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I love how many of us love to 'escape' from family at times at holiday gatherings. Not that we dislike 'em, but 'peace and quiet' sounds good sometimes. The best T-giving in Chicago IMO would be family there with plenty turkey, dressing (dressing is a southside word I believe, not stuffing), brown gravy, hot rolls, green bean casserole and whatever dessert you might want. ... I'm sure the most tolerable dinners would be those in which the guests drink a few beers. Back in the day we had some memorable dinners with uncles putting down beer after beer then capping the day/night with poker.

Cool, White Sox. You obviously are a 'holiday guy' and love good food and family. You shoulda invited me over for turkey dinner! Kidding but your description of food makes me want some.

I don't really care he's kept so many coaches. What I am wondering is this a cost saving move? Were the coaches all under 1 year deals or would they have to paid settlements to the assistants if they canned them?

Can you imagine the atmosphere in the Sox organization right now? When there's a mandate to not increase payroll and the worst 40 man roster in league history, it must be constant negativity every day. We do have a new manager so he's got to at least convince the players they have a chance if they play hard every day. I'd assume the manager is upbeat and has a personality.

Next eight weeks should say a lot. Well know our W/L fate by Feb. 1.

Second round draft pick. Another guy to throw into the mix and see if he can hit.

I'll stop defending myself. My views aren't worth a discussion apparently. Let me just say the Bears next coach probably will have a similar resume to 'flus: That is: 30 years of coaching experience, 13 in the NFL and 17 at the collegiate level. He came from the Colts where he worked four seasons as defensive coordinator. Good luck with the next coordinator hire. The Bears actually should jump in and hire a retread 'head coach' from the past. Personally I'd go with Belichick cause he's available and has won Super Bowls. That's not worth discussing either I guess.

If Eberflus is that bad, that miserable of a coach as the yahoo report suggests, then the guy who hired him should be canned as well. My contention is he's just another guy, not as bad as a Bevington or a Pedro, just another football guy, and good luck with the next offensive or defensive coordinator that gets hired by the woebegone Bears. Might as well hire Belichick if you want a serious program builder.

Lipman's post right above yours would suggest otherwise. The coach is not the problem. You show me a good clock management coach. They don't exist. Obviously embarrassing the Bears on Turkey Day and again having a miserable record in year three arguably is a good reason to get rid of Eberflus. I'm just saying he and his staff aren't the problem. And the end of that other game was a true fluke. Again a fireable offense in year three to lose on a Hail Mary? Sure but the problems go much deeper. Not sure why my comments on this issue are deemed so sad sack and pitiful by you guys. What if these two things happened to a first-year coach? Would you want him fired too?

Just based on his performance I would NEVER give this guy 20 mill a year. Never. He has much to prove.

Respond to my statement that the only thing this firing does is satisfies/quiets the fans who are so mad about the end of the two games this season. One was blind luck. Yesterdays ... the analyticians who like/love draft picks should be happy we lost anyway. Bears were not gonna make the playoffs if they kicked the field goal yesterday and won in OT. Now they get a better draft pick prolly. Eberneezer is that bad a coach?? Our savior QB has a lot of work to do. He's no lock at greatness which reflects badly on the GM not coach Eberneezer. I'm not trolling. I'm just mad the Bears stink again and management thinks firing him means something positive. It means nothing.

I think if they trade Crochet and to a certain extent Robert the team will win in the 40s again. Loss of Crochet will guarantee a lot more games the Sox won't be competitive in. Robert is no good but he the best of our lineup. It's hard to put together a worse everyday lineup than the Sox project to be in 2025. And the pitching staff a bunch of no names, although some of the up and comers are supposed to be good. ... Like last year, no aspect of the team, pitching, hitting or D projects to be above average.

I was going to start a new topic "The Bears" but I didn't want to get buried by those on here who hate new threads. ... So here is my take. The firing of the Bears coach is ridiculous. So it makes a whole city (those who follow sports) feel better. Big deal. The Bears' problems have little to do with coaching. They have to do with talent and talent evaluation. I'm sure the no name stiffs who coach the Bears including Matt Eberflus are the same as most of the no name coaches in the league. They are OK. Let's face it. No coaches have a good command on clock management. They all choke on that part of the game. So at least judge the Bears ho-hummers on other areas that matter a bit. Clock management? Name a coach who knows what he's doing in that regard on any level. They all fail at it including Eberneezer. So the Bears continue the parade of coaches since Ditka. Big deal. There are no coaches out there who are going to cure what ails the Bears. This time maybe they should hire some young young young guy like Arizona State's coach or go the oppo way and hire some 70 year old timer like Belichick. Hiring some no name coordinator of the Lions or some team will mean NOTHING. Matt Eberflus or 5 other no names cannot cure what ails the Bears. ... But everybody feels better in starting over after yesterday's turkey day debacle. Great. Still won't win a Super Bowl. There's only one Andy Reid. Might as well try Belichick this time. But the Bears would never do that. They'd never hire somebody who actually has won before somewhere.

What's with the Prep Bowl being at Fornelli Field instead of Soldier Field? It's not special when one of the two teams gets to host it. It's too hard to win a state title in Illinois so let the Public and Catholic League's best of the rest get to play in Soldier Field like before.

What's most frustrating is the Sox for the first time in their history during this crash have no good players. Throughout history they've always had somebody elite. Now if 'somehow' you get an excellent one you have to trade him for 3-4 prospects. Even most years of Veeck's ownership the Sox had somebody worth paying to see. They even tried the year they had Ron Blomberg but he couldn't fill the shoes of somebody elite like Rich Zisk.

Scary that we'll be on the cusp of another presidential election by the time the Sox start to sniff .500. Time flies. In my next life I'm going to pick the Yankees or Dodgers to be my team not the worst franchise in all of sports.

I wouldn't mind welcoming him back considering second basemen are a dime a dozen and he was one of our top prospects. Give him his final shot with the woebegone Sox.

Ugh. I never wanna hear Austin Slater's name again. He's the definition of 'just another guy' that the White Sox are so in love with giving 400 at bats.

I dunno. Maybe an Indy could nab 25 wins then. I think a AA team could win 40 for sure. I hear you though.

True dat. ... You can only imagine my frustration that the Royals, located in a city way smaller than Chicago, and a market way smaller than Chicago, actually try to win. They made a trade this week that they think gives them a true leadoff man (we shall see) and some other guy. They have a surplus in pitching so they dealt Singer to the Reds, who similarly appear to be trying to improve their team. Meanwhile the Sox have the nerve to apparently have nothing in mind except signing some guys with the upside of a Pham and 'maybe' dealing Crochet and Robert for guys who won't help the team for 3-4 years. Sad. ... And the Sox in a hiding in the basement way of trying to do business won't even have a Soxfest where fans can vent? Hell in theory getting fans together in one setting 2-3 days 'might' sell some season tickets. What a paper bag organization. Keep losing, White Sox.

With revenue sharing the teams that are trying to win should be mad at the Sox and want them contracted. Cause the Sox's ineptness affected the race. The Sox for instance were solely responsible for the Royals being over .500 during the regular season. The Sox actually were key factors in some teams making the playoffs cause they beat up the Sox so badly. No question Chicago refused to field a big league team this season. That unit was bush league, independent league baseball.

This might sound dumb but how about signing Jose Abreu and Timmy Anderson to minor league, vet minimum deals?

I wish you or somebody could write an essay telling me exactly how the Sox make money. Awful TV ratings, tiny crowds, I'd assume very few jackets and hats and uniform tops sold. How in the bleep can this team make money? Does parking dollars matter that much to the bottom line? Shared TV money?

Lip you are a logical historian. Why doesn't the commissioner contract the Sox? You guys say we cannot and will not even try to win with Jerry in charge. This is against everything about pro sports. You can't knowingly rip off the fans. Contract this team, Mr. Commissioner or force Jerry to sell. This is egregious.

Uh oh. I'll just say no comment cause we aren't allowed to discuss politics.