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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 2, 2012 -> 03:00 PM) I almost want to see them hold on to Turner. I don't know that fanbase that well, but a number of fanbases would riot at that. If it weren't for Jay having so many different coordinators already, I would cheer for Turner to be fired so they Bears could hire him as their OC.

Saw The Adventures of Tin Tin last night. Well done. Liked Hugo better though, actually. The Hobbit comes out December 14th. I hate when they show previews for movies that are like a year away still. I really want to see War Horse...

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 2, 2012 -> 01:27 PM) Wrong. Jackson is better than Floyd. If you don't want his services for 1.5 seasons, which was the complaint from day 1, why would you want Floyd's services for 2 seasons? It seems to me if you didn't like acquiring a guy for that length of time and would rather have what it cost to get him, you would rather have the return on Floyd than have him with an almost identical if not more expensive contract. What on Earth are you talking about? Are you honestly trying to tell us that trading Hudson and Holmberg for Edwin Jackson is the same position as having Floyd already? If the point you're trying to make is that Floyd would bring back Hudson and Holmberg, than yes, I think most of us would say trade Floyd right now. But wouldn't you agree the situations are a little different? We traded Hudson at the deadline to get Edwin because we were trying to win the division. Prior to the season, most teams are going to want to see if they have any cheap arms in their system that step up and fill the role themselves, before paying a steep price to bring someone in another organization.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 2, 2012 -> 02:09 PM) Serious question...wasn't the Packers D quite a bit more banged up last year than they are right now? Can anyone give a reason why that Packers D would be much stronger last year? I'll leave that for someone that watches the Packers more than I do to answer. All I know is, last year, the Packers were peaking right now, as Mex said...this year they seemed to have peaked around Thanksgiving or so and are now on the decline.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 2, 2012 -> 01:22 PM) Umm, right back at you. A LOT of posters didn't like Jackson then and didn't like him ever with the Sox. The consensus on this board comparing Edwin Jackson and Gavin Floyd would have Floyd the far better pitcher even though Jackson is younger and has been getting better results recently. The fact is, if you think giving Jackson $10-12 million a year is ridiculous, you should think doing the same for Floyd would also be ridiculous, and it makes Floyd's $9.5 million option for 2013 not so much of a bargain as many consider. Its time to deal Gavin if you expect to get anything but the type of return you saw for Quentin. But this isn't what you said at all in the post I replied to. You said if you didn't like trading for Jackson, then you should want to trade Floyd immediately. Those two things are not even close to the same thing. One involves acquiring a player you have to spend valuable assets for, and another involves trading away an asset you already have. Completely different things.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jan 2, 2012 -> 01:03 PM) I liked Green Bay better last year, it may sound crazy but they were better at 10-6 than this year's 15-1 team.They were better balanced, really good offense with a really good D, this year they have a great offense with a D that gives up a lot of points. They can certainly win it all again this year but you can score on their D, stopping them enough to beat them will be the problem. Yeah, they're on the decline, actually. The injuries are starting to catch up with them. The Saints and Giants seem to be fairly close to their peak while the Packers are on the downslope. I'd like to add that the Falcons are playing their best ball of the year, too. I think the Saints may just beat Green Bay in the NFC Championship.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 2, 2012 -> 12:31 PM) St. Louis Rams fire Spagnuolo and their GM. Bucs fire Raheem Morris. Nothing unexpected there.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Jan 2, 2012 -> 12:22 AM) Which probably takes us out of the range to take David DeCastro. Disgusting. That potential pick was going to my silver lining of this bears season, but he will almost definitely be gone by then. Here's to hoping he gets caught with pot the week before the draft and he falls to 19th so that we can still take him. I think we end up with Michael Floyd still.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 2, 2012 -> 08:38 AM) What is interesting is Jackson is actually younger than Floyd and they have been pretty similar overall, Jackson may have even out performed him overall the last 3 seasons. So anyone pissed off the Sox traded for Jackson with a year and a half left on his contract, should probably want Floyd dealt immediately. ? Umm, the difference was the Sox already had Floyd on the roster. No one was angry that Jackson was acquired to pitch for us. People were upset about who was used to acquire him (as well as whose spot in the rotation he ultimately took). I don't think anyone disliked Edwin Jackson simply for being Edwin Jackson. However, were a team to offer us a pitcher as effective and with as many pre-arb years left as Dan Hudson when we traded him, I don't think you'd find many people who would complain.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jan 2, 2012 -> 11:25 AM) Supposedly Boras is looking for 5 years, $60M for Jackson. Good luck with that. You know the advanced stats much more than I do...but I thought I saw someone argue that Jackson's actually been better than Danks over the course of the last few years, and so Boras would use Danks extension as his baseline.

Damn Steelers...hit 4 of 5 on a stupid 5 teamer, lost the Steelers....should have known better than to bet the Steelers in their game against the Browns though...always closer than it should be....

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 03:27 PM) Cause they are on the team and are on the team FOR A LONG TIME TO COME. Mite as well play them. Your posts over the last 6 months to a year have been pathetic, childish, spiteful, and of absolutely no substantive value.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 12:40 PM) Leading my year long against the spread pool, just need a couple of these to come in to have a very happy new year. Miami -2.5 Indy +3.5 KC +3.5 Oakland -3.5 Browns +7.5 Good luck!

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 11:19 AM) Holy s***, I think I need to do this. If even one of you says you're down, then I'm down immediately. Even at $1500. If I can get in at $1,000 still...no, haven't looked, don't care...then that saves me $500. PM me if you actually want to do this. Mostly for vanity purposes, but this could actually make and meet several new year resolutions, if you actually do that kind of thing. It would be interesting to see if some of the Clubs would send any of their employees to take this class. I'm sure most teams would think they are above this sort of thing, but at that price, it's a no-doubter for someone working in or near a MLB FO. Additionally, one would think having this on your resume would be a big difference-maker for getting an internship or entry-level position. If you consider how much higher-level education actually costs, this is peanuts. BTW, for anyone that might be interested, I did see that the Orioles were hiring an analytics intern.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 03:34 PM) Well, no s***. I'm looking at factors outside of money. You have to assume the top offers will be fairly close unless someone makes a ridiculous bid then he goes there, so there's really no point in discussing any of this unless we're going to explore factors outside of money. If I was from Cuba, which is a pretty isolated place, especially from the US obviously, and I was going to play baseball in the US, the fact that two dudes I knew were going to be on my team would be pretty big deal to me. These guys are accustomed to hardly knowing where their next meal is going to come from ...now they're going to be getting paid millions and millions of dollars. Now obviously any offer the Sox or Marlins make has to be in the same stratosphere as the top offer, but if they are anywhere close, I have to think those two choices have a huge advantage over the others. Especially if he calls up Mr Contreras and asks him his thoughts.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 02:13 PM) The bottom line is for every pitcher you can say Cooper helped throw strikes, there are probably 25 or more you could say he couldn't help. Counting on Castro suddenly throwing strikes is something no one should really do. You're ridiculous.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 02:12 PM) So says you, genius. Maybe if KW got his head out of his ass and exploited the "trade override" function in the options menu this organization wouldn't be in a state of disrepair right now. I heard he actually had an agreement done for Teheran and Minor but that guy who broke into his house called up Frank Wren and pissed him off.

X2 Total Body....I hate you... Honestly though, lots of improvement in the second week here. Pretty happy with my progress and how the program is going. Smarter way to go about things this time around, forcing people to strengthen their core in Phase 1 before they get into the harder shoulders and arms exercises in Phases 2 and 3.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 26, 2011 -> 06:05 PM) It's more like working in a mine, where cave-ins could happen at any moment and kill you or leave isolated for god knows how long, only to find out that working in a mine has been the cause of dementia and migraines. I agree....these guys didn't sign up to have crazy mental problems when they were in their 40's and 50's, well after they had finished playing the game. They assumed the risk of injury, absolutely, but usually when you're talking about a dangerous line of work, you're talking about only forseeable injuries, as to Wite's point. Just because you agree to participate in a dangerous line of work doesn't mean your employer is then relieved of all form of responsibility and can just say "he should have known better!"

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Dec 29, 2011 -> 06:30 PM) Iamshack: I'm planning on getting P90X2 but I'm just wondering what extra training products do you need that's not in the regular P90X. I have a 12 pound medicine ball already, but would you recommend getting the basic version or deluxe version? I'd get the stability ball...and maybe one more med ball.. From what I can tell, the power stands are pretty superfluous... The foam roller/rumble roller are helpful, but not necessary if you are on a budget.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2011 -> 01:21 PM) Link So the alternative is authorizing them to direct debit your account?

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Dec 29, 2011 -> 01:09 PM) So, something akin to salary relief next year...does this tell us anything about when KW is targeting a resurgence? I'm not sure it does, but you guys are better at thinking than me. He was only going to make 8-9 million anyways, right? I think they were just trying to keep the budget about the same.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 29, 2011 -> 12:00 PM) I still don't understand why the Bears don't use Hester more in the slot on short, quick passes, which would utilize his quick acceleration and cutting abilities. Because he doesn't ever accelerate. He dances. Even on his punt returns, he usually opens up his holes by simply outrunning all the pursuit laterally. He doesn't seem to be able to do this on regular offensive plays because there is not enough space.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 29, 2011 -> 11:57 AM) Huh? Briggs has been his normal studly self. The dude is an absolute rock. If I were the Bears, I would think long and hard about trading Forte (if you could get a 1st and a 2nd) and Briggs (for a 2nd). Than I'd use the money they supposedly have to sign two of Mario Williams, a top wide-out, and a LB (or LT or CB). You'd also have the ability to add some draft picks in (plus the Greg Olsen pick) and as a result of those picks (hopefully some talented youth). I'm sure some would disagree with me on Forte but I really have no problem with Bell (to my eye, he looks really good, outside of the fact he needs to learn how to hold the football) and I'm okay with Barber backing him up (plus a draft pick or something). I wouldn't trade Briggs but I am in complete agreement with you on everything else. I think Forte is vastly overrated, and I think people here underrate Briggs...but last time I brought that up I got torn a new one, so I chose to keep my mouth shut this time...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2011 -> 11:23 AM) Yay, people know what I think! Trouble is...the one guy who counts is on record saying he thinks he's a reliever. And even I have a hard time arguing against him. Even you, eh? Who are you, Mike Maddux?