Other Chicago & General Sports Thread LXI: Bulls Talk

[MurrayBannerman]

Why do players have to be candid or contrite?

 

[piteus]

Why do players have to be candid or contrite?

Fans need to take sports more like pro wrestling. As long as they are not committing crimes ... I like athletes with personalities. Create more drama. It's fun.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Fans need to take sports more like pro wrestling. As long as they are not committing crimes ... I like athletes with personalities. Create more drama. It's fun.

They're allowed to be mad.

 

[RayP]

Yikes, that’s a rough read.... but I like the point he was getting across.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Yikes, that’s a rough read.... but I like the point he was getting across.

He's mad as hell. For a guy who has a reputation as a gamer, I'm not surprised.

 

[piteus]

They're allowed to be mad.

We want our athletes to be more honest. We want our athletes to be more human. If they were cheap hits ... they should say it. If the opponents disagree, they should say it too. That creates drama. That creates interest. That creates good sporting events.

I don't want robots playing sports. I'm all for drama. If Jimmy Butler wants to make mess. Good for him because everyone knows the Warriors are winning the title again. The NBA needs other storylines to sell.

 

[RayP]

David Price doing what he does best in October..... sucking.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

This game is nonsense

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

They're allowed to be mad.

Never said otherwise.

But why not be mad at yourself? Haha. He’s the one who blew it. Don’t walk the dude with bases loaded. Don’t hang a pitch.

Kinda lame that he tried to walk it back, too. I’m calling BS that he was talking about the other hits. He just got mad and said something dumb. It happens. But if you’re gonna say it, at least own up to it.

It is what it is though. He will have plenty of chances to redeem himself this series. Should be a good one!

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

This game is nonsense

Catchers having a rough series in both the NL & AL so far with the Dodgers & Astros haha

 

[piteus]

Never said otherwise.

But why not be mad at yourself? Haha. He’s the one who blew it. Don’t walk the dude with bases loaded. Don’t hang a pitch.

Kinda lame that he tried to walk it back, too. I’m calling BS that he was talking about the other hits. He just got mad and said something dumb. It happens. But if you’re gonna say it, at least own up to it.

It is what it is though. He will have plenty of chances to redeem himself this series. Should be a good one!

There's no problem calling him out either. I'd rather have athletes be honest with their feelings ... so we can agree or disagree. It's part of the game. Have fun with it.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Catchers having a rough series in both the NL & AL so far with the Dodgers & Astros haha

Two of the best defensive catchers in baseball no less!

 

[piteus]

Myles Turner signed for 4 years at $72mn ... $80mn with incentives. Similar contract to Zach Lavine. It appears Lavine got the going rate.

Anyone have any ideas to get rid of Feliciano's contract. 3 years at $24mn left. Any way we can package Valentine, Lopez, Felciano for a bad 1 year contract? That's about $24mn worth of contracts this year.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

You can stretch Felicio in the off-season

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Wonder what Jeffress thinks about luck tonight.

 

[Easy E]

Jesus. The Brewers could make the WS.

I'm OK with that. Only if they get embarrassed and lose because f*** the Dodgers

Please win Boston

 

[piteus]

Jesus. The Brewers could make the WS.

I'm OK with that. Only if they get embarrassed and lose because **** the Dodgers

Please win Boston

You obviously don't have a lot of Boston friends. I REFUSE to watch any Boston sporting events with them. I simply say NO.

 

[Easy E]

Cubs hire Rangers Hitting coach

I hear long counts, launch angles, and high k%.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Wonder what Jeffress thinks about luck tonight.

He got two big strikeouts to end the game, so probably not much.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

He got two big strikeouts to end the game, so probably not much.

Funny how that works when things go well.

 

[piteus]

I hope Bill Self and Sean Miller are terminated from their place of employment. If recruits can be declared permantly ineligible, so should the coaches.

There's concrete evidence Self, Miller, and Pitino were complicit through texts and witness testimony under oath that they knew about the payments. They don't have plausible deniability anymore. Either the NCAA changes the rules or the coaches caught red handed need to go.

 

[Illinihockey]

Just allow colleges to pay players.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

My only hesitation with that is that it'd have a tremendous impact on non money sports and non money colleges. As it stands now, football and basketball essentially fund the entire rest of the athletics department in almost every university, save some Northeast/Midwest schools that have profitable hockey programs, Southern/Western baseball programs, and Eastern lacrosse programs, so if you allow student athletes to get paid the end result is almost assuredly going to be even more programs getting axed. And it would further divide the haves and the have nots as mega programs would be readily able to eat costs while smaller profit schools would not.

There isn't an easy fix here, at least not one that wouldn't result in a significant reduction in the number of student athletes. Yay, football and basketball players are getting paid! Too bad the gymnastics, swimming, track and field, field hockey, wrestling, and tennis programs all had their scholarships eliminated and programs terminated.

 

[Illinihockey]

My only hesitation with that is that it'd have a tremendous impact on non money sports and non money colleges. As it stands now, football and basketball essentially fund the entire rest of the athletics department in almost every university, save some Northeast/Midwest schools that have profitable hockey programs, Southern/Western baseball programs, and Eastern lacrosse programs, so if you allow student athletes to get paid the end result is almost assuredly going to be even more programs getting axed. And it would further divide the haves and the have nots as mega programs would be readily able to eat costs while smaller profit schools would not.

There isn't an easy fix here, at least not one that wouldn't result in a significant reduction in the number of student athletes. Yay, football and basketball players are getting paid! Too bad the gymnastics, swimming, track and field, field hockey, wrestling, and tennis programs all had their scholarships eliminated and programs terminated.

Why? Coaches salaries have gone up like 700% in the last 10 years. Teams are spending $50 million on ridiculously lavish practice facilities.