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Looking like I will be there for the first couple games of spring.

By the way...back to the whole Bulls front office / coaching feud. Bulls looking at Kendrick, likely at the recommendation of Thibbs who coached him in Boston. And there was so much talk about Dougie and front office not being happy with how Thibbs is treating him, but Thibbs was really high on totally on board with drafting him, etc. I keep hoping this Feud is more media driven and not as true. Probably cause I am a Thibbs fan boy. Easily my favorite coach in franchise history (yes...including Phil, who I think is extremely overrated).

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 20, 2015 -> 09:04 AM) @scottmerkin: Crain started throwing in January. He's off the mound now: "Really every time I go out there I feel like I’m getting stronger." I really liked that Crain signing.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Feb 18, 2015 -> 07:48 PM) Since Vlad is the #1 overall prospect in this year's July 2 period, so he'll comment a high bonus probably close to $3,000,000, maybe even $3,500,000. As a player he as has huge power potential and projects to be a huge run producer who can anchor the middle of our order. He might be on the 'built side of things' as he is 6'2 and 220lbs, but I think that he could slim down as he isn't done growing. He probably plays RF or 1B in the pros and I would rate his power tool as a legit 80. Vlad Jr would be a great get.

I vomit at what the front office does in terms of their treatment of Thibbs, but I'm not going to give them a hard time for going after Perkins. I have a heck of a lot of faith in the Bulls front office when it comes to managing this roster.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 01:35 PM) On the flip side of this, are teams really going to think a $16 million cap hit (or something like that) is going to justify giving up anything for him? In reality, how much better are you with Jay Cutler at $16 mill versus Josh McCown at $4-6 mill plus the additional $10-12 mill you can add to the roster elsewhere while retaining whatever late draft pick you would have to send to the Bears? I still don't think anybody would trade for him. I think, in that situation, you're gambling whether you work with him on the roster at $16 mill or you cut him and hope he signs elsewhere and doesn't screw the Bears over. He's made a ton of money in his career already. What's stopping him from signing with a team for 1 year and $8 mill and trying to recoup his value? It's not a move you see in football a lot, but Jay Cutler is in a situation where something like that actually makes sense. All things considered, I think Jay is the QB in July. To answer your question...you can make the playoffs with Jay Cutler. You won't with Josh McCown. I can think of literally zero scenario where you make the playoffs with McCown over a full season. So if you are a team with good parts and a strong defense, the additional cost of Cutler is more than worth it, imo.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 01:00 PM) Do you guys tip on take out orders? I typically tip around 18%...that will go pretty low if service sucks and if it is outstanding it can go higher. It will also go higher if my wife and I split something so our bill is inherently cheaper for a table of our size (so they get fairly compensated for their time and service). When it comes to take-out I never do, although this is largely driven by the fact that most of the places I order take-out from (asian or pizza) aren't necessarily sit down places so if I ate their I wouldn't tip either (they'd drop my food off but not full service).

That means if Bears wanted to completely unload Cutler (basically cut him), it shouldn't be an issue as it would be astonishing if he didn't get a contract worth $15M (that would literally be impossible). I think it is much more likely than any of us previously thought that Cutler is moved sooner vs. later. I still think the ideal scenario has us getting a pick for him. Teams will be desperate and to be frank, we are selling Jay at his lowest value, but understand if the org wants to make a change. I just wish it was in a year where there were more attractive QB options available.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 12:42 PM) If anyone questions the purpose and entertainment of twitter, that scrolling down of 1000 Woj tweets within 10 minutes of each other was awesome. I still am not sure I understand where anyone is. I also don't get Philly trading MCW after getting rid of whosehisface at the draft I think they got the Lakers pick from Phoenix, which could be very valuable (Top 5 protected so if Lakers somehow come back that is a nice pick).

There was a heck of a lot of activity in a couple hours.

Isiah Thomas to Boston.

Afflalo to the Blazers.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Feb 18, 2015 -> 01:41 PM) Awesome. I'm sure it's the latter. That makes complete sense. Thanks man, appreciate it! It could also be that one is showing impacts of after hours trading while the other isn't.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 18, 2015 -> 09:44 AM) If he is on the team, he will be the starter, or it makes no sense. IMO, these comments basically mean they are trying to trade him, and won't cut him. If you look into the comments, it is that they haven't committed to him and that they would be crazy to do so at this point. Basically they all admit the talent but say the process is more than that and they need time to fully evaluate and work through the issue. Below is a really good article summarizing the commentary from Fox. I think everything in this article is pretty articulate and I appreciate that Fox / Pace haven't made outrageous blanket statements. Ultimately I still expect Jay to be here but it would be stupid for them to instantly say Jay is our QB, blah blah blah. They barely know Jay and I think a huge component in this evaluation is how Jay behaves and acts, the intangibles, etc, and they have flat out said you can't go off of preconceived notions and what you have heard, you need to evaluate it for yourself. My guess is they ultimately do a lot of this evaluation during the off-season and probably to a large extent during the season (although if the situation were to come up where they thought they could get a QB who fit their long term plans, they clearly would do it). http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/story/_/id/...back-jay-cutler

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 17, 2015 -> 04:26 PM) How is Matt Lindstrom high reward? Haha...I was going to say the same thing. His upside is a solid, early inning reliever. To expect him to be a late inning contributor would be a bad idea. I think the Angels know that and this is a good, cheap, potential vet you can plug into your pen that can potentially help you in those games where you have to go to the pen early, etc.

Great tidbit. Thanks!

Did he make a comment about showtime? Or more something along player distractions.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Feb 12, 2015 -> 09:24 PM) Just catching the replay and Cavs are playing sloppy. Mentally on break already. Still a good win for the Bulls, just saying. What I liked was the Bulls looked fast and energized. Offensively, we were a different team too. Excellent ball movement and great spacing and the team did an excellent job moving when they didn't have the basketball. During our stretch of losses, our offense had poor spacing & awful rotations (no ball movement). Team basically looked like the Knicks (where it was total one on one basketball). Big difference when Rose is both attacking and distributing the ball (while protecting the ball). Those turnovers we were giving up were brutal and I think they are an underrated part of why our defense (from an OPP PPG) has taken a hit as PG turnovers tend to result in a lot of transition buckets.

That was a lot of fun. Touche to Snell. Playing much more aggressive, etc. Confidence in his stroke. We always knew he could play D, nice to see the rest of his game coming along. Rose with a fantastic night. He seems to play his best when he goes up against the best PG's. Hopefully this makes the Bulls hungrier and they have a nice ASB and come back and just kick some butt!

Effing Good Advice!

Minnesota has also been in every single game conference game with the exception of 1, IIRC (6 conference losses; 5 of those by 5 points or less; only loss > than that was losing by 12 @ Maryland). This 2nd half will be a good test for Iowa's resiliency. Hopefully they can come back and pull out the win.

Kings made a really great hire in Karl. He has made the playoffs in 22 out of 25 seasons as a head coach in this league, including making the playoffs with all 5 teams he coached with. He really is a ridiculously good coach and it still amazes me that he has been out of the league this long (especially when you saw Denver struggle after he left).

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 09:36 PM) They were not eligible to play for that team. They didn't live in the area. How hard is this to understand. My view is this...the players accomplishments and what they did on the field happened and the players should feel proud about what they did. They weren't aware of the rules, etc, and the view to me is they played their guts out and earned what they did. However, the rules are the rules and everyone needs to play by the rules. The parents need to step up, take blame and responsibility, and show the kids how adults handle things, but nobody should be blaming these kids or taking anything away from their actual performances on the field. The wins were forfeited but in their eyes they know what they did and should feel proud of what they did on the field, imo, but should also learn a valuable lesson as to why you shouldn't cut corners and how you should handle yourself if you do. Instead it seem like too many are blaming everyone else instead of the parents and the league which was responsible for this mess and throwing out all kinds of excuses, etc, which makes the kids actually feel like they were robbed of something, which they weren't.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 08:43 AM) DO NOT GET PRIVATE SCHOOL LOANS! Stick with the government and try to make it work. Pay them off as soon as you can or better yet, do not take out loans for them, get them from your family if you can. Why do you say get the loans from your family if you can? On one hand, I understand but on the other, wouldn't you rather be able to take up some of the assistance programs, etc. to pay back vs. be in debt to family members and / or be unwilling to pay them back. Understand if there is a rich uncle that it is a "loan" but not really a "loan" but otherwise, I would think you'd be better off with the government related programs. I will caveat this as I'm not an expert as I didn't have any student debt. Went to a state school which was very low cost and commuted to college so didn't have any significant living expenses so I was able to pay my school with the earnings I generated working part time.

One of two things. One, people don't think he is healthy, or two, he hasn't gotten an offer he likes and is happy with the progress he's making and thinks he can put on a pretty good showcase when he is closer to being big league ready and get more money than.