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Wonder how much truth there is to this report? I don't see how you can really see anything unless it is just a total cluster. Otherwise, you absolutely need to give the front office time. Only reason I was for moving away from Trestman so fast was because of what an utter disaster everything had became and Emery was the one who oversaw it. I can't imagine that going on right now, but I might be wrong. I do feel that the media absolutely hates Fox so they will pounce on him any chance they get (and it is because Fox gives them absolutely nothing).

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 28, 2016 -> 02:56 PM) Finally...Flash can finally shut up now Haha....I don't think when we actually got Liriano it stopped.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 09:36 AM) This x1000. That was literally the 2nd to last out of a 1 - 0 World Series championship-clinching game with the tying run on 2nd base and it gets almost zero recognition. Hell, considering the circumstances, I'd put it above Willie Mays' catch. His happened in game 1. The play for the final out was very good too. I always root for Uribe. One of those few guys who no matter where he plays I just love him. He was so freaking good defensively (especially for being so thick) and that arm...wow. Please no one go back to 2005 and tell me advanced stats say otherwise (I don't know...I just want to trust my eye and memory).

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 17, 2016 -> 06:47 AM) The Bears did this several years ago. Of course they were called for holding, but other than that, it worked to perfection. Yeah - I always remember that play. It was an awful call and the NFL admitted fault the following day.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 28, 2016 -> 07:57 AM) Portis is an interesting DNP. I actually thought Rondo looked pretty bad. Wade looked great though, shows what he can still do when fresh. I found myself pissed off any time he was called for a foul. It didn't seem like that was allowed when he was in a different jersey. I liked how they played hard. Mirotic had two fantastic offensive plays in the 1st half where instead of shooting, he showed very good moves to get into the paint and get a couple easy two's. That will be huge if that is a new part of his game he has developed. Especially helpful on nights where his shot isn't falling. I also saw more consistent defense out of him then years past. Still some challenges, but he had some very good moments defensively late in that game. I liked how Fred mixed up the rotations to ensure the alpha's (and lets be honest, the real alphas are Wade and Butler...not this Rondo nonsense) had time to be the "alpha". I think that will help balance the dynamic. Rondo had some nice passing, but you could also see some of the stagnation that could happen with this offense (and it will be why for us to be good, we'll have to out grind / out work teams). Taj came up huge in the 4th. I actually think he was the player of the game. Strong defensive performance and he hit some huge shots late when it looked like Boston might end up winning. MCW put up a lot of shots, but he looked fantastic defensively and offensively, I can see where he'll be a good fit (especially if he plays aggressive and I think the bench role will be well suited for him). He can also get in a lot of mixed guard sets. I do think it would be ideal to add another shooter and for those knocking Canaan or however you spell it, I thought he was fine. He took the right shot and he has shown he can hit those shots. They didn't fall tonight but they'll fall in the future and that should be a nice dynamic off the bench. Team reminds me a bit of those ACL Bulls teams (where Noah and company willed their way to victory). Those teams had absolutely zero pacing and still were extremely competitive, etc. I'm not saying the defense will be that good, but the offense should be better than those teams and we should clobber these "smaller" teams on the boards. That said, we are going to have some days where nothing is falling and we get whipped. Similarly, I expect there will be days where we play some team that just torches us from 3. We'll see how everything ultimately evolves. I think the weakest link is PG and if I were the front office, that is one of the spots I would be looking to find a dynamic player (longer term...via FA / Trade / Draft). The other spot would clearly be a front line player (i.e., Anthony Davis / Boogie Cousins / etc). Not saying any of those things are easy to do.

Our rebounding was f***ing outstanding. Brilliant. Lots of work to do but game one was a success. I expect this team, while flawed, to by physical and more typical of the makeup of a Chicago team.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 02:47 PM) I like it in general, but I swear there is at least one moment a week where the show leaves me moaning about how unrealistic it is. For example this week, the guy who is the President after the entire capitol is bombed and all of Congress dies, is apparently wandering around a military hangar alone, and meanwhile a solider walks in, doesn't salute either upon realizing he is talking to the President, or when he leaves. I am OK with the whole idea of his learning on the job, but some of the stuff is so common sense, I don't get how it gets missed. Mine had more to do with the fact that you are going to have this huge strike on a person (who you had just lost) who is now embedded in a Hospital and instead of just authorizing it, the president spends all that time to fly out to meet with the seal team. Usually I try to ignore that stuff, but that stuck out to me. The salute stuff, eh. Fair points on him just wandering around the hangar alone.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 10:02 AM) Anyone else sticking with Designated Survivor so far? Yep. I'm waiting to see where they go with it. I presume at some point, they will turn more focus into the plot behind what happened and I'm looking forward to that (and presume somehow Kiefer will get looped in). That story is better then the Kiefer part (right now). Still, as a whole, I enjoy it (but I have a general bias towards positivity because of Kiefer).

Scout's take on the Eastern Conference. Good read and I thought the comments on the bulls were interesting (and probably relatively accurate, despite my own internal delusions). I do think ultimately they are slightly better then he says but a lot of truth coming out of this hot take. http://www.si.com/nba/2016/10/20/nba-scout...tern-conference

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 27, 2016 -> 08:21 AM) I'm having the same struggles. It's a combination of the pacing and lack of any real stakes at this point. Oh look! Another robot was killed and will come back to life in the next scene. I am to the point that it is awful. Have no interest.

Basketball begins tonight!! Bulls vs. Celtics. Will take a month or so to see how the guys are geling, etc., but I hope this team is fun to watch. I don't have any delusional expectations, I'm thinking 4 or 5 seed at best, 9 or 10 seed at worse. Realistically, I think we should be a playoff team. The real interesting part will come in the off-season to see where they pivot from there. I hope they prove me wrong and do better though.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 26, 2016 -> 01:28 PM) I think Kasich was polling well against her also. Kasich would have run away with the election.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 26, 2016 -> 08:25 AM) Golden State will be fine. Them I am not worried about. Even a guy like Durant just spent his entire career working with another superstar. He knows what he needs to do to be successful there. Yes, Durant played with another superstar and while they were very good, they were never as good as they should have theoritically been, given that their skills weren't exactly complimentary of each other. When you look at the Warriors, you take that dynamic and multiply it . I don't think that challenge gets enough play. It is easier for the dream team guys to take a step back and change (because their longer term paychecks / ego's don't necessarily depend on their individual dream team success) there roles short-term, it is much harder for individual players to not. Bosh is / was a pretty unique guy in how he was willing to do what was needed and even then the Heat weren't near as dominant as people expected. Now Steph is a better pure passer then Russ so I think he'll do a better job adjusting then Russ and they are all excellent shooters, which should allow for great spacing. That said Durant does play a good chunk of one on one ball and that isn't necessarily the Warriors style. This is a bigger adjustment then most think. It could end up working brilliantly, but there are more risks then people are willing to acknowledge, imo.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 25, 2016 -> 06:34 PM) I got prescribed a drug for bad cholesterol counts and it was 15 bucks. I asked the pharm person what it costs if I have no insurance. It's 235 bucks. Cmon, folks. Our country is a joke. No medical product should cost the uninsured 235 bucks. The supply was for a month. If we can't get our costs together, then I'm in favor of a government run system. I know plenty of people without insurance. Think of the costs of drugs!!! Obamacare is a disaster. If the Republicans were to win, they'd repeal it. Then what would we have? Something similarly bad I'm sure. We're all afraid a government run plan would be as disastrous as VA hospital situatiion. We've got to do something. TONS OF PEOPLE have no insurance. Technically, more people have insurance now with Obamacare than before (so more people would have some form of coverage). I agree that there are disasters and major issues with it. To me you either go single payer or you don't. That is the only way it can truly work successfully. Whether as a country we are ready to do that while still having the right standards in place to ensure we have high quality care, incentives for innovation in the medical industry (as well as incentives for doctors to go through all it takes to be a doctor). Not an easy solution. The interesting thing is once you turn 65, everyone in this country is all for a single payer model (i.e., medicare / medicaid). prior to that, burn in hell if you want to socialize medicine. What gives?

One game people. That said, I do think the whole Durant thing will be interesting. He is just a very ball centric type of player and Curry was already so explosive with the ball. The experiment might end badly, but yesterday's game is nothing more then a one game anomaly at this point. If two months from now they are struggling, then I think everyone can start talking.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Oct 25, 2016 -> 02:32 PM) I don't want to start a political conversation here, but do you think the White Sox would gain or lose fans if President Obama lead a new ownership group? They are in Chicago...I can't imagine they would lose fans.

And we could build a wall, to make sure no base coach is ever attacked by drunk hillbilly fans. Correction: so no base coach is ever attacked by drunks.

QUOTE (Hatchetman @ Oct 25, 2016 -> 11:52 AM) Maybe he can lead a new ownership group? Honestly, it isn't the worst idea for him to be a spearhead behind an ownership group. Doesn't mean it isn't his financing.

That lineup makes the most sense to me. Glad we didn't just hand things to Niko. Clearly we'll mix around a lot of guys and probably rotate some shooters in early, but I think this starting 5 will do a good job setting the physical tone / style of the Bulls. I just finished buying my league pass, so hopefully it will be an enjoyable year.

I've long said that the most efficient way to do Obamacare is through a fully national system (not saying I am on board with it cause it will bring down the general quality of care, imo, without the right processes in place and we certainly don't want our nationals healthcare system to turn into the VA system). Doesn't mean that provides the best care, but it is the best way to ensure the most cost effective way (if done right) to provide some bare minimum care to all American's. Otherwise, you have kind of anti-selection and an inability for the insurers to make margins on who goes where (hence why you have large rate increases or people pulling out). That or you just realign and subsidize it in different ways (with others picking up more of the tab). It isn't perfect, but I do believe it is better than what existed prior to Obamacare. I hope we can come up with a better way to do it as a whole, but just repealing it with no real plan is not an option, imo. That said, no matter what we do, whether it is squeeze margins, you push somewhere and it will impact other things. Our costs are out of control so unless you essentially have a government (kind of like with medicare / medicaid) draw the line in the sand about costs associated with widely used procedures, etc., ultimately it is pretty hard to curb costs (and remember, if you do that, profit margins of the companies providing the drugs, etc, might shrink). Very complex issue, one that Obama has improved with, but one that is still and should be a major issue (there is no reason we shouldn't be able to provide high quality medical care to everyone in this country at a price that isn't absurdly unreasonable and growing at rates much larger than inflation).

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 25, 2016 -> 09:25 AM) Wait, people tip for food when they pick it up? I always tip on delivery of course, but virtually never have if I am picking it up. I didn't think that was even a thing. I don't, but I do always wonder, am I the only person who doesn't (and thus a schmuck). Only time I will is if it is a huge huge order (like you are picking up for 10+ people or something) because that legitimately takes quite a bit more work then they were expecting.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 20, 2016 -> 10:55 AM) Keith Law raved about Tatis Jr today....damn Don't look at me. I think I was the most negative person on the trade at the time it happened.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 24, 2016 -> 02:22 PM) But that's a different dinner, that's a roast. It's when she tries to bring in humor in mid speech that it's usually weak and contrived. ^^ Yes, like Dangerous Donald. I can't stand Hillary and even I thought she was pretty damn funny. I was laughing at loud in my room watching it. Even my wife (who is a democrat) was in shock cause she is used to me being crankily mccranky whenever I speak about Hillary (of course I'm even worse when it comes to Trump).

So Michelle Obama has been basically saying what I've been saying for a while about Donald...just way way more articulate than me. I didn't realize what a damn good speaker she really was until these past couple of weeks. What is sad is that what she is saying is totally obvious yet a ton of republicans have there had buried in the sand.

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Oct 24, 2016 -> 07:48 PM) I did, couldn't find your email so I ended up hitting you up here. You couldn't make it, as I recall. Blasphemy, but probably true.