Dick Allen

The Red Sox were initially going to use him at 3B.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 29, 2017 -> 09:32 AM) House GOP to Propose Sweeping Changes to Higher Education Caps student loans, eliminates loan forgiveness, greatly reduces regulations on for-profit colleges (which are largely high-priced diploma mills) Bring back Trump U.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Nov 29, 2017 -> 09:37 AM) That's great. They should complain as much as possible. It's hysterical to me. They cry about the coaches, the players, but if the refs were competent, they would be undefeated.

QUOTE (Da_Goob @ Nov 29, 2017 -> 09:17 AM) You should probably use this comment after complaints for other games. Not this one. I'm guessing you didn't watch because you sound foolish. It's been going on since probably before you were born. My dad has been blaming refs since I was a little kid. I think it must be a freshman required course in Champaign.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Nov 29, 2017 -> 06:37 AM) Because cbb refs are awful at their job and largely deserve criticism at every oppurtunity. Its the Jay Bilas line of thought. Last night for example, two plays went to the monitor that are unreviewable, overturning calls on the floor. The refs decided to institute full on replay randomly in a game for reasons known only to them. Nothing, of course, will come of it. Unlike the other 5 major sports leagues, there is no oversight committee or conferences that will come down on it. No fan base takes it to the Illini fan extreme. The Illini get screwed every game. Their opponents never do.

Why do Illini basketball fans spend so much time complaining about officiating? It isn't just a couple. I grew up with them, and have watched games since I was a little kid. I would figure they would be just about undefeated in my lifetime if it wasn't for incompetent officiating.

I heard there is no way Fangio will be the Bears interim HC. Supposedly there are some higher ups, and I don't know who, who feel like Fangio doesn't like them. They are counting the days until he is gone.

I think Putnam, Farquhar, and Albuquerque get non tendered.

If she was told that, she was told that. Even if it isn't true, and it hasn't been verified false, it doesn't make her a liar. Look at the commercial. Everyone on it was told something different than the DNA test stated. Are they all liars?

QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ Nov 27, 2017 -> 10:33 AM) Why not? On a rebuilding team, you don't pick from an area of need, you absolutely pick the BPA. I think Green may have been at the top of the list given he was projected as a late first round pick. r because Pax said they didn't value anyone left on the board. The funny thing was the pick was acquired for Deng to get the Bulls under the luxury tax. Pax said they were going to put the saved resources back into the team.well they did give Wade 39 million for some reason. Of all of JR'S loyalty employees, Gar Pax is IMO, the most inept. What they have done decision wise, let alone Gars rep for lying, Pax assaulting a coach, is mind boggling bad. They had some bad luck, but if Rose HD never been injured, they weren't going to win anyway.

The Bell move wasn't as ridiculous as it looks because the Bulls wouldn't have picked him if GS didn't buy the pick. It still means there is a problem in GarPaxville, but if the Bulls had kept that pick, they probably would have selected some 2 guard who can't shoot, or a 1 who can't shoot or pass. Matt Lloyd leaving was a blow to this team. He is the reason they drafted Jimmy G. Buckets and Gibson. Once he left, the late picks went to s***.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Nov 26, 2017 -> 05:39 PM) I like this idea. I think it makes the most sense. And I am a guy who doesn't understand the sort of sainthood many have given Fangio. The d dense has had some real issues and it isn't John Fox. Fox needs to go, but he is far from the only one. I wonder how many 6-10s or 7-9s before it's time for a special Pace bus at Soldier Field. Trubisky needs time, but the jury is out on all his drafts. You are drafting that high for 3 years in a row some impact should be seen. His free agents have been mediocre at best. How he left the re eiving corp this year is unfathomable, he needs to be at the very least, on the clock. The problem is if he is hiring the next coach, and it appears Ernie Accorsi hired the first, he probably is going to be around for a while no matter what.

QUOTE (gatnom @ Nov 26, 2017 -> 04:08 PM) He gets 4 years regardless, but they purposefully inflated that freshmen number. They pretty much refused to play anybody they didn't recruit. That is how you build a program. Barry Alvarez got about half of Wisconsins roster to leave just based off off season workouts. He sucked for a couple of years. Lovie and his coaches apparently don't want Beckman's players and it appears to be a smart decision.

You can't blame this game on Fox, but if the Bears are going to let him go after the season, they really should let him go now. Get a look at Fangio leading the team. They had 10,000 no shows vs Detroit, and might have double that next week vs. SF. Let Vic run that game and it might even make some more show up. The Christmas Eve game vs. Cleveland might set a team record for fan no shows.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Nov 26, 2017 -> 02:52 PM) I had a similar thought when he called Nebraska a blue blood. It's hard to be a blue blood still when the program is averaging 5 losses per year for over a decade. Like Michigan?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 26, 2017 -> 02:18 PM) You can be mad at them for their choices of signings, but I for one don't miss Alshon Jeffery. It would be nice if the Bears actually had NFL level receivers to help with their #1 pick's development. Jeffery was that. Whether he wanted to be there or not isn't really relevant. The team held all the cards. I will admit not having any receivers does help make the coaching staff look stupid. But IMO, the issue is far deeper than that.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Nov 26, 2017 -> 02:16 PM) Greg: Like everything else last year for him he got better in those areas but his fundamentals are still poor.His defense is not great, he'd be a better DH if his power numbers were better. Keeping him actually off the field is best for all concerned. They gave him enough chances. Just release him and get off my lawn.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 26, 2017 -> 02:05 PM) I totally disagree with this. Yes, the Bears are weak at WR, but Alshon Jeffery was not a good fit for the Bears. The last 2 years he only played 21 games. He was regularly injured. He has a PED suspension on his record. He's a solid #2 receiver on a good team when he's healthy. If he were on the Bears their WR corps was going to be better than this but it would still be awful, they wouldn't be anywhere close to a playoff team, and I've still got no confidence he would be on the field right now on the Bears as some guys just get hurt more in certain roles (i.e. #1 WR). The Bears are going to have to spend at that position, but Alshon Jeffery was not a good fit and they will be better off aiming for some other WR either in the draft or elsewhere. You want to be frustrated, be frustrated that they spent $15 million on Glennon when Kaepernick was available for a ton less than that. Markus Wheaton does have a catch this year.

Alshon Jeffery is exhibit A if I had to explain to the McCaskeys why firing Fox isn't enough. It seems for every decent move Pace makes, he offsets it with something unbelievably ridiculous.

QUOTE (gatnom @ Nov 26, 2017 -> 10:54 AM) Next year is a big year for Lovie. If he can't find a way to show some sort of progress on the field or a not bottom of the B1G recruiting class, he's pretty done for IMO. He probably already is, but I need to have some hope for something. Unlike most coaches 2 years in, Louie has only had one of his own recruiting classes in uniform. They played more true freshmen than any other school. If they jack Lovie if they suck next year, which they will, they will never be good. I think the bigger concern for Illinois would be if Lovie decides he doesn't need this. The Beckman hire was one of the worst of all time.

John Thierry, former Bears LB, dead at 46. Massive heart attack. RIP.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 24, 2017 -> 01:32 PM) Why can't Rick Hahn see this and agree with this. Seems to me he's intent on trading Avi and Abreu from what Dick has posted. He's in love with the fact fans worship him for the rebuild. And Jerry has to deep down love it too cause the payroll is making him and the partners gazillions of dollars in their later years with fan approval, not scorn. It'$ a win/win for Jerry and the partner$. He will need another team to dance with him, but it was pretty obvious his preference would be for someone to make a nice offer. These guys are signed for 2 years. I want the Sox to win as much as anyone, but it isn't happening in 2018, and most likely not in 2019. Do you take a chance these guys play great and cost a mint to bring back in 2020, or worse yet, fall apart, and happily let them leave for nothing? Or do you get more prospects who may be able to help you when the window opens, and always have the possibility of bringing either or both back when you are ready to contend? He isn't going to give them away, and on this board over the past couple years there have been more than a couple posts wishing they would just give them away. I agree prospectitis can be a silly disease. When they don't work out, it is painful. But where they are now, it makes sense to deal them both if the price is right.

For all those wanting Abreu around for leadership, in the meeting I was in, Hahn said it was a factor, but not as big of one as production, and mentioned diminishing returns on others JA age. They can trade these guys and sign them when they become free agents. Their production in 2018, and most likely 2019 (RH has recently stated 2020 might be more realistic) really doesn't do anything for when the team will be ready. I really think they want to trade these guys unless maybe they agree to a really team friendly extension.

QUOTE (Tony @ Nov 23, 2017 -> 11:18 AM) The Commander-in-chief So he has no idea about F 35s, yet is going to take full credit for them.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Nov 21, 2017 -> 09:44 PM) This is not my understanding of how it went down. Mooney and Hayes were let go after their contracts expired. She supposedly voluntarily resigned and took this other job. I am guessing she wouldn't have been laid off because she still had time on her contract, but realized after it expired, she wasn't getting a new one. I would guess Vince Goodwill is in the same boat. It's all too bad. I doubt these people are making huge salaries.