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I’m waiting on the executive order that changes the Presidental salary to 4 Billion dollars a year.

That was 14 years ago.

I’m not sure how you have a government of the people, by the people, and for the people when so many of the people are morons.

I’m not surprised that he’s turned the team around. Todd is a highly respected NHL head coach. Great system, players love him, great with young guys (he’s the anti-Torts!). You have to be pretty good to get 4 NHL jobs. There’s one knock against him. He hasn’t won enough in the playoffs. He had some really good teams too. That’s not a factor for the Wings at the moment.

I’m not quite sure what the debate is here anymore. Buddha made a comment that the Lions still draft for need. I don’t think that’s true. There is no magic draft board that the whole league uses. Of course, the Lions have a tailored draft board based on all of the qualities they look for in players. Those qualities probably look a lot what was listed by 84. That’s what sets their rankings and determines who the best player available on the Lions board. I would also assume it varies quite a bit from what the draft community has as their best players list especially when you start to get into the late teens and beyond. I do believe that Arnold was the best player on the Lions board. He checks all the boxes and they love Alabama players. The reality is that we will never know for sure. Only the Lions internal guys know the truth. Dan and Brad also seem like no bs kind of guys that wouldn’t share this entire draft philosophy as some type of ruse to throw off other teams. I tend to take them at their word. But again, nobody really knows for sure,

It’s Gores so there’s got to be some beneficial tax angle to it. Maybe he needs to add some losses to his books.

It’s the Cialis.

You guys can keep pontificating on if they take BPA or need. I’ll take word of Brad and Dan on what they do. Holmes said at last week's Annual League Meetings in Orlando that nothing changes in his process of taking the best player available no matter the draft slot. Lions head coach Dan Campbell mentioned that the pre-draft process and work they've been putting in preparing for the draft is the same it's always been, and so too is the philosophy of just taking the best player on their board when it's their time on the clock. "Since we've been here, we've really, 'Man, draft the best player available,'" Campbell said in Orlando. "Don't let the 'man, we absolutely have to have a linebacker. We absolutely have to have (blank).' Just go with what you believe is going to fit your team and what you feel like is the best player at the time." https://www.detroitlions.com/news/late-first-round-pick-won-t-change-lions-draft-strategy We don't really get anchored on position, we don't really get anchored on windows," Holmes explained. "We just look for guys we're convicted on that are the right fit for us." https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/detroit-lions-brad-holmes-nfl-draft-trades-new-uniforms/7aaab8095a5d4c200443fbb0 When Campbell spoke with The Athletic shortly after his hire, he all but promised that the Lions would lean into a best-player-available approach at the draft. “If this guy’s a fit,” Campbell said, “if he’s the best guy and we love him but we’re stacked at the position, we probably ought to still get him.” Campbell added that he’d rather have an abundance of high-quality players at one spot — and maybe have to trade one to solve the issue — than to make decisions just to fill out the depth chart: “I don’t want to get caught in, well, we don’t have one of these.” https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2600284/2021/05/21/lions-gm-brad-holmes-qa-draft-strategy-penei-sewells-appeal-and-building-a-roster-from-scratch/ There are plenty more direct quotes from the men on their draft strategy.

Glad to see Paolo’s name. That means it’s not real. He’s only played 14 games

They should go with something that makes no sense to play along with the Jazz nickname. Utah Seals Utah Blue Wave Utah Wolverines

I agree that if you have a surplus at a position you shouldn’t pick it in the early rounds, especially at a single starter role like QB, RB, C, TE. Even eliminating those positions of surplus from their board, they still make the decision based on best player available and not the best player available to fill a current need.

Myles Turner still plays with Lego’s

The Utah Wasatch could be the worst team name ever thought up.

Publicly questioning moderation decisions is also a violation of forum rules. I’m confident they will let you off with a warning this time but it’s not my call.

As we have learned, a majority of the voting public are ill informed and easily manipulated by social media. These appointees struggling to answer for their past or outright lying make for good content down the road.

Poppy loves you! ❤️

JB has been fantastic this season but I hope this is him publicly sticking up for his player while telling him something different in private. Whatever was said worked exactly how the Pacers player wanted it to. He got in Stew’s head and now everyone in the league knows he’ll fall for it. He hurt his team. He has to learn to control himself because now it’s going happen quite a bit and in more crucial situations. Nobody in the league has it worse than Scotty Pippen Jr. If he can handle the things said to him on the court then Stew can too.

Crazy to think the Clippers traded SGA and five 1st round picks for Paul George. Even better is they did it to try make Kawai happy. So dumb.

Grit doesn’t need free agents!

Mic drop 🎤

Makes perfect sense but I am not sure about that. Brad is on record saying they don’t draft for need. They try to use free agency for needs as they are more immediate. Draft is for developing future players and since needs change they want the best football player that fits their system.

Exactly my point. It’s not some deep secret either. I don’t know why none of these draft expers predict a player for the Lions with the reason that he’s the highest remaining player on their draft board. All these guys create a draft board so this should be their easiest to pick.