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Pat Murphy Manager of the Year 2025!
LouisEly replied to RobertCrawley's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Yeah, but he can't manage a bullpen! -
Game 9: Eagles @ Packers - Monday, Nov 10th @ 7:15 PM
LouisEly replied to CheezWizHed's topic in Other Sports
For those with YouTube TV, the game is being replayed at 11:15PM Central on NFL Network. So, if you have YTTV set to record Packers games, it should record it and you can watch it tomorrow without having to do some free trial with something else. -
WADR, I don't want to hear about the weather or their personnel. There wasn't any precipitation until late in the 2nd quarter and Wisconsin was without their: Starting QB and their #2 QB went down early Starting and #3 RB and their #2 RB was healthy enough to only get 3 carries Starting LT, backup LT (B. Nelson), 3rd string LT (L. Nelson) Starting OC Starting RG/backup OC (Kodanko) Starting TE Starting ILB (Alliegro) Starting safety Wisconsin earned that win.
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If you look at Chryst's last three recruiting classes... (*ducks and runs for cover*)
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He was playing the scout team QB until the bye week. There's only so many snaps to go around in practice, and at least 95% go to the first and 2nd string QBs.
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Fickell not wearing the T.E.A.M. vest - I'm feeling good about this!
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False. He was fired because he either half-assed or flat out refused to do essential parts of his job that Mac repeatedly told him to do. Mac put him on performance improvement plan and implored him to do those things and he still refused to do parts of his job. Chryst took MONTHS to replace his recruiting director when he left. He had a 4-star LB visit and NOBODY talked to him. He refused to do or canceled meet & greets with the big donors. He wasn't doing his job. Nobody at UW gets fired because they are doing OK. And as for your "Chryst derangement syndrome", what we are saying by bringing up his last three recruiting classes is that if Chryst was still the HC they would be doing just as bad. That's not the same as "blaming Chryst" for Fickell's record.
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As Nate said, he's only had two full recruiting classes. The best players from the 2023 class were ones he brought in/back or closed (Alliegro, Kekahuna, Ashcraft). His first full recruiting class is at best true sophomores. In football, a coach needs four full recruiting classes. As physical as football is, it's really hard to win with underclassmen in football. Basketball is a different story.
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Exactly. Here's Chryst's last three recruiting classes at arguably the most important positions: QB: Deacon Hill, Myles Burkett, Cole LaCrue RB: Jackson Acker, Loyal Crawford, Antwan Roberts, Nate White (Braelon Allen was recruited as a safety/LB and moved to RB after he got here) OL: Nolan Rucci, Riley Mahlman, JP Benzschawel, Joe Brunner, Barrett Nelson, James Durand DL: Mike Jarvis, Curt Neal, Isaac Hamm OLB/Edge: Ayo Adebogun, Darryl Peterson, TJ Bollers, Tristan Monday, Jordan Mayer Tell me that team would be any better.
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And Cignetti made a home run hire with Mike Shanahan. You don't need to look any further than Fickell to see the impact of good coordinators. Good coordinators at Cincinnati and he's undefeated (in that conference, FWIW, but Cincinnati is ranked this year). Bad coordinators at UW = disaster. Same w/Chryst - look at what happened when he promoted Joe Rudolph to OC. In this day and age, the HC has as little to do directly with the on-field success as they ever have. The HC is responsible for recruiting (externally and internally), but even so, NIL often has the last say with that.
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If Kraft is done for the year, I don't see the Super Bowl happening anyway. I thought DT was a bigger need. Carolina ran for 163 yards - another CB wouldn't have helped that at all.
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It was already headed there. Chryst was fired for a reason. They just weren't able to turn it around.
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Reminder that if he doesn't take the QO and goes into the free market and finds the market isn't what he and his agent thought it would be (or fails the physical with the new team and the contract is voided), he can't go back and accept the QO. There is a world in which he fails the physical with someone else and ends up getting less than the QO.
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It's possible that this is coming from above the athletic department. With all of the uncertainty about government funding right now, it's possible that Mnookin put a freeze on the buyout and said that the buyout funds might be needed for other things. I wouldn't say "probable", but certainly "possible".
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I can almost guarantee that any contract offer comes with an attached NDA. Maybe what you mean by "shops around" is "seeks other offers", but I highly doubt that he can tell other clubs whether or not he has an offer from MIL. They may be able to generically say, "we have an offer from another team", but I doubt that they can say anything more specific than that.
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The Brewers know his medicals better than anybody. If they don't extend a QO, my guess is it isn't because of a handshake agreement.
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Game 8: Panthers @ Packers - Sunday, Nov 2nd 12:00 PM
LouisEly replied to CheezWizHed's topic in Other Sports
Yep. They only had seven offensive possessions against Carolina. When two of those end in turnovers (three if you count on downs)... you're not going to score TDs on all of the others. Teams aren't going to score on all of their possessions. It just doesn't happen. -
Game 8: Panthers @ Packers - Sunday, Nov 2nd 12:00 PM
LouisEly replied to CheezWizHed's topic in Other Sports
When one of your starting DTs goes down in the first half and you're down to 3 healthy active bodies there - one an undrafted rookie and one an undersized pass rusher - that makes it really hard to stop the run. Carolina is 5th in rushing YPG and 9th in rushing YPC, so they're actually pretty good in running the ball. They need to get NO on the line and see what they need for Godchaux or Shepherd. Or both. -
Their fans kept their tickets off of the secondary market.
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Game 8: Panthers @ Packers - Sunday, Nov 2nd 12:00 PM
LouisEly replied to CheezWizHed's topic in Other Sports
The elephant in the room is that with the loss of Wooden they were down to Wyatt, Brooks, and Stackhouse. That's why they gave up 163 yards rushing. Add to that the loss of Kraft which not only did they likely have a significant game plan around him but the emotional shock of losing a star player. Tack on Banks and Golden going down... You lose that many starters and no wonder they lost the game. -
Forget CB, they need to find a DT or two who can stop the run.
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And they wonder why football has become more popular.
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That is very regional/local. They're way down in Nashville - my friend had two properties on AirBnB/VRBO and this year he has converted both of them to long-term rentals. More communities are starting to ban short-term rentals, so the demand is shifting to other destinations. Won't really be able to get a feel for that until January when people start booking summer vacation rentals.
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The first paragraph is about investing, not the economy. While AI will increase energy demand, that will result in an increased cost to consumers not by choice, resulting in less discretionary spending capacity. Consumers generally don't choose to spend more on energy - they're forced to.. Healthcare will always grow as a population ages. But outside of GLP-1 medications, there has been relatively little innovation in the pharma sector, particularly as good drugs lose their patent exclusivity. Manufacturers will always work deals with payers to get their brand drugs covered (Abbvie can teach a master class on that). But there is a big squeeze going on here as rural health care centers are closing due to mounting costs and doctor shortages. Smaller health care systems are going under - one recently happened in the Eau Claire area. Like @BrewerFan said, the rest of the economy is not doing well right now.
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YouTube TV cuts off Disney (a.k.a. ESPN) with no warning. Looked at my phone last night before I went to bed and there was an email from YouTube TV saying no more Disney/ESPN effective at midnight. I had heard that they were in negotiations, but never received any formal notice from YTTV that this could happen. Right before a big college football weekend and MNF on Monday. I started typing in "alternatives to YouTube TV" and didn't have to finish the first word before the first auto-suggestion was exactly that. I think they may have underestimated consumer reaction. It is interesting that this comes right after ESPN launched a stand-alone streaming package (for $30/mo). I'm sure both sides are being greedy, but would not be surprised if this is part of a play to steer consumers to their streaming package. I read that if you want to watch every NFL game this year, you would have to subscribe to seven different streaming services. That is not in any way what consumers want. Consumers are willing to pay for convenience, and that means a little more if they can get what they want from at most two TV services. Nobody wants to have to switch back and forth between 3+ services to watch TV. It's been two years since YTTV has had MLB network. I think it's time that I explore alternatives.
