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X's & O's - he was't very good. Managing the clubhouse and the lockeroom and just the overall team - he was very good. I always feel the X's and O's is overrated, especially since I assume front office is calling a lot of shots these days and I value people who can command the respect of the team, etc. Was really surprised Sox made the move - but can appreciate and respect the fact that they are leaving it all out there and making sure they do everything they can. This move certainly signals that.

He had a hell of a run as pitching coach. Maybe his time is up in baseball as the digital era emerges, but as a whole - I will remember Cooper as one being one of the better pitching coaches in the game for a long long time. Best of luck to you Don & thank you for all the great memories as pitching coach for the Sox!

Never any doubt - none! Hahahaha. The posting helped and Mack - you stepped up in 2nd half!!!

Yeah - that was nice. They had been so predictable in their use of Patterson this season - was nice to see them open things up a bit more. I am expecting to see more of Kmet at some point today too.

Now defense - get the ball back to the offense right here!

In Nagys defense - he has called some nice plays in this one. Foles missed a wide open td and the first drive where Foles missed wide open Robinson and the interception wasn’t a bad play either. let’s hope Foles is about to go on a hot streak for rest of the game!

Depends on what happens. Pace is a tough one cause he has found some good value picks but he has also missed on a lot of first rounders.

Yes - Mack’s lack of production is just as big of an issue as their shoddy QB play. Guy hasn’t delivered - PERIOD!

The big thing for me is not going to Cam. Cowardly. I said it before - if you want to take a swing swing big. Newton was either going to be rejuvenated and great or he was a low risk guy you move on from. Foles is better than this - you just know he is totally mediocre. But Foles is good enough you know whether it’s Nagy or a talent issue.

If you are going to suck - might as well just suck

Khalil Mack and Robert Quinn - where in the world are they?

That was a bad decision to Robinson.

That was worse than any miss I saw from Mitch. That was brutal #2. Foles, sans one quarter, has looked worse than Mitch did in every other quarter thus far. I hope a switch flips here - if not - it is going to be an interesting week and what bears do. Would be nice if defense could do something here.

Pagano doesn’t do it for me.

His miss was bad but that pick to Robinson...three times this year with Robinson. Bears defense is a real issue. They have way too much money allocated to side of the football for the piss poor pass rush and inability to create turnovers.

This - they both should absolutely be in the rotation. Lopez is the one who is on the out and hopefully he is able to make the necessary changes and step up next year - I'm sure there will be an opportunity if he looks the part (whether out of the bullpen or in spring training, etc). I really don't think the Sox need to do much in the rotation - other than finding creative ways to get an ace (Bauer). If you can't get an ace in the off-season, maybe a one year stop-gap while counting on young guys to get better and if they don't, at the trade deadline look to be aggressive.

I was going to say that too - good tacos are good at any time. My college ritual during finals week was to get up super early and get regular tacos from a really good hole in the wall place, wash it down with a coke, and than crank through finals. I always called it the breakfast of champions!

I'm curious whether Bears would make a play for Sam D'Arnold if Jets pivot. Gase is a disaster and he has talent, but obviously hasn't pieced it all together.

I just figure Allen definitely isn't - but you are right - part of it is Rivera had no attachment to Haskins. Haskins has some talent though - big arm, throws a nice deep ball, but not exactly the most mobile guy (although I'd caveat I haven't watched him much with the Washington football team.

I'm assuming breakfast tacos - if you haven't had them - you should try them - DELICIOUS

Rivera looks like he learned something about managing QB's from the Bears - pretty shocked at how rapidly they are benching Haskins. I know he hasn't been great but dude is in his 2nd year. I've always been a huge believer in giving young QB's time, opportunity and consistency. It is why I can't really argue how the Bears handled Trubisky - other than, if Fox was on that tight of a leash you probably should have let him be so that the HC and QB were aligned at the start (and I could make the same case for the Washington Football team).

Fantastic article.

Yeah - I was going to say - a high end count is around 50K and that is with something that has a vaccine (not perfect by any stretch - but it helps). And 50K vs. where we are headed (which is 300-400K) - probably isn't the best comparison but it is already 6times more than the flu and that doesn't even adjust for the fact that we are all wearing masks and behaving much different than the normal flu.

Bill O'Brien out.

And my fears have been realized - was worried this is exactly how he would handle this (if it is even real).