buddha
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amazing. cbc will do whatever they can to make the leafs win. suck it cbc! suck it toronto!
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3 game 7s today!
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but that's the point. there is no one comparable to yzerman. bottom line: he gets no credit for getting yzerman cause that was a no brainer. heck, even al avila couldnt fuck that up.
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well if alan trammell goes on to be an amazingly successful gm and puts in place a team that wins back to back world series titles, maybe we'll have a good analogy to the current situation? instead, we have a guy chris knew who was promoted who has never had any success at his job who has been there forever and no obvious heir apparent/friend of the family waiting in the wings.
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look YOURE the one who wants to give chris credit for bringing back yzerman, not me! that fell into his lap. youre not doing anything to support your argument that chris somehow knows what he's doing.
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well come on. yzerman left as an unaccomplished guy with a lot of talent while holland was still seen as good. by the time mike died yzerman had built the lightning into a juggernaut who would go on to win back to back championships. give me a break.
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im just saying youre giving chris credit for firing holland when he may have only done it because yzerman became available. any idiot would have made that move if presented. i think you may be giving chris a little too much credit. it strikes me as a situation where he came in and didnt know a lot and he just stuck with the guy already in charge. in avila's case, everyone seems to think chris is sold on avila suddenly hiring a bunch of analytical guys. that's better than what we had before i suppose, but that doesnt mean we couldnt have done better. and regardless of the results this year, its the continued results (or lack thereof) from the farm system other than the first round picks that is concerning to us and should be concerning to chris. i think avila's continued employment screams of an owner who is uninformed and doesnt want to make a decision if he doesnt have to. is he really that impressed by avila's supposed foray into analytics five to ten years after every else did it? and five years after avila was first placed in charge? i hope not.
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but isnt that just because yzerman became available?
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the lions open as favorites in only 4 games: seattle (-1), washington (-1), jacksonville (-2), and the bears at home (-1.5) underdog in every other game so far including + 1.5 to the giants and + 2 to the jets.
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i guess i was responding to stanley. but its not out of the realm of possibility. the nfc is terrible. the lions arent good but could luck their way into 10 wins. in fact, i put a little money on the lions to finish second to the pack in the division this year...
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i'm as happy with the direction of the lions as anyone, but there's a lot of kool aid here. the lions offense should be better but goff caps their ceiling and they dont have any real game breakers other than jameson williams and he's coming off an acl and is a rookie receiver. dont expect a world beater yet. swift still has potential but cant stay healthy. hock is a chain mover, not a game breaker. the defense is relying a TON on rookies, second year guys, and guys coming off very serious injuries (okwara and okudah). their linebackers and secondary are not good. the line has no real playmakers unless you think hutch comes in and dominates immediately (i dont). i expect a 10-15 offense and a 20-25 defense, if they stay healthy. two #1 picks next year hopefully get you a qb and a cb and a lb. now you have something.
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i think ive heard avila speak once. i dont think he's dumb, i think he's bad at the job of acquiring talented players. i dispute the idea that the organization has moved miles. i think they have moved from 0 to 10. now, 10 seems like a lot when you started at 0, but its still a long way away from 100. and let's not forget, avila was a part of the organization that put them at 0 in the first place.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05/10/gun-violence-suicides-2020/
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mmmm....maybe. what is the justification for leaving avila in his job?
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lol. james harden comes up small in a big game AGAIN. that was so sweet. hope youre happy daryl morey.
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that might be the only good game of the night.
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he left holland with the wings and avila with the tigers. i'm not sure what he's done with those teams to indicate to you he knows what he's doing. seems to me he just left the guys in charge who were there. i.e.: the easy thing to do. but i dont know, its pure speculation on my part obviously.
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Al Avila: “You’ve got to go full bore from Day 1"
buddha replied to Useful Idiot's topic in Detroit Tigers
the idea of the tigers moving is ridiculous. i'm as cynical as anyone and it makes no sense to move them. for fucks sake the PIRATES havent moved why would detroit? a town that is much bigger and actually supports its team? besides, as has been talked to death here, there arent too many markets left that could support a baseball team. charlotte? nashville? austin/san antonio? vegas? all smaller than the detroit metro area and all without baseball stadiums. i have 99 problems with the tigers but a move aint one. -
i think ownership is a hindrance because the first thing he did was put avila in charge because he didnt know what else to do. he got lucky with the wings when yzerman fell into his lap. he had to make a decision with the tigers and totally blew it.
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when we went back for a wings game a month ago, we stayed at the hilton garden inn downtown. it was fine. just a short walk to the stadium area.
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where do we get some of those?
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if they cant stay or get healthy, its back to 4 or 5 wins.
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7 or 8 wins if they stay healthy and get some luck. end of the season looks favorable.
