buddha

teams i do not want to see in the playoffs:

charlotte

cleveland

boston

watching ausar try to create one on one is like having a root canal

the refs - like the rest of the leagur - hate dennis shroeder.

Just now, Deleterious said:

Really got under your skin, eh?

i have only begun to bitch.

indiana and boston both without their best players all season.  what a chance to win the east.

and the only thing we do at the trade deadline is move up a few slots in the draft.  what a missed opportunity.

are you guys crumudgeons too?

This team struggles so much without cade. 

#pleasedontmaxduren

5 minutes ago, Betrayer said:

Wanting to score all your points in the paint against a team with a good defensive front line makes it rough. We can’t shoot, so you need to double down on defense to get into transition and get offensive rebounds. It’s really the only chance. It’s not like we’re going to get calls from the refs no matter how many times we take it to the paint. 

careful or they'll call you a crumudgeon too....

nebraska women's volleyball?  all the rage?  

lost money.

Big Ten public school financial statements are out.

ohio state made the most by far.  michigan second.  penn state way behind michigan.

then a chasm before you get to nebraska.

maryland and rutgers are so far in debt that they may not even be viable in a few years, especially rutgers.  

there is only one non men's basketball or football program that makes any money: minnesota hockey.

no women's sport makes a proft or even comes close to breaking even.  even iowa basketball with caitlyn clark lost millions of dollars.  football rules everything, basketball turns a bit of proft.  everything else is a suck on revenues.

i know why the non-osu/um schools wanted the easy PE money.  but i still dont know why OSU wanted to sell their future revenues for it.  OSU needs to clean up their balance sheet.  Penn State is remodeling their stadium and could use the cash.  everyone else is just spending too much, especially on non-revenue sports.

From Max:

Detroit Red Wings

The perfect fit: Justin Faulk, RHD, St. Louis Blues

The trade: Faulk for Detroit’s 2026 first-round pick, 2028 second-round pick, LHD prospect William Wallinder and G prospect Landon Miller

****

so max goes from a month ago saying he'd bever give up a first for faulk, to now saying we should give up a first, a second, and two prospects.

I am quite the crumudgeon.

Although so is Del!  he's worse than me!

The not-tanking bulls just lost their 11th straight game.

to portland.  the blazers sat avidja and clingnan and still beat the bulls by almost double digits on the road.

in fairness, the bulls may not have been tanking.  they chose NOT to play patrick williams, a sure sign that they may actually be trying to win a few games down the stretch.

simon edvinsson for mayor of canada!  let's see quinn hughes do that!

its always great to see a tkachuk get his ass kicked.

and so it begins...

2024 draft looking like a complete bust.

so now corner is on the table in round one?

i still think they'll be all over faulk.

22 hours ago, Jason_R said:

It is not just the Olympics. There was buzz before then. They are a competitive team, unlike the Devils. They have players on the way. They have cap space and trade chips. On top of this, players listen to other players. When players on the Olympic gold medal winning team say Dylan Larkin was one of our leaders, other players listen. 

1 minute ago, Deleterious said:

Joking aside.  All they really have to be careful with are the national televised games.  That seems to be all the league really cares about.  Those of us who spend $20 a month on FD and hundreds a year on League Pass can kick rocks.  

then they should fine the thunder for last night.

if the other team ia going to rest half their players every time they play detroit, we might get to 60 wins this year!

he's being cut for a reason.  no thanks.

pistons win because cade is the best player on the floor.

duren still cant move his feet.

2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

how long before schools start arranging for NIL be escrowed?

michigan state set up a separate legal entity to handle their sports contracts.  with specific rules that it does not have to answer to the public or foia requests.  how can a public institution do that?