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4 days 19 hours ago	Your last paragraph scares me	The Lions do think they are close to making that leap, despite hiring maybe the worst coach in the league. I could totally see Mayhew and Lewand sitting down and saying "If only we had a shut down corner like Champ Bailey, we could really take the next step towards a title" Keep in mind I do not think he is a shut down corner, and he would get absolutely abused by the top 2 receivers on any team in the NFC North save maybe Minnesota. The Lions though, they might think he is, because again, Lions gonna Lions.
1 week 1 day ago	If it was damn near any other owner	I'd say this is just stupid rumor mongering. Gores however, is quickly in the running for worst owner in the NBA.    Really shouldn't be surprised though. He has a passing interest in basketball at best, and is a bona fide scum bag.
3 weeks 6 days ago	If KD is the Slim Reaper	Can Austin Daye be the Trim Sleeper?
3 weeks 6 days ago	He looks waaaaaaaaaaay too much	Like characters I would make in like NBA 2k6. Just, 7 feet tall, 99 everything. Dropped 200 in a game with him once...had 50 rebounds too....
3 weeks 6 days ago	Got in just as the shit was about to hit	I'm sorry mods, this is why we can't have nice things...
4 weeks 6 days ago	What were the respective teams' records again?	How was OSU last year compared to Michigan?  Maybe, perhaps, he wants to go to a better program?
5 weeks 4 days ago	"like most of you"	There's your problem right there. Not that I would insult anyone for there taste in comedy, but that show gets pretty mixed reviews from the type of crows Mgoblog attracts.
6 weeks 12 hours ago	I think the problem was not having a plan in place	He traded him for cap space, and he knew who was going to be available. That was a pretty bad free agent class, there weren't any great fits for the team, and he refused to accept that the team was in decline. While the cap room move is generally a good idea, it was so poorly executed, it's hard to call it a success. Why not hang on to Chauncey, and try to deal someone else? Were the other players contracts so bad that they were untradeable? If so, who gave them those contracts? Did he simply overvalue Prince/Hamilton? The notion of "get cap space" is all well and good, but the giant clusterfuck surrounding every other aspect of the trade is impossible to ignore.
6 weeks 12 hours ago	I think the problem was not having a plan in place	He traded him for cap space, and he knew who was going to be available. That was a pretty bad free agent class, there weren't any great fits for the team, and he refused to accept that the team was in decline. While the cap room move is generally a good idea, it was so poorly executed, it's hard to call it a success. Why not hang on to Chauncey, and try to deal someone else? Were the other players contracts so bad that they were untradeable? If so, who gave them those contracts? Did he simply overvalue Prince/Hamilton? The notion of "get cap space" is all well and good, but the giant clusterfuck surrounding every other aspect of the trade is impossible to ignore.
6 weeks 12 hours ago	Exactly	A GM desperate for another year does incredibly dumb things. 4 years for Josh Smith? Why the fuck not, it's not like you'll have to deal with more than 1 if it doesn't work out.
6 weeks 12 hours ago	I never got that line of thinking	Especially when, if you don't like Gores, there is plenty to criticize him about. Like rushing on the floor after a preseason game, or not letting Dumars use the amnesty on Gordon.  I'm not sure if anyone has reported that, but there is NO WAY Dumars was dumb enough to trade a first rounder to dump a contract, if he could wipe it clean off the cap with the amnesty, unless the owner told him to do so.
7 weeks 3 days ago	That's setting a pretty high bar	Trey Burke and a bunch of scrubs who won 1 game out of 12 while he was injured were 21 points better than the Pistons at the Palace.
7 weeks 4 days ago	We've seen that story	Ever hear of a guy named Barry Sanders? Detroit fans are sick of losing. We don't want exciting players, we want a winning team. I'd trade Calvin Johnson if it helped the team win. That trade doesn't exist, but if you gave the fans a choice between Calvin Johnson and a division title, you know what they would pick.  I would give my left testicle to have 2 rings like the Giants. It doesn't mean shit that we have Calvin Johnson and you have a Qb who wouldn't look out of place selling used Honda's.
7 weeks 4 days ago	Since Ford bought the team in 1963	The Lions have had 13 winning seasons 5 seasons of double digit wins 10 playoff appearances 3 division titles 1 playoff win So forgive Lions fans for assuming the team will be awful until he sells it.
7 weeks 5 days ago	This gif is hypnotizing	It's like the entertainment from Infinite Jest. I can't look away
8 weeks 6 days ago	auburn was also a 3 win team	Improving from 7 wins to 9 isnt the same as 3 to 9. That Auburn team last year was abysmal, this years team is better than any Hoke has ever fielded. So no, it can't happen.
9 weeks 3 days ago	Oddly relevant choice	As watching our O-line is a lot like watching The Love Guru, in that it's only really entertaining in a "How the fuck can anything be that terrible" sort of way
9 weeks 6 days ago	Remember the 5	No seriously, remember the 5
9 weeks 6 days ago	It would be a lot easier	If Michigan had hired a good football coach and not a glorified cheerleader who spouts Bo quotes every time you pull the string on his back, and who's idea of coaching players up is 'hope they execute the gameplan"
9 weeks 6 days ago	His D at Arizona	Held opponents 5 points under their season average this year. Michigan's D....2 points. So I would say he's doing a hell of a lot better right now at Arizona than Brady Hoke is doing at Michigan
9 weeks 6 days ago	I think it becomes a problem	When owners ruin a franchise. It's not a personal affront to you, but the Brown's front office, from the owner down, are a complete joke. You should have to earn the right to be treated as a professional, and no one working for that organization has done so. Sure, asking a question off Facebook is kind of shitty, but it's not like the team has been a paragon of professionalism. You don't fire a coach a year after you hire him for on the field reasons, it doesn't happen. He got fired because he was either doing some shady stuff off field, or him and the front office didn't get along, and if it was the first you can be damn sure we would have heard something about it. So either they didn't do nearly enough research on him before they hired him, and thus aren't really working as hard as they can to get better, or they got in a pissing match because the owner and Lombardi are both pompous jackasses who believe their shit doesn't stink, which again shows that they aren't doing everything they can to win.  Teams are not down that long in professional sports due to bad GM's or coaches, they are down because of bad owners. Hell, even Jeff Loria, who is in the business for no reason other than to bilk the people of Miami of every cent he can while putting out trash, has had good teams. Sure guys like Ford or Dolan want to get better, but they can't, and the ridiculous decisions they make only ensure that the teams are mired in mediocrity for years to come. Of course fans get pissed at that, they do stupid things and run franchises into the ground, essentially because they wanted a new play toy for a couple hundred million.  Also, of course there is more they could do. How do some franchises stay succesful for years while other's stay terrible? It's not dumb luck, the succesful franchises do things the right way, and when the owners and GM's of the terrible ones do things that directly conflict with the method succesful franchises use, it is going to raise questions of their motivation or intelligence.  The fact is, they knew what they were getting into, they bought the team anyway, they cashed the checks they get from all of the fans. I don't see any owners saying they're going to start donating what they make from the team until it's succesful, so they should have to answer some press conference questions a bit harder than "Do you think this next coach will take you to a world championship, or just a league championship Mr. Owner, sir"
10 weeks 1 hour ago	Just like Chip Kelly	Look how terrible he's been
10 weeks 1 hour ago	Let's just say	He has very strong ties to the state, and he's probably not getting the patriots job anytime soon
10 weeks 1 hour ago	Against next years schedule	7 wins get's Hoke fired, easily.  5 losses would have to be OSU, MSU, ND, and then 2 more out of probably Penn State, Rutger's, Minnesota, Indiana....That wouldn't get him another year
10 weeks 1 hour ago	It's the coaches job to get them to execute though	And Oregon executed a hell of a lot more than Michigan. If they were consistently missing assignments like Michigan did, they would be terrible, and the fans would be rightfully questioning if the coaching staff was any good.
10 weeks 13 hours ago	I remember watching Coon in high school	Well, he was in high school anyway. IIRC he lost one match his entire career, at 215 as a freshman to a 2 time d1 champ in triple OT, Nick McDermott. He scrimaged out here in Richmond once or twice and just tore our kids up, which was something they aren't used to.
10 weeks 13 hours ago	It's a fun team to watch	They've done some good things bringing in top notch assistant coaches lately, and really locked up top Michigan kids. It wasn't long ago that Metcalf and Reader were going out of state, but the only really big time Michigan kid to leave lately was Morse.  Now, hopefully this holds true to kid's who are originally from Michigan and they can convince Mark Hall to sign on.
10 weeks 14 hours ago	The Iowa crowd is insane	A few years back the NCAA championships were at the Palace, and Iowa was incredibly well represented. They had a HUGE section that was just packed with black and gold, and they drowned out just about everyone else for most of the tournament. You could be anywhere in the building and know when an Iowa kid scored a takedown.
10 weeks 1 day ago	I would say your wrong	but...Akron and Uconn....
10 weeks 1 day ago	That's assuming robinson leaves	He's a Jr, and Hackenburg will be much better next year. They really don't lose a whole lot

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