hollabak

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Posted Friday May 10, 2013, About: Tebow's future arrived Thursday?

Always thought his career would end like this....

I have never been a Tebow fan, but even as someone who was all but certain he was going to fail in the NFL, I would have rather seen him get a shot when the Jets season was lost and prove he did or didn't belong from the field rather than the bench.

Posted Thursday May 02, 2013, About: Bobcats to interview Gentry, Turner

Why do you hate Shaw?

Posted Thursday May 02, 2013, About: Ricketts floats Cubs relo

I really wish Cuban would have been allowed to purchase them....

Posted Thursday January 31, 2013, About: Faulk: Rams 'cheated out of Super Bowl' by Pats

Faulk was still the biggest prick in history in his time in Indy.

Posted Thursday January 31, 2013, About: Colangelo ready to move Bargnani

The questions that come to mind are who would want a 10 million a year big man with multiple years left on his contract, that plays on offense like a SG/SF, has no interest in rebounding, and plays matador defense? You might as well put 2 SFs on the floor...at least they would play some D and try for a rebound occasionally.

Posted Monday January 28, 2013, About: Elway prepping Denver for youth movement

Is every youth movement led by a 36 year old QB?

Posted Monday January 14, 2013, About: Hibbert in Vogel's doghouse?

Portland put the Pacers in a lose lose situation to get back at Kevin Pritchard....the NBA allowed this because of its broken RFA policy which requires no compensation and allows teams to punish other teams that draft well.

Posted Monday January 14, 2013, About: Hibbert in Vogel's doghouse?

Roy is playing at an all defensive level for a team allowing the least amount of points in the league...Is that worth a max contract? No...but that is more the NBA and its broken RFA process that doesn't require compensation be sent to a team losing a player than it is the Pacers making a bad sign.

The NBA punishes teams that draft well in the middle rounds by allowing teams to make "offers" which in this case Portland was putting their former GM they hate in Pritchard in a lose lose situation where it was either let one of the most loved players on the roster and active community members walk in a season they are still regarded as one of the biggest threats to Miami...or do what they did and match the ridiculous offer they wouldn't have made if it included giving up their #1 pick as well just like every other major sport does in their RFA process.

Posted Thursday January 10, 2013, About: Kelly departure could devastate Irish

Yes he did catch it...but it was a high risk low reward low completion % pass with a high rate of failure and no need for the call other than he thought his team had no chance of success and that set the tone for the game.

When your coach doesn't believe you have a chance you don't.

His name doesn't matter, since it should be second string next year with Gunner.

Posted Thursday January 10, 2013, About: Kelly departure could devastate Irish

Look you start out in the 1st quarter throwing a deep fade on 3rd and 2 and don't give your D any time to regroup after that with any sort of drive and you are going to loose to anyone. He called plays like the game was lost before the coin toss....he didn't abandon the running game, he denied it even existed.

When you play a team with a good D, running a 3 man streak route with no dump off will get your QB sacked or if he is smart throwing it away...so basically about a quarter of his play calls were lost downs. I'm surprised Gholston had as good of a game as he did with just deep routes to throw to.

Posted Thursday January 10, 2013, About: Kelly departure could devastate Irish

Devastate irish? I think his play calling in the NC game devastated them. Give them Diaco and an OC that doesn't give up pre coin toss and we have a game.

Posted Sunday December 09, 2012, About: Dwight Howard rejecting free-throw advice

I keep thinking that but they just keep happening...

IMO if a player is traded in the last year of his contract as a salary dump or a S&T happens his bird rights should not come with him. That would pretty much take care of everything. You can still do it, but the team receiving him would have no reason to do it.

The NBA also needs to adopt a situation like every other major sport has where if you sign a RFA the team losing him gets a pick based on the the salary. So things like the offer Portland made for Roy Hibbert would have sent at least 1st rounder back to the Pacers since it was a max deal....with the projection of Portland to be a lottery team even with him I think the Pacers take the lottery pick and sign Kaman, you also have to wonder if Portland even would have offered?

Posted Wednesday December 05, 2012, About: Luck gaining MVP momentum

You know how outdated the QB rating is right? It rewards a screen pass the same as a perfectly thrown 40 yard pass.

Posted Sunday November 11, 2012, About: Phil Jackson wants Scottie Pippen on Lakers staff

Don't count on Shaw....The Pacers have 0 interest in letting their associate head coach walk.

Posted Thursday October 25, 2012, About: Jets will not trade Tebow

Might as well just say "We love Drama"

Posted Tuesday October 23, 2012, About: Pro Bowl on the chopping block

You must watch a lot of 5+ year old football then

Posted Tuesday October 23, 2012, About: Pro Bowl on the chopping block

Just bring back the skills competitions and scrap the games. Everyone quit watching when they took away the skills competitions.

Posted Monday October 22, 2012, About: NBA owners may approve jersey sponsor logos this week

How long before the NBAPA decides to strike because they aren't getting this $?

Posted Friday October 19, 2012, About: Three Irish QBs in mix to start

Why not just burn the RS of Kiel and start the Gunner era early?

Posted Sunday October 14, 2012, About: Pereira: Notre Dame lucky to get OT call

What you don't realize is that historic rivalries are just as heated and important as in conference games. USC, BC, Purdue, Mich, Mich St, Stanford, whichever armed forces team they play that year, and I think some would make a case for Miami (IMO that rivalry is too far back to be relevant today) are all basically conference games for ND.

ND isn't facing OOC games against Ark St, Tenn Tech, or western carolina either, so they don't get what are basically preseason games and basically bye weeks....I think that you have to account for the fact that ND is playing nothing but bowl bound and BCS conference teams.

Posted Sunday October 14, 2012, About: Pereira: Notre Dame lucky to get OT call

I'm guessing if this was ND on the end of a questionable call we would be seeing articles about how great the call was. I am a ND fan and will admit it was close, but unless it is conclusive the ruling on the field stands.