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There needs to be a major change of some kind. Several players need to go. Gibson needs to go. He's brutally bad. He's Rogie Vachon-bad. GAA of over 3.50. His SvPct has be be lower than .860. That's just not good enough. And he's giving up softies too. Cossa is playing extremely well at Grand Rapids. He's earning at least a look. This season feels like it's very quickly slipping away now. Talbot hasn't been all that great either.

It was a great show and no ending will ever top it, but the final season was a big drop off for me. I just felt the characters were getting way too whiny. I mean, it was still really good, but not at it's peak. And I hated the way they dealt with Lisa's departure - the reason why and the end result (I won't spoil it) just came out of nowhere. Hey, here's this character we've barely seen who has suddenly done this major thing. It felt rushed.

My thought going into last year was that they might have a step backwards season before they finally got all the way home and I thought that would be last year and it turns out to be this year. The Super Bowl window is FAR from closed. And while making the playoffs might be a challenge this year, it certainly isn't hopeless. First place schedules are harder and when you are the hunted team, you get everyone's A-game. Nobody needs to be fired (well maybe Morton) and nobody needs to be released. They need to repair that offensive line in the offseason. And find a better OC. I do wish Campbell would stop going for it on almost every 4th down. We have an outstanding kicker, you can use him before the very end of the game.

Wait, is Ragnow playing TODAY?

Bryce Young is a good example. They threw him to the wolves and he wasn't ready and it showed, but there was no pressure to win immediately, so they could let him take his lumps and learn and now he's alright. I don't think you can just take a rookie and put him on a good team and expect good things right away. McCarthy could end up being decent in a couple years, but Minnesota can't wait for that.

(the above post was from October 22) I had a feeling. I'm not right very often, but I am glad I am about this. This could be a big bounce. I doubt he's dropped of very much and if he did, he'll get it back by his 3rd game.

If you like Cheap Trick you should go seek out music from The Lemon Twigs. Especially the album "A Dream Is All We Know". Plenty of Cheap Trick/Badfinger/Big Star/Brian Wilson vibes. And they don't do anything digitally - it's all manual to tape recording.

i know some people want to dismiss much of the Pistons run, but every win now is one less you need to have later in the season and it gives them the opportunity to set up a home court advantage in the playoffs and also to rest some of their stars and keep them more charged for a playoff run. A win is a win and anytime you go 15-2 and win 13 in a row - it's absolutely special. You saw that stat. The only other 2 times the Pistons won 13 in a row they won the title those years. In 1990 they were a favorite to win it all, but the 2004 team was a lot like this one. People didn't think they had a championship in them until they blew out the Lakers in the famous "5-game sweep". I recall Jimmy Kimmell watching the game while taping his show and seeing the reaction of the Lakers getting totally blown out. Nobody thought the Pistons could win that title and they won it easily. Jalen Duren has turned into a complete player. A superstar in the making. He's on 22. Better sign him now and not **** around.

It's that Indianapolis altitude. It messes with you. They're used to playing at about 600 feet above sea level and in Indy they are at 750 feet.

Wow 15-2 and it's only the SECOND best record in the NBA.

Drummers take a beating every bit as much as their drums. They are the Catchers of rock music. They are usually the smartest guy in the band and they control the pace and a lot of them are hidden behind a bunch of equipment.

The J.J. McCarthy thing So, he's already a complete bust? Well, a few thoughts.... He was never that great a QB in college and Minnesota over reached -- by a lot. McCarthy managed a very good offense at Michigan, with a great line and a lot of weapons, but I don't think of him as a slam-dunk star QB. Elvis Grbac and Chad Henner were better than McCartly. It's his rookie season. You don't take a 14-3 team and put it in the hands of a rookie QB. The Vikings are being foolish here. C.J. Stroud and Jayden Daniels are unicorns. It's foolish to start a rookie if you're not a rebuilding team. There is so much to learn in the NFL. Teams need to let guys develop. And it's also foolish to have Carson Wentz as your only other option. They would have been better off reacquiring Cousins. Now, I don't mind seeing this with a division rival, but I feel like they put him in this position by drafting him way too high. Hendon Hooker is still out there. So is Tim Boyle, right?

No Bun E. Carlos, though, right?

Wow, Lions fans acting like they lost yesterday. That was a great win. To comeback the way they did. Spectacular. They can't all be pretty. Take the win. Move on. This is the NFL, you never know what to expect. Yes, the O-Line is off and Goff is a bit out of sync. I think it's Morton and it's not just the play calling.

The Giants might be a bit better than their record. Lost a close one to the Chargers Beat the Eagles (Trounced them) Blew a huge late lead to the Broncos, one of the best AFC teams Lost close games to the first-place Bears and Green Bay Where the Bears have been great in one-score games, the Giants have been brutal, but they are in almost everything Just quit worrying and enjoy every win The officials on the field of the Jags-Cardinals game just called a safety on a ball that the Cardinals touched first and they didn't know the rule. That's pathetic. The head official took the safety away and explained the rule. I don't think the Bears are a lot better than last year. Last year they lost a lot of heartbreakers and many of those were set up by brutally bad coaching decisions (like our Thanksgiving game last year). Having a coach that knows what he's doing is all the difference. But I do sense it coming to an end for the Bears soon. They feel more lucky than good.

On the Gibbs OT TD.........I feel like 24 on the Giants kind of gave up a bit. A win is a win. Don't care if it's ugly. Remember, the Giants just lost to the Packers by the same margin. People are already giving up on the Thanksgiving game? Ridiculous.

Ivey is badk? And Harris is healthy? That means less time for Jenksanity. This team is deep.

The person or persons responsible for mobility-search dot com need to be found and executed. Money should be charged to witness it. I'd buy a ticket. And people that use computers to scam older people out of money should have their fingers cut off.

But Cossa. Shouldn't he be taking it by now? Shouldn't he be forcing the Wings to bring him up because he's so stellar? Seems like it's taking an awfully long time with him

I kind of wondered what all the hullabaloo about Gibson was when they traded for him. He didn't seem that special to me. Kind of like a new Rogie Vachon. So much hype, but not that good.

I can not figure this team out, man. They're more chaotic than a Jackson Pollack painting.

We really don't know what the next CBA will bring, but there may end up being 28-man rosters, for all we know. Owners get some sort of salary cap but a concession is more players get paid as MLB guys. Here's one thing I never understood. We used to go from the September call-up limit being 40 to 28. Thats such an extreme change. 32, sure, I can see that, but all the way down to 28? I'd like to see them fix that a bit.

Sure, make Richmond the Nationals AAA team. I don't understand why Chicago's AAA team is so far away - it should be in Indy. With Nashville joining the majors, Milwaukee needs a new AAA and Grand Rapids is right over the lake. Just drive over the Lake Michigan bridge and you are there !!!! All kidding aside, Grand Rapids has over a million in it's metro and is actually bigger than Salt Lake City/Provo. They are a AAA town if there ever was one. The way teams are moving pitchers up and down, it seems to make sense to keep your AAA team pretty close. Makes more sense with scouting too. Some of these make no sense to me.

Plus, I would love to see a minor league realignment to make sure that each team's AAA is fairly close to their MLB team. In that scenario Baltimore - Norfolk Boston - Worcester New York Yankees - Rochester Tampa Bay Rays - Durham Toronto - Buffalo Chicago - Indianapolis Cleveland - Columbus Detroit - Toledo Kansas City - Omaha Minnesota - St. Paul Houston - Sugarland Las Vegas - Reno Los Angeles Angels - Riverside Salt Lake - Boise Seattle - Tacoma Texas - Oklahoma City Atlanta - Gwinnett Miami - Jacksonville New York Mets - Syracuse Philadelphia - Lehigh Valley Washington - Annapolis Chicago Cubs - Iowa Cincinnati - Louisville Milwaukee - West Michigan Nashville - Charlotte Pittsburgh - Erie St. Louis - Memphis Arizona - Tucson Colorado - Albuquerque Los Angeles Dodgers - Santa Barbara San Diego - Carlsbad/Oceanside San Francisco - Sacramento But wait, the Tigers lose their AA team to Pittsburgh and their High-A team to Milwaukee Tigers new AA team is in Lansing. Tigers new AAA team is in Utica Imagine being able to drive 90 minutes or less to see all three of our minor league affiliates

The reason is so you have to take it to a dealer and make THEM do it and pay them. I remember the glorious days when you opened the hood, disconnected the wires and just popped out the whole headlight and popped a new one in.