1984Echoes

Seems like a good spot for this (probably works in the draft thread too as it might affect draft philosophy): Aidan Hutchinson was double-teamed more than any other NFL pass rusher in 2022 https://sports.yahoo.com/aidan-hutchinson-double-teamed-more-115003446.html

HAH!!! So I'm not alone with my piles of papers then...

1 - Matt Vierling, LF 2 - Javier Baez, SS 3 - Riley Greene, CF 4 - Spencer Torkelson, 1B 5 - Miguel Cabrera, DH 6 - Austin Meadows, RF 7 - Jonathan Schoop, 2B 8 - Tyler Nevin, 3B 9 - Jake Rogers, C

We already had him signed for 2023 (2nd year of a 2-year) that he opted out of... I think he wants more than just a 1 year contract (and more money...!). Doesn't mean he'll get it... But I don't think he ends up with just 1 year on his next contract... IMO.

And does Husso need to play less games so he doesn't get burnt out...? Or is the D (and backchecking on the forwards...) just failing him...?

Chiarot looks like he put the team in a hole, almost single-handedly... I wish Lalonde would protect him more and have him just play special teams and 3rd pair, limiting his minutes... but that's just me...

That's not my assumption and I am placing no negativity on Harris whatsoever. I'm just sayin'... my personal preference would be Chafin over Cisnero... But you're right, I have no idea if the Tigers are actually making a play, or not, for Chafin because he runs a tight ship with no leaks...

Obviously we don't know exactly what is on his mind... But, I'm just guessing here... the Tigers aren't in any of those contract discussions with his agent as they are not going to go there (age/ years/ cost)... again, I'm just guessing... but I don't think it's an issue of whether he is open to coming back to Detroit or not...

Based primarily on this, I don't get why we didn't made a push to get Chafin back here instead of Cisnero. Oh... Cisnero cost $2 mill and Chafin is going to cost what? $18-27 mill on a 2/3 year year contract? So there's that... But... Chafin is actually good, limits walks, is LH'ed, fits Harris's specifically stated player profile, and would still be a trade candidate/ OR a BP leader for the team, one way or the other. Just a personal preference and I don't care about the money or the years... But... I don't really care based on where the team is this year (trying to fix all its broken players) so whatever. But, my personal preference still would have been Chafin... just sayin'.

Sweet game!

Hah!!! Absolutely! (I was always a crappy skater so it took a long time before I fell in love with my Dad's favorite game... but Yzerman/ Probert and company got me there...).

I don't know why he shot backwards between his legs on that last shot when he should have gone top post over the goalies left shoulder... but ya' gotta assume that's he's quite a bit hockey-rusty...

You call it tanking, I call it rebuilding. Again... in MLB and the NHL, there is zero sense to "tanking" because MOST prospects take years to develop so it's a crapshoot and "tanking" is a meaningless word. Being a "Seller" does NOT automatically make a team a "tanker". I mean seriously, are you kidding me? Are teams NOT ALLOWED to rebuild in your mind? Is Stevie Y NOT ALLOWED to trade pending Free Agents this year because he is then performing the "sin" of tanking? I think the angst over "tanking" is overblown and ridiculous. Teams in the NHL do not go crazy and send their best goalie to Grand Rapids in order to get more losses or sit a healthy Larkin-Seider-Raymond in order to get more losses so they have a chance at Bedard. If a team is crappy then they are crappy. If they trade players away because they're a crappy team, it's called a... Rebuild. Plain & simple.

Yeah, I'm assuming that the request itself... Asking for a projected 2029 lineup... Was facetious. I might be wrong on that... but a facetious question deserves a facetious response... IMO.

It's a huge jump from designing and running plays to running an entire team (reducing the amount of time doing what he knows best at this point...). I don't think he's ready yet but who knows?

Nope. Your record says what you are. I could try everything in the book trying to win and still end up with the worst record. Who are you to say I should be penalized because, what, you tried harder? You mean you got luckier. And didn't have the injuries that my team had and therefore... you're going to penalize me? Pure trash.

I HATE this idea. Garbage.

I DO agree with that in regards to the NBA. We've seen it. I do NOT agree with that in the NHL. Show me an example where multiple teams at the bottom sold off everyone at the deadline, and sat their best players/ goalie in order to lose more games. I need an example with multiple teams, the year, the shitshow moves they made (like benching healthy players/ or loading up on IR, just for example...) and the player they were falling all over themselves in this perceived shitshow.

1973: Chuck Knox.

Yeah, I don't like lotteries either. But I understand why the NBA would resort to something like that, for reasons as you've pointed out:

Because there are some specific characteristics that I believe would make Chauncey a successful head coach: 1) I though he was a brilliant court tactician. Some might argue that was all Larry Brown; but I don't think so. I believe Chauncey could "think" the game with his high basketball IQ. He's an Assistant Coach with the Clippers right now... I believe he will soon become someone's head coach and would love it getting him back here in Detroit. Not as a homer, but for his basketball IQ. 2) I believe he relates well with players, helped Paul George become a better passer with the Clippers, communicates well, has always been poised, and a leader. As a player he was tough-minded, and a cold-blooded assassin/ killer. I think he would bring these attributes to the Pistons as a head coach. And instill them into the team. I think he'd be a perfect fit for Cade-Ivey-Killian, and guys like Bey-Stewart-Duren as well... 3) Being a part of the 2004-05 Pistons, I believe, influenced him as to the value of ferocious, hard-nosed defense. I don't know if he still carries that, as a defensive philosophy... but I would like to believe that he still has that in his DNA, and would like to see if he can instill that into the current version of the Pistons. I mean, modern rules and modern game and all... so not the same defense as that era... but I mean the attitude to play that tough defense. Stew & Noel have it on the current Pistons... I'm not certain anyone else does. Here's and old article from the Clipper 2021... https://www.latimes.com/sports/clippers/story/2021-06-13/clippers-assistant-chauncey-billups-destined-to-be-head-coach

I concur with this man's thinking!!!

Also... addressing tanking specifically... I don't care. I mean that... if a team is not successful, then dump veterans, high dollar contracts, and rebuild. You call it tanking, I call it rebuilding. And I don't think rebuilding is a crime like how many treat a "tanking" team, as if it were criminal or something. If a team wants to strip down and try again, do it. It's no skin off my back. And it's a smart play.

There's no point to NHL tanking is my opinion and I'm sticking with it. The NBA? I get it. One transformational player changes the entire trajectory of a team. And if 14 teams are suddenly dumping every single player that gets team a win in order to chase the #1 or a top 3 spot, I get it... it's a mess. But I didn't complain about a lottery in the NBA (I still hate lotteries...), but my complaint was on the NHL and MLB lotteries, FYI.

I'm waiting for the first discovery of Earth 2.0. With the clincher being an atmosphere with water vapor. They haven't yet found (a) a rocky planet, (b) that's in the habitable zone, (c) with a circular or barely elliptical orbit (some discoveries are with huge elliptical orbits), (d) with an orbit that is not 28 days or less (some are orbiting their sun every two days!!!), and lastly and most critically (e) with a water vapor atmosphere... This is not it yet, but James Webb exoplanet discovery: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/james-webb-telescope-finds-first-exoplanet-rcna65374