This is great timing by me to write after the Lions loss...Bears and Cubs takes incoming. Sox currently sit at +25000 to win the division...I have already bet $5 on them. $5 tw $1255.
Bears...first off, I do feel bad for TB. He doesnt deserve this. From Carolina...to thinking he has a little less stressful job here at Chicago with some talent...nope, youre now HC buddy. I hope he at least lands somewhere competent next to get a refresh on his career.
Tyrique Stevenson doing the SKOL chant after that dumbass play to catch the ball...thats for addressing. He is so dumb. He needs his ass beat. Makes some sense he left Georgia for Miami....there are probably rules around accountability in Athens.
DJ Moore...almost out on him. He needs to stop crying. Worst body language on the team. Just sack up and act like you deserve the C on your chest.
Rome Odunze...unfortunately for Rome...this pick seems weirder and weirder by the week. I dont think Rome is bad, I just dont think he has that good of hands and shows zero explosiveness...for a top 10 pick. But Poles really thought the bears needed another WR, along with Keenan...and then theyll wait until later in draft for some sleepers at OLine...maybe some ivy leaguers?? dumbass. I'll give Rome 10 more games total until im out.
D Swift...he seems fine. A man once said he needs to stop spinning so much...he really does. It looks like an 8 year old playing Madden who just hits 'B' at random times when the defender is near by. I still think hes good...not that good. "Good with the right complimentary back" -- alright so the RB for 8M/year struggles at the goal line? Perfect.
Caleb rocks.
Jaylen Johnson & Kyler Gordon, love love love. But Brisker...I still have no clue if this guy is good or bad. You could convince me either way.
You know how I feel about Santos...guy just kicks flat line drives and can barely make a 50 yarder.
alright im done. Go Bears!
P.S. all opinions above can be swayed by a good HC + OC signing.
"Rules around accountability in Athens" is funny either way, but I'm not sure if it was unintentional or not. They've had like 73 dudes drunk speed racing over the past three years. A couple people dead, no biggie.
Let me preface this with the fact that I am Jed stan and never understood the heat on him. The narrative that the Cubs should behave as a “big market team” is something we, as a city, should have moved past a long time ago. There is a tier of teams that make large bets and live with misses, the Cubs (or Chicago teams as a whole) aren’t one of them. Never will be. The payroll has always been within the top 10 of the MLB and the same crowd who clamor about the lack of spending are the same people who would have handcuffed the organization with a long-term Bellinger extension last year.
Jed inherited a situation that included a depleted farm system (look back at our top prospects in 2020…gross) and a “core” that we absolutely had to get rid of but without much leverage. Since then, Jed has totally rebuilt the farm system and now is in a situation where the Cubs can pivot to significant trades or signings. If anything, I think the torrid 2023 finish set us back a year in the rebuild because it provided false hope around certain players and delayed larger moves.
Long, gruesome rebuilds will always be a part of the Cubs cycle. We aren’t the Dodgers, Met, or whoever David Kaplan wants to think we should be – but I’d rather have Jed’s brain leading the charge than whoever the alternative would be.
Man, this is incredibly well written and may be the most compelling argument I've ever come across in this comment section (not saying much).
I also like Jed, and think you're right on with the comments on the farm system and past core. My only issue with him, which is still a guess, is that he seems to want his bets to win too bad.
What I mean by that is... I think he's far happier with trading for an undiscovered Michael Busch than just signing an awesome first baseman in free agency. That's my only gripe.
As for the spending, it doesn't make sense to me why Jed would ever get heat for that. It's clearly not his call.
I just think if the Ricketts want to charge us $300 to walk into Wrigleyville, they should throw us a bone every once in a while. Jason Heyward's contract, yada yada. Who cares.
Vrabel is my first choice too. Been saying it all year but Dj Moores effort/temper tantrums have been pathetic. All year he has pretty much refused to block and ran half ass routes. If he is still mad that the Bears traded Fields, he should not have signed an extension.
Curious to hear your thoughts on Vrabel potentially hiring McDaniels for his OC. I kind of like it given the fact he will never be a HC again in the NFL, which could bring much needed stability for Caleb.
This is great timing by me to write after the Lions loss...Bears and Cubs takes incoming. Sox currently sit at +25000 to win the division...I have already bet $5 on them. $5 tw $1255.
Bears...first off, I do feel bad for TB. He doesnt deserve this. From Carolina...to thinking he has a little less stressful job here at Chicago with some talent...nope, youre now HC buddy. I hope he at least lands somewhere competent next to get a refresh on his career.
Tyrique Stevenson doing the SKOL chant after that dumbass play to catch the ball...thats for addressing. He is so dumb. He needs his ass beat. Makes some sense he left Georgia for Miami....there are probably rules around accountability in Athens.
DJ Moore...almost out on him. He needs to stop crying. Worst body language on the team. Just sack up and act like you deserve the C on your chest.
Rome Odunze...unfortunately for Rome...this pick seems weirder and weirder by the week. I dont think Rome is bad, I just dont think he has that good of hands and shows zero explosiveness...for a top 10 pick. But Poles really thought the bears needed another WR, along with Keenan...and then theyll wait until later in draft for some sleepers at OLine...maybe some ivy leaguers?? dumbass. I'll give Rome 10 more games total until im out.
D Swift...he seems fine. A man once said he needs to stop spinning so much...he really does. It looks like an 8 year old playing Madden who just hits 'B' at random times when the defender is near by. I still think hes good...not that good. "Good with the right complimentary back" -- alright so the RB for 8M/year struggles at the goal line? Perfect.
Caleb rocks.
Jaylen Johnson & Kyler Gordon, love love love. But Brisker...I still have no clue if this guy is good or bad. You could convince me either way.
You know how I feel about Santos...guy just kicks flat line drives and can barely make a 50 yarder.
alright im done. Go Bears!
P.S. all opinions above can be swayed by a good HC + OC signing.
Cubs: Pay Kyle Tucker.
Next time, give the $5 to the Salvation Army.
"Rules around accountability in Athens" is funny either way, but I'm not sure if it was unintentional or not. They've had like 73 dudes drunk speed racing over the past three years. A couple people dead, no biggie.
Let me preface this with the fact that I am Jed stan and never understood the heat on him. The narrative that the Cubs should behave as a “big market team” is something we, as a city, should have moved past a long time ago. There is a tier of teams that make large bets and live with misses, the Cubs (or Chicago teams as a whole) aren’t one of them. Never will be. The payroll has always been within the top 10 of the MLB and the same crowd who clamor about the lack of spending are the same people who would have handcuffed the organization with a long-term Bellinger extension last year.
Jed inherited a situation that included a depleted farm system (look back at our top prospects in 2020…gross) and a “core” that we absolutely had to get rid of but without much leverage. Since then, Jed has totally rebuilt the farm system and now is in a situation where the Cubs can pivot to significant trades or signings. If anything, I think the torrid 2023 finish set us back a year in the rebuild because it provided false hope around certain players and delayed larger moves.
Long, gruesome rebuilds will always be a part of the Cubs cycle. We aren’t the Dodgers, Met, or whoever David Kaplan wants to think we should be – but I’d rather have Jed’s brain leading the charge than whoever the alternative would be.
Man, this is incredibly well written and may be the most compelling argument I've ever come across in this comment section (not saying much).
I also like Jed, and think you're right on with the comments on the farm system and past core. My only issue with him, which is still a guess, is that he seems to want his bets to win too bad.
What I mean by that is... I think he's far happier with trading for an undiscovered Michael Busch than just signing an awesome first baseman in free agency. That's my only gripe.
As for the spending, it doesn't make sense to me why Jed would ever get heat for that. It's clearly not his call.
I just think if the Ricketts want to charge us $300 to walk into Wrigleyville, they should throw us a bone every once in a while. Jason Heyward's contract, yada yada. Who cares.
But again, I agree.
Vrabel is my first choice too. Been saying it all year but Dj Moores effort/temper tantrums have been pathetic. All year he has pretty much refused to block and ran half ass routes. If he is still mad that the Bears traded Fields, he should not have signed an extension.
Curious to hear your thoughts on Vrabel potentially hiring McDaniels for his OC. I kind of like it given the fact he will never be a HC again in the NFL, which could bring much needed stability for Caleb.
I would be ecstatic with that move. McDaniels is an elite offensive coordinator, just a bad coach.
Yeah he had Belichick, but from everything I read, Biil was very hands off with him.
If we hire those two, I may throw a party.