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I think we are upgrading to a better chat, one that you can admin better and has more features. I did like the old chat, but I think our license expired on that one and we are getting a better one. Kap should be able to explain it better.

I think I just got a tear in my eye watching that. Here's to hoping that this season can be every bit as memorable as last.

Finally Buehrle gets on a banner around here. Great job Gold as always.

EAT s*** TRIBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIP EMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Deal done yesterday with Rick Hahn per KW.

KW on next to talk about Jose extension on the score

QUOTE(Shingotime!! @ Apr 1, 2006 -> 12:07 PM) Anyone know the breakdown of how long we have the starting 5 locked up for? Buehrle is signed through 2006, with a team option for 2007 Garcia is signed through 2007 Vazquez is signed through 2007 Garland is signed through 2008 If new deal is true, Contreras would be signed through 2009.

I remember the Score doing an april fool's joke last year.

Anyone know if this could be an April Fool's joke?

Since we've already lost Gordon to ILL, it's time to start focusing on guys like Robbie Hummel, considered the 2nd best junior in the state. His teammate Martin is supposed to be a sleeper as well. And the early news on him is promising: http://nwitimes.com/articles/2006/04/01/sp...14300057bac.txt Now KS just needs to get working on Moore from East Chicago, Jones from Ft. Wayne (I'm expecting Zach to help here too!), JaJuan Johnson from Franklin Central.... All of these guys are top 100 guys and would go a long way in rebuilding the IU tradition early on. I am expecting 3 of these 5 guys I listed.

Going nowhere fast, so I close. Goodnight, thread.

Frank getting to 500 and Bonds admitting steroid use have about the same probability: zero

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Mar 31, 2006 -> 04:51 PM) I wouldn't bet one Davis staying in the draft. Even if he does declare, he has virtually no draft buzz, so he's probably a second round pick, meaning he'd pull out. Even if they did both go, Tasmin Mitchell is solid, Minor and Mason are decent starters, Rolle is about as athletic as Thomas, and Lazare and Temple are pretty good role players. NBAdraft.net, which is usually pretty reliable, has him as the 19th pick. With a good final four, he moves into the top 15. Thomas is slated as the No. 1 pick there so there's no chance he stays.

LSU won't even be top 25 after Thomas and Davis declare for the draft.

This is Off Topic, but I just clicked on that Grady Sizemore website in Jabroni's sig and... All I can say is, WOW. Major, major issues with those girls. If you haven't see the site, go take a look. It really shows what can happen when a group of women become obsessed to the extreme.

This means I still have a chance. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 10:00 PM) If this happens, be afraid Big 12. Be VERY afraid. Huggins will find a way to f*&k up good talent. He's got a knack for it.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 07:47 PM) Alford at IU >>> Sampson at IU Contrary to popular belief Alford is a pretty good coach and a lousy recruiter. However at Indiana he would be able to do a very good job recruiting thanks to the connections he has via his dad and being a part of that program. Alford at IU = GOOD Coach, Good Recruiter and while Iowa will have a down year next year, considering its a lot harder coaching iowa than IU, I actually think we'll be just fine when compared to Sampson's Hoosiers. In fact I think the rest of the big 10 smiled today cause they realize how dangerous how could have been had they made the right hire. You are entitled to your opinion of course and I always respect it, I just think you and a lot of other people are overstating the connection Alford and his Dad have in the state of Indiana. If he can recruit Indiana so well, why aren't any Indiana HS players going to play for him in Iowa? If his name is so big, certainly players would go to Iowa just to play for him, right? I think his name holds little weight in the state and his Dad's name holds even less. A lot of the kids who are being recruited now were either newborns or not even born when Alford won a title at IU in 1987. They probably don't care either. As far as his Dad goes, I haven't seen him help Alford take any Indiana kids to Iowa for his son and I don't really think he has much significance around the state either. He is a name certainly, but can he really impact recruiting? He certainly wouldn't have much impact at all in recruiting the Indianapolis area which is where the IU coach is going to need to pull talent from. I get so sick of hearing about the ties he has. As far as I'm concerned, any great player from the state wouldn't be greatly influenced to go to IU simply because Sam Alford advised them to. It is also hard to defend Alford's gross choke job this year in the tournament this year with a senior laden squad and his other underachieving teams with the likes of Dean Oliver, Recker and Reggie Evans. I really have a hard time putting him as a coach over a guy who has won national coach of the year and also won 11 tournament games and gone to a Final Four. I think Greenspan really went out of the way in this hire to not get anyone with IU ties. Whether or not it works out, only time will tell but I think not hiring Alford was indeed the right move.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 07:47 PM) Forde is probably my favorite ESPN writer... Known him for a very long time as he worked with Dad at the Courier Journal for 10-15 years before ESPN lured him away. Great writer and a great person. Definitely one of my favorites as well.

Recruiting Juco players won't work at IU. He'll have to stop that immediately. Also, he'll have to run a squeaky clean operation and better hope to hell he doesn't bring any of his problems at OU to IU. I am going to give him a fair chance and see what happens. I think he is a great coach, but he has to recruit the state VERY well and cut off recruiting Juco players. As far as Jason's comments about Alford, why the hell do you think Alford is a better hire? Alford has had a chance to win at Iowa and he has proven nothing. He's won ONE NCAA tournament game and had a cute little run at Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State) that got him the Iowa job. There is a reason we didn't want the guy. He can't win when it counts. It's not like Oklahoma is a basketball rich school. Sampson has taken them to an Elite 8 and a Final Four and has 9 straight 20 win seasons. Alford has done none of that. All he has done is disappoint time and time again in the tournament and come up with a worse Big 10 record than Mike Davis. The Alford would be a fan favorite at IU reason for hiring is crap. To say he (Sampson) is not better than Davis, which is what you basically said, is just plain retarded. Have fun with your hack of a coach at Iowa for the next few years. That is, until you fire him.

Not a bad hire, he's been to the Final Four and he is a pretty coach recruiter from what I've seen. Definitely better than Alford, but I'm disappointed we couldn't land Crean.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 27, 2006 -> 08:02 PM) Of all the players I'd like to see decked in the face, Gathright is defnitely near the bottom. You have to feel for any young player stuck for atleast five years in baseball purgatory. Tavarez is at the top of the list I'd like to see decked. Too bad he was the one doing the decking.

Who cares what these guys think? Preseason predictions, as we all saw last year, mean nothing. They're not even worth discussing.

Also, what day of the week should I use my points or should I spread them out? I don't really get how the point system works. I know I'm not doing something right since I can't sign anybody and I'm using Indiana. Also, initially, how do you know which guys to go after? Should I look for a certain Interest level and just target those guys?

So wait, since I wear North Face, I'm a douchebag. Wow, great logic there.