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QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Feb 24, 2017 -> 10:14 AM) You have to love the "jobs" President attacking a multi billion dollar industry that provides tens of thousands of jobs based on incorrect facts (marijuana use is linked to opioid abuse). If it's not a heavy manufacturing job or a coal mine, this jobs president isn't that worried about it. And according to frommers: http://www.frommers.com/tips/miscellaneous...e-united-states

Ha, I was hoping this thread would be about this photo.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 23, 2017 -> 05:39 PM) What if you have said you want Gar out but the overall boss has said no or asked that you give him another year? One could argue that Pax would just walk, but none of us know for sure what the real situation is. I think that's a 2D way of looking at it. Yes, Paxson is being cut out at the knees. But how does a GM keep his job and preferred course over the wishes of his direct report? How did Gar become better allied. Paxson being right isn't good enough, he needed to execute that, and part of that was hiring Forman.

I mean, ultimately won't mean much to anyone except Bernie voters who think the DNC is like the CIA in power, which is the main reason it should go to Ellison. But, the white house probably pushed for Perez because they like him and he wanted the position.

Do we think Reince is lying or stupid enough to be public about this?

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Feb 23, 2017 -> 04:56 PM) How do you "organize politics" when your boss (the owner) is a complete dope & there's another guy in charge of moves? The Chicago Bulls are pretty much the Kings at this point just with a history to fondly look back on. Joke of a franchise with no hope for as long as JR owns the team. Hahn seems to have done it.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 23, 2017 -> 04:35 PM) Just think of how different things would be if the Bulls were able to move up and get Wade. I mean we never know cause Rose clearly doesn't end up on the Bulls, but still. Some interesting reports today(no idea if they are true) about Gar having more clout with Michael Reinsdorf then Paxson and that Paxson is driving the blow it up movement but can't get any traction. One of the radio guys said that he doesn't even know if Paxson would be aware of the Celtics offering 2 1st round picks (which seems ridiculous). I still generally believe that Paxson is a very good front office guy, although, I clearly can't ignore the fact that this chaos has happened under his watch. Part of being a good front office guy is being able to handle the organization politics and get the org moving as one. I can't give him partial credit.

Bulls had the misfortune of picking high in some historically awful drafts, but overall as you look back, Krause did about as good a job as you can of collecting valuable assets, he just could not swing them for a star. Ended up with jalen rose.

If we cryogenically froze Jimmy for 3 years and tanked I could support that plan. Unsure how long it would take for his eyes to get back though.

Just a few years ago we were talking about how awful it was to be a top 3 seed every year and leave the playoffs. nope, this is worse. So much worse.

Yes, I hope Taj gets to the playoffs and gets some good moments. Great player to root for.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 23, 2017 -> 01:56 PM) Taj Gibson turns 32 soon. Who the f*** expected any value for him? He had been expendable as an asset for quite some time though. Remember how we couldn't dare part with Tajy for Melo. That we got him for two unsuccessful years and then trade him for back roster fodder is just such a great example of the mismanagement and lack of creativity of this awful front office.

LOL. Can't wait for Portis to show off how expendable he is.

The thing that kills me is unlike with the White Sox where you know you could get pretty good value for a Sale etc at any time, there really aren't many times where a team with the celts assets will be there. Especially in a draft year like this. Oh well,when you complain about how terrible the Bulls FO is, hard to be surprised when they make more stupid decisions. Their legacy was cemented at last years deadline claiming Pau Gasol was part of their core.

The thing is the Bulls are probably going to make the playoffs so that's all they care about.

Fully expect to hear after moveless deadline passed: Niko is part of our core

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 22, 2017 -> 01:27 PM) I would think the Bulls would have interest in something like that for Butler (slightly different package) but something around that skeleton. No we are a patrick beverly away from a title.

People actually complain about the length of football games a lot, and especially the excessive commercial breaks. College football gets this even more, the recent NCAA championship ended after midnight east coast time.

pretty great stuff here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virgin...m=.3e876bd4b173 The gall to accept a townhall invite in Arizona before a townhall in your district.

I'm going to go to bat for this change. The reality while a lot of IBBs happen ahead of pitchers, they also happen a lot in interesting innings where there are potential scoring runs. When people are on edge of their seat, they then have to sit there and watch 4 practice pitches for a formality to get to the action. It's boring. It may not shave down time, but I think Manfreds larger goal is to reduce the "downtime" in the game. I've watched Sox games for 30 years, never seen a hit on an IBB attempt. That we all can easily name a few shows how rare they were. But every time I had to sit through an IBB was like waiting for a page to load. Glad it's gone.

Did Sale's velocity drop or something?

Avi seems like one of those "uppercut swing revival" players except he also doesn't have much of an approach at the plate or discipline so I mostly think he will just be not that good.

QUOTE (GermanSock @ Feb 21, 2017 -> 12:10 PM) Actually the hold up on winters was that he is bad defensively and did not hit well enough for a bat first catcher. He's not bad defensively, he's not a good framer. But we would expect this incredible scarcity at catcher we keep talking about to provide him with a very inflated salary. But there are a lot of 1 WAR catchers, and they aren't getting paid out of this world. Look at the catcher stats last year, as bad as that position is, those that truly can't hit are not getting much more than 250 at bats. So sox scouts would need to be confident that Severino gets you at least Matt Wieters bat. Christian Vazquez in an incredible lineup still is pushed to a backup role. I imagine we are overrating to some degree how bad a catcher can be offensively before it doesn't matter how good his defense is.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Feb 21, 2017 -> 11:49 AM) Sox organization currently does not have a single catcher that is considered plus defensively as far as I know Can you find them? Yes. But it never hurts to have depth I'd fully expect more to be included with Severino Pena

If catchers were so valuable for just defense or framing and no big hit tool, we wouldn't see Weiters going for 2 year deals and castro on 8 million AAV. I don't buy that a defense only catcher is so rare that we target that over a pitcher/position player with higher ceilings. If he is our main target, I hope he's Sal Perez behind the plate. Otherwise, I hope we are getting something interesting alongside him.