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QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 3, 2005 -> 01:55 PM) isnt he a free agent after this season? Nope. 2006-2007. Here are the other first base man free agents then.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jun 3, 2005 -> 01:55 PM) Borchard was the untouchable one, not Reed. No way. Borchard was never an option for that trade anyway. Reed was apart of his little three year plan along with olivo ( he supposedly doesn't trade anyone from it). Why the f*** would borchard have been untouchable oast year over reed? Makes no sense if you ask me.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jun 3, 2005 -> 01:52 PM) What's your point? Beane said he isn't going to trade him. :rolly Jeremy reed was untouchable accoring to kenny williams too... until he no longer was.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jun 3, 2005 -> 12:20 PM) We really didnt have injury problems till late into the season, yes Skiles helped turn us around but give credit to the players and our gm too... If we had mike d'antoni we would not have the same record. He doesn't preach defense ( which is by far the bulsl stong point) he doesn't have a '' i am the coach you sit down and listen to me attitude'' like skiles does. You don't think nearly every coach in the league could say '' run the ball through nash''. He has been about two of the best offenses in modern basketball and it is probally not a fluke. Do you think byron scott, bernie bickerstaff, or mike montgomery would has done nearly as well here as skiles has done?

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Jun 3, 2005 -> 01:35 PM) Just kind of thinking here, if the Sox do let Paulie walk at the end of the year. I wonder if the Sox could try and swing a deal with Pitt for Craig Wilson to play 1b. I would bet you could get him somewhat cheap from them. Not sure if they would deal him but figured it an idea. Chances are they hold onto him until mid season next year and trade him. Reason being is after next season he is a free agent and a small market team like the pirates would probally like to get the most out of him.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 3, 2005 -> 09:07 AM) He's not that good? He turned a team in the toilet to a playoff team, despite huge injury problems, and a lack of a front line scorer. There isn't a coach alive who could have gotten more blood out of this turnip than Scott Skiles did. The only way the Bulls fail with Skiles at the helm is if the core players go back to being selfish idiots who won't listen. And if that happens, it isn't Skiles fault. Skiles is a very good coach and i will never understand why he can't be the coach. Is it because there are some other coaches who are possibly cuter? Well people say his style of coaching might piss of the players. We shouldn't worry about that, what we should worry about the bulls style of play and then there would be nothing to worry about for th epeople that do. Coaching in the nba is one of the hardest jobs in sports in my opinion. They are just like a hitting coach, every little thing that goes wrong is put upon their shoulders even if they couldn't help it. They have to come up with the excuses why their players did wrong or stupid, not the other way around. Coaches get fired in the nba more than any sport not because they are bad coaches because teams like a change of scenery. I mean wtf 15 coaching changes a year on average it seems. I still stand by skiles is not cute enough for some peoples liking.

QUOTE(Wedge @ Jun 3, 2005 -> 11:34 AM) Photoshop him into a Sox uni, and that'll be hot. You could have at least said it like paris hilton. ''That's hot''.

How big is your league?

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Jun 3, 2005 -> 02:42 AM) Could you slurp the Cubs cock a little more next time please? kthx Slurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp?

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jun 3, 2005 -> 12:33 AM) I just worry that his style of coaching might eventually piss the players off... than we would have a s***ty pissed off team and an over-paid coach.... Ill always thank Skiles for turning the Bulls in the right direction but I honestly wouldnt mind another coach to take us the rest of the way... I cant think of names right now but the Timberwolves ex-coach comes to mind. I cannot understand why people don't think he can be the coach to take the bulls all the way. Is it because he is an old school coach and he gets the respect of his players? Is it because he lets everyone know who is in charge? He is not gonn have any of his players make the bulls look bad. If they do something wrong or something he doesn't like thet can go think about it on the bench. Flip saunders.

QUOTE(TLAK @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 08:34 PM) I think Timo played is way off the roster last night. Oz gave him a chance to compete for Ross Gload's role and he blew it. Why should timo even be considered for gload's role? No one knows. :headshake

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 07:36 PM) Small sample size for both. Diaz can't make it in the majors as a starter with just two pitches. In the pen it is a much different story. He will only have to been seen once by hitter not multiple times.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 07:32 PM) Actually Skiles would be getting paid as an upper echelon coach with the offer the Bulls are giving. I think only 4 guys would be making more than him. Hell, Phil Jackson when he got his deal with the Lakers signed a 4 year 20 million dollar deal. Skiles wants that. Skiles There would be five actually. My point is there are very few coaches in the league that i would take over skiles and this is coming from a very unbiased person. He was always considered a good coach while with the suns because he got ran out of town by you know who. What i mean is that it is a bargain considering jim o' brien and jeff van gundy ( who i have always thought was overated) are making an average salary of four million a year. While i won't argue phil is a good coach because he is. He has always had a hell of alot of talent surrounding him. He has never really had to turn around a team like skiles has done.

QUOTE(soxhawks @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 07:25 PM) felix diaz , or is he still hurt Diaz sucks as a starter ( at the major league level)... in the pen he is actually pretty solid though.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 03:25 PM) And if you dont think Kong will get more money than what he gets now, see Sexon's contract 4 years 50 million. Sexson>konerko. Tell me when konerko ever has a .900 plus ops. Sexson career ops+ of 111... sexson career ops+ of 123. Sexson also playsa better first base.

QUOTE(knightni @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 11:12 AM) See qwerty? I was right. Juggs agrees. He is saying he is wrecking him because he has no confidence in him.

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 03:16 PM) i know we wouldn't have enough for a MLB league but we could always create a fictional one... We got thirty last time.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 03:04 PM) Average won't matter as long as the power numbers (HR/RBI) are there. And they are. Doesn't matter. He will not get ten million plus if he is hitting in the .220's with fourty home runs.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 03:12 PM) Heh, one of the reasons Beane would be trading Chavez would be to dump his salary. Trading him in the next 6 years means paying more of his contract. :rolly Beane will not trade him while his trade value is at an all time low. No way in hell he gets traded this year unless he gets on fire for the next month and a half.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 02:46 PM) We tried it once, and it did not work so hawt for some various reasons Another shot would not be a bad idea though Ya like he_gawn cheated us.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 03:02 PM) Holy s***! That contract is worse than I thought. f*** Chavez at all costs. ... his dogs he wants williams to take care of.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 12:46 PM) Konerko will make more money in the FA market than Chavez's contract. Take a look at what the power hitting 1B got this year. Look at what Beltre and Glaus signed for in the offseason. I think Chavez's contract is almost a bargain, if not totally respectable for us. And yes, Chavez's hitting is better than Konerko's so on that alone, yes he deserves more money, if you add in his 4 gold gloves at 3B. yes he is worth more. So for your answer, yes, Chavez is worth that much. If konerko keeps hitting nearly as bad as he has this year he won't be getting as much as your thinking.

What skiles wants is a bargain considering what some othe coaches around the look has gotten. The bulls will resign him sooner or later.

QUOTE(knightni @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 01:47 AM) Ozzie has been having Marte pitch 2 innings per game quite often lately, and, Marte has by far, more appearances this year than any other RP on the Sox. 19.2 innings pitched in 26 appearances this year says it all.

QUOTE(knightni @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 01:37 AM) He'll wear out Marte's arm by the end of this year. Please explain how.