Bananarchy

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Nov 11, 2015 -> 08:31 AM) I think it was actually announced months ago. Essentially. CBS had a one shot opportunity to move from WBBM to WSCR and everyone kind of knew it would happen due to the White Sox move.

Stoked. What a great hire.

QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 10, 2015 -> 10:07 AM) well, you make and interesting point. for my disclaimer before i will post. i think everyone know my opinion on SB and my opinion on what happen after the and before the draft. well, i am not going to rehash. we the hawks fans are in the thick of it and i am saying this is what we, the fans can expect. what you see is what can be had. no nhl team is going to go out on a limb to help the blackhawks and SB. in order for SB to pull off a trade, he is going to really get creative and probably end up giving some draft picks. in other words, over pay. that is the cost of winning and winning 2 SC's. You're right, I'm afraid. That's the new normal of being a "dynasty" in a Salary Capped league. No team can beat a cap system in the NHL forever, as it is designed to swallow them up back into the middle of the pack. And you nailed it on the head with "other GMs won't help". Spot on.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Nov 10, 2015 -> 02:42 PM) Bears are so far away right now, it's hard to say when they will be a playoff team again. Especially on the defensive side. They have nothing, maybe one or two players. Offense is better, but still so far away. If you believe smart people, the Bears are two drafts away from being right in it. They have a quarterback, which certainly helps and the NFL rebuild isn't like baseball; it happens quickly.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 10, 2015 -> 02:09 PM) Well next year you'll hopefully still have Jeffrey, Bennett, and HOPEFULLY a stud WR in White. The line is still competent, even if injured on occasion. It's not the bottomless pit it was 5 years ago. And you'll hopefully still have Forte. I'm sure most teams around the league would take that. This! And we likely add an O-lineman. It's not hard to look at this team and see some bright spots, which is room for optimism when you look back at how bad we thought this team would be.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Nov 9, 2015 -> 11:00 PM) Adam Gase is gonna be a wanted man this off season. Quick questions? He signed a 3 year contract, correct? Technically, the Bears can be d***s and not let him interview, right? If so, I'd promise him he can be the HC after Fox or something. Retaining Gase is a MUST this off season Can't happen. The Bears can't block Gase from interviewing elsewhere. In the coaching carousel last year, Gase was the last man out. I'm really happy Jay looks like the guy the Bears traded for, but Gase is still likely gone. QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Nov 9, 2015 -> 11:04 PM) If the Bears finish 4-12/5-11 and Cutler finishes with 22 TD's and 13 INT's, I'm not sure why he would be truly "wanted" other than people just saying "Cutler 'looks' different." We know why the Bears are bad and offense is not that facet of the game. Defense and Special Teams are awful. The Offense looks great. There may be some coaching candidates that leapfrog Gase, but he will interview a lot of places and likely land a job.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 7, 2015 -> 03:27 PM) Are Bulls fans stoked about Hoiberg? What's the fan reaction after a few games? He's a good offensive tactician. The problem is, he has a team that was essentially built by Thibs, the Rose/Butler problem is a reality, and health continues to be a problem. There's a ton of talent on the Bulls, but they just aren't much of a team. Hoiberg does look like a pretty good coach so far.

QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 10, 2015 -> 02:12 AM) exactly and that is the point, who no matter how good of a gm the hawks have, will find it difficult to find a trading partner. just keep developing those young prospects. I'd almost rather rough through in than make the Johns mistake again. That time, Bowman had a gun to his head.

QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 9, 2015 -> 03:10 PM) according to a hockey site i visit and some may not like or trust, it was mention that Q and the hawks FO are looking to trade for a dman. even though some of the injured dmans may be coming back sooner than expected. it is really going to be hard to find room, due to salary cap restrictions. i just can't see it. plus, has anyone really been disappointed in Darling play this season??? So, the way I see it, in last year's Stanley Cup playoff run you had four defensemen taking the brunt of the ice time. Problem is, Oduya is gone, and his replacement is Trevor Daley, who is a throwaway at best. Who could the Blackhawks move?

QUOTE (gatnom @ Nov 9, 2015 -> 09:29 AM) It matters because football coaches start getting hired in about a month. Maybe, but Illinois is at the bottom of the pecking order for coaches, so timing matters less.

QUOTE (gatnom @ Nov 9, 2015 -> 09:25 AM) What awful timing. This couldn't have been done a couple months ago? I don't think it matters. It sounds like the school did some actual due diligence and handled the situation just fine. Time to start looking at AD candidates.

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.