Magnetic Curses
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i don't get this. the steelers took tee martin ahead of tom brady and they're like the best organization in NFL history.
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what a surprise and a shame for our kids to lose this game. they really played their butts off and gonzaga got lucky.
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wow, they held the ball well there and actually got a shot with no time. would have been nice to have some time, there, dicks.
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keller is the definition of a black hole.
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take the ball to the hoop every time, paul.
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well, illinois hasn't gotten a call, yet. maybe they think people are watching to see gonzaga.
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illinois getting [expletive] hosed at home again against the darling of the ncaa. that [expletive] goon sacre fouls someone on every possession.
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he ain't playing pro ball.
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illinois barely recruited him or lewjack. he was okay, but the class behind them was full of players that they wanted. jones would be buried on a good team. he made the right decision and indiana got a serviceable player until they can refill the cupboard.
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let's get novak a shot from the corner.
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nice play by rivers.
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just shut up, jay.
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i hate bilas. that was an obvious foul on the 3 pointer.
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and if he's around his career mark in ops i'll be fine with it.
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Are you completely incapable of reading? I said the contract takes him into his mid 30s. I also said there's significant downside risk considering how bad he's been when he's been bad. He's got a career .760 OPS because he has sucked. He was better for three years (none of them in a full season of work), but a guy with a career OPS of 800 who has had an OPS over 800 for three years is much less risky than a guy with an OPS of 762 coming off three years over 800. He was barely over 800 last year, and he's past his prime. It is not at all a lock that he will OPS 800 this season, let alone throughout his contract. And this is not at all comparable to Aaron Miles money, I mean, not even close. 2/5 or 3/15. I said from the start of this thread though, that it's not a bad contract. It doesn't do much good from an "improving the team" standpoint, but it is somewhat stabilizing. me-ow
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Considering the .762 career OPS, there's plenty of downside risk with this guy. He's not a lock for any level of production. aren't you the guy who's real big on 3-year splits? I'm definitely more interested in what a guy has done the last three years than what he did 6 years ago, but you can't ignore what a guy's entire career. A 32 year old with only a couple good seasons and zero high caliber full seasons is anything but a sure thing. Marlon Byrd has shown multiple times in his career he's capable of atrocious performances. This contract takes him into his mid 30's, and you have to expect decline from his peak performance. Considering his career numbers, that decline could easily be significant and relatively disastrous. there's risk to anything. byrd is 32, not 35, and he's OPS'd .800 the last 3 seasons. it's one of the better risks hendry has taken, considering he gave aaron miles the same kind of money last year.
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Considering the .762 career OPS, there's plenty of downside risk with this guy. He's not a lock for any level of production. aren't you the guy who's real big on 3-year splits?
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Yes. I'd argue no when you consider the limited budget and other places we need help. Obviously Byrd is better, I just don't know for this team right now. it's not about if he's worth 5 mil more than fuld. he's worth more and gives the team a better chance to win and plays a position we could upgrade, moving fukudome back to right. i wish our sp was better, but we'll have to make do, i guess.
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best available, comparatively cheap, i'm pretty happy with this.
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Uh, NU shot horribly. 28 of 84 from the floor for 33% and 34% from beyond the arc. Illinois was the team that shot 50%. That was easily one of the worst performances since the beginning of last year. Just terrible. Maybe 2nd only to the game at Minnesota last year. They had no idea how to run the offense and the defense was an open gate. No idea how they stayed in the game. I didn't look at the stats but NU was draining from three in the first half. The aggregate effect of all those three's falling was quite frustrating. NW shot 11-23 in the first half from 3, which is like shooting 72% from inside the arc. it's pretty easy to tell how they stayed in the game. the chuckers were hot. if you have to play like an underdog, you are an underdog.
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Uh, NU shot horribly. 28 of 84 from the floor for 33% and 34% from beyond the arc. Illinois was the team that shot 50%. That was easily one of the worst performances since the beginning of last year. Just terrible. Maybe 2nd only to the game at Minnesota last year. They had no idea how to run the offense and the defense was an open gate. No idea how they stayed in the game. they lived by chucking and died by chucking. it will happen a lot to them.
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anybody catch that last out of bounds call off of davis? the etiquette is generally if you have position and a guy comes up from behind you and knocks the ball out of bounds or causes you to lose control, it goes to the team that had position. no such luxuries tonight at HOME for ILLINOIS. but i don't take much pleasure in this win, NW are a bunch of chuckers with one guy who can play. they're bound to get depantsed in big ten play.
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this is so weird.
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weird.
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oh right, the weird croatian guy gets two chances at the tip as it bounces right back to him. this is my world.