Bertz
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This halftime broadcast is an amazing disaster
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Feels like this is an impossible one to evaluate from the outside since Rodgers was clearly fully formed before Getsy ever got there.
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Yeah I don't think this means anything. I'm not going to go through every roster but I believe this year's Dolphins we're the only one of those teams that had decent personnel on the offensive side of the ball? (And to be fair, they did underperform which would help make the point) His reasons for excluding Staley and McDermott were shaky, likely because they undermine this narrative.
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At this point, if Caldwell doesn't settle for the job, I'd say just go with another hot young candidate. Getting Caldwell at OC would be great. I'd no longer be underwhelmed. Probably not overwhelmed either, but very sufficiently whelmed. I wonder how realistic it is?
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Runs a Tampa 2 base though, right? I wonder what he'll aim to do with the defense here and if he'll consider keeping Desai around. There's a good bit of the D hitting free agency, so he's got an opportunity to remake it in his image fairly quickly.
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Eberflus seemed like the 2nd best of the defensive dudes after Flores. And Eberflus doesn't have the interpersonal and Deshaun Watson baggage (which may or may not be fair). So....this is fine? Underwhelming but definitely not bad.
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I'm torn. On the one hand he's a phenomenal fit in the immediate term, and this team is not in a place to be turning down talent. On the other hand he's not proven talent, and a lot of the team is already built on guys who should probably provide some solid productiin but the error bars are super wide. Also beyond the immediate term "RHH outfielder who's maybe kind of a tweener defensively" is something that we have in spades down on the farm. It's also been a bit of a rough go on NPB and KBO hitters the last five years. Ohtani is a I think the only good player in a while, and he's obviously a unicorn (and came over way younger which may have helped). I kind of wonder if the velocity spike in MLB has significantly lowered the odds of guys successfully transitioning compared to 10-15 years ago? So like, spend money, but ideally somewhere else?
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Pretty minor movement, but sounds like neither side stormed off in a huff so that's another small win
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It's not really about qualifications with the guy, he's been out of the league for years. That's the issue. Away from the game, health issues and age. It seems predestined to be a 3 year gig and move on, one way or another. I think that works just fine as an OC installing his offensive infrastructure and setting up his assistants to battle for the OC gig in 2025, but I don't think that is a good way to treat the HC position. Totally agreed, not my first choice mainly because of age. But I think a lot of people are instead jumping more towards "lol not even good enough for the Lions" which is a VERY different (and much less valid) convo.
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I wanted someone more analytics-y since we (presumably) still have Kelly in the fold. That said Poles seemed like one of the best scout-y GM options so I'm still happy.
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Of the Players' asks, this is the one I'm glad they're ditching. That said, it was the biggest ask so if the MLBPA is going this route they need to end up with most of the rest of their asks for the deal to be a win. The biggest issues on the player side are young players and low end FA vets. If you funnel more money to younger players, that solves #1 directly and helps #2 indirectly. Raise the luxury tax levels, and that money's mostly going to funnel into FA anyway. So focusing on the LT and young player pay would have a real "rising tide lifts all boats" sort of effect, while IMO focusing onearlier FA would mostly exacerbate the difference between your stars and your scrubs (though may result in more dollars). Ideally you'd get all three! But if you have to drop one, drop FA. Now I look forward to the owners making some actual concessions
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Meeting for two hours I'm hopeful things actually moved a bit (though best case scenario is still another ~2 weeks of this horsefeathers)
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Give him the Gruden deal, 10/$100 I don't care
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Of the ones deeper in the thread Vinny Testapositive and Marjorie Taylor Green Bay stand out IMO
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