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I really wanted Burdi.

QUOTE (credezcrew24 @ Dec 13, 2017 -> 11:50 AM) I don't see it that way. They'll still need to keep in on the roster the same amount of time next year instead of this year. The only difference is this is more of a throwaway year than next year will be. Still I won't argue against drafting him He gets 30 days on the minor leagues (from a rehab perspective...which is nice) and then you only need only 90 active days on the roster (3 months..vs the entire season). This essentially means you don't need to carry him on your active 25 man roster the vast majority of the season...just 90 days and you could actually spread it over the 2 years. I really like the idea of Burdi either way, the flexibility is just an extra plus.

Burdi is who I would be all over. His injury actually positions us in a good position to get him and not need to stash him on the active roster as long. McCullough / Coshow are worthwhile too.

Your 5 year old runs web apps? Curious what he is doing (more since mine will be at that age). Related to that, what sorts of apps / learning techniques are people doing with their little ones relative to technology. We haven't done much with "screens" for our kids at this point. In fact, this holiday season is probably the most we've leveraged the screen (since the oldest is at the age where we are hyping up the Xmas theme).

Doesn't Cutler have an awesome record on MNF? And then on the flipside, sucks on SNF? Or do I have those backwards?

QUOTE (Tony @ Dec 9, 2017 -> 01:56 PM) We’ve also seen time and time again franchises embrace complete organizations top to bottom (solid farm system, advanced scouting ect) and compete with larger market franchises. Sustained success is harder and made easy by money, but the NBA/MLB comparisons just aren’t really true, from a competitive standpoint. This is true as well. Lots of small-to-mid market NBA franchises who have had a ton of sustained success. Nearly impossible to have "sustained" success in the smaller markets in baseball (or with smaller payrolls).

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 9, 2017 -> 01:51 PM) Baseball won't be like the NBA simply because of how random the playoffs are. In the NBA, the best teams almost always win their playoff series, which is how you get CLE vs GS 3 times in a row. In baseball, anyone can win a 7 game series, and that will mix up the finals and World Series winners. It also gives hope to lower level teams, just get in the dance and anything can happen. To add on to this...baseball won't be the NBA mainly because one player can't tilt a series like an NBA player can. Best player on the planet usually means you are getting pretty far in NBA (1 of 5); In baseball that dominance is muted by the fact that there are just more guys in the game and if said player is a pitcher...only 1 out of x games where you can even impact the game.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Dec 11, 2017 -> 05:39 AM) They really need help at CB too. Fuller was mauling people yesterday and they weren't calling it. There have been games where he would have had multiple PI penalties. I don't know...outside of about 2 games, Fuller has been really good all year. He hasn't held on to the picks he should have had though.

Really sucks for the Eagles.

Fun fun game. Mitch was money as were most of the bears, including some of our young building blocks!!!

Fun...excited Angels got him. Now they need him to blow-up and then they can maybe find a way to build a winning franchise around Trout.

QUOTE (Quin @ Dec 8, 2017 -> 11:30 AM) Six players traded for cap. There are a lot of other pieces to grab in the marketplace and I'm sure Mariners will grab them.

This is hillarious from Pat McAffee (on how Troy Polamalu was a dream crusher)

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 7, 2017 -> 02:13 PM) Keenyn Walker was also a sandwich pick, equivalent to the mid 2nd round. So he shouldn't be quite lumped in with "Hawkins" as a flop. Mitchell might well have been a MLB player without injury, but ask it this way - the 25th pick in that draft was some speedy high school kid who had room to add muscle named Mike Trout. If you're avoiding athletes - that's what Trout started as. Actually it is funny...Trout was never billed as this overly athletic/toolsy guy. He just flat out wasn't. I remember at the time of the draft, Trout was just more of a guy who was likely to be solid but probably not a "star".

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 7, 2017 -> 02:10 PM) Like say, teams that collapse at the end of games with no plan, or teams where one guy breaks another guy's face? The Bulls are a crappy team that is going to collapse a lot. They don't have closers. You look at the good teams in the league, with star players, and they tend to pull out way more close games then the alternative. This team is playing hard..despite having very little talent. Later in the season I might have a different view. And the Portis / Niko thing is not something I put on the coach (not at this point). I haven't seen some massive issue with Hoiberg from that side. I argued that earlier but its just easy to throw things out in absolute and blame everyone. It's most people tendency in sports (fans) and on this board. I don't think the reality works that way.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Dec 7, 2017 -> 01:29 PM) I was just listening to Bill Simmons' podcast with Steve Kerr and Kerr mentioned that he used an out of bounds play of Hoiberg's that he saw at Iowa State. So, there's SOME ability there. Hoiberg clearly isn't the long-term answer, but I do think he got a raw deal (to the extent someone getting paid millions and millions to coach a game can). He was brought in to play a run and gun style and was saddled with a roster full of b****y, whiny, old, slow guys. And this year he just doesn't have much talent to work with. The franchise is a mess. IMO Hoiberg is about No. 10 on the list of problems that need to be addressed. Hoiberg's job is to get guys to play hard and hopefully develop. We have a talent issue that I'm not going to blame on the coach. That said, culturally, we need Hoiberg to instill a positive energy and to hopefully get them ready to develop into winning habits. What we don't want is losing habits to infiltrate our young players and the organization. Losing ways are like a plague that can overcome an organization quickly and be very very hard to get rid of. I tend to think of Hoiberg as being that up beat guy that is good for a rebuild and to be honest I've thought they are legitimatley playing hard. There were moments yesterday where the team was fun to watch and other moments where we weren't fun to watch (i.e., good ball movement, etc). Talent is bad though but I'm actually pretty optimistic all things considered.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 2, 2016 -> 03:05 PM) Honestly, if we are going to be rebuilding, I see no reason why we would just non-tender Avi. $3M is nothing and while I don't peg him to break out, we currently have no better options to give at bats too and he does have talent (so while I think he has flaws that will impact his ability to get there, $3M is easily worth paying to have him on the roster as of this point in time). I more had problems putting him in a starting spot on a team that was intending to contend. And for those of you jumping off a ledge, give me a break. This move has zero negative barring on the long term impacts of the team (from a downside) and from an upside, the tools and talent are there (albeit the probability of him breaking through are limited, but we've seen it before...see Bautista or Encarnacion. By the way, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying he is either of those players and Encarnacion clearly had a better start to his career then Avi, but things happen. I can safely say I don't regret this statement at all.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 7, 2017 -> 10:33 AM) jon greenberg‏Verified account @jon_greenberg 44m44 minutes ago Kris Dunn said the Bulls don't know what to do, what plays to run, at end of games. That's a problem, right? Part of this might be the whole fact that you don't have a "star" player who can help you in those moments. But I'd also say that is probably not something I'd want Dunn to be making publicly. That said, Dunn has really grown thus far this season (which is awesome to see).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 5, 2017 -> 12:16 PM) Chris De Luca‏Verified account @ChrisDeLuca[/url] Just posted; Zach LaVine’s #Bulls debut now looks to be more like early January - My 100% belief is this is purely part of the Bulls tank strategy. And that is 100% okay. I do look forward to watching levine play and despite Lauri's recent shooting slump, I'm feeling more optimistic then ever regarding the return we got for Butler. Of course Levine is a huge wildcard in the mix (particularly his health and post-injury play). I pretty much watch the Bulls for Dunn / Lauri at this point. Dunn's growth has been extremely encouraging, including how well he's shot the ball. his ability to drive and score is impressive...passing clearly needs some work (and I don't know that he'll ever be a great passer) but given how much his 3 ball has improved (still small sample size), I look forward to his continued development. A decent mid-range game and he's going to be pretty tough to defend (and we all know he can play defense).

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 04:17 PM) I don't think that's right, it looks like it is reverse strength of schedule this season. https://operations.nfl.com/the-players/the-...s-of-the-draft/ I only checked wikipedia (so that could be my mistake).

Interesting...based upon current NFL schedules, Bears and Redskins have 2 toughest schedules. Of the 8 teams with the hardest schedules, only 1 team has a winning record (New Orleans - 7th toughest schedule). On the inverse, if I look at the teams with the 8 easiest schedules 3 have winning records.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 04:03 PM) I assume it's based on this season. Like if two teams are tied, the team with the easier schedule was "worse" and gets the better draft picks. The Bears are screwed in that tiebreaker, given how good the NFC North is and they matched up vs the NFC south. Actually I went and decided to look and it appears it is actually based upon last seasons record. Which means we aren't as "screwed".

If it is based upon prior year schedule, we were 19th. Niners / Browns / Texans / Colts are notable teams with worse records than us.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 03:22 PM) Bears have probably a win in them...Denver / Indy play each-other, so one of them will win a game. If we lose to Cleveland, we are definitely top 5, but I really don't see how that could possibly happen (unless we literally full blown tank). We have toughest schedule in the league so I believe we lose all tiebreakers. There are a handful of teams with 4 wins as well. We could suck and end up being pretty far down in the draft (which I fully expect to happen). If we won 1 game, we could literally pick as low as 8 (with 4 wins). If we won 2, I won't even go on. But we are in a really tough spot given our strength of schedule (toughest schedule in the league thus far). Someone correct me If I'm wrong, but I thought that was the primary tie-breaker. Or is the tiebreaker based upon last years record (SOS) which I presume might be a different story. I know this year our Strenght of Schedule is brutal.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 03:12 PM) 6th right now. Need Eli and Jimmy G to win some games down the stretch. Browns 0-12 NYG 2-10 SF 2-10 Denver 3-9 Indy 3-9 Chicago 3-9 Bears have probably a win in them...Denver / Indy play each-other, so one of them will win a game. If we lose to Cleveland, we are definitely top 5, but I really don't see how that could possibly happen (unless we literally full blown tank). We have toughest schedule in the league so I believe we lose all tiebreakers. There are a handful of teams with 4 wins as well. We could suck and end up being pretty far down in the draft (which I fully expect to happen). If we won 1 game, we could literally pick as low as 8 (with 4 wins). If we won 2, I won't even go on. But we are in a really tough spot given our strength of schedule (toughest schedule in the league thus far). Someone correct me If I'm wrong, but I thought that was the primary tie-breaker.