Bananarchy

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 29, 2016 -> 12:02 PM) Hickory's favorite head coach signs a 6-year extension to stay in South Bend Good to see ND settling for mediocrity.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 11:41 PM) What's the opposite of rose colored glasses? Sanity

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 08:24 AM) I think he was concussed from the previous hit and was kind of in autopilot... It's certainly possible and you would hope that's true because it was unfathomably stupid to hit an official. If he can convince the NHL that was the case, he should still probably get 20 games (but if he was concussed, he should probably be out a lot of that, anyway)

It had better be 50 games. That is ridiculous.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 07:58 AM) What? I think what is shows is the Bulls roster is full of guys who keep getting hurt. The theory that they kept getting hurt because Thibs played them too much was garbage, and now it shows. Appendicitis is not "an injury". There's nothing a coach can do to prevent that. Also, tell us more about your fantasy land where minutes from previous seasons have no effect on current performance. We'll wait.

It's too bad GarPax blew up Niko's appendix.

Nash scores. 5-0 Canes.

Nordstrom scores. 4-0 Canes

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 26, 2016 -> 03:36 PM) Tiley is overseeing the Australian Open right now. The constant delays make sense that he'd be the hire. I hope that's true. I really like Tiley as a candidate.

I'll watch another period because the Canes aren't very good, but this is a tough watch so far. Darling in goal to start the 2nd.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 26, 2016 -> 07:13 PM) The Flyers "figured out " how to give Chris Pronger life changing concussions and permanent vision impairment. And yet he's not retired. How could that be? In any other sport or situation, Pronger would be retired. Everyone in hockey knows exactly what is happening. Multiple teams hide players on LTIR. It's the only way GMs can avoid the huge frontloading penalties. LTIR Frauds

Versteeg scores. 3-0 Canes

Carolina scores again. 2-0 canes

Not a good start. 1-0 Swirls halfway through the 1st. Shots 9-2 canes

QUOTE (Tony @ Jan 26, 2016 -> 05:09 PM) The Seabrook deal I can understand Hawk fans getting semi-upset about, but while the Hawks were trying to circumvent the cap system, I give credit to a front office for trying to get creative. Once the NHL changed the rule, AFTER the Keith and Hossa contracts have been signed, changed things. Those deals, certainly the length, would not have been signed if the rule had already been changed. For sure. But the Flyers have figured out the workaround, which is to basically have a player go on IR and never be in playing shape, but keep them "active".

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jan 26, 2016 -> 04:34 PM) Keith? Dude is a fitness freak of nature and has arguably the best contract in the NHL. I can see him playing at an elite level well into his contract. Not saying he'll be winning a Norris when he's 40 like Lidström, but he'll still be very good. Hossa almost 100% will finish his career on LTIR. It's not a matter of good, it's a matter of "These players cannot retire less the Blackhawks get killed on recapture"

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 26, 2016 -> 02:22 PM) Mark Lazerus ‏@MarkLazerus 2h2 hours ago #Blackhawks signed through: Q: 2020 Crawford: 2020 Bowman: 2021 Hossa: 2021 Anisimov: 2021 Keith: 2023 Toews: 2023 Kane: 2023 Seabrook: 2024 In 2023, I'm guessing at least two of Hossa, Keith, and Seabrook will be on LTIR. The recapture on those guys is awful.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 26, 2016 -> 08:15 AM) certain people wonder what he has done to deserve the extension Not so much that. They have basically signed Stan Bowman to the time where it will be up to him to rebuild this when all his players are past his prime. Seems only appropriate he ride this out.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 23, 2016 -> 11:24 AM) I am all for having 42 and 21 displayed in all parks, but do the numbers really have to be retired? Let the individual teams do that. Wouldn't it make more of an impact on the legacy of Jackie Robinson if a player wore 42 in his honor, and a broadcaster mentioned it rather than having no one wear it except everyone wear it one day a year? I feel this way as well. I go back and forth on retiring jersey numbers in general, but I'm leaning toward favoring retiring jerseys, not numbers. But I digress, to me it would be sufficient to honor these players in other ways. Clemente is well honored in the MLB.

This Super Bowl could be worse than the last Bronco appearance. The Panthers are just steamrolling everybody.

QUOTE (ozzfest @ Jan 23, 2016 -> 07:29 PM) It's clueless fans like yourself that support Kenny Williams running the White Sox for as long as he has. You don't know something will get better until you change it. The Bulls need to change their FO. The White Sox need to get rid of Kenny. Both teams need to tank and rebuild. Going halfway is a really sh*** plan. In regards to my plan: it would not involve Tony Snell starting on my team. I'm going to write this off as you being not very observant, but I am arguably the most vocal proponent of blowing up the White Sox organization top to bottom in order to create a champion from scratch. Also, the White Sox and their situation have next to nothing to do with where the Bulls are. Basketball and baseball are not the same sport, it turns out.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 23, 2016 -> 01:45 PM) Welcome to the Garpax apologist group now Tell us more about your brilliant championship plan. Oh wait, that's right. You don't have one.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 23, 2016 -> 10:06 AM) You fundamentally don't understand how the NBA works. No team that is any good trades for stars. They simply don't have the assets to do it. Pau to the Lakers is the rare exception and everyone agreed Memphis got screwed in the trade and something fishy was going on. And every time a Pau to Lakers type trade happens, the odds of it happening again decreases.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 22, 2016 -> 09:18 PM) OK I am calling bulls***. Don't tell me how competent Gar/Pax are when they hire Hoiberg and don't make one move to get the correct personnel for his system. Yeah, the NBA doesn't work that way. It's not like baseball, where you have an excess of pieces you can move across multiple levels. NBA teams have 12 guys. The Bulls have very little in terms of desirable pieces. In fact, I would argue the only tradeable piece the Bulls have is Gasol. The Bulls would arguably have to draft Hoiberg system players in concert with trading what they can. Right now they have nothing tradable.

QUOTE (ozzfest @ Jan 22, 2016 -> 08:34 PM) You are a garpax apologist bro. Enjoy being mediocre. I'm not your bro. And every team is mediocre without transcendent players. The Bulls have none. Until they can draft one, this is what you get every year.