Everything posted by Dick Allen
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Fire Pedro Grifol
This is correct.In September, I didn't see him correct anything he was doing wrong in April. Picks on rookies. He's a fraud. It seems hard to believe they will get rid of most of the coaches he wanted, and keep him.
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Chicago White Sox Final 2023 Fangraph Numbers
On his last AB, Gavin Sheets had the OFs misplay his last pop up to give him his first hit of the season against a LHP and get his average for the season over .200.
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TA willing to Move to Second Base
Don't give them any ideas.
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It was a great season!
He does have a point. If this is what it took to get rid of KW and RH, it very well may be worth it.
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TA willing to Move to Second Base
The amount of White Sox people who have said they wouldn't be surprised TA bounces back to his highest levels next year has convinced me there is no chance of it happening.
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Fegan writes "coaching changes..."
I really doubt Boston and Hassler cost the White Sox wins this year. I know Pedro did.
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Fire Pedro Grifol
He's clearly all talk. He will be fired in the next calendar year. If you really think your team could be interesting at all in 2024, for good reasons, you better fire him before the season starts.
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2023-24 NFL Season Thread
If yesterdays game doesn’t convince Poles, the flus is the wrong guy, nothing will. Most NFL coaches, and all the good ones, don’t come close to losing that game. Everyone knew what was coming once Denver, a team that lost by 50 last week made it 28-14.
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Fegan writes "coaching changes..."
I love how Pedro mentions results oriented and he’s going to make changes, yet he stays.He did none of what he said he was going to do. From the first day of spring training until the last game of the year, he failed. Bullpen coach demoted, that I’ll make a difference….I think with KW gone, DBo is finally at the end of the line. That will probably be it. They probably all should go. there is nothing to indicate Pedro improved as a manager from March to October. To expect him to be something better moving forward, is based on what the White Sox usually base these things on, nothing. You cannot be an owner who wants to win, or a GM who is trying to win and have Pedro Grifol as your manager, unless you just haven't paid attention and love brown nosers.
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Gabe Kapler
Forget no other team would hire him. Now you have a year of his work to evaluate. Other than the White Sox, who would ever hire Pedro Grifol to be their manager? The fact that Getz is bringing him back shows you he knows no more than the guys who were fired. More of the same. Enjoy your final years with empty parks, and a lot of losing JR.
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9/29- Sox vs Padres, loss 99
Of course, but if the guys covering some of those spots were the reason they were losing, getting rid of them should help. This team just doesn’t want to admit they stunningly overvalued their talent. This new guy thinks they have stars. Maybe if they played in AAA.
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Gabe Kapler
If Bob Melvin gets canned and the White Sox don’t at least inquire, they have no hope.
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9/29- Sox vs Padres, loss 99
The White Sox stated more than once they fixed their clubhouse problem at the trade deadline. Yet they continue to lose.
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Josh Barfield expected to be asst. GM; Brian Bannister and Gene Watson coming as well
Robert is a star. Other than that.....no stars. If he really believes this, I am going to go out on a limb and say this guy will ultimately be considered a bad hire. He can't be this delusional.
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Fire Pedro Grifol
You have a team you expect to win the division, and instead it loses 100 games. How does this dope not get fired? He is a huge part of clearing the stench.
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The Anti-Rebuild Sentiment
I disagree with Robert. I think until he was pulled from the game earlier this year, your statement was accurate. But something happened after that. He actually hustles out most ground balls now. His defense by walls has improved dramatically. There are still flaws, but trading him especially if you suggest another team won’t pay the price , just makes another mistake. More often than not, when guys of Robert’s ilk get traded, the only thing the team really gains in the long run is some salary relief. Look at the Sox with their 3. They actually did better than most, but most here hate Moncada, hate Kopech, think Cease sucks, want Eloy traded, think Giolito is done, and wanted ReyLo gone years ago. Might as well keep a guy who could be a star of stars if things align properly.
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ESPN ranked White Sox season #30 last in MLB with an F ranking.
If they really think they can be decent next year, they cannot bring him back. Bringing him back signals they know they are going to suck with players they don't figure to be around when they expect to be good. If anyone here owns a business and hired someone who was as bad at their job as Pedro is as an MLB manager, they would have fired them long ago, and chances are the role isn't as critical.
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9/26-28, Sox vs Diamondbacks series
Just another guy acquired on waivers from teams trying to be bad, but not THAT bad.
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2023-24 NFL Season Thread
But it makes him look really clueless if they keep doing the same thing.
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2023-24 NFL Season Thread
How can Eberflus look at these games and say the Bears are really close to breaking through? Granted, they probably don't win in KC if they played well, but they were pretty awful all around.
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2023-24 NFL Season Thread
I agree. The Bears have lost 13 in a row and given up 25 points or more in each loss. No other team in league history did it 12 times in a row. The Flus is supposed to be a defensive genius. I know they stripped the team down last year, but I was told their back 7 were now as good as anyone's. They drafted a lineman in the 2nd round. They paid 10 million for a pass rusher. I get not expecting the defense to be totally staout, but it's horrible. This shouldn't be happening.
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2023-24 NFL Season Thread
No pass rush and bad against the run isn't a good combination.
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2023-24 NFL Season Thread
He’s bad when they don’t play to his strengths. Why not just try to go back to that? Maybe he gets hurt, but Aaron Rodgers got hurt hanging out in the pocket. Not calling designed runs and rollouts is like drafting Michael Jordan and having him hang at the 3 point line. Maybe it doesn’t work long term. Maybe it works well enough to buy time working on pocket skills. He occassionally throws great balls. I was at the Washington game last year. He threw a beautiful pass for 6, an d was pretty horrid the rest of the game. My friend and I were telling each other, he’d probably make a great receiver. Then they changed up the offense a bit, and most, except those that would rather be right than the Bears be good, got pretty excited. He does have supposedly better weapons this year, but do you ever see them actually open?
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2023-24 NFL Season Thread
“It’s a fun time,” said Poles. “We’re getting better, we’re taking that next step which, obviously, should be to more wins. He told The Athletic he expected the Bears to win the North.
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2023-24 NFL Season Thread
So did the GM “(We’re) excited, really excited,” Poles said. “You can see the difference from year one to year two. Guys are starting to understand concepts and schemes and are playing faster. Young guys know what they’re supposed to be doing.” “And then the additions that we’ve made? You can see those guys making plays on a daily basis, both on the offensive side and defensive side,” said Poles. One problem is, it's a lot easier to make plays against the Bears defense and the Bears offense than other teams. And that is what he was looking at.