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How are defenders supposed to tackle a ballcarrier in space that is running a step ahead of them? It doesn’t make sense.

Not even close. Still 10 long games left. Including the Caps visiting LCA once more. Washington will start feeling big time pressure as well. Wings close the season with a back to back against the lowly Canadians. Caps close with TB, Boston, Philly. Big advantage to the Wings.

I think this is about a good of a hire as they could’ve expected. I agree with @buddha that UM hoops is currently lacking the proper support needed to consistently be a top program. If the NIL and admissions support were where it needed then Juwan is still the coach and leading his #1 overall seed led by Caleb Love, Terrance Shannon, and Hunter Dickinson into the Sweet 16.

One other thing. Last years draft was very deep and viewed as one of the better ones in recent memory. Let’s not get too carried away with dinging Augustine for being a 2nd rounder in a deep draft vs. Cossa as a mid 1st round round pick in the Owen Power draft that wasn’t viewed as being as deep.

I’m not down on Cossa. This isn’t a shot on him. He’s a great prospect that has progressed nicely. I’m just very high on Augustine and I think he’s further along than Cossa was at the same stage. Agree it is an excellent situation for the team.

Augustine has quite a bit more on his young resume than just a good year in college. Either way you’re comparing the 21 year old Cossa with the 19 year old Augustine. I want to compare the 21 year old Cossa with the 21 year old Augustine.

Cossa is a better player than Augustine right now. Cossa is also a little more than 2 years older. I won’t deny Augustine being the 11th rated Wings prospect right now. I am betting that on March 21st, 2026, when Augustine will be the same age as Cossa is today, he will be viewed better than people view Cossa right now. But remember my caveat from my first post. Predicting future goalie success is not a hill any of us should want to die on. One side thing - Knocking a goalie about size is stupid. Many different body types and playing styles have created great goalies. It’s not really a factor one way or another in making a goalie.

Simple. I think Augustine has been better as an 18 year old than Cossa was at the same age. His international experience has been tremendous and he’s been one of the best in all of college hockey. He only turned 19 three weeks ago. Can you link that scouting report @1984Echoes. I’d like to read it. Curious to see how recent it was as well.

I fear this is going to be a trend unless someone can step up and start giving Max a challenge on race day. I don’t see the average American fan staying interested in watching races where the winner is essentially predetermined.

Cossa seems more like the bridge to Augustine than he does the longterm #1 of the future. That being said, goalies are weird and they develop in strange ways. Maybe the hardest position in all of sports to accurately predict development.

This is absolute insanity. What in the world are they thinking paying him this much. I think Brad’s only misstep of the offseason was waiting so long to extend Amon-Ra.

Ha. I meant Barton but I typed Little.

I’m starting to think that if they stay at 29, the pick will be the top C/G combo on their board. Assume that’s JPJ but I wouldn’t put it past them to have either Barton or Little ranked the same or higher. Having that 5th year option seems valuable with Ragnow’s uncertain future. He could retire after next season or hang around for 4 more years. The draft pick can play G and backup at C in the meantime.

JB isn’t too old. He’s too clean for this new world of CBB. Kelvin Sampson and Pitino are succeeding at nearly the same age as JB, but they were both notorious cheaters that broke every rule in the book. Not a surprise they are enjoying success with everything now being legal.

I assumed Alabama wouldn’t let Oats leave. It helps when you have a real AD that can actually make big leadership decisions on his own. Always liked Moser. What he did at Loyola was amazing and he’s doing things at Oklahoma.

100% - JB is living in a past that doesn’t exist anymore. He shouldn’t want any part of this new NIL and transfer portal world. It would kill him. Top Choices: Shaka Smart (he won’t come) Jerome Tang Dusty May The Iowa State guy Even Mick Cronin

Don’t sweat it. I wish that I had spent more on stuff like this that I enjoyed before I got married and started a family. Now I spend very little of my discretionary income on things for myself. I also assume that for at least the next few seasons, the seats in the corner will end up paying for themselves if you sell most of the games.

There’s a saying in golf that if you want to be a better putter, hit it closer to the hole and give yourself easier putts. The best way to improve goaltending is to play better in front of Lyon and let him make easier saves.

Getting Reader for 3 and half times less money than Christian Wilkins is more Brad Holmes sorcery. Great add!

I’m not sure how you fire Juwan right now and allow Warde Manuel to pick the next head coach. He’s going to screw it up and the school will be locked into an expensive 5 year contract for someone just as bad.

I’m glad the Tigers are no longer in a a position where they have to face this guy 3 times a season. We made him look like a hall of famer.

It’s not Alex Lyon’s fault. It’s Priority Trash’s fault. For the love of god, just give them their money back and take the trash patch off the sweater. This is the hockey gods punishment for Chris defacing one of the most iconic jerseys in sports.

Digging deeper, there are some intricacies to his contract that I’m not sure about. He’s got a $7M restructure bonus that is part of the contract and I don’t know if that would go with him in a trade or if the Chargers are on the hook for it. That may not even be an issue as he’s got another $7M roster bonus due on Friday. Ideally neither the Chargers or the Lions would want to pay that. It’s possible that he could end up just getting cut this week.

I’d like the Lions to see if they can take a one season flyer on Joey Bosa. He’s due $17M and has a $7M bonus that I’m sure the Chargers would prefer to eat instead of the salary. I can’t imagine it would take more than a 6th as he’s probably getting cut post June 1st. He can be a beast if healthy and the risk is minor if he gets hurt early.

Good for him. We paid him $6.5 and he ended up doing very little. Getting 3 years $33M after that season is great work from his agent. Danielle Hunter should ask for his number in 2 years.