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Agreed on that. This is why people who say Poles should be fired because "he hasn't done anything other than one lucky trade" are way off base. He fixed their huge cap issues, he ingested some talent into the team including a franchise QB. He does have some flaws which he needs to shore up, but the most frustrating thing is Flus is holding the team back. Agreed, but not everyone has failed. Flus has. Warren has failed when it comes to the stadium stuff. This is the way. This team needs 3 new, impactful OL. I do not want to see Tevin Jenkins on this team. I don't want to see Ryan Bates, who somehow is less available than Tevin being a component to this line. I don't want to see Coleman Shelton. If you need to move Darnell Wright inside, then do it. Being cute didn't work, so address it properly. I would as well, but you're right. In the end, Eberflus is not head coaching material. Too many mistakes by the actual coach that he blames on execution. Time management has been awful (yesterday aside). Using timeouts, Hiring coaches, holding them accountable, holding players accountable, holding himself accountable, etc. He's just not a guy who can run the whole shop.

I think in another 10 years, they would be able to do so where LA Live is. I do see the Lakers trying to move again. They failed with Ballmer beating them to the punch, but the Lakers don't want to be in downtown.

Someone get this over to Chris Getz. I agree with this overall. The only thing I can possibly think is that Getz is so adamant about signing these players and the only way they come here is with a guarantee, so he gives it to them. Otherwise, if your Austin Slater and know you're going to get a minor league deal, why bother signing with the White Sox over anyone else? Heck, why sign with the White Sox over going overseas and starting there?

Correct. In addition, the correlation is going to come from the appetite of tax payers to not feel any relief and probably being asked to pay more in taxes without anything in return. Whether it's a combination of property taxes and hotel tax, or hotel and sales tax, etc.? Is not really the issue. The issue is taxpayers are pretty much done paying for things that have no benefit to them when there is a shortfall.

I think there is some cleaning up to do. This state, even this city, doesn't have the appetite as they are being taxed more with nothing to show for it. Property Taxes are about to go up two fold to simply make up a budget deficit.

Huge red flag. I liked Kliff. People hated him for what he did as a head coach at the end. But clearly, he helped Kyler become a 200 million QB and he hasn't matched that success or surpassed it with any other coach. He stopped getting good because of his own mentality, often opting to play Call of Duty as opposed to studying the playbook. But people held that against Kliff. And maybe he lacked the ability to lead an entire team, but his offenses have worked. He came from the Mike Leach Air Raid school. He's developed a couple of guys already. With that stated, he was smart enough to tell Washington that he needed a couple of lineman to give his QB time. Very true. His deep ball accuracy, which was a strong suit has completely abandoned him in the NFL so far. I also hope it's temporary, but half a season and I don't think he's hit on it yet makes me pause.

I agree with a lot of this. Caleb also leads the league in uncatchable balls. He has 3 receivers in the top 10 of uncatchable balls thrown their way as well. He's routinely overthrowing receivers, especially on deep balls because his few INTs at the beginning of the year got him skittish. He has to unleash the dragon like Rex Grossman did. Receivers are also not getting open. I do think some have quit on him or are acting out. Whatever it is, teams are playing man defense the 2nd most against the Bears and it's working because their receivers are not getting open. Caleb also won't throw to Cole. People want to put that 100% on Shane, but Cole's on the field and he is schemed open. He just won't rip the ball to him. Perhaps the biggest issue outside of OLine, has been the responsibility with the lack of accountability to Caleb Williams. Clearly he's feeling pressure. As a HC and OC, you simplify the game for him. Take away audible responsibilities, make him a 2 read and go QB. Design some easy slants over the middle. Limit him to no more than 3 throws over 15 yards per game. People think it's all on Shane for doing a screen on 3rd and 3 to DJ Moore, when it's Caleb audibling into that play. He has to have a coach who holds him accountable and actually coaches him. He has talent and definitely would not trade him straight up for Jayden at this point. But he does have to be coached. Eberflus is not the guy to do that.

I haven't read the article yet, but heard of it. The speculation is that the Bears don't have the money to make Arlington Heights actually happen, so they are open for business for anyone giving them public funding. They had previously deemed the old Michael Reese site unfit, and now they're saying it is. The state may get what they want, which is the Sox and Bears working together to make it happen, or no deal.

First sentence: 2% is not a change in pitch mix. By the end of that paragraph: "A change in pitch mix is an intentional alteration of your pitch selection that would not be in line with the typical fluctuations of your current mix." If it's 2% or 50%, it's a change. You also have not considered arm slot, pitch stride, pitch cadence and that's just Kopech. You don't consider how the Dodgers used him. What situations they brought him in. How often they threw him out there and how often they rested him. For a reliever, anything over 15IP is not a small sample size.

Watch the Sox resign him, lol In all honesty, he needs to be a utility guy if he wants to extend his career beyond his next contract. Be a backup 3B/1B on a contender or go to TB to see if they could somehow heal you and fix you.

So your evidence that Kopech is the same ole pitcher is that he had better stats with the Dodgers, threw his fastball less, slider more and "that's just not sustainable" Is that the argument I'm reading? He clearly was a better player with the Dodgers. 12 innings of work, you can maybe argue is a sample size. Or maybe "He hadn't pitched all year, came back a week before being traded and here we are". You are arguing that he's the same pitcher with evidence, literally pointing to the contrary.

No, he literally was not approved to build things (forget the financing aspect of things). Bridgeport is very protective of their neighborhood and what gets built. Whether you think it's right or wrong, it doesn't matter. But I know for a fact that he has gone at least twice to work with the neighborhood, alderman and a bunch of other political folks.

They also have Magic Johnson who turns quite a few things into gold and doesn't put up with hiring mediocrity.

Disagree. What have the built? Not much. It’s homes. It’s a residential area. JR has also tried to get some commercial development setup over there but has been denied by the neighborhood. It’s one of the reasons why moved ahead with the UC development area. beautiful new homes in Bridgeport though

I think the point with a 78 district build is that the businesses are already there. There’s bars, eateries, shopping etc already there. with that stated, the land will only fit one stadium unless they buy more land or take ping Tom park. Not viable for a team that already struggles with attendance and plays nightly. It would be hell trying to get Lisle or Naperville, especially for a 7:10 start on a Tuesday. Only way in is Metra and that’s if they were to build right next to the Metra line.

Again, I think Robert is not suddenly crap. More likely, his team just turned to crap around him. He has no protection in the lineup. He has no idea how to approach the low and away breaking ball. He would fit Baltimore's lineup quite well and mash.

Honestly, with all of them (though I would like to see them all gone anyway), I wouldn't rule out the lack of coaching. Hitters get worse in this organization. We don't provide any meaningful data as an organization. Everything is generalities.

Sorry, this is what happens when you are too accepting of what's going on. Eventually, results don't change and you create apathy and an upset fanbase.

Dear Sox fans, im not selling we are gonna run it back next year and we are gonna cut payroll But we are trying - Jerry

I wouldn't. The thing is Robert, is going to need coaching from outside this organization. He's not just suddenly a bad player. He's a guy who isn't being coached.

Even if they are able to put together the hitting "lab" as you say, they don't have the horses to run the race. They are awful at development of hitters, but also of identifying hitters, investing in FA or draft for hitters, investing in find hitting all over the world. If this team was at least run like KC, that would be a huge upgrade. Even they realized they had some work to do. Sox knew they weren't getting a top 10 pick this year, so what do they do knowing that? They draft another lefty pitcher when they knew they have to invest in hitting desperately.

I would have hated to see what happened if we went through an actual GM search which would've caused us to take even longer to get this done. We probably wouldn't have hired an international ops guy until 2028 at the earliest.

Excellent point. What most people haven't zoned in on yet was the way they coach players. Speaking in generalities, and never specifics. It explains why someone like Kopech is a whole lot better the moment he changed franchises while hitters like Eloy and Robert got worse as their careers with our team have gone on.

On Baseball America's Hot Sheet, I think they did a phenomenal job discussing just how can a rebuild go the other day. The White Sox have the third worst fWAR for position players in the history of the game, only trailing the 79 Athletics (who had a 20 year old Rickey Henderson to look forward to) and the 76 Braves. The one thing they do decent on the field is starting pitching, but since they have no hitting coming up, they haven't drafted anyone, no one internationally is coming and they have nothing in the minors so they will have to trade a lot of that pitching for hitters. It's sad to be honest.

On a serious note, I honestly think fans need to organize a "Sell The Team" game. I don't know what prime games we have left. Yankee games would've been good since JR is from NY. With that stated, everyone wear a shirt or bring a sign and watch security kick everyone out. It would be a blackout protest game and get the point across.