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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 1, 2016 -> 08:24 AM) Lacking what? He had one outlier season, last season(which was unfortunate for him). And when he was able to play, he mattered, a LOT. They need to sign him, not f*** around with the franchise tag Yeah I get so tired of the Jeffrey schtick. He was so dominating when he was on the field and this was the only season where he had any issues missing games. s*** happens but when he was out there, you saw how good he was. Over a full season, he would have had a career high in receiving yards.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 1, 2016 -> 08:08 AM) http://espn.go.com/blog/detroit-lions/post...f-lions-targets That is great, but the Bears will use the franchise tag so that means worse case, Jeffrey has 2 more years until Lions can get him (or best case depending on whose shoes you are in). Reality with the franchise tag in play, Jeffrey isn't going anywhere (unless someone wants to make a significant trade offer). Sucks Megatron is retiring (from a selfish perspective that he was so fun to watch, that said, he's accomplished a ton and he's gotten beat up the past few years, so if he's ready, I wish him the best and I'll be glad not to see him go up against our non-peanut db's). In his prime, he was the most impressive wideout I ever saw.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 30, 2016 -> 01:49 PM) Listening to the RV/RH seminar this morning , it certainly seemed they are hoping to sign someone who has a QO attached. Hahn gave the stock answer about the team being good enough right now, but repeated several times the the true deadline was opening day. OF, IF, and pitcher are all targets. He doesn't like to name names either, but did mention a Matt Thornton reunion isn't going to happen. I agree. I come out of Soxfest (based upon the reports), excited about the fact that they clearly have there foot on the pedal and are saying all the right things. It is evident if this club was done or it was just minor retooling that was intended, you'd hear a statement like, well we are always looking to get better, but we are happy with our current team. What I see now is a much stronger statement about the fact that they aren't done. Always like what I hear about focus on cleaning things up, etc, plus even the comment about LaRoche was a strong comment to make (and sends a positive message...i.e., you want to play, your contract won't justify it).

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 30, 2016 -> 08:35 AM) All I am saying is that it's not particularly easy for Hawk to be entirely objective in his position. Hawk could have simply said, there is no one working harder than Avi this off-season or something along those lines. But I agree, he isn't objective and when you probably first hand see / hear what Avi has done from a work ethic perspective, you probably find yourself like Hawk, cheering / rooting for the guy and wanting to put out that praise.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 30, 2016 -> 08:16 AM) What do you want him to say? He's around these guys every day. You guys were criticizing the fans for booing Avi. You don't think it's worse if Hawk gets up and rips him in front of all the fans? To me booing Hawk for that comment is much more deserved than booing Avi. Look, I'm as down as anyone on Avi as a starting everyday outfielder (that said, I'm higher than most on him in a platoon role with LaRoche), but you have to seperate the player from the stats. Avi is the same guy who has busted his butt and put in tons of time. Whether it works out for him or doesn't, to boo him is just pathetic in my eyes (he's put in as much work as possible by all accounts, busted his butt to get back from a "season" ending injury early. Whether he'll figure it out or not, who knows, but don't boo the guy cause he's doing everything he can. The exception to my boo players rule is when a guy is a character issue (i.e., criminal or if a guy is a primma donna who doesn't put in the work and sucks).

Despite the loss, at times yesterday, Rose was absolutely filthy. So athletic. He also had a span of a ton of turnovers which turned a close game into the eventual route. Reality is the Bulls are giving a lot of minutes to guys who absolutely can't contribute (especially with Niko out and even he can't contribute).

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 29, 2016 -> 01:39 PM) Expiring contracts aren't really that valuable anymore given the huge jump in the cap that's coming. Plus there's no shot the Bulls blow this up when there's a small chance of beating the Cavs and getting to the Finals. If the Bulls thought they could sign Durant, it would be valuable. Given I don't think they are going that path, than I agree, the benefit of cap space is reduced (given a relatively weak FA class).

Jennings has been a consistent 2.5 - 3 WAR guy during his career (outside of last seasons injury shortened season).

Awesome move for ND.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nflvideos/...herd/vp-BBoam1M Pretty good interview from Boozer on Rose as a teammate. Always thought highly of Boozer as a teammate.

Please somehow let Bush get back in this thing. Let cruz and trump fade. Please...pretty please.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 08:44 PM) I'd agree he has definitely looked better and is trending upwards. Good? Debatable as he has been horrible distributing the ball and I'd say he has had 5 bad games in January (might be unfair to count the Miami game but he had a bad first half before sitting out the second half), 4 really good games and 2 solid games and the team has not been good with him on the floor. I agree the team has struggled as Rose has became more aggressive, but I think it comes down to feel and the team is continuously adjusting because Rose is continuing to adjust. He's a different guy than the guy who played the first two months of the year (far better scorer...crappier passer). Offensively though this team is a mess and I am beginning to think it has something to do with the coaching. I think Hoiberg is giving the players too much control (just my perception). I also agree there are other issues and if we had a legit pg it would be easier to tell. I also will be the first to say that Hoiberg has time to learn. Everyone got spoiled by Kerr's ultimate success but Hoiberg is still extremely young in terms of coaching experience.

I'll say this, I hope Buehrle is there and I hope he is signing a 1 year deal to pitch for the Sox. If he is going to retire, than I obviously want him to sign but I'm greedy and think he still has more solid baseball left and I'd love it to happen with the Sox.

This would be great. What kept Jennings out most of last year? Presuming it is not a recurring issue, this would be a great buy-low candidate for the Sox, imo.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 08:26 PM) Yeah, he really hasn't been great. Below average although he has been better lately. He has absolutely been good over the past month or so though and is trending upward (which is nice).

Rose looked really good for some stretches thus far. He continues to string together more consistent minutes of aggressive and positive play. Than again, it is the Lakers.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 02:04 PM) Hinrich hasnt played atleast above a decent level since before he was with Atlanta. That has nothing to do with anything. Hinrich was once an above average NBA player. Avi has never been anything but a bum thus far in his career. Hinrich is now in a bench role. People might want to hate on him, but he's still a bench player and when you look at his career statistics, he will go down as one of the better Bulls (I'm not saying he's currently an above average NBA player by any stretch of the imagination). However, I still think he's a quality player to have off your bench.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 01:45 PM) Oh boy. He had better hope so or he will be the next Kirk Hinrich in this town. Hinrich and Avi don't belong in the same sentence. Hinrich is one of the better players in franchise history.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 01:09 PM) Who do the Sox have to trade that's as valuable as McGee? No one that is easily replaceable. He's a 28 year old reliever, who is not a proven closer (and yes, that matters). Yes, he's been good (he's also had some down years too) but it isn't like he's under team control for cheap for 5 years either (he's already in his arb years and is a FA in 2018). So in isolation, Rockies paid Parra roughly 10M/yr (who is worse than Dickerson) and than got a reliever. I'd have argued if they wanted the reliever, they'd have been able to spend Parra's money on something more valuable than McGee (while keeping the better player in Dickerson). I see no logic in where that combination of moves was a good use of Rockies resources. None. Unless they know something none of us do about Dickerson's injury history.

Okay...so you give Parra that money. Dickerson is a better player than Parra and you could have found another reliever for a lot less. This juts totally baffles me (unless they are getting a pretty darn good prospect as well). Over past 2 years, Parra has put up a collective WAR of

So I don't get it. You trade a quality young outfielder for a good reliever. Makes no sense to me. Is a highly thought of prospect also part of this trade with the Rockies? If not, I'm extremely dissapointed the Sox weren't interested in Dickerson. He is young, cost controlled, and when healthy has been a much much better ballplayer than Avi Garcia.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baske...0130-story.html I thought this was an interesting read on Tyrus trying to make a comeback and about his ups and his downs and how he got to where he is now (which is a very good place).

I think more just using the premise for a show (not necesesarily using Lloyd and MJF...I'm going to guess they wouldn't be interested or at least MJF wouldn't be. Lloyd very well might).

Is anyone surprised a network hasn't made a back to the future TV show?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 10:09 AM) Ha, there was enough name dropping in here to make Caulfield proud. The points made are all valid. The excuse that Thibs caused injuries was a poor one. The fact of the matter is, the Bulls happen to have quite a few guys that tend to get hurt. It has been proven consistently. Now Niko's injury has nothing to do with anything and is no indication of him, in particular, being injury prone. But in relation to Rose / Noah / Taj / Hinrich (at this stage), those guys are injury prone. That is a reality.