shrader

You tend to be far more level headed in these kind of threads, so I'll ask you specifically. Do you even read his stuff anymore? If so, why? I will never understand why people complain about him and the radio guys so much yet continue to read/listen. Then there are the others who clearly don't read/listen but complain anyway.

This is all just a matter of semantics. The point Sullivan made with the rebuilding statement was that the previous regimes were supposed to rebuild the team, but they failed miserably. Now Nix is left to rebuild with no foundation at all. A bit of an exaggeration? Sure, but I really can't see any fault in that idea.

And Kyle Williams is a much more proven commodity at this point. He deserved it long before Johnson did. And just for fun: If Overdorf negotiates the contracts, why does Buddy have a number in mind?

I'm guessing by the date stamp, but it does look like it's pretty early in the process for this one. The woman driving the pickup is probably going to pay for this one. The rest will be fine.

Do people even read these anymore before going off on their latest crusade against Sullivan? Yeah, he's pretty much not worth reading most of the time, but this one was incredibly tame. It's an indictment of the previous regimes that have left this team in a bad spot. I don't see how anyone can question that thought. With that said, I will say that the last line of the column was definitely an attempt to stir people up a bit (something Sullivan and Schopp are PAID to do). The rest seemed pretty fair. This thread is right up there with any of the one's where people rant about being ranked 30th in a power ranking.

The thread title here is misleading. The whole thing needs to be read as one line, including the subscript "This roster is a crumbling monument to neglect and bad personnel moves". Yeah, it's not exactly a new idea, but that line sounds pretty accurate to me.

You might want to call that the law of small numbers because if you really wanted to calculate the chance of that, you'll be adding a whole bunch of zeros after the decimal point.

So does that mean #1 in the power poll has absolutely nothing to prove? Which power poll is the official one?

That doesn't really say anything about how they would have done if they still had Evans this year. Obviously that comparison can never be made.

So he's either constantly lying or always telling it like it is? No, the real truth, as usual, lies somewhere in the middle. You show me a GM who is completely up front and 100% honest and I'll show you a guy on the unemployment line. There are some things that Nix is never going to say because it undermines the job he is trying to complete. I have absolutely no problem with that.

I just wonder how much it has to suck to be that guy that makes the roster but then gets cut immediately. I wonder how much they say to these guys, like if they might give them a head up that "hey, we might be looking at someone else".

Hedging his bets a bit after the backlash he got from Tampa fans last year?

You're right, they should be in the 20s. I also think I should earn about $20 more per year.

And more importantly, how does one get this job where you get to post on a message board... oh wait, never mind. That's what I do at work already.

What were they thinking? Everyone loves monkeys.

I want to say he's throwing away money by not doing it, but I think it's the exact opposite. He'll eventually release the originals, but unfortunately, by then he will have already released 17 more updated versions and the movies' core fan base will be pushing 90. Then again, maybe it'll be a lot like what many people say about the Bills, nothing will change until Lucas is out of the picture.

Just wait until Khan starts quoting Twilight instead of Moby Dick.

Warrior seems so poorly timed. It's way too close on the heels of the Fighter. The Batman connection between the two films is kind of funny though, now that I think about it.

I was wondering if this new bluray set would return to the original versions of the films. I guess that answers that question. Time to spend my money on something else. On top of all those other changes already mentioned, the other one that always bugged me was all the music changes they made in Jedi. The celebration music at the end flowed seamlessly, but now that modernized crap completely ruined it. When your movie is scored by John Williams, don't touch anything.

You also get that list if you hold the left mouse button while clicking on the arrow.

Really, I can't fault him for having that opinion. I'm sure most players feel the same way. His huge mistake here is actually saying it out loud.

I immediately know the exact guy she's talking about.

Well I guess I can give him credit for not pulling the usual "I have to feed my family" line. That's about all I can say though.

I like how the family blamed his ADD. Yeah, that's the problem.

Is anyone going to PJ20 this weekend? I had a place to stay all lined up, but had to pass. It would have been a great way to spend the birthday though. They pretty much have to pull out all the stops for these shows.