Tony

By that logic, in the 2025 draft, if the Bears have pick 12, Pick 35 and pick 45, and the best three players on their draft board at each selection are WR’s, they should take all 3 WR? There doesn’t have to be a hard and fast rule that you MUST either draft BPA or draft for need, it should be fluid. If the BPA at Pick 10 was a QB, that would be a mistake for the Bears, given their roster and where they are. There will be plenty of players with high draft grades that also fit a need for where the roster is weak

RB shouldn’t be anywhere on their draft boards in the Top 4 rounds. Taking a RB is putting the final touches on a complete team, almost like using a 4th on a punter…when this team is dreadfully short on OL and DL, probably the two most important positions on the field after QB…that’s where all their attention should be. This is about the least complicated draft in recent memory for the Bears.

0.0% chance of that happening.

It’s about accountability, showing you care. I understand sports are different than most other businesses, but in ANY industry, when someone continues, week after week, to put up performances that are not only bad, but cost your organization and puts your brand in a negative light (nationally as well as locally), you don’t keep that person employed for your company. He’s also the most visible member of the organization and the person that speaks for the team. If he’s not capable and not up to the task, I don’t agree, in any business, just keeping the person in place for any longer than they need to be. By keeping Flus, the Bears continue show us they don’t care about getting better or holding people accountable.

That was really incredible. Be in position to win on the road vs the Lions and Flus STILL finds a way to put his stamp on it

Coaching shouldn't matter this much, but if Harbaugh is the coach of the 2024 Bears, I truly think they have 7 wins right now.

Even with the small sample size, why would you want to change anything, especially now. I saw some people talking about Flus being fired after the Lions game and Thomas Brown taking over. Why put more responsibility on him now, when things seem to be working? Keep him in the OC role. At the end of the year, I would hope they do an exhaustive search for a new HC. If they do, they will find someone more qualified than Thomas Brown. If they want to keep him as OC, great. But the expectations should be raised from Thomas Brown.

I'm sorry, were these not quotes from you less than 24 hours ago? You said "The salary cap is the issue, not the alleged frugality of Jerry Reinsdorf? What did you mean by that, other than "Teams shouldn't be allowed to spend whatever they want, if there was a more level playing field, the White Sox would have a better chance of competing?" Please, enlighten the rest of us. As far your second graph, I've got bad news, and then worse news for you. 1. I'll post and reply to whatever I choose to 2. You can't do anything about that, so you're just going to have to put on your big boy pants and deal with it.

Here are some other facts the author doesn't include: The Milwaukee Brewers were 21st in payroll in 2024, at 115 million. They were also 16th in attendance, coming in at 2.5 million fans. They won 93 games and their division by double digits. In 2023, they won 92 games and their division by 9 games. They were 16th in payroll in 2023, and 15th in attendance. The Cleveland Guardians were 23rd in payroll in 2024, at 106 million. They were also 20th in attendance, coming it at just over 2 million fans. They won 92 games and their division. Additionally, the article states: It has been proven time and time again you don't need a payroll in the Top 5 to stay competitive and make the playoffs consistently, but instead a strong organizational philosophy and player development. In the case of the White Sox, it has also been proven fans will attend when a good product is on the field. The organization historically has not held up their end of the bargain. The entire premise of your argument is "There should be a salary cap so teams won't be able to spend as much, and that in turn should make the White Sox more competitive." While that premise is absolutely flawed, even if we used that premise, teams would adapt and spend in other areas of the organization that doesn't impact payroll to give themselves a competitive advantage, something the White Sox have shown absolutely no interest in doing. But keep carrying water for one of the worst owners in sports. You're doing great.

Stop trying to argue with dolts. It doesn't work.

This honestly has to be a bit

By that logic, why are you even saying anything?

But that's true if he does a great job or a poor job. Unless Getz performs a literal miracle in the next two seasons, he's going to have one of the worst W-L records of all-time as a GM, and if Jerry were to go in the next 2-3 years, the entire FO would almost certainly be replaced. The point, and it's a correct one...the odds are incredibly high Chris Getz will be the last GM Jerry has as owner of the White Sox.

No one disagrees here. The problem is we don’t know if Jerry feels the same way. They want to get rid of the salary, clearly. We don’t know what directives Getz has been given by ownership. They can also easily “open up AB’s” by cutting him, but of course they won’t do that. What we do know as objective fact is no one is taking him on for a prospect or league minimum player. He won’t be moved unless the Sox are also taking on salary, or he is included in a package with Crochet or another positive value player. It doesn’t make sense to lessen the value of the Crochet package to include him. But just because we don’t agree with it doesn’t mean it won’t happen. It may not, but I would say it’s possible given ownership

Because...you were wrong. On top of it, you also criticized greg for HIS honest opinions, listing out each bullpen pitcher and why they don't "blow" (Spoiler alert, they did, in fact, blow) This is coming from the same person who will move the goal posts when anyone calls you out and say "Resorting to personal attacks just lessens your argument" then two posts later will call someone an idiot. Look in the mirror, take the L and stop arguing with anyone who has a negative opinion on the team. Given the Sox track record, they're probably right.

That would be the appropriate feeling in this case

I obviously don't think it happens because of the items you listed, but I do think the concept still makes sense, in addition to the idea of trading away a 25 year old arm like Crochet is generally a mistake, especially when it's for lottery tickets and the track record the White Sox have in player development.

IMO, there would be a compelling pitch to be made to Crochet that would be somewhat unique to the White Sox, and that would be significantly front loading the contract extension. The Sox payroll should be historically low the next 2 seasons, Crochet is still just 25. Additionally, it's objectively true he's dealt with injuries and missed significant time during his career, which creates risk for both Crochet and the team signing him to an extension. A front loaded deal gets him paid more, faster, and creates payroll flexibility for the White Sox in 2027-2028 when theoretically the team is in a position to compete, and Crochet is still 28-29 years old.

I'm going to be more sad for the fan base lol

I absolutely think, at this point on November 19th, it's not a slam dunk that Flus is gone. He absolutely should be, no question...but based on the Bears history, I don't think it's 100% at this point.

I think the Bears should hire Bill Self as the next head coach. Might be controversial, but he’s a really good coach, think it could translate into football.

I’d still take a talented roster over talented coaching staff, the best coach in the world can only do so much with a shitty roster, but if anything, you need both for a successful team. Can’t remember a situation like this one in my sports fandom, where it’s just so evident the decisions being made on the sidelines are impacting the results this much. They have failed at historical levels when you consider how many games they have blown with 95% odds to win a game in the 4th quarter.

IMO, the most frustrating part of this is I don’t believe that’s true, it’s a rare case where the coaching really has made a major, major impact on things. I think this is a talented roster, albeit with some holes, but with a good coaching staff, this team has at least 7 wins right now

Incredible catches from Rome