball to that I want my 1% back.
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I was trying to figure out why this seemed weird to me and I think you nailed it by asking how many people are just hecklers. If it makes victims or families of victims feel better I say go ahead, but I do question if it has much impact for change once news sites stop covering it and everyone forgets about rape again. That being said I can't imagine the trauma of rape, so I'll try not too read too much into intentions of anyone here.
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Man, had to get the ball in DJs hands there. God we better get Melo.
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Jump ball: Touching the ball optional Sent from my Lenovo S5000-F using Tapatalk
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Makes me pissed we even messed around with Tanaka. Couldn't we have signed a couple OF?
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And before anyone says veterans get narrow roles like that all the time, they're called specialists, of which Shea currently has no proven or usable specialty.
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Unless of course you think they'll be really strict about his role where he is exclusively a third down rush guy who never has a coverage assignments which is also the type of role usually handed out to rookies, so either way, I'm gonna plan on the Bears D as if Shea was a rookie.
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This is such circular nonsensical logic. This is not a failed catcher moving to pitcher. This is not a defensive back moving to receiver. He's moving positions but his job will essentially be the same. It is not basically his rookie year, not even close. While he does have the same essential role, there's a whole slew of extra responsibilities he has that he could easily fail at because he will be a first time LB. If he rushes the passer well, but fails at those, it reasons that he may need time like other inexperienced LBs, but that his play has room for progress rather than "this third year LB still can't cover decently". If it was no big deal for a DE to switch from LB, let the NFL evaluators know because there's a whole lot of small college d lineman who are gonna drop.
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This isn't baseball. He's not developing. He's going to be a 25 year old three year pro this season. He's either going to perform or he is not. Yeah, he needs to contribute immediately. Honestly who cares about his age at this point? And what does it mean he NEEDS to contribute anyways. Has to produce like a 25 year old third year pro "should"? Has to just be a net positive from PFF? He needs to be a net positive while also playing a certain number of snaps? And if he doesn't meet whatever those expectations are what does mean? Does he need to be cut then? Is his career over at 26?
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They shouldn't but they pretty much do, even from really well run organizations.
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I want to see the type of production you get out of a good rookie. If you think he should produce like a third year player, I can already know you you're gonna be disappointed. Worse, if you're counting on him to produce like a veteran we're screwed. Now you can say, "of course I wouldn't count on this unproven LB to contribute" which is what we say about rookies. So, yes it's basically his rookie year again. If you felt he had to produce this year, you'd cut him, but Emery is obviously okay restarting his pro development since he kept him and changed his position.
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You basically have to go in treating this like his rookie season. Uhhhh, no you don't. Expectation wise sure. Not saying his clock completely restarts, but we can't rush his development if we want to maximize his chances of contributing to this team. Just let him show progress. He doesn't need to get the customary two year leeway first round picks get, but we shouldn't expect third year LB play out of him. Or rather can't count on that production. We need to plan on him not being that good because of reality. If he exceed expectations, that's just gravy. Now maybe if you were the GM you wouldn't be willing to develop him, so the move should have been to cut him. Obviously Emery (for whatever reason) did not want to cut him. There's no logic to a position change then carry sink or swim type expectations. If he plays like a good rookie LB, I'd say we would keep him, whereas most third year first round picks, you'd be thinking about cutting them.
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Great post. With that being the case, it's just as exciting to hear about the hours of LB drills as his new physic (not that you'd expect less, but the two things together are reason for optimism). I still think this year we have to approach with expectations of a part time player, but hopefully he can be impactful in limited snaps.
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You basically have to go in treating this like his rookie season.
