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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 6, 2010 -> 05:15 PM) i think lovie would be fighting for his job even if he won in 06. this city never has embraced him like they did with ditka and probably never will. he doesnt scream and yell and kick at things enough Agreed. I've loved Lovie Smith as a football coach. Ever since his days with the Rams actually. The Bears' fanbase will never embrace him for being a players' coach. They have one image in their head when it comes to a football coach and that's Ditka. For some stupid reason, Lovie will never live up to that. I remember wanting Lovie to get hired as the Cowboys coach for a long time. I think he's probably the most underrated coach in the league behind Raheem and Reid.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 6, 2010 -> 08:28 PM) I don't see anyone beating the Patriots in the afc playoffs. I don't see anyone beating them the rest of the year honestly. The only thing that concerns me is their secondary. Now if Mark Sanchez was a good QB, he could easily exploit that, but he's probably the most overrated QB in the league.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Dec 6, 2010 -> 08:21 PM) Let KC have it or let Seattle have a team back. Seattle doesn't deserve one. Their last season there, in which their fans who always supported the team, ranked exactly where New Orleans currently ranks in attendance right now. There would be no reason other than the taxpayers will fund the entire arena. I would love Chicago to get another team. Because we always support our teams, no matter what. They should actually consider building an arena in Washington Park and gentrify the area. That would be excellent.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 6, 2010 -> 07:10 PM) A second team in Chicago would not succeed unless they were good off the bat. I'd go to a few games if they were cheaper than the Bulls just to see NBA action, but they'd never scratch the Bulls in terms of my fandom, Chris Paul or not. See I don't get statements like this. The Hornets are a very very good team. They have a superstar and arguably the best PG in the league. Plus, they play in a different conference. As long as you have a winner and a star player to market, in a city like New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles, you are sure to make bank. The problem with the Clippers has been the team. It was always awfully constructed, and never had a chance until they lucked into the 1st or 2nd round with Elton. You saw that fall flat the following years. And yet, their owner makes crazy profit. I think traditional Chicagoans are fearful of another team. Casual fans would definitely gravitate, and best believe your big companies will buy out the press boxes when the Hornets are in the 2nd round of the playoffs facing off against the Lakers and such. I'd love for it to happen, but I know Jerry will kill this like he quickly did with Heisley trying to move the Grizzlies to Chicago. As far as Seattle, I don't see Stern dealing with them unless they have a deal in place to have the city for every dollar on a new stadium since they pissed them off before with the Sonics arena thing. If no Chicago, KC makes the most sense. In the midwest, not much to do, basketball is hot down there. Honestly though, the best place would be Louisville.

I hope TCU runs over Wisconsin.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Dec 6, 2010 -> 07:34 PM) I'd take Pena over Lee if all things are equal, but Pena is going to be way more expensive. I choose Lee for $6m and vesting option over Pena for 4/44. As do I. The thing is, Lee doesn't strike me as an power guy like Pena or Konerko. To me, at this point in his career, he would be a nice 5 hitter at best. We'll see. Why do people think Pena is not an option? Who else is available? I don't think Kenny is comfortable with Viciedo just yet.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Dec 6, 2010 -> 03:08 PM) Doubtful I don't think it is. Nightangale is usually really really spot on when he actually reports something.

I forsee PK resigning with us, he's just going to make us sweat a tiny bit. Kenny's plan B is more than likely Carlos Pena(2nd LH power hitter) and Plan C will be Derek Lee.

The good thing is that there seems to be a decent middle relief market out there. I wish Putz came back, but oh well, what can you do? I'd go after Balfour and Okajima.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 3, 2010 -> 04:42 PM) Too bad they can't cancel contracts, that would be awesome. They can. See Smith, Joe Minnesotta Timberwolves.

Good article by Dwyer today reminding everyone where LeBron got the chalk toss from. And good point, LeBron does it for show while MJ did it as an inside joke.

I think it is a mistake for the Reds to extend him. They didn't need to at this point in time as they have young pitching that's ready to pitch and probably will be better than him. As a Reds fan, I know he's seen as one of their clubhouse leaders and the anchor to the pitching staff, but at the same time, he's just not that good, especially 12 mil per good. I hope Jocketty(who's a smart GM) has a plan to trade some pitching for more hitting because I think the Reds will have a hard time repeating without upgrades around Votto. And some of their guys aren't getting any younger.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 2, 2010 -> 09:14 AM) What are your issues? I only subscribe to the U-Verse internet. It's been about 8 months and I've never had a slow down, cap or a random outage. My router went bad one night, they were there at 9am the next morning to replace it. Maybe I'm just in a good area though. On a slightly different topic, anyone else a Hulu Plus subscriber? Basically my wife and I ditched cable when we moved to our new house in the spring. Decided to get a decent internet package (12mb) and rely on Netflix and over-the-air stuff. While I miss the occasional Food network porn, I really can't say that I've missed anything big. All of our favorite shows we either watch on Hulu, the network's website, or we buy through my PS3. 90% of my sporting events are on major networks or espn3.com. I do have to rely on the radio for most Bulls/Sox games, but at least WGN and WCIU carries them occasionally. Bt anyways we just signed up for Hulu Plus so we don't have to keep connecting the laptop to the TV. So far so good, especially for 7.99 a month. Anyone else have opinions on it? The idea that i'm paying for the content WITH ads kind of annoys me. There are sites to use to stream those games and they're pretty reliable.

No Flowers and No Castro please(unless it's a bench catcher). I rather have Olivo, whether our pitchers like him or not. And keep in mind, only Buehrle remains from that rotation who supposedly disliked him.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 2, 2010 -> 02:11 PM) WojYahooNBA RT @KCJHoop: DRose on whether he will watch LeBron's return to Cleveland: "I got my second season of Dexter to watch." Get'Em DROSE!

Forget PK, resign ManRam

Just saw the score and we're getting torn apart by Vince Carter. Wowwwwwwwwzers. We need a better SG fast.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 07:30 PM) With the way the Magic like to chuck threes I'm really worried about the Bulls perimeter defense. But Boozer-Noah-Deng with Gibson coming off the bench... I don't think there's a better rebounding front line in the NBA. Not even Boston or LA. I think the Bulls were already #1 last year without Boozer. The game really depends on if the Magic make their threes. If they're hot like they were the other night, Bulls will be in for a tough one. If they don't, I could see the Bulls winning by 10.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 04:57 PM) Youre not supposed to believe anything. But at this point in time the NCAA does not have enough information to say there was wrong doing by Auburn or Cam Newton. Furthermore no one is going to really push the issue because the SEC/NCAA dont want to lose Auburn potentially being in the NC game. A NC game between Oregon-TCU or Oregon-Stanford will most likely be less profitable than Auburn-Oregon. So the NCAA/SEC decide to let Newton play the remainder of the season and investigate further. My guess is that eventually none of these wins will count and all records will be vacated. But the NCAA/SEC will have their money, Cam will have his money in the NFL, and no one will care besides the record books. This is the argument I think he tried to make. I'm 95% sure that Cam knew about it and money switched sides. At the same time, they're not going to destroy the money maker themselves. Now if Auburn loses on Saturday, you may see everything come out. Until then, expect wins to be vacated down the line. This brings me to my next argument, what's the point of having awards if in the end, players and teams are going to be ineligible for them?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 05:52 PM) Wasn't good. People out west knew all about Westbrook. He was overshadowed to an extent by Collison/Farmar/Afflalo (I think one of them wasn't actually on that team, but I might be wrong) but the guy was very very productive and incredibly explosive and showed that at UCLA. Westbrook was always the second best pure NBA prospect on that squad and he had tremendous work outs on top of it. I thought it was surprising he went 4th, but everyone knew he could jump out of a building and was an upper echelon defender in college. Farmar was the only one who didn't play with Westbrook. They had a deep team for a few years, then I don't know what happened. Either way, I just remember thinking Westbrook had no position and him being a better scorer than PG.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 01:34 PM) As someone who watches a lot of UCLA basketball, I have no idea how you could have thought Westbrook was overrated. He was a strong defensive player in college, who was a nice passer, and explosive athlete. His shot got better during his brief career at UCLA and has continued to improve in the NBA. That UCLA team was very well coached and prepared for the NBA. Eh, he didn't too much and in college, he didn't have a position. That's why people are shocked he was taken #4 overall over Jerryd Bayless. He had great workouts, but Westbrook, in no way, showed the capability of what he does now, in college. He didn't suck, but he nowhere met his hype from when he was in high school. Same goes for Jrue Holiday.

Meh, I could see both sides of the argument, but this opens up flood gates. Just let your parents handle the money and you'll be fine.

Didn't know how much of a terror Westbrook was on until I read this thread. Wowzers. I remember watching him at UCLA and thinking he was one of the most overrated players I had ever seen.

Please go to AZ PK.

QUOTE (SoxPride56 @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 05:01 PM) I asked him if that was an early April fool's joke...he responded with the above. I really like Beatnik. As far as the article, I don't mind going young, but do it right. Don't try to transition yourself into the next era, because that doesn't work unless you have tons of money to cover those holes. They need to trade the CQ's, let go of all FA's other than maybe Putz, possibly look at moving Pierre as well and try to acquire as much prospects as possible. In the near future, it doesn't seem like the Sox have any studs in waiting and that's a concern. I would even consider trading some of the older guys with a young prospect in order for that to change.