Bananarchy

Thank you, Jesus. The school couldn't let him hire another coach.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 8, 2015 -> 09:13 PM) NFL coaches are just so ridiculously conservative. You can say that again. Punting is the best example. I can't remember the actual statistical findings, but it's evident that teams punt too much and go for field goals too often. If it's 4th and less than three, regardless of field position, coaches should go for it. If it's fourth and less than 7 and you're inside your opponents 40, you should go for it.

QUOTE (woods of ypres @ Nov 8, 2015 -> 11:18 PM) Sadly, sports on WGN are only shown locally now. You no longer get Sox, Bulls, Cubs games on WGN America. Yeah, so those games get blacked even though I forked over like $200 for GCL

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Nov 9, 2015 -> 08:06 AM) Kane leads the NHL in goals That's epic, especially considering Tyler Seguin's pace is a strange one. He had a shorty yesterday and a hat trick the game before. He doesn't look like a scoring leader. Kane is more impressive when you consider Seguin and Benn are the best scoring pair in hockey and therefore get assists like there's no tomorrow.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Nov 8, 2015 -> 07:59 PM) Panarin with 2 goals. Kane 2 assists. The 2nd Panarin goal might have been offsides as Panarin made an extra move at the blue line but Edmonton didn't use the coach's challenge. I wish I could watch. We have UVerse so we don't get NHL Network. I did get to watch Detroit look bad against Dallas.

Good lord.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Nov 7, 2015 -> 09:53 AM) Toews fought yesterday, so there's that. Insult to injury. Toews shouldn't fight ever. Some Captains have the build to do something like that, but Toews isn't one of them.

Good. He's not worth what he thinks he is worth, so he won't be signing here.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 12:52 PM) They're both Pro-Bowlers. Today, Greg Hardy is a Pro-Bowler. Most NFL scouts are of the opinion Ray Rice is not good anymore.

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 12:22 PM) This is actually a very interesting use which I'd like. But when the cubs were in the playoffs and bernstein was tweeting like "cubs now have a 65% probability of winning", it was like, cool, should I watch. The problem with a number of these stats is they are based heavily on regular season performance, but when compared to a 162 game season, the playoffs are a minuscule sample size.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 12:46 PM) Even before today, it was a well-known fact that Hardy is an asshole who shouldn't be in the league. How he's playing for the Cowboys and Ray Rice is unemployed is beyond me. No, I'm not saying Rice > Hardy, I'm saying they're equally terrible. Jerry Jones is a moron, but it's not hard to see why Hardy is playing and Rice isn't. Hardy is a Pro Bowler and Rice is garbage. But as people, they're both garbage, and while I watch a lot of Cowboys, I can't watch that moron on the field.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 11:48 AM) Kane is absolutely a victim. How does being falsely accused of one of the worst things a human being can do by some gold digger not warrant being a victim? This girl set real rape victims back 30 years, not Patrick Kane. Apparently trying to frame a rich athlete with rape isnt as bad as "what Kane did to the Blackhawks organisation" by going out with friends with security/driver during the offseason... If she were a gold digger, why wouldn't she continue to cooperate with the case? Her odds of making money with a civil suit drop significantly if the case against Kane is dropped. For that matter, why hasn't there been more mention of a civil suit?

QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 10:51 AM) ahhhhh i love it. that my friend is another fine line of logic which can be discussed endlessly. for me this is like the chicken or the egg discussion. b/c of the many tangible discussion that it will open. my biggest comment against it. an analogy, the boy who cries wolf. The problem is, in the boy who cries wolf, the boy wasn't invited to the wolf's house. You seem to be taking this so personally. It's over. Kane's not going after his accuser and he's not being charged. QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 10:52 AM) totally off related. i have to give the blackhawks org props for not abandoning Kan in the beginning. It's completely related if you think Kane is interested in pressing charges against his accuser. Doing so would achieve nothing and instead cause problems.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 10:50 AM) What would be her motivation to make up that story then? She may have felt sexually violated. I'm not sure. All I'm saying is, backlash against these kinds of accusers are generally frowned upon, because most cases like these (rape) go unreported.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 10:45 AM) I just can't believe some of the responses on here. Every shred of evidence from eye witness to scientific contradicts this woman's story. Yet somehow Kane is still not the victim even though his reputation is ruined (what little good reputation he had left) and he lost substantial money over it. He also somehow embarrassed the Blackhawks because someone made up lies about him. How the hell does that work? I agree the situation is really difficult. But we're kind of arguing over something relatively moot. Kane shouldn't go after his accuser because it doesn't really achieve anything. All that would do is bring more press to the story he wants to go away. The last thing Kane, the Blackhawks, or the NHL wants is for this thing to become any bigger. If Gawker, the Daily Beast, the Huffington Post, or any other left leaning news source caught wind of this, the backlash could be enough to make the NHL do something.

QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 10:35 AM) by science.... the results of the DNA, which is the foundation of questioning her creditably. when the DNA results came back, that was the domino effect in reverse. Right, but someone who is not credible is not necessarily malicious.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 10:30 AM) Her account is directly contradicted by her friend as well as several other witnesses as well as DNA evidence. As a last ditch effort her mother fraudulently tried to set up the police dept as the fall guy. How many other things need to happen to point to this being an outright lie? Can you prove that she knowingly and maliciously lied? Can you prove that her version of the story was not a result of her mental state? Until you can, Kane isn't the victim. Kane would be stupid to seek any retribution, anyway. He just wants the story to go away. Last thing he needs is the more left leaning news outlets running away with this.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 08:17 AM) If the Bulls want to beat Cleveland in the playoffs, each of the following has to happen: -Rose plays like he did last night (which actually isn't too far-fetched) -Butler plays good defense but remains a viable offensive option -Mirotic has to come to play, and not put up 2 points like last night -At least 3 of our top 4 bigs have to be healthy (Portis would slip into the #4 spot) -McDermott and Moore have to continue being solid role players Not impossible, but we'll see. Add to that: Something has to happen to LeBron James.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 09:54 AM) I know it is because all accounts here point to Kane as the victim, I'm still waiting on the evidence you had that suggested that there was "something there". Don't confuse "not being charged" with "being the victim". In cases of sexual assault, the tables don't turn like that. If that girl did feel threatened, she was still the victim. Unless you can prove beyond reasonable doubt that the plaintiff knowingly and maliciously lied about her situation, you cannot call Patrick Kane the victim.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Nov 5, 2015 -> 02:03 PM) What do you want the NHL to do? Say hey nice job not raping that woman here's a 5 game suspension? As far as we know (and any evidence we've been given has shown) Kane did absolutely nothing wrong that night and nothing worse than any other guy in the league is doing. Kane has been fine since the Wisconsin incident. What do you want him to do, never leave the house and live like a hermit? Like I said, they may not do anything. I would be shocked if people in the Blackhawks organization aren't looking at the possibility of intervening on Patrick Kane's drinking.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 30, 2015 -> 02:12 PM) They make the $$$$$$ Disney is requiring them to shave off hundreds of millions over the next few years. Despite record revenues. Right, but the price of contracts with leagues is getting too steep for Disney to handle.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Nov 5, 2015 -> 09:47 AM) Fans of the 29 other NHL teams will consider it a story for the rest of his career. Fair or unfair, the same accusation has followed Big Ben, Kobe Bryant. It will be interesting to see what the NHL or Blackhawks do. They probably don't need to do anything and they probably shouldn't have him miss games, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Blackhawks would want Kane to seek some kind of treatment.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 5, 2015 -> 07:17 AM) That's what everyone said last year and the Jets won all of zero games in the playoffs. For sure, but this year is even worse. With the Ducks struggling, the balance of power is even further towards the Central. If the Central beats the pants off the rest of the league, the one seed will come from the Central and the 2 would come from the Pacific. That 7 seed against a weaker Pacific opponent may be the best seed. Of course, if a team like Dallas with a weak defense is the 7 seed, they'll probably still lose.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Nov 5, 2015 -> 07:08 AM) Definitely a goalie loss. With Crawford, that will happen and that's certainly okay. At some point I wouldn't be surprised if the bottom dropped out on him, but I feel like that's seasons away.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 5, 2015 -> 01:38 AM) Why do a lot of people think he's gonna get a restructured deal with the Sox? He's a decent shortstop. He's actually above average and has a little pop in his bat. He's gonna get 12-15 million a year with somebody, believe it or not. He's below replacement level. He passes the eye test, but he's not actually any good. If he gets $12-$15 million, whatever GM does that should be fired on the spot.