Dick Allen

Why would someone eat McDonald's if they fear being poisoned?

Trump is back to NFL protesters. Has to change the subject. I don't like Steve Bannon, and do fear some of his comments will make Trump a sympathetic rather than pathetic figure. But I do hope he is right and Jr. is cracked like an egg. That would be fun to watch.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Jan 3, 2018 -> 02:37 PM) Moustakas isn't good enough to warrant losing a draft pick at this point in time given where the Sox are at as a franchise. Just my opinion. A second round pick and $500k of international money of which you can't go over $300k anyway? Please. At some point, you are going to have to add vets. Now may be the time to get him. I don't know. But if you think 2019 is the year the window can open, it's time to consider something like this, especially since the 3B market seems to be saturated and it could keep his cost down. The Sox could use some LH power. If it's 2020 you are shooting for, then holding off sounds reasonable. The price is key, and I would figure if it's a steep discount, he's going back to KC.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 3, 2018 -> 01:42 PM) Michael Wolff's thing seems very lazy and I think he's going to get burned for being as lazy as he was. Maybe he was making an attempt at a Dishonest Media Fake News award. I'm sure they are coveted. BTW, when is Mexico sending the check for the wall?

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Jan 3, 2018 -> 01:38 PM) Forfeiting a draft pick for him would be moronic. Chances of that pick being a better player than Moustakas are slim. I also think its slim they sign him, but probably like him a lot and if you gave him 4 or 5 years, he is there for when the winning is supposed to commence. It also would probably take Machado out of the equation, but then again, maybe not. Who knows, maybe Moustakis moves to 1B in a couple of years, and his presence helps convince a guy like Machado to take the White Sox money.

Trump will be announcing the Most Dishonest and Fake News Media Awards on Monday at 5 pm. Stay close to a phone or a computer. Chicks dig big buttons. This has to be Candid Camera or something doesn't it? I keep waiting for someone to pop on camera and tell everyone how much they have been played.

In the ESPN.COM column on remaining free agents and where they will sign, for Moustakis, they gave the White Sox as best bet. I always figured the way Hawk went on and on about him, he was highly regarded at 35th and Shields. You have to wonder if his knee surgery hurt his defense, and if so, if it's permanent, but if they are being realistic, and his price is down, his bat would look really good at GRF. I would think if KC and the Sox were offering the same dough, he would stay where he's at.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jan 3, 2018 -> 09:45 AM) It's a tough question. I don't quite get the McDaniels love. He has a good offensive mind, but it's not like Brady struggled without him. Also, McDaniels had arguably one of the worst runs at head coaching. He was a complete disaster. Not saying he won't be better next time. It would just make me really nervous to hire him. Who knows? Pete Carroll was pretty much a flop until he wasn't. It was 3 years ago most thought John Fox was a really good idea. Maybe you have to be lucky as well. His staff is going to be important as well. I still think the key considering Trubisky is now basically thought of as the franchise by the front office, is going to be the OC.

I wonder if the coal miners will be getting a $1000 before tax bonus.

The most important question when interviewing these guys is who will be your OC?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 2, 2018 -> 01:38 PM) But I stand during the anthem at games just not in private or in bars. I think standing in a bar could get you punched by the way. It'd seem like you are being abnoxious again in drawing attention to yourself. I did not know many people stood in private. That practice of standing alone during the anthem in a house or apartment surprised me that people do it. I don't know if anyone does it, in fact, I suspect 99.99% of people do not, but I do find it odd that if they don't, they think these players are being unpatriotic for not standing, unless they are fine with being unpatriotic themselves. Whatever the reason players don't stand, and it's not to disrespect the military, the military fought for their right to do so. Just because Trump and all of his minions want him to be a dictator, which is very disrespectful to the military BTW, doesn't mean it's a good idea.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 2, 2018 -> 12:52 PM) No. I only stand when the anthem is played at the arena/stadium, per tradition and custom and respect and all that. I've never heard that there's a movement to stand in privacy during the anthem. I do not do it so perhaps I am out of line there. I'll have to think about it some more. Well your uncle could have had an informative discussion with you which I guess was ended by your mom hitting you in the head. I just can't buy some of your arguments about disagreements. You say your uncle repeats what he hears on Fox news. By saying that you are implying he has not thought this out at all. My take from afar is you are another person who can't accept anybody else's position on a matter as perhaps being correct. You say angrily "THEY ARENT KNEELING TO PROTEST THE MILITARY!!!" Yet guess what? They picked a forum of protest that ANGERS and saddens the military. The anthem is their baby so to speak. The anthem represents much to military. Have you seen the pomp and circumstance at an NFL game INVOLVING THE MILITARY and the flag? Guess what else? You are not the only person who has the right to have an opinion. You think you are right. Guess what? You might be wrong. Your uncle has an opinion. Yet instead of considering it? Ah, he got that from Fox news. I'm right. He's wrong. Pass me the ham and turkey please. Personally, if you are watching on TV and they are showing the anthem and you aren't standing, I have no idea how you could complain about someone taking a knee even if their reason for taking a knee is what Fox News wants you to think it is, even though it is not.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 2, 2018 -> 12:25 PM) I didn't see that. When I have time I'll watch it. I assume he's mad at himself for doing the same thing the kneeling during the anthem does, take away from the team aspect of football. Like he said you don't want one person out on an island in a team sport. What Dabo did say in his first clip was instead of kneeling why not discuss it in a set-up press conference format, a town hall type meeting? Your uncle is being told what to think?? Why? Cause he disagrees with you? Don't really understand that line. Whether Kap likes it or not millions of people do think kneeling during the anthem is disrespecting the military. So yes he disagrees with you. Damn. I'd give you some time off for that. Too many things wrong with that post. I think an athlete can protest all he wants away from the stadium or by holding a news conference with several other players or town meeting just to discuss issues. It's the consummate team sport. Why have a QB draw all this attention to himself on game day on a matter that has nothing to do with football? And in the process he picks a forum that offends military. Real smart when the NFL is so tied into pre-game activities that involve the military: flyovers, rolling out of the flag on the field, etc. I was talking to a guy who said he flat out stopped watching NFL over all this. Said you disrespect the military, that's it for him and that sport. Interesting. Hey Greg, when you watch a game on TV and they show the anthem, are you standing at attention or sitting on your couch disrespecting the military? I've watched games with friends, in bars, at houses, and I have never seen one person stand when it was shown on TV. How disrespectful. It doesn't matter the reason the players have for kneeling. It's what Trump and Rush and Hannity want you to believe. That's the real reason.

The dome in Minneapolis, if you want to call it a dome, is spectacular.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 1, 2018 -> 06:29 PM) Makes sense, should have realized there was an explanation. That probably is the reason, but Ted Phillips was pretty busy listing all the things Ryan Pace has accomplished since joining the Bears. I listen to Hampton, OB and Koz after each game, and the Bears could win 50-0 over New Ngland, those guys would make it seem like they got killed. This was the exact opposite. When Phillips was speaking, you would have thought Pace had this team in the Super Bowl every year. I just don't see how Fox can get fired for going 14-34, and Pace gets extended when even he himself said that a lot of that was on him. I guess it's so someone won't freak out and not come on board because they think a new GM is one 7-9 season away. And I suppose even if they had to eat a couple or three years of money and dump him, it probably isn't anywhere near as much money as they blew on Glennon. But if the Bears are 7-9 or 6-10 next year, why would they continue with this guy? His job should depend on winning some games at some point. I hope we are at that point now.

Ryan Pace extended through the 2021 season. You have got to be bleepin me. I want a job with the Bears.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 1, 2018 -> 02:02 PM) While I usually agree with that, it seems like the tide has changed a little recently. Did Jared Goff become a franchise QB overnight or is he getting coached up so well? The Vikings have had Sam Bradford and Case Keenum all year and are the 2 seed. None of the 4 AFC quarterbacks playing this weekend are franchise QBs by any means. As I stated, there are exceptions here and there but not over a decent period of time. A couple of these coaches in the playoffs this year with an average at best QB will probably be looking for a job a year or two from now. The teams with sustained success all have one thing in common besides someone thought of as an elite coach.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jan 1, 2018 -> 02:55 PM) Of course you do. We all want to believe that we remember things exactly the way they actually happened. But that's just not how our brains work. They are fallible and prone to suggestions. There have been studies done where people are shown doctored or fake pictures of historical events and these people will "remember" facts that simply aren't true. I know this probably won't do much good because of the backfire effect (the finding that people don't like to change their mind on things even when shown facts that prove they are wrong) but I'll post it anyway. https://www.snopes.com/2017/12/27/trump-oba...r-on-christmas/ You go into a department store....when was the last time Trump went into a department store?

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 1, 2018 -> 01:21 PM) Sounds good but Arians got to 8 wins with Blaine Gabbert and without his franchise RB. The Vikings are 2 seeds with Case Keenum. Bills in playoffs with Tyrod Taylor. Like I said, Fox isn’t first coach to deal with poor talent. Once in a while it works, but to be consistently good, you need a Big time QB. 8-8 isn't a playoff team. At this point, it's better the Bears are 5-11 and not 8-8. If they were 8-8, Fox would still be fired and they would have the same holes in the roster. Why are you basically giving Pace a pass? You are saying a coach should win even with a s***ty roster, but what about the guy responsible for the roster?Considering how high his draft position has been, isn't it a problem the only guys you can definitely say we're hits at this point are Howard 5th round, Cohen 4th round, Jackson 3rd round? Sure Trubisky could be a bit hit, Floyd may become one, but not if he has probable s staying on the field. Everyone else, meh. Hicks was a great signing, but look at all the horrible signings. And I still don't understand the low bid for Jeffery. I don't think making as big of an investment in Trubisky should buy this guy a couple of years. Results better come in 2018. If it is more of the same, he has to go. If the Bears suck because White, Floyd, Long and a few other chronically injured players get hurt, that is no excuse.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 1, 2018 -> 01:09 PM) John fox may very well have been fired regardless because priority #1 is developing Trubisky which he cannot do, but John Fox made that very easy because he was so bad. Funny thing about good nfl coaches, they tend to make the talent on their teams look a lot better. The funniest thing about good NFL coaches is they all have franchise QBs. Fox was pretty good when he had one.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 1, 2018 -> 12:53 PM) Had they beaten winnable games against weaker talent in GB at home or SF, they’d be 7-9. See how easy it is to show how a mediocre/bad team can get there? Over a 3 year period, yes, a coach should hit it once. Fox was just bad. He avsolutely has a chance, but his badness ruined it. They would have had to win 10 to make the playoffs. No chance any coach in the NFL could have got the Bears to 10 wins in 2017. Lovie got fired for going 10-6. 27-53 since.

As a GarPax basher, You can't bash them both ways. You can't complain they are now too good. If Dunn,a dn Laurie, and Levine are great, that should be a feather in their caps. If they get something for Niko, that should be a feather in their caps. I am sure no one would have been upset had Niko signed somewhere else. People are still b****ing about Bell but wouldn't he make them better? So even us bashers have to pick a lane.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 1, 2018 -> 12:23 PM) They should have just fired fox last year, it was clear he wasn’t what was need d. I don’t buy he didn’t have a chance, he was just bad. Doesn’t mean he could have won a super bowl, but in 3 years pretty much any coach should be able to cobble an 8 win season, unless they are bad or a browns coach. No receivers and had to start Glennon. Loggans calling plays was a huge error, but it is hard to score withwhat the Bears had to work with personnel wise, Fox had no control of the roster. I was watching a discussion saying the Bears candidate pool will be limited due to Pace having total control of the roster, big names are longshots at best. but that might be better for the Bears.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 1, 2018 -> 12:12 PM) They had to cut ties with Cutler and find a replacement QB much sooner if they were going to save the job of any HC. This year was set up to fail. NFL MO is no HC coaches a lame duck season, so it was playoffs or bust for a 3-13 team whose biggest offseason asset to improve the FO didn't want on the field. I don't think Fox showed all that much, and probably shouldn't be coaching the Bears, but the crap he gets for their record is ridiculous. He had no chance. Ryan Pace has to be on the clock, and it would also be nice if the Bears made him available more often, he should have to answer for a lot of this crap.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 1, 2018 -> 12:09 PM) Why is giants such a good job again? You get to draft your QB, but other than that, I agree. Wanny had his choice of the 2 and he chose the beloved. I guess it all depends on what they think of Trubisky.