Dick Allen

Alshon got $8.75 million guaranteed, $750k workout bonus, and $4.5 million in incentives. There is no way the Bears shouldn't have beaten that.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Mar 10, 2017 -> 03:59 PM) Different approach from his father or different approach from how he runs the Bulls? Would you mind elaborating? He would be a little more aggressive. Maybe running the Bulls has changed him, but he is still under his dad, and once that goes and he is truly on his own, from what I have been told in the past, it would be a little different.

So ABC has the big GS/SA matchup tonight. Leonard is out for SA with a concussion. Besides KD being down, Kerr is resting, Curry, Thompson, Green, and Iggy. Not exactly what ABC was hoping for.

JR probably leaves his estate to his wife so if he went before her, no tax hit until she goes.

"Thank you for your support in 2016," Phillips wrote. "It was a challenging and disappointing season. One we will not repeat." "We are positioned for an exciting offseason with the third overall pick in the draft and one of best salary-cap situations in the NFL heading into free agency," Phillips wrote. "We will take advantage of these assets to bring in more talent." Alrighty then.

QUOTE (Jake @ Mar 10, 2017 -> 01:10 PM) I'm afraid the buyer would move the team. No they won't.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Mar 10, 2017 -> 12:22 PM) Thank the love of god. I don't want Reinsdorf's kids anywhere near this team after seeing how Michael operates the Bulls. I can assure you that as of a few years ago, Lip's info is incorrect. Michael Reinsdorf wanted to follow in his dad's footsteps with the White Sox. And if JR did die, he would be running things until he didn't want to. Maybe he will think his plate is full with the Bulls. I do know he would have at least slightly different approach if he ran the White Sox.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Mar 10, 2017 -> 10:47 AM) "The perception within the game is Reinsdorf will step back as owner at some point soon, either handing off to his children or selling." Before you start your celebration, they say that about every owner who is his age.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 10, 2017 -> 09:42 AM) The kid is years away, and it fits the typical pattern of handling the White Sox have always have used. Even though they are years away, they bring their top kids to camp just to give their kids a taste. A lot of teams don't do that. And they can still put him in a game.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 10, 2017 -> 04:28 AM) Jusuf Nurkic blowing up since the trade to Portland. #bullsscouting His ceiling is the roof.

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Mar 9, 2017 -> 05:23 PM) Worse case scenario involved franchising Alshon and having him spend half the season on the bench. That's what Alshon does. 3 of the last 4 seasons he suited up and played every game he was eligible to play. The other year he played in 9 games , over half, and overpaying him for one year only hurts the McCaskeys bank account. There is a ton of room under the cap, and the Bears make around $100 million in profit according to Forbes every season, so it isn't like that $16 million would need to be saved for a rainy day. It might be used to buy Michael McCaskey a giant sailboat or something, or eventually help pay a tax bill when Virginia dies, but if they don't spend it now, it won't be spent on football players.

Considering they can't possibly spend all their money, getting worse, seems next to impossible. But I think they are worse. Is Glennon better than Cutler? Does a 32 year old safety make up for losing Jeffery? Does a back up TE move the needle at all?

All those on the Bears season ticket waiting list will probably have one of their biggest jumps in years.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Mar 9, 2017 -> 02:16 PM) People worry way too much about recruits leaving when there is a coaching change. First off Groce is f***ing horrendous and you aren't winning a damn thing with him anyways any one or two recruits don't change that. But in reality most kids don't leave after a coaching change anyways and if the next coach keeps Walker (should definitely be the new coach's decision but as AD you let them know) the signed guys almost certainly all stay and you have a great chance at landing Mark Smith too. I understand that but the way some people on here who know way more about these recruits than I did thought it signaled a resurgence for the program with Groce still coaching like they had seen him coach for 4 years, I wonder if it is a factor. Maybe they won't leave anyway, but despite what they say, 99.9% commit to the coach/staff rather than the school. It seems almost every new coach in this situation has to talk the star into staying rather than the other way around.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Mar 9, 2017 -> 02:28 PM) Who cares if we lose Jeffery now that we're adding Dion Sims. Glennon is gonna be loaded with weapons. Kevin White should be back for 2 or 3 games.

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Mar 9, 2017 -> 12:49 PM) Pretty sure it's not that simple. It's not a verbal commitment. He signed. Can he just go back on a NLOI? Technically, I think not but schools usually release guys if they want to leave after a coaching change. It would be almost unheard of if Illinois changed coaches and didn't allow this.

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Mar 9, 2017 -> 12:24 PM) The question that needs to be asked here is whether Tilmon is SUCH a difference making recruit that 1 or 2 years of him will elevate the level of the program. If the answer to that question is no - and I suspect that it is - then you need to try things a different way. Letting Groce go and losing Tilmon (speculation of course) sets the program back next year, but if they make the right hire, the program is in much better shape long term. e: This game isn't over. Michigan looked gassed at the end of the half. If Illinois can get this thing down to around 5 by the 10 minute mark, anything could happen. Also, credit to Tracy Abrams if Illinois comes back and wins this game. His solo 10-0 run kept this game from getting ugly. It probably depends on the hire. An exciting one probably helps keep the class intact, a meh hire they probably scatter, and then might be down for years. But 5 years and never better than .500 in the Big Ten at a school that likes to think of its program as top notch, is more than enough reason to be told goodbye.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 9, 2017 -> 12:11 PM) It started becoming a thing during ww2 IIRC as a way around wage controls, and it got baked into our system good and hard during the 50's and 60's. The benefit that employer-provided plans have over the individual market is that they're potentially bringing a whole lot of people to the table at once, so they have a lot more bargaining power and get much better prices. If I were to try to go buy the same plan I'm currently under on the open market, it'd cost a heck of a lot more than what it costs me + my company to pay for it because I'm not bringing several thousand employees' worth of premiums to the table. Nobody in the world has a healthcare system structured like ours. Most are either a stronger, better version of what the ACA offers (private insurance, heavily subsidized and regulated), single-payer government coverage (aka Medicare for all/what Canada does), or a fully nationalized healthcare system (Britain's NHS). I watched an interview with Trump where he was saying better, cheaper, for everyone, and the interviewer asked him if it would be single payer. He said yes. Just like when he was talking about Obamacare and said his people don't like it and don't use it much, I'm sure he had/has no idea what single payer means.

This is a non story. I'm sure the Sox have a scout or 2 at every one of Houston's games, every one of Pittsburgh's games. The bigger story would be if they didn't have a scout at Yankee games.

Didn't Groce just have his best recruiting class? If he is launched are they firmly committed?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 9, 2017 -> 11:33 AM) Trump Weighs Cuts to Coast Guard, T.S.A. and FEMA to Bolster Border Plan Mexico is paying for the wall. He told us 100,000 times.

NFL free agency is so fast, being optimistic is fun. It's not like in baseball when it just drags on and you feel a fool for believing something you probably knew deep down would not happen, but for a couple of days? Why not think the Bears will do good? Other that draft night, it's pretty much all a Bears fan has these days.

At least Pace is leaving his replacement a lot of cap room.

QUOTE (shipps @ Mar 9, 2017 -> 09:24 AM) Aaron Leming‏Verified account @AaronLemingNFL 1m1 minute ago More I'm not saying the #Bears are totally screwed & will miss on most targets. I'm simply saying they've missed on a few FAs over $1.5-2M per yr It's CYA. If you aren't going to be able to win, making your boss' profit a little better helps your job security. This is really disappointing. Don't send a letter out to your season ticketholders saying 3-13 will never happen again and boast about your cap space if you are going to come in 2nd or 3rd or 4th place attempting to sign the top guys.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 9, 2017 -> 08:55 AM) Scott Pruitt just said he doesn't believe CO2 contributes to climate change. So, yea, everyone start buying Chinese made face masks because they probably are the best This is beyond tragic. For an administration whose main claim is US citizen safety, between their climate and health care positions, that is shown to be false, much like most everything else they claim. The only hope is there is enough elected officials that put country and humanity over party and realize how dangerous these people have become.