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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 04:55 PM) So Ozzie is an entertainer, more like Lady Gaga or Rush Limbaugh in leveraging his own brand to personally enrich himself? I'll buy that. Yes. Exactly. He markets himself well, and clearly that's the direction he's been taking his brand the last 3-4 seasons with the tweeting, the proposed website... he wants to create a Guillen-family legacy far beyond managing and playing.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 04:44 PM) Phil Rogers called Ozzie, not KW, a "genius." (That was Marty on KW) That must make it true, and empirically more true or valid than anything said on a messageboard or blog. I was serious in all of those statements. Ozzie is definitely brilliant. He managed to make himself a superstar in this whole ordeal, and despite being a failed manager for 3 straight years making his move to Miami big-time news while getting another $10 million. He's making money.

Misconception: Ozzie was a good in-game manager. Misconception: Ozzie was good for the image of the Chicago White Sox. Misconception: Ozzie cares about you. Misconception: Ozzie is in it for anything but money. Misconception: Ozzie is not brilliant.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 02:53 PM) One of the reasons I wanted Ozzie gone so we would stop b****ing and arguing about him. Trust me. No matter who the manager is, until the end of time or the MLB goes belly up, any manager for any team will be b**** and argued about...

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 02:45 PM) I hate interviewing. Just give me a job. You must prove you deserve that job by answering questions that don't relate to it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 03:27 PM) According to Fangraphs Player Value, Crawford was $1.6 million this year, while Adam Dunn was -$13.1 million (you read that right). That means Adam Dunn underperformed his contract in the Fangraphs world by $27 million, Crawford by $19 million. Wow. I read it right, yet I still can't believe it.

I'd jizz over Martinez. Alomar would make me yawn.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 03:16 PM) just remember that either way, Theo Epstien is still a genius and KW is the worst GM in baseball This post is rather awesome.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 03:11 PM) Crawford by a long shot. I had to go with tie. Dunn's OPS dropped .330 points, while Crawford's dropped .157 points. The difference in cost makes it a tie, in my book. Adam Dunn slugged UNDER .300! Think about that!

Adam Dunn 4 years, $56 million - 14 million per season GP: 122 AVG: .159 OBP: .292 SLG: .277 OPS: .569 HR: 11 RBI: 42 Carl Crawford 7 years, $142 million - 20.29 million per season GP: 130 AVG: .255 OBP: .289 SLG: .405 OPS: .694 HR: 11 RBI: 56 So, considering contract, who was worse?

Rumor has it the Chicago White Sox will have Adam Dunn and Alex Rios next year.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 02:58 PM) Unless you believe Kenny Williams. Yeah, I just finally got to that quote you posted. Jesus Christ. KW. WTF buddy. I really wish we'd just have cleaned house.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 01:24 PM) Kenny traded for Swisher to play CF. Another mistake in talent evaluation on his part. While I agree that KW has made many, many mistakes, he had no intention on Swisher playing CF that season.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 01:18 PM) Good news on Stalberg, and they should be very careful with Smith. Don't rush him out there after a head shot. I'm shocked on Stalberg. It might have been a blessing in disguise as all he does is skate, though.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 01:48 PM) I just don't see why people thing Lovie is a good coach. Under his tenure they've had 3 ok season, on mediocre season and 3 losing seasons. I'm sure this will be a fourth losing season. They guy is average all the way. The Bears will be above .500 by season's end. I still think they'll get a wild card. They just won't do anything with it.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 01:09 PM) I'll take the heat off of Kenny for the Dunn move and to a lesser extent the Peavy move. The Rios one was incredibly risky and he knew it. The worst moves were the Rios/Hudson moves. I don't know that we can excuse the Peavy move, either. There were plenty of red flags even if he were healthy. What about the Swisher moves? What about the Manny move? He's on an epicly bad run here.

Man, just watching the Rays game last night, everytime they showed Maddon, Martinez was right there with his own scribbles on paper. They almost seem like equals in that dugout... I'd be very satisfied with his being hired as manager. I sure hope KW/Jerry do their due diligence.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 01:04 PM) Right. Just like you can't handle anything even remotely anti-Ozzie. He was 10% of the problem here, right? Are we still under the assumption that Marty = Cowley?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 01:03 PM) The Bears are in a position to waste by far their most talented QB in my lifetime. It sucks. Yup. I remember being so excited that we'd finally acquired a big-time QB. You still gotta give good players the right tools in the NFL. Pathetic O-Line and WR who can't run routes and drop balls? I guarantee that Tom Brady would suck in this offense.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 01:02 PM) You have no interest in hearing any anti-Kenny stuff. He is doing his job. I think they've both f***ed up immensely. Both should have been gone, however, I'll gladly take Ozzie gone first as I was sick of his s***ty attitude and his family acting like a bunch of spoiled s***heads.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Sep 28, 2011 -> 09:45 PM) Um, part of Ozzie's job is to get his players to f***ing care. I can buy the other stuff, but Rios is definitely, at least in part, on Ozzie. Oof. Rios is 100% on Kenny. That claim was a big f***ing mistake.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 12:57 PM) I agree with these parts of your post. I still think they've been just as competitive in spite of all the garbage from Bears management. I stated yesterday that one of their biggest errors was in contruction of the new Soldier Field. It was one of the worst business moves in all of the NFL. Agreed on Soldier Field. I guess just seeing where this season is headed put me at my snapping point. I want nothing more than for the Bears to dominate, and this regime has f***ed it all up. As I've stated many times, they've been competitive despite the defense. If the f***ing GM could have brought in just a few players over the course of the last 5 years, instead of bringing in a QB and saying "good luck", we'd be looking at a f***ing monster.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 12:48 PM) No, I dont lack that and you know that. You are now just acting like a dick for no reason. I just want to understand how the Bears havent consistently been competing for a Super Bowl over the last several years (Lovie's tenure). I am a Bears fan and I hate the offense as much as anyone, its been the story of our lives. My point, which you neglect to actually read and understand, is that how can you say a team like the Eagles and Packers are more competitive when they have the same or similar results as the Bears. If you line up records, divison titles etc they are all fairly even. So how can 2 of the 3 be more competitive than the other one? My point is that you see those teams try to address their holes and fix their problems. You see the Packers giving Rodgers elite tools (hell, their 4th WR would be our best by far), you see the Eagles, through multiple QBs and players, cycling in talent. Don't get me started on the Patriots. If you want me to specifically address your point, the two times the Bears have made a legitimate run (2006 and 2010), they were not taken seriously. It was a f***ing miracle that the hodge podge offense could avoid the big fumble or turnover in the key moment to win the big game. No one ever takes the Bears seriously, because you can't take the team seriously because they need miracles to get to that level. The Bears have needed to do two things the past many years. Address the offensive line with real talent, and get an elite WR. They blatantly ignore it and throw has-beens and never-weres at us year in and year out, while the fans just go back to the same old line of "Grossman sux!" "Cutler sux!" etc etc, when they've never been given the tools to succeed. You see the past decade as competing? I see the past decade as one big wasted f***ing opportunity that could have been the best era in Bears' history. The opportunities, especially last season (no cap), and this season (players available by the bushel), have been plentiful to fix the glaring holes on this roster and take the next step. The Bears, yet again, ignored everything they needed, only this time they cast off their best receiving threat in Greg Olsen, too! It's beyond frustrating.

I just went back and re-read all of my posts from this morning. I stated countless times that the Bears defense has been great, and if the front office would just patch the glaring holes at any point we could have become dominant. That's my whole point. The complete lack of addressing those glaring needs has wasted what could have been a splendid era and turned it into a sometimes fun, mostly frustrating era.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 29, 2011 -> 12:44 PM) So only before then we didnt compete? I dont get it. Oh my f***ing God, no you don't, apprently. I like Lovie, he's a good coach. The Bears ignore offensive line and wide receivers. Please, for the love of God figure it out. It's so obvious and exactly what I've typed 15 times now.