OT: Non-Kraken Local Sports (Mariners, Seahawks, Sounders, etc.)

[StreetHawk]

I don't follow junior hockey too much but where the Thunderbirds just rebuilding this year after almost winning it all last year? Is their team pretty young or did they just mortgage it all to try win everything?

Reality of WHL teams that go for it. Turnover is just as fast as a college program. Great one season, then lose 1/3 of the roster, with most of the best leaving, then you start at the bottom.

 

[Toomany7pins]

Mariners are a .500 team with that crap offense, and your ace pitching like a 4th starter. Who in that line up scares you? Julio is a stud but he’s been so anti-clutch in his young career.

Luckily they have so good young starting arms.


Oh and I hate John Stanton for the record. I have a severe dislike for bean counters.

According to some news outlests NBA comissioner Adam Silver's currently finalizing the NBA TV rights deal.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver ‘finalising’ contract extension - SportsPro

Adam Silver's priorities will include the NBA's next domestic broadcast rights deal and possible league expansion.

www.sportspromedia.com

After that they're supposedly talking expansion and could announce something about that, at some point, as well.

So it might be not that far away from Seattle becoming a city with all major sports leagues and the Sonics returning.

They won’t be. The Mariners will be on the bottom of the pile fighting for the Seattle Sports dollar, thanks Stanton and his lies and disrespect to his fanbase.

 

[Scomerica]

Reality of WHL teams that go for it. Turnover is just as fast as a college program. Great one season, then lose 1/3 of the roster, with most of the best leaving, then you start at the bottom.

So expect them to suck for a couple of years and hope they bring in some promising talent by then?

 

[StreetHawk]

So expect them to suck for a couple of years and hope they bring in some promising talent by then?

It's junior hockey. 16-20 year olds. Most guys play 4 years there, with only 2 guys at most per team doing an overage 5th year. And it's a draft, not a college recruiting cycle.

 

[Kevinsane]

Reality of WHL teams that go for it. Turnover is just as fast as a college program. Great one season, then lose 1/3 of the roster, with most of the best leaving, then you start at the bottom.

Well said. If you have an older team, so to speak, you push your chips in and shoot for the Memorial Cup, quadruply so if you’re the host city. It’s very cyclical.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

No way Seahawks could take a quarterback after six QBs went in the first twelve, but I like Murphy on the line.

 

[The Marquis]

The M’s might not be too bad. 13-12, in first place, but most notably have played 22 of 25 games against teams with records over .500. It doesn’t look that impressive until you see that stat and realize that they’ve played far more games against .500 plus competition than any other .500 plus team. 22! The next most is 19 (Brewers and Pittsburgh) while most of the others are between 9 and 16. Makes it look like the Mariners have had the second or third toughest schedule so far overall and the toughest of teams over .500 at this point.

 

[Scomerica]

The M’s might not be too bad. 13-12, in first place, but most notably have played 22 of 25 games against teams with records over .500. It doesn’t look that impressive until you see that stat and realize that they’ve played far more games against .500 plus competition than any other .500 plus team. 22! The next most is 19 (Brewers and Pittsburgh) while most of the others are between 9 and 16. Makes it look like the Mariners have had the second or third toughest schedule so far overall and the toughest of teams over .500 at this point.

I just wish the bats were more consistent. Their pitching has been lights out but the moment Raleigh or Crawford are out the depth can't pick up the slack and there's the odd game where they can't hit for shit. Texas will get better, tons of injuries so the more space they can get in front the better. Glad the astros are struggling though.

 

[StreetHawk]

No way Seahawks could take a quarterback after six QBs went in the first twelve, but I like Murphy on the line.

Got Haynes the OG from UConn. Was hoping Zinter with the broken leg might fall to round 4 for them with the Wash pick. Think they still get another OL and LB in rd 4. Need a 3rd TE and then it’s add the bpa at whatever position they can get.