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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Nov 18, 2019 12:17:01 GMT -5
- The Klitschkos killed my interest in heavyweight boxing. I mean you're not wrong but the interest is finally coming back over the last 3 years or so The brothers weren't draws in the US and with majority of their fights being overseas where they do draw, they weren't worth getting up for. Add on, their refusal to fight each other, HW boxing went down hard with them at the top
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Nov 18, 2019 18:53:27 GMT -5
There's nothing wrong with becoming a fan of a sports team when they start to get good, and then ceasing to be a fan when they are no longer winning. Think of it as being a fan of a particular group of players, not a particular city or franchise. For instance, I was a fan of the Phoenix Suns team that included Sir Charles, Thunder Dan, KJ, etc. It was that group of guys that I was a fan of, and once they were no longer a unit, I didn't care anymore about that team. Similarly, there's nothing wrong with being a fan of a team from a city you don't live in. Most of the players aren't from that city either, so what does it matter? That period of the Suns is when I first started getting into basketball and as Sir Charles was (and still is) my favourite of all-time, they were my team. I’ve stuck with them since although admittedly, the last few years I’ve not given them that much attention.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Nov 18, 2019 18:58:01 GMT -5
There's nothing wrong with becoming a fan of a sports team when they start to get good, and then ceasing to be a fan when they are no longer winning. Think of it as being a fan of a particular group of players, not a particular city or franchise. For instance, I was a fan of the Phoenix Suns team that included Sir Charles, Thunder Dan, KJ, etc. It was that group of guys that I was a fan of, and once they were no longer a unit, I didn't care anymore about that team. Similarly, there's nothing wrong with being a fan of a team from a city you don't live in. Most of the players aren't from that city either, so what does it matter? That period of the Suns is when I first started getting into basketball and as Sir Charles was (and still is) my favourite of all-time, they were my team. I’ve stuck with them since although admittedly, the last few years I’ve not given them that much attention. They are surprising some people this year tho They could low key have a big 3 by next year if the cards go in their favor
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Nov 18, 2019 19:00:36 GMT -5
That period of the Suns is when I first started getting into basketball and as Sir Charles was (and still is) my favourite of all-time, they were my team. I’ve stuck with them since although admittedly, the last few years I’ve not given them that much attention. They are surprising some people this year tho They could low key have a big 3 by next year if the cards go in their favor Yeah, it’s not a bad start but having something by next year would require some stability in the team and Management. Something that seems to have lacking for quite some time now.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Nov 18, 2019 19:07:39 GMT -5
They are surprising some people this year tho They could low key have a big 3 by next year if the cards go in their favor Yeah, it’s not a bad start but having something by next year would require some stability in the team and Management. Something that seems to have lacking for quite some time now. James Jones has done a nice job as GM and I give Monty Williams credit with this team for sure in coaching them even without DeAndre Ayton My prediction is that they acquire D'Angelo Russell and Karl Anthony Towns by next season. KAT, D'Lo and Booker have made no bones about wanting to be on the same team and Phoenix at this point seems like the spot to go. Ayton plus pieces like Cam Johnson or Bridges and a pick can get traded for KAT, while Suns can trade Rubio, whoever they didn't include to the Warriors doe D'Lo I think they finally seem to be getting right. Somewhat how the Kings were last year in being a year early where they are supposed to be good
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Nov 19, 2019 10:01:23 GMT -5
The NBA is faker than pro wrestling.
Mike McCarthy, Mike Tomlin, and John Harbaugh are the most overrated coaches to ever win a Super Bowl.
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Post by Push R Truth on Nov 19, 2019 10:26:12 GMT -5
I'm all over that McCarthy take. He's a pure hack that rode a First Ballot Hall of Fame QB's Nutsack to the Superbowl. A dead goldfish should have been able to coach Rodgers to one Superbowl.
I'll say it, Jeff Fischer could have gotten two Superbowl Rings out of Rodgers.
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Nov 19, 2019 11:45:27 GMT -5
I'm all over that McCarthy take. He's a pure hack that rode a First Ballot Hall of Fame QB's Nutsack to the Superbowl. A dead goldfish should have been able to coach Rodgers to one Superbowl. I'll say it, Jeff Fischer could have gotten two Superbowl Rings out of Rodgers. I'll go so far as to say McCarthy's mismanagement in the NFC Championship against Seattle cost Rodgers a second ring and that was the game where I began to realize that McCarthy sucked.
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Post by Hit Girl on Nov 19, 2019 14:39:23 GMT -5
American sports leagues need promotion and relegation.
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Post by fw91 on Nov 19, 2019 19:10:12 GMT -5
Eli Manning is the best QB in NY Sports history.
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Post by petef3 on Nov 19, 2019 19:24:50 GMT -5
American sports leagues need promotion and relegation. This is so overdone as a talking point that it scarcely qualifies as a hot take. My "hot take" is that promotion and relegation is an idiotic idea for the American sports leagues as they are and would only enhance the disparity between the haves and have-nots, just as they do in Europe. But hey, if you want all the sports leagues to be like the EPL where 4 teams have a shot at the title every year, bring it on.
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Post by Spider2024 on Nov 19, 2019 22:05:15 GMT -5
Eli Manning is the best QB in NY Sports history. He pretty much is. You'd pick him head-to-head against anyone else you could mention, even Simms and Namath (and the half-year of Kurt Warner doesn't count as much. )
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Post by petef3 on Nov 20, 2019 1:07:52 GMT -5
I'm open to hearing a legitimate argument, but please explain in specific detail how or why Eli would rank ahead of Y.A. Tittle or Fran Tarkenton.
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Post by Hit Girl on Nov 20, 2019 17:09:27 GMT -5
American sports leagues need promotion and relegation. This is so overdone as a talking point that it scarcely qualifies as a hot take. My "hot take" is that promotion and relegation is an idiotic idea for the American sports leagues as they are and would only enhance the disparity between the haves and have-nots, just as they do in Europe. But hey, if you want all the sports leagues to be like the EPL where 4 teams have a shot at the title every year, bring it on. Disparity in the Premier League has been enhanced by billionaire owners dumping money onto clubs, not the promotion and relegation system.
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Post by petef3 on Nov 20, 2019 19:11:47 GMT -5
One-year flukes like Leicester City notwithstanding, a sudden billionaire benefactor is pretty much the only way a European team can sustain any upward mobility at all. The combination of Champions League money at the top and the financial hit from relegation at the bottom leads to a rich-get-richer/poor-get-poorer scenario that a salary cap likely would not be able to prevent.
We're also talking about--in the EPL's case--an area roughly the size of Alabama, with as many as six or seven teams just in the London area and an equal amount in the Greater Manchester area. Even in Russia a great majority of the teams are in the far western part of the country. A New York team getting relegated in a U.S. major league would bring financial devastation not just to the team itself but to the league, and a New York team getting relegated while a team in Tucson getting promoted would wreak havoc with scheduling. It's not just a bad idea, it's totally unfeasible.
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Nov 20, 2019 22:31:06 GMT -5
I think the NBA is somewhat rigged still to this day.
We won’t see a Super Bowl 100 at the very least nowhere as close to as big as it is today
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Post by Hit Girl on Nov 21, 2019 17:29:19 GMT -5
"One-year flukes like Leicester City notwithstanding, a sudden billionaire benefactor is pretty much the only way a European team can sustain any upward mobility at all"
It wasn't a fluke. You can't get lucky in a 38 game season.
"The combination of Champions League money at the top and the financial hit from relegation at the bottom leads to a rich-get-richer/poor-get-poorer scenario that a salary cap likely would not be able to prevent."
That's a problem with the financial set up of football, not the promotion and relegation system.
"We're also talking about--in the EPL's case--an area roughly the size of Alabama, with as many as six or seven teams just in the London area and an equal amount in the Greater Manchester area. Even in Russia a great majority of the teams are in the far western part of the country. A New York team getting relegated in a U.S. major league would bring financial devastation not just to the team itself but to the league, and a New York team getting relegated while a team in Tucson getting promoted would wreak havoc with scheduling. It's not just a bad idea, it's totally unfeasible."
A well organised league pyramid would be able to handle scheduling and geographic issues. Financial problems with relegation could be offset with parachute payments and all divisions within a sport still being operated by the larger league structure, as opposed to the Premier League/Football League split, which had far more adverse effects than promotion and relegation.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Nov 21, 2019 18:32:08 GMT -5
-Marty Brodeur is an amazing goaltender. That said, the only reason his numbers are better than Patrick Roy's are is because St. Patrick never had the crazy-ass defence Marty did.
- people always knew Barry Bonds was roided to the gills and its ridiculous that sports journalists and MLB only acted like it was a bad thing after the fact.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Nov 21, 2019 18:48:44 GMT -5
Is it a hot take to say the Kings made the biggest NBA draft blunder of the entire 2000’s by not taking Luka Doncic, or is this just a straight up fact?
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Nov 21, 2019 19:20:47 GMT -5
Is it a hot take to say the Kings made the biggest NBA draft blunder of the entire 2000’s by not taking Luka Doncic, or is this just a straight up fact? If Fox and Bagley turn out to be bust you will be right
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