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He should have taken the high road over a month ago. Easy to say this now after having your ass handed to you publicly. Oh well, hopefully this is all over with now.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 04:00 PM) And shows up to Soxfest without a beard. I see the kid maybe twice a year, and he has no beard. SnB and i were greatly disappointed. His parents made him clean up since he was going to be in public is the explanation I got.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 03:59 PM) Yeah i don't think he believes it either, but i'm sure a lot of IU fans actually agree with that sentiment...maybe not those here, but yeah. I don't think they will/should limit themselves to IU grads, that would be just ignorant. But if you can find everything you want and he's an IU grad, that's just icing on the cake that could make everything even more passionate. I've said this from day one and will continue to say it to any IU fan who really believes Alford is the best choice. Would he even be considered had he not played at IU? The answer is no. As an IU alum and someone who has started to like IU more and more as the years pass and I get over my hatred of Knight, this is an important hire. Don't f*** it up by hiring a bum who has a worse record than Davis in the Big 10. He's won ONE NCAA tourney game with talent like Reggie Evans, Dean Oliver, Luke Recker, Brody Boyd, etc. I mean, to those who say, well he can recruit Indiana. I don't recall many players from Indiana going to Iowa to play for Alford, sans Boyd who wasn't even offered a scholarship by IU. No one should actually believe that Greg Oden (Ohio St), Mike Conley (Ohio St), Josh McRoberts (Duke), Courtney Lee (Western Kentucky), Dominic James (Marquette), Anthony Winchester (Western Kentucky), etc. would have gone to IU had Steve Alford been the coach. These guys don't care about Steve Alford winning in 1987. They want a coach they can relate to and someone who is a good WINNING coach. Steve Alford is neither. I will support IU regardless, but they can do better than Steve Alford.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 03:56 PM) Jason, i don't understand you. But really, who does? He is a man of constant mystery.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 12:47 PM) That's because it makes the most sense, and IU hasn't given the media anyone else to talk about (not that they should) Alford almost makes too much sense, regardless of media coverage. I guess it also depends on how commited IU is to giving the job to "one of their own" The "one of their own" crap is something Mike Davis said. The same guy they forced out. That's where that whole saying started. I don't think Greenspan necessarily believes it, unless he told MD to say it.

Non-story. If they suspend KG, that's just flat out ridiculous.

20/20 here, but still interesting to read about.

As much as I like Baj, is he even going to sniff this roster?

Don't forget to send me directions Gagely. Good work Andrew.

I'd get Frank Thomas

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 12:33 PM) There is no comparision between the 2 on the field. But off the field, they are both attention whore, lying idiots who don't know when to shut up or how to say the right thing. Frank is a nice guy off the field, he just doesn't know when to shut his mouth. He always has to be the victim.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 12:31 PM) At least he never corked a bat. Or deflated. Its sad to me that he could have gone out with his lasting image, holding the trophy at the parade or on the field at Houston. Really wish things were different for the big man. Best Sox player ever and it ends like this.

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 12:28 PM) Good riddance. You could have gone out with class, but instead... you went out like Sosa. I love it.

QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 12:21 PM) Finally.. after the 38,436th time you've said so.. I think I'm starting to believe you. I'll rip him until he keeps his mouth shut. Until then, I will continue to pad my post totals taking shots at the Big Skirt.

In related news, Frank Thomas is no longer a part of the Chicago White Sox. And personally, I couldn't be happier. Have fun on the DL big guy.

The Herd and GM Kevin Towers of the the Padres just put their stamp of approval on Kenny doing what he had to do. The Herd made the great point of rarely do you see a GM with enough guts to call out a star player who publicly rips an organization. He applauded KW for doing this. In fact he played KW's comments a couple of times. Towers, a good friend of KW, said that KW is a competitor and has heard enough from Frank. Good stuff.

Luckily I have a login for Getty so I can get these full sized (1600 resolution) and without the Getty logo.

QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 09:16 AM) Your bottom line doesn't mean anything against others opinions. If you recognized that, this conversation would be over. lol I find it funny that people took this whole thing and turned it into what would Mark Buehrle do if he were to leave the White Sox. Most all of the Thomas apologists in this thread had nothing more to say so they had to switch things to some hypothetical bulls***. Pretty sad if you ask me. If Buehrle leaves, he leaves. Hopefully it will be with more class than Frank. If not, I'll rip him too.

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Feb 26, 2006 -> 11:15 PM) I was just spamming his screen name with scat porn links. In that case, spam away!

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Feb 26, 2006 -> 11:13 PM) Go go message board error! 2.1 billion people can't be wrong! Scary part about this is that you're conversing with Heads.

QUOTE(whitesoxin' @ Feb 26, 2006 -> 11:10 PM) Yes because it was only about that game. :rolly Later Mr. Admin. Later.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Feb 26, 2006 -> 11:09 PM) :headshake This is lame. Had they listened to my bottom line, the conversation would be over.

QUOTE(whitesoxin' @ Feb 26, 2006 -> 11:06 PM) You're right, I should have been all happy and jolly that afternoon after blowing a 3 run lead to the KC Royals (the worst team in the MLB) in the final 2 innings. Oh no they lost one game out of 162. I think I'll quit on the team.

QUOTE(whitesoxin' @ Feb 26, 2006 -> 11:05 PM) I actually just responded to what he said. According to his post, Frank Thomas's attitude is "everything that is wrong with sports". Me first athletes is what he means. And that is what Frank Thomas is. And yes, they are a lot of what is wrong with sports. Thank you very much.

Any argument who comes from a so called fan who quit on the team doesn't count. Just want to put that out there.