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  1. Magnetic Curses
    most great hitters aren't necessarily super-patient, it's just that they get pitched around so much. draft hitters that can hit the ball out of the park and you'll get walks.
  2. Magnetic Curses
    nicely done
  3. Magnetic Curses
    http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/lovie-smith-says-voices-in-headset-keep-calling-hi,21267/
  4. Magnetic Curses
    they didn'y want to disappoint anyone.
  5. Magnetic Curses
    maybe he gave all his money to a bookie who skipped town?
  6. Magnetic Curses
    let's fight
  7. Magnetic Curses
    you make no sense
  8. Magnetic Curses
    yeah, it says the bears are the worst pass defense, which is misleading, because you assume the second-to-last-rated or third-to-last-rated would be somewhat close to them in futility, but you'd be wrong. there are only 32 teams in the league.
  9. Magnetic Curses
    i know you all really really want to open our eyes to how much bears players suck, though. we are wayward meatballs, you got us.
  10. Magnetic Curses
    freeman got sacked half as much as cutler and bradford would get smooshed and go away forever. Freeman's offensive line was actually almost as bad last year and yet freeman got sacked half as much despite cutler being one of the best scramblers not named vick in the league.
  11. Magnetic Curses
    I'd take Freeman, Bradford and maybe Schaub ahead of him. not with our offense I can see that argument with Schaub but I'd still take Freeman and Bradford over him. Bradford had the worst WR corps in the league last year and Freeman had an absurd TD/INT ratio as well. I would think those two (especially Bradford) will only get better in due time. freeman got sacked half as much as cutler and bradford would get smooshed and go away forever.
  12. Magnetic Curses
    they can allow him to leave and take a promotion. they have a few epsteins in that front office, though. they'd be fine.
  13. Magnetic Curses
    i wouldn't take brady over cutler in this offense. you saw how bad he looked against the lions against pressure. the only qb that moves like cutler in that group is freeman.
  14. Magnetic Curses
    They aren't, and they probably shouldn't be. agreed, brown was allergic to quarterbacks last year even more than normal.
  15. Magnetic Curses
    I'd take Freeman, Bradford and maybe Schaub ahead of him. not with our offense
  16. Magnetic Curses
    Why exactly would we want Upton when our best prospect is a CF? When Jackson shows that he's he can handle the job, then we can flip Upton. If we got him for something along the lines of what WSR suggested, we didn't give up anything too valuable for him anyhow. He's currently doing well in AAA. How much more does he have to show? I think (and hope) that Jackson is the real deal, but there are lots of players who do well in AAA and never make it in the ML. jackson's been successful at every level.
  17. Magnetic Curses
    upton could play 2nd base, right?
  18. Magnetic Curses
    Why do people keep saying this? It's one thing to say they didn't improve the team, but that's not the same as taking a step back. Who exactly did they lose that would help support this statement? They have an aging defense and I highly doubt that they're going to be as healthy as they were last year. I think that's a fair statement. he did say "talent-wise", which they really haven't except for maybe at FS. I think Okoye is going to be a marked step up from Tommie Harris, though.
  19. Magnetic Curses
    i'm pretty unhappy that leshoure got hurt, that sucks, he's a [expletive] beast.
  20. Magnetic Curses
    i can agree with this. however, we've said this before about the lions.
  21. Magnetic Curses
    What's the name of that restaurant you like with all the goofy [expletive] on the wall and the mozzarella sticks? You confusing me with somebody else? I can't think of any place like this. shut up farva
  22. Magnetic Curses
    a) Wilken only drafts. He has nothing to do with the development side. b) Wilken's job isn't to draft power hitters. His job is to draft guys that will become bigleaguers. Obviously he would have selected differently if the emphasis was on power hitters. Your entire premise here relies on an assumption that the next GM won't like Wilken, or want to retain him. Why are you assuming that? Heck it's not crazy to think having Wilken onboard makes the Cubs' job more attractive to candidates. After all, the guy does have a pretty strong reputation in the industry. a. i know this, however, i'm speaking of players he has drafted that have panned out. none have proven themselves in the power department, and all offense flows from power. b. his job is to find value, and he hasn't found much. he hasn't valued power and it's hurt him. wilken has already had issues with a stats-oriented GM, i don't think he'll find much quarter with beane or epstein or friedman. he left toronto because he, like most scouts, is in love with the music of the spheres, and didn't want a computer telling him how to draft. he wants to prove that he can dowse talent, high tech talent-finding machines be-damned. he's gonna go out there with his forked stick and bring home a ballplayer.
  23. Magnetic Curses
    Yup. OK and I jumped the gun on the second one. I just looked it up and Marino was 21 when he started his rookie season, but turned 22 before week 2 of the season, so I guess that one doesn't really count. i would still accept marino.
  24. Magnetic Curses
    roethlisberger is one.
  25. Magnetic Curses
    the directors of scouting and player development aren't exactly "lower level management". compared to the GM and Team President, yes, but these are very high-ranking people who influence what goes on on the field directly, with a lot of people that report to them.
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