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Take Lance Lynn off of your break in case of emergency free agent desperation lists. Or your wish list if you had him there.

Cade Cunningham On Pistons: “We’re Bad,” Compete Level “Unacceptable” I'll be honest, to me it seemed more like they were completely overmatched during the game than dogging it. And you get to a point in the game where overcoming a 20 plus point deficit on the front end of a back-to-back just ain't happening and you play for tomorrow rather than today. But if Cunningham wants to call them out, hey, have at it.

Wow. It seems like the Pistons were playing with only 4 on the floor once the game hit 25-20. What an absolutely awful showing.

I think going forward, an Isaiah Livers press release is warranted only if he is healthy.

I’m not fighting with you about anything. I’m just kind of confused why you think your opinion of a rule being antiquated has any merit on whether or not the rule is a rule. The administration seems to have quieted down quite considerably in the last few days, hasn’t it? Let’s go bitch and moan in the Pistons’ forum for a bit. I’m sure we can find some common ground there.

Yeah, again, TCU was cognizant of the rumors last season. So that leads to (1) if they knew about it and tried means to counteract it, why didn't everybody else and (2) if they knew about it, how did Harbaugh "not know" about it?

Is @Tigeraholic1 sleeping in today?

We've seen your work here. You ain't getting $600 million.

This is good stuff, no question. I worked at a grocery store when I was younger and I think a lot of us can recall that The Game was the Saturday before Thanksgiving. I remember that the Saturday morning of game day, the place was busy selling snacks, beverages, tailgatey stuff. Then 3-4 hours of silence during the game. Then, the place got busy again, this time with the attention turned towards turkey related provisions.

Sure, its antiquated. Unfortunately its on the books. Maybe the UoM compliance department should attack its job with an enthusiasm that keeps the program within the letter of the current law.

Shouldn't those contributions to the game combined with his stats be hall of fame worthy?

Yup. I was interested in Kathy Ireland back in the day. Alas, no reciprocation.

I guess the difference is that there is a rule against the specific type of advance game scouting in person which Michigan violated, and they got caught doing so, and now they have a punishment to serve. The fact that two coaches have been fired and Harbaugh accepted a suspension vs Ohio State is pretty much an admission of such violation (or perhaps others as well), don't you think?

What position does Malloy play? They may have quantity of position players, but do they have quality?

Does Ohtani qualify as such?

And can we stop with the stupid rule tripe? Yes, maybe it is a stupid rule. But its what everybody has to abide by until new legislation is in place. This is a stupid rule: When the offensive team fumbles the football out of the end zone, the result is a turnover, 1st and 10 at the 20. That's way too punitive. I bet most coaches and fans agree. But you never see the fumbling team's coach send his offense out to the 20 to try to snap the ball before anyone realizes what is going on.

Its not as good of a phrase as your "quadrant of woe", but I think the NBA sees the Pistons as the "scheduled game of rest".

Wouldn't it better if they kept their malaise there?

I saw that yesterday. Its pretty sad that a journalist is more contrite for the acts of the program than the program itself.

Did the NCAA know the full extent of what was going on two years ago? I'll admit, I don't even know you referencing from happened two years ago. How are other teams stealing signs? Are they advance scouting like Michigan was (which is apparently against the rules)? Obviously there's something untoward happening here that Michigan doesn't want to let loose. If they were dotting the i's and crossing the t's like they were chest thumping about not all that long ago, they wouldn't accept this punishment, there wouldn't be assistant coaches fired.

So, suspend him next season after he takes an NFL job. Ok. Are we sure other teams are doing the same thing? There may be some, but is it to the point of what Michigan did? And I’ll agree with anyone on this: if other teams knew, why didn’t they change their signs like TCU last season?

That’s a fantastic point.

What should the punishment be? Maybe you’ve mentioned it before, I don’t know.

Yes, the situations are as comparable as apples to goal posts. No argument there. He either knew and he’s lying or he should have known and is foolish. It’s an act of commission or an act of omission. Either way, as the leader of the program, he has to answer to it.

Even if he didn’t know, it’s his job to know. He’s in charge of the program. At least, that’s what you thought of Pat Fitzgerald (which, sure, completely different situation).