probably about welcome week. or fish. but probably welcome week.
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| Date | Title | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 2 years 7 weeks ago | "what we thought Darko was" |
"what we thought Darko was" A 17-year-old in a few shaky video clips, IIRC. Chad Ford liked him, but there wasn't a lot to go on except rumor. There was very little solid evidence about Darko, his play, even his measurables. As opposed to an unguardable 3-4 who had just scored like 35 ppg in the NCAAs. It's the age-old problem of "drafting for need" vs. "best player available". Tayshaun was the heir apparent for the 3 replacing Corliss, so the "need" for the Pistons was someone taller than Ben who could play center and wasn't Mehmet Okur. I get that mindset. But the Pistons proved capable of getting a 4-5 when they got Rasheed later, didn't need one through the draft. Joe D must have just figured that Carmelo was not all about "Goin' to Work" and the Pistons identity (at the time) of tough defense, so they went a different direction. Into a pick most people (including myself) now regret. |
| 2 years 7 weeks ago | Payroll is key here |
Compare the payroll during the 120-loss seasons the Tigers had to the payroll the years they started getting those players. Dombrowski has benefitted from being able to pick between players worth multi-millions, where Smith had to pick from what Bill Simmons calls the "poo-poo platter," concerning free agents, trades, pitcher signing bonuses for early 1st rounders, etc. Don't think that the NHL salary cap didn't have something to do with Ilitch being to throw money at the baseball team all of a sudden. |
| 2 years 13 weeks ago | I am sure |
I am sure his deep ball will be improved by two things: I hope Tate has that much upside; we'll win some games that way. |
| 2 years 18 weeks ago | or taken a different tack and asked Layla |
"You're a lot of woman, you know that? Yeah, wanna make 14 dollars the hard way?" |
| 2 years 18 weeks ago | Good point |
I remember Februarys walking under the Grad Library, getting blasted by the wind tunnels around the Diag, plus standing around for the AATA or the campus bus to go to North or South Campus. That's what the recruits don't want. They would likely be fine with a little bit of cold hands on a sideline. With all these Charles Woodson articles written about his DPOY award, they all say he didn't want to go to Green Bay at first because of the snow, and he was from Ohio and went to UM. Jared Allen went to Idaho State, and still dislikes Minnesota weather. It's a fact. It shouldn't trump that UM is an NFL pipeline, playing time concerns, etc., but it's a fact of Big 10 life. |
| 2 years 20 weeks ago | Offensive line injuries |
Granted, of the 5 starting lineman, we could probably afford to lose Molk LEAST...but someone's going to be banged up by the time we play MSU, right? It is just a given. It's not like it's unforeseeable. We can hope they do a bit better working second-stringers in this year than last. |
| 2 years 21 weeks ago | It is not fishy |
if you consider the giant cyst in his brain that flares up with pain during moments of stress -- there was a big article on it in Sports Illustrated (and likely still on CNNSI.com). As of 3:14 pm Sunday, ESPN reports it is just a 'leave' during 2010 season. Brian Kelly better not have a fake degree like O'Leary, though. |
| 2 years 26 weeks ago | People said Murdoch wouldn't ruin the WSJ |
People said Murdoch wouldn't ruin the WSJ, but the proof is in the pudding, it seems. |
| 2 years 26 weeks ago | Just so no one reminisces too much about Chad |
2007 - OSU Drives killed by Henne incompletions/sacks : 13 of 15 |
| 2 years 27 weeks ago | Competition-invariant? |
I guess things like Penn State > ND, Wisconsin > Michigan St. and Iowa > Indiana aren't worth considering? Teams are ranked for some reasons, reasons like ability to kick the hell out of conference cellar-dwellers like Michigan (which is where we are). Also, all your bullets are happening to other teams too. ND losing Floyd and Clausen, Iowa losing Stanzi, etc. (4) is laughable. Is it impossible for Michigan to figure out other teams weaknesses? We have as much film on them as they do on us. |
