1984Echoes

2023 is SAVED!!!

Which is why I want them to leave the frickin' Maata/ Hronek pairing alone. Too bad for Chiarot but drop him to the 3rd pairing, not Maata... Oh well... we'll see how this goes as it's already been decided...

Wherever the Rams pick falls - between 4 and 8 let's say... - NO one wants to draft Bryce Young because of size concerns so he falls to our pick... Do we draft him as a wildcat QB (can run/ pass/ or even run a pass route as a WR...) for the next two years and then decide at that point whether or not to draft a franchise QB or Bryce has bulked up enough we feel comfortable relying on him as the "franchise"? Just posing the question...

This is "reported only", so no front office specific confirmation... but I understand why the Pistons' FO might hold this position. I just don't agree with it. On Burks versus Bojan: (A) Trade them both if the offers are there. (B) I'd rather hold onto Burks than Bojan. Extend him. And trade Bojan. IMO. (C) Well... whatever happens, happens. I'm not really going to sweat it. And if the offers are better for Burks and we trade him and hold onto Bojan well, then, so be it... Shams Charania: https://fadeawayworld.net/nba-trade-rumors/pistons-reluctant-to-trade-lakers-target-bojan-bogdanovic-according-to-shams-charania Marc Stein is saying the same thing ("messaging from the Pistons' FO"...): https://pistonpowered.com/2022/12/19/pistons-news-keep-bojan-bogdanovic/ Neither are proof... just talking head speak so... we'll see.

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It's said that the team is extremely reluctant to trade Bojan... In my mind... I would have no reluctance whatsoever towards trading Bojan. What will it take to convince Weaver of the same...?

Cronenworth would be the guy I'd have an interest in. Plop him down at 2B.

There are a lot of secondary RB prospects I like that I think will go in the 2nd/ 3rd rounds. Gibbs might not make it that far... But Zach Evans, Zach Carbonnet, Tank Bigsby all look like they could fit the bill as good as, or just a cut below, than Bijan. Just guessing... but I could see all defense in the 1st round and a RB/ 3rd defensive guy split in the 2nd round. I would prefer it that way to be honest...

It wouldn't even bother me if we were the team that signed Willi, Harold, and Reyes to minor league deals in 2023. The problem is... That would have been also true in 2022, 2021, 2020, etc... the minor league deals for those 3 that is...

MUSIC to my ears: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trumpist-encourages-him-run-third-033938413.html

Or drop the 3rd goalie... is it still Hellberg at this point?

Yeah, actually, I'm not certain if it's governor or special election or whatever to replace him either...

I believe legally he gets seated, regardless. But can't he be immediately impeached for conduct unbecoming of a US Representative? Republicans won't do it though, obviously, as they'll lose that seat with a Dem NY Governor (Hochul)... I'm just sayin'... that's the path to dump him.

A much more accurate chart... thank you.

They're on a line tonight with Soderblom... yes?

I'm OK with Bey and Burks bringing fire off the bench. I think this is Bey's role in the league. OK with Duren being a beast on the boards - 18 for the game - as well...

Cute chart. But I prefer a simple calculator, because the chart's appearance can be deceiving. Sort of like an optical illusion. Your chart, per calculation (I'm not going to use your chart which starts in 1960 and includes over a decade of 1970's rampant stagflation, and through today, when we currently have a bout of pandemic/ Russian invasion inflation) = $1 in 1982 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $2.49 in 2021, an increase of $1.49 over 40 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 2.57% per year between 1982 and 2021, producing a cumulative price increase of 149.10%. So... 2.6% instead of 2%. Annual. Which does compound annually and makes your chart look uglier than it actually (reality) is.

How could you miss the one guy standing out like a sore thumb? I think I had an epic rant early in the 2021 season when the team was sinking towards an apparent abyss... that Avila had a better trove of up and coming prospects than he was being given credit for and the team would soon be on its way towards winning ways again... 😁 Too bad we can't pull up any history from the old forum... what a loss of for us all. (as an aside, you had a post on this forum bringing up a couple other areas where Avila was a failure that I hadn't even considered... I believe something along the lines of turning over every stone and looking through the waiver wire etc... Yeah, he was too lazy as an additional failure point is included there... and in my decision to just move on when he was fired...)

And another Republican refusal to even attempt to address this issue reasonably. They've refused to address this for the past 12 years so... it's not new.

I agree with the bolded part especially and previously have stated as such. In fact... I have opined that the min wage should not stop at $15, but should be inflation indexed so a COLA could keep the min wage from being static the next 20 years with another "living wage crisis" ensuing. We keep doing that due to businessperson and Republican refusal to touch the subject in its entirety. Inflation has been what the past 40 years? About a 2% annual average? The pandemic is an exceptional circumstance, and the resulting pandemic inflation, that I believe will be a one-off. Once fixed we will be back on a 2% annual rate, IMO. Add in COLA to min wage and business owners can "plan" to handle the annual wage increase if it's at a nominal level. And labor can get small increases that at least attempts to keep their heads above water instead of letting them sink every year (for the next 20-25 before finally addressed again) further behind. Just my 2 cents on that subject.

This has been a talking point for almost a year... A key inflation issue is that a large segment of those who sat home during the pandemic (mostly unemployed) are unwilling to get back into the work force. At all. The guesstimates have floated to upwards of 6-7 million "refuseniks" (or "pandemic early retirees..." whatever you wanna call them); I don't remember where I saw that... Here's a recent article stating that it's more like 3.5 million (could be earlier number versus more recent number...: https://www.yahoo.com/news/retirees-one-reason-fed-given-130713985.html This is one of the causes of wage inflation. It puts pressure on wages missing those workers from the work force. Headhunters that I talk to are specifically stating that (these are white collar accountants, IT, engineers, etc.) workers are jumping companies a LOT as a shortage of workers to fill a specific job opening are going unmet unless one company poaches a worker from another existing company/ same job with higher salary offers, hiring bonuses etc. There's no way to stop this salary inflation as those millions of workers staying home and refusing to get back into the work force (I'm talking predominantly late 40's to mid-60's) because they've decided to retire early and can afford it are simply "missing". How do they get replaced? They can't. It is also affecting restaurants/ teachers/ health care workers/ etc.... G2 just commented on exactly the same thing: He was really commenting on something else but the driving force is missing workers driving up wages. And NOT coming back into the workforce by choice. What you originally quoted SB was my condensed 84-speak of exactly this issue...

Could we/ should we grab Nathaniel Hackett as an Assistant Head Coach? Pick his brain in developing offensive plays/ game plans?

Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) kills it in this one!!!

Get better coaches please. We're not going to find out anything until this happens. I don't get WTF Weaver is looking at? Why hasn't he kicked Casey up or out yet? WTF is he looking at?

IIRC we used to call them "Posers".