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Now the best Rondon in the system

With more and more people losing their minds on twitter on how good this guy is I will from now on act like I knew he was greatest living oline coach.

Wow. Don’t remember him having that kind of reputation when he was here. But uh, welcome back. Maybe we draft that ridiculously good ND guard

Not sure I’m a fan of these going on and on and not saying name. It’s like those terrible advanced movie reviews that try to detail the movie without any spoilers.

Jim Bowden’s analysis is so terrible. Verlander is older and has a huge contract. Doesn’t mean it’s crazy they wouldn’t include either for Cole, who granted has his own reasons for pause.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 10, 2018 -> 07:23 AM) And SEC fans will pretend like they won a national title regardless of their team. Bama did have a soft schedule. Playing one less conference game is easier. Both of those are facts. But then they, you know, played two top 5 teams in two weeks and beat them both. Stop acting like this criticism is this year exclusively. Every year the SEC is guilty and you guys just figure it what it its guilty for this time.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 9, 2018 -> 09:56 PM) Yep; Bearreport has someone reporting it as done too. Hopefully it gets finalized by the time I'm up tomorrow. Will feel much better having that continuity (and an awesome DC locked back down). Reports are that Nagy put on a full court press for Fangio and that is why we are seeing teams interested in Fangio's services going another direction. Possibly why we are seeing Bevell sign with Chargers as well. Not following your last sentence on Bevell. What does that signify?

Rappaport: https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/950923362322305024 Things looking good.

SD re-signs Bradley.

GB gets Pettine. Looking like it’s still open for Fangio to come back.

As a player I don't think I'd really like a new coach talking about what my expectations are to the media before even talking to me about it.

It's amazing that no matter what happens each year, this forum will make sure to talk ad nauseum about how the SEC is overrated and schedules too soft.

man, funny how salary for guys like that seem to have escalated while guys that would have been 12-14 million back then will go for like 1 for 5 mill (vet power bats).

Right, he's getting flack for not guaranteeing a super bowl next year, or like, detailing exactly the offenses he'll run. Glad he was vague. He's supposed to be a guy that fits the talent to his personnel. Let him figure out what that is.

What's the cutoff again? Does 5% clear him?

He's certainly winning a press conference. Great answer on calling every play too. And good on Adam Hoge for asking

Yeah, starting to feel like De Sedas will go be the royce lewis of this year.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jan 9, 2018 -> 01:35 PM) I really hope Andrew Luck comes back. He is fun to watch. Would be a shame if that shoulder ended his career. It would suck, especially considering how much papering over of their bad roster he did. Imagine a good situation? He could have been a very unique player.

I'm actually glad they didn't either. Could backfire big time, also sets up locker room where players know they aren't all equal.

Mirotic showcasing at the 5 instead of the 3 was so helpful for his trade value. It's what sets him apart from Lopez. Lopez is a good basketball player but when you look at the contenders, few have a need for a mostly post-up C, even as he's tried to stretch out.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jan 9, 2018 -> 12:20 PM) If he is comfortable in Chicago and paid well, he probably stays. I'm sure thought of putting together even a half decent defense in Green Bay with Aaron Rodgers means he gets a shot at winning the Super Bowl is something he will have to think about. I feel like Fangio is kinda in the stage of life where he's his own man, is just there to coach some D and be left alone, and so I don't really know where that puts him. Maybe just some place he wants to live more.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 9, 2018 -> 12:12 PM) I actually very much like our model. You can't get yourself burned in free agency but you need to play in it. We've missed at times in free agency and Pace has specifically said it is an area that you need to get better, but if you can't hit and win in the draft you are going to be in trouble. Additionally, as it relates to the Jaguars they had played big in free agency for a while without winning. Heck, look at the Eagles/Redskins who had a number of years of being offseason champions without showing a ton for it. I think the key is in how you structure the deals to protect yourself and take calculated risks which won't cripple you down the road and Pace has surprised me in terms of how he has managed the cap (given how bad the Saints managed it) and I think that is a testimate to Cliff Stein and probably even ole Ted Phillips. The Eagles and Redskins have been in the playoffs many more times than the bears in the last 7 decade. And again, the point of the article is with the reduced rookie salaries and increased cap it's hard to cripple yourself. Yeah, I'd rather have gone after big fish like Jaguars along with big drafts than wasted money on "discount bin" players like Wheaton, Demps, Cooper and Glennon. Calais Campbell worked out pretty sweet for them. Julius Thomas didn't, and yet Julius Thomas didn't cripple them. It's not an argument that the bears should forget the draft and only do free agency, but you can go big in FA and not kill yourselves like the saints did when he was there for multiple years.

https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/950789110809202688 (Now both Utah and Pistons in on Nikola). Considering apparently Niko has not removed his trade demand, I think he will be gone fairly soon. Obviously first round pick takes preference. I would love him for utah, personally. Interested to see value. Glad multiple teams in on him.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jan 9, 2018 -> 11:31 AM) I don't think the Ted Thompson model of draft and develop is an obsolete model. He just took it to an extreme. Teams that draft poorly and spend big money on free agents are usually bad. They may have one good year, but there isn't that long term success. But that extreme is who he referenced as the ideal. ANd it's not arguing that draft poorly is a model, it's that mistakes in FA are less impactful than in past, so you can try and go big in free agency without being crippled like in the past.

It really is jarring after so much of my life watching nearly everything work out perfectly for the lakers to see this completely endless pathetic rebuild by them.