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Cutler made two bad decisions in a row.

QUOTE (Felix @ Dec 16, 2012 -> 09:47 AM) Rubio clearly has an impact on the Wolves that Love does not. Only played 18 minutes but I believe he had like 8 points, 9 dimes, with like 3 boards and 2 steals. As soon as he came in, that team and arena was energized.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Dec 16, 2012 -> 01:58 PM) I've completely dismissed the "Lovie needs to be fired" sentiment until this game. But I think it seriously needs to be considered. The defense is old, ineffective. The offense is as bad and inconsistent as they've always been during Lovie's tenure. ST has somehow regressed. And in general, the team looks sloppy, unfocused, and lacking a sense of urgency. Stupid penalties. I could go on and on. All has to do with the players and front office. The good players have gotten old. Cutler has never had a chance because he's never had an O-Line and it has gotten progressively worse. People wanted to blame Martz, but you can't make Lemonade when all you have is s***. The defense is old and ineffective - that's not on Lovie. It's on the front office or Marinelli moreso. I mean, you guys want to praise Marinelli when the defense got good again, but didn't want to give Lovie the credit. Now you're back to blaming him for it getting old. ST has regressed - Again another FO thing. If the Bears fire Lovie, I guarantee some team will snatch him up right away. Hopefully it's my Cowboys.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Dec 16, 2012 -> 01:58 PM) I've completely dismissed the "Lovie needs to be fired" sentiment until this game. But I think it seriously needs to be considered. The defense is old, ineffective. The offense is as bad and inconsistent as they've always been during Lovie's tenure. ST has somehow regressed. And in general, the team looks sloppy, unfocused, and lacking a sense of urgency. Stupid penalties. I could go on and on. Lovie is the best thing the Bears have going for them. Everything that everyone consistently complains about Lovie have nothing to do with him. They are personnel moves which have to do with Angelo, and now Emery. It's clear though. The Bears need to get an offensive line, Hester needs to switch positions(I'd have him simply as a nickelback on defense), and they need to get younger on the defensive side of the ball.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 2, 2012 -> 03:49 PM) I would tell her straight up "Please get your own card. Everytime you go to the movies, I get an email telling me you did. And that bothers me" She has to understand that Eh, then it sounds like he's trying to contact her and is using this lame excuse to do so. He's better off getting his own card or using the reward, wait until she calls and says "What the hell?", and then tell her to kick rocks.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Dec 1, 2012 -> 11:57 AM) and you're assuming that SHE hasn't done anything wrong. No doubt. But girls will tend to act based on their emotions in time. If they were together for a few years already, she's going to want him to take it serious, or don't bother. Sounds like he pretty much brushed her off, or did as good as he could do, and it wasn't good enough for her needs. So she wants him to change or just end it. But she wants some type of closure to the situation.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Dec 1, 2012 -> 11:24 AM) a girl who wants you to change some thing AND still wants to make it work with you won't dump you in the first place. and a girl who says "unless you change these things, you can't have me" isn't worth having. relationships are a give and take on BOTH sides, not just on hers. Right now she holds ALL the cards. going NC takes them back. QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 1, 2012 -> 11:29 AM) People say all kinds of BS when they breakup...you guys are assuming she is even telling the truth to him in the first place. And we're assuming that he has done nothing wrong.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Nov 30, 2012 -> 01:13 PM) Gyp is a great character but he is made to be a little too over the top to focus the show around. My thought is Richard gets him because he does something stupid to Jimmy's kid. I like the Richard storyline and hope next year he is more involved to take over the Owen role. At some point when you kill too many people off the show is not what you originally got into. This is happening with Sons of Anarchy. You begin to lose interest in a show if the characters you like are no longer there. The SOA plot is as good as ever but if the characters do not fit the roles, the show is no looking interesting. I think when you start killing off a dozen major characters, it should be within the last two seasons of a show. Anytime before that, and you're restraining yourself.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Dec 1, 2012 -> 11:02 AM) dis. a. gree. if she says she wants space and you don't give it to her, it's going to crush ANY chance you have at reconciliation. elamins you need to cut ALL contact so she can see what life is like without you. then if she wants you back, you'll know. I disagree with your disagree because she wants him to change. Normally, if she's looking to move on, she could care less if you change as a person because she's not planning on dealing with you ever again. I'm not saying he needs to beg her and be at her doorstep all the time. I'm saying, give her space, but also when she's ready to talk, take her out to a nice restaurant. Go for a walk along the lake, hold her hand. Show affection.

QUOTE (Real @ Dec 1, 2012 -> 06:55 AM) Brian Wilson is a FA now, would be interested to see what the market is for him as he's coming off an injury He won't ever come. It's SF, Lala land or Boston for him.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 1, 2012 -> 09:49 AM) Maybe AJ falls back into the White Sox price range. Flowers really scares me offensively. The power is nice, but everything else has been bad. The strikeouts scare me. One thing I have never understood about sabermetrics is how little strikeouts mean offensively, yet the value they have for pitchers. I do think that AJ is being priced back into the Sox equation where it's going to make sense for them to re-sign AJ.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 1, 2012 -> 10:05 AM) I was actually looking into swtiching to U-Verse last night, but for some reason the TV service is still not available in my neighborhood. WTF, it's not like I live in the boondocks. Where do you live roughly?

QUOTE (elamins @ Nov 28, 2012 -> 04:20 AM) Thats the thing she left so I have no way to prove myself. I guess at times she can be bossy but its not like she is telling me what to do all the time so I guess she is kinda in the middle. Im gonna give it a few days I think and see what happens cant get much worse hopefully It means she wants you to go ahead and court her again. She's going to leave the door open, but she's not going to push you through it. It's up to you though, to decide whether you want it. It will disappoint her if you don't chase her, but she'll eventually get over it. Most importantly though, if you don't think you'll be happy giving her the attention she wants, then move on as you will cause each other less pain by doing so.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Nov 29, 2012 -> 02:19 PM) At first glance, I give the girl and the new guy 6 months to a year at most. They are at 2 completely different points in their lives. She probably has daddy issues. So with that said, I'm thinking she actually is in it for the long term. There's no way she would enter the relationship, knowing this information, and not be in it for the long haul. She won't admit what it is about him, she'll say it's just a fling, and after 6 months, she'll say it's almost been a year, even when the problems of this newfound relationship present themselves. And once she says that it's over. I have a theory, once you get to an annual anniversary number with a girl, they're going to look for more and more reasons to stay, even if they know it's not a good fit. The most common thing they latch onto is that "Well, we've been together for almost a year(6 months is not almost a year), or we've been together for almost two years(well 1 year and 1 month doesn't make almost two years) Especially girls with daddy issues. Trust me, I have met the types, and I also have dated them before. greg's friend needs to bounce and stay away because she will come back and try to be friends with the occasional hookup. It'll be way too much trouble though when she throws her problems on him.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Nov 27, 2012 -> 08:09 AM) My building has free Wifi. Would I be better off switching to Uverse for TV only? I imagine it's cheaper than Comcast. We're paying in the neighborhood of $100 for cable with HBO and Encore without DVR. Do they get the B1G Network? I know I can look this up. They do have the Big10 Network. They also have the Texas Longhorn network as well. The one I wanted was the Pac 12 network which probably won't be available until next year.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Nov 27, 2012 -> 06:58 AM) Up until 4 years ago, I had Dish Network. Then I decided I really wanted MLB Network, so I switched to DirecTV. Their customer service was absolutely terrible. I was just waiting for another provider to pick up MLB Network. Finally U-verse did so I went to the local AT&T store to schedule an installation. They told me they couldn't get anybody out for a month. I told them they needed to find a way to do that quicker or I wouldn't switch. They insisted that they were really backed up and there was no way to do it quicker. About a week later the local cable company finally started offering MLB Network so I switched to them. So, I don't know how good U-verse is because I never actually got it, but if you can't do an install for a month that's a major red flag for me. I had working service from the cable company within 48 hours of making the initial call. Oh, and while I was switching to cable I switched my internet from AT&T to the cable company as well so that's my big middle finger to AT&T. When U-Verse first launched in the Chicagoland area(which was around that time), it did take a month to two months to get the job done. That's because it was the craze and installation, especially if you had old wiring or no wiring, took all day. Even now, unless you're available during the week, it's going to take 3-4 weeks to get an install on the weekend. If you're available during the week, it'll take about 5 days. QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 27, 2012 -> 09:15 AM) HD at one tv at a time right? Not necessarily, at least not anymore. It depends on what you area's coverage is like. For example, where I'm at, I'm able to do 4 HD channels and 2 SD all at the same time. Some people only get 1 HD and 2 SD, especially if you have the older network infrastructure.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Dec 1, 2012 -> 02:18 AM) Wouldn't mind taking a flyer on the non-tendered Jair Jurrjens, knowing we have Santiago/Quintana in case he doesn't work out. I also would take a look at him. When healthy he's a top 10 starter in the league.

QUOTE (Tex @ Dec 1, 2012 -> 07:59 AM) It seems that what happens with AJ will be a nice indication of JRs and K-Dubs "gut" on the chances for next season. If they believe a playoff shot is less than 50-50, seriously why spend money on AJ? I don't believe they can backslide too much here and remain competitive. I also do not see a no AJ scenario where it would not be a backslide and the chances of Flowers being an upgrade are rather slim IMHO. I agree that Tyler probably won't be an upgrade or even play as good as AJ. I personally think he's going to be a lot worse. But I disagree when you say this move indicates Jerry and KW's gut on the state of the team going into next year. You may be able to allocate that money on a younger guy or on a 3B.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 09:24 PM) Wow, really? I've never run across this. I have their 3mbps down and 1 up package and I consistently get pretty close to 3 down all the time. Yep, it's true. And I've had techs come out and also have scoured online at the ATT forums as well as broadbandreports and they tell me that's normal. Also, I was mistaken, IPTV takes up 75% of your bandwidth, not 25%.

Wow, they blew a game they were up by 27. I think it's on Thibs for not resting the starters when they were up 27. I mean Noah still played 39 minutes and Deng 48. Butler only played 12. Inexcusable. And that last play that was drawn up was crap.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 05:47 PM) Yeah, I was thinking of what I'd do without the ability to go watch the Sox in person. Driving to Dallas or Houston for that many hours kind of sucks. And honestly, I'm a fairly liberal person. But from everything I hear, Austin is about as liberal as you can get in a southern state. Especially Texas. I'd go with Austin. I rather deal with heat to be honest. Plus, you don't have to deal with crooked city politics as well as state politics, and a huge rising cost of living. Plus, being in the tech industry, it's always best to move towards where those tech companies are prominent.

Their tv is excellent. DVR system is snappy and works great. Wireless receiver is great. All NBA League Pass games are in HD for me. They have a ton of channels and a lot of HD channels at that. U300, is which I have, includes all movie channels minus HBO and Cinemax, but I got a free promo for 6 months from them. The good thing, they usually have a ton of promos and previews like getting HBO for a free trial period which new customers are eligible for. Their internet, well, sucks. Speeds depend on how far your node is supposedly as they don't do Fiber to the house. My node is 10 feet from my doorstep and I have their highest cable package which is 24 down. With headers and all that taken into account, I get about 1.2mbps of actual download speed at best. Compare that to WOW in which I got 2mbps solid and up to 2.5 while having their 15mbps cable internet package. Xfinity also blows their internet out of the water as well. Also, you have to use their gateway which sucks IMO, and since you have IPTV, that takes up 25% of your bandwidth. If you're watching tv, and someone else is streaming, you can forget about downloading a file or even streaming youtube.

I thought Shump tore his ACL and MCL. Either way, He did indeed have his surgery right away. Rose waited for the swelling to go down to get the surgery. There's not really any strong proof that I have seen so far which proves which method is better.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 08:31 PM) I don't know I'd ever have described that SD team under him as great. The offense maybe, but now their line is terrible and they've lost all their playmakers. It was when he first got there. I mean, didn't he take them to an AFC championship game and lost in New England. Maybe that was the 2nd round, but he put up quite a fight, even without LT playing. And I think it was two years in a row. Turner, though, is moreso an offensive coordinator, and a great one at that. He's like the Dick LeBeau of offense.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 11, 2012 -> 10:35 PM) I'll pass judgement, he was checking down the entire time for no damn reason. When you sit from the sidelines like we do and see how Cutler is getting killed, yes you will be jumpy and try to hit your checkdowns right away.