Rusty

You people are all such cucks. Go f*** your own faces.

What the f*** does “ope” mean? My statement was that it was stunning that the network wasn’t on Fubo for NBA opening night. The Fubo agreement is a good thing but it in no way changes my original assertion that they should’ve made an agreement before the season opener. Try harder.

Honest question. Do you think the junior staffer/intern that did the graphic and put Hall of Famer at the bottom was chuckling to themselves? That’s gotta be a reference to “Hall of Famer baseball person” right? It just seems like an odd title. You could easily say White Sox Advisor Tony La Russs.

This is actually a good point. Most people will not dispute the value of analytics….however, one of the biggest things I learned during my MBA is that you can pretty easily skew data to support your pre-conceived position. I can easily cherry pick numbers that my boss wants to make the shareholder meeting presentation look like everything is sunshine, cotton candy, and unicorns. If the new “research and development” department feels pressure from above, and they absolutely will in an organization with Jerry and TLR, they’re just going to twist the numbers to support the way the bosses opinions. Just think you’re a junior analyst with the White Sox. Do you think you want to take an objective looks at the data and walk into an office or prepare a report that essentially says bunting is dumb. Or…do you want to filter out the data so you can make the data say bunting is awesome and probably get a promotion? I know what I’d do…

You get historically bad by signing a bunch of guys that can’t hit under the guise of speed and defense and then…you still are among the worst defensive teams in the league and the base running looks like a circus. Then you sign guys like Mike Clevinger while giving away others at the deadline for near nothing.

This is 4d chess by Getz, TLR, and JR. Field the worst team in league history so…anything looks like an improvement and is “encouraging.” 121 losses? Don’t worry we’ve “rebranded” the analytics department and are now calling it Research and Development! Gave away Kopech and Fedde for nothing at the deadline? Dont worry there will now be “liaisons” to the yet to be named manager! Owner is trying to extort the taxpayers for $2 billion dollars? Dont worry we’ve got new leadership for “some of these departments.” It’s a fucking joke and it will be a joke until Jerry is in the ground.

Yep. I think that’s the whole point. RSNs are dead and…Jerry is now trying to launch an RSN for 3 professional teams and apparently playing hardball with the largest cable provider in the region and the largest streamers. Not at least having a deal with Fubo as the NHL and NBA seasons is unconscionable. No Comcast agreement and a lack of an app when regular season games are being played is unbelievable. I actually think OTA was a pretty good idea but saying that broadcast signals in Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Des Moines, Springfield, Paducah, Davenport, Peoria, Quincy, & Sioux City are “coming soon” 4 weeks after your launch is insane incompetence.

Bulls season opener and still no Comcast, Fubo, or Hulu deal. I figured the Hawks and the NHL wouldn’t move the needle much but not having a deal by the nba regular season is a little stunning.

There’s a fire station in Englewood currently without a ladder truck and ambulance because the city can’t afford to fix them. They just cancelled two consecutive police academy classes because they literally can’t afford to run them. The state of Illinois is a single notch above junk status on its debt rating. But yeah…let’s totally give the worst team in MLB history with a billionaire owner a bunch of public funds to build a new stadium and get richer even though he completely ripped us off on the last one. How exactly do you think both the City and State got into this situation?

That’s wild.

I don’t completely disagree but that is all a byproduct of the ownership and the most dysfunctional organization in professional sports. Guaranteed Rate is absolutely still a serviceable stadium for an MLB team. The facility and location aren’t the issue, it’s the incompetent execution and management by ISFA and Jerry. Putting a competitive product on the field is far more important than the stadium. They just lost the most games in league history. There are far more important things than trying to extort the tax payers to make the real estate guy even richer.

Theres no way this is a serious response. It’s gotta be a weak attempt at satire correct?

This. The guy has made almost all his money on real estate deals. The GRF deal completely fleeced the state and taxpayers but…from a business perspective, it was pure genius. He’s trying to do it again. Hint…so are the Bears.

“Criminal enterprises” hahahahahahahha. Like Jerry totally didn’t extort taxpayers to fund GRF. You’re gonna need a bigger bucket bro. No one tell this clown that Comcast paid $3.4 billion in shareholder dividends and stock buybacks last quarter. Their “reign is coming to an end” though. They are doing better than ever. Almost like they understand business better than the owner of the most futile team in MLB history.

I’m also not your buddy.