tom webster
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With me, its just every off season, as cynical as I am, I still revert to the fan days of my youth and I talk myself into believing the hype. My falling for this team though, is almost inexcusable. I have never been a Nolan fan. Like you, I knew the value of Ehrhoff, I know how long it can take for a team to come together even in the best of circumstances. How did I expect something different? Maybe I have gone from old and cynical to just plain senile.
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I just sent out I just sent out a text asking friends to please forget I ever had that fleeting thought.
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The amazing thing about all of this is that there is a good chance both teams will be tied again after next week. No doubt the loss was very disappointing but the season isn't over after week 7.
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Maybe keeping him was part of the tank.
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That his "system" worked a lot better when he had Hasek.
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He was CEO up until till yesterday so he may have been in on coaches meetings but now that he is just the President I don't think that will continue.
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Yeah, I hope I clarified with my edit. Everything is fluid now anyway. As the money escalates, a lot of the NFL finance rules are archaic. With the rep of Pegula and the already existing relationship the Jacobs have with the NFL, who knows what will happen.
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Disagreeing with the concept or the term? After typing it a second time I realize it doesn't make sense. I meant as an advance of future concession revenue similar to what they did with arena but more encompassing.
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Neither of last couple posts is really new. Question with stadium has been that NFL frowns on third party involvement. Could see DN putting money upfront in lieu of future concession revenue.
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Along the same lines I was wondering if anyone has a definitive list of who is still in camp. I haven't been in tune as I usually am with that.
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I don't understand those who say this destroys any chance that EJ can still develop. I have been one of those in full support of holding off evaluating him but he has just been awful and the team deserves better. If he is the person everyone says he is, he shouldn't be ruined by the demotion. Whether he develops into anything more then a journeyman should still be undecided.
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I don't know how you can grade any of the offense when the quarterback plays as bad as he played the last two games. That's all.
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So you are saying is that Detroit knew these guys were that good but because of risk involved with picking these guys they decided to draft 3 or 4 guys they knew had very little chance of making the team before pulling the trigger on the future hall of famers
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If it is seriously the first time you heard it described as luck then you need to read a little more. Take a look at some of the guys Detroit has drafted ahead of the guys that they hit on and tell me there isn't a little luck involved. Datsyuk, Zetterberg, they are no different then Tom Brady. If the team knew how they were going to pan out they wouldn't have let 30 teams have more then 5 chances at them before picking them.
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You know, I believe in the analytics movement but I love this argument. Hope you don't mind if I use it in future conversations.
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One of the things that is amazing to me about guys like Nolan is that they will tell you how slight the difference is between winning and losing and yet they will not use everything at their disposable to give themselves an edge. I have made no secret of the fact that I see him as a short term answer behind the bench and this is just another reason why.
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I understand the eyes and heart but sole? What does fish have to do with hockey?
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This is exactly where I am. When Rivers plays like he did yesterday, the Chargers are SB contenders. And yet, there were about three plays that could have made that game interesting if they went the other way .
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I have a higher opinion of Hodgdon , Stafford and Stewart then most on this board and if I were Columbus I wouldn't take all five of the players you mentioned plus a number 1.
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I think you are under estimating Pysyk. Like Shrader said, the league is different now but he will be a solid 3/4 and once there is some offensive talent upfront, his assist numbers will sky rocket. He has the ability to be one of the finest passing defenseman in the league.
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Or they might be historically bad!
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Terry and Kim Pegula, owners of the Sabres AND the Bills
tom webster replied to Hank's topic in The Aud Club
I have no idea what the CBA actually says or any of the legal definitions and responsibilities it mandates . I do know that a CBA agreed to in good faith that calls for revenue sharing requires that both parties do everything in their power to maximize those revenues while maintaining the integrity of the business. The lawyers and accountants require 800 pages to ensure that. Some of us just need a handshake -
There have been a few instances where guys have gone to a team's camp on a try out basis and signed with a different team. It's rare, but it has happened
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He can still sign with anyone.
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I said when I picked them to win this game that the first game can be least indicative of a team's season so I'm not going to plan the parade yet but if nothing else can this game put to rest two things; 1) The pre-season has no relevance! 2) Power rankings and the so-called experts that contribute to them are of little true meaning. Oh and speaking of crow, where the Bear's clearly superior?