OldSchoolSnapper
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If the Packers actually think this guy is one of the next great QBs then taking him is 100% the right call. Even if he isn't. If they feel confident today that he is, and this was a slam dunk on their draft board, it is the right call. Look at the QBs in our division over the last 35 years.
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In my opinion the Packers are not that great and will probably be 10-6 or something. The idea that a first round pick on defense or at WR would not only be good, but so good that he would have made a difference in that NFCCG, is laughable. That said, football is a weird sport year to year so them being in the Super Bowl wouldn't floor me either. Their season and progress hinges on so much more besides their 1st rounder that I just don't see it as worth being upset about.
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I can't see how this is really surprising to anyone that pays close attention to the team. Gute has said over and over that they always scout everyone they think they might draft. If they had a board and the big targets they wanted were gone and this guy was #5 and their BPA then it takes a lot of discipline to make the pick. It's just not a big deal to me. He might be traded, he might be out of football by 2023, he might be our next starter. At a minimum this team badly needed a backup QB. Rodgers is old and no iron man. I'm fine with it.
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People always react too strongly to the draft. Guy could suck, could be really good, could fill a bigger hole in rounds 2-5. Who knows. I just stopped reacting to the picks several years ago. I don't know anything about any of these people. The NFL is just not a hole-plugging sport like baseball. Teams that are "primed to dominate" end up 6-10 and disappear. Schemes change all the time. I've lost count of the number of teams that were "positioned to dominate" and then couldn't get back to the playoffs for 5 years. Stranger things have happened than teams like the Packers winning a title, but to say they were one game from that is a bit generous. When they lined up with SF they were one 40-pt game from the SB.
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Cool, I'll tell my neighbor that is going to decide any day now if he's going to close his restaurant and file bankruptcy that he can fly a kite. My dad has missed 6 appointments so far with his primary care physician, specialists, and lab work. But I'll let him know he can go chip golf balls. These flippant "can't go to Wild Wings" comments are so condescending and miss the point by a country mile. That wasn't what I was saying at all, I'm on the side of opening things back up. But business owners aren't doing most of the complaining. It's people who want to go do things. I do too, but I don't make the laws, so I try to make the most of the situation. Sorry about your Dad's appointments, but my mother actually died on the 19th of March, the last time I was able to see her was February 29th. I'm anticipating a funeral sometime in August. Those of us impacted by such things don't down have a monopoly on what's best for the state/country. In the meantime, stop smarting off to everyone in your path. My valid point was that nobody is stuck inside unless they're choosing to be stuck inside.
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They're re-using surgical masks, making direct deals with suppliers and bidding against other hospitals to acquire the materials they need. Doctors and nurses are working around the clock, and there's no real progression in treatment plans and no vaccine in sight. That doesn't seem like they're managing ok. Some areas are doing better than others, obviously. The goal of extending the order is to make sure the onslaught doesn't come because the social distancing is working. Our grandfathers gave up so much for such a selfless cause, and it's astoundingly remarkable that after what, five weeks of being asked just to stay in our homes, in an era of video games, streaming services, Amazon, and food delivery, people are holding protests and clamoring for their Governors to open Buffalo Wild Wings. You don't even have to stay inside. There are hundreds of trails open and nobody is stopping you from chipping golf balls, flying a kite or doing whatever in any of the million acres of green space. People are just sitting inside because their favorite restaurant is closed but there is plenty to do outside.
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The JBS beef plant source has been reported by Fox 11 so there is no real need to 'protect them', it's out there. They are bringing in hospital staff from Madison to work the facility in some capacity.
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Curious if anyone has seen Glenlivet Caribbean Reserve in a store around MKE?
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The Next Numbers To Be Retired...
OldSchoolSnapper replied to Harold Hutchison's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Even Yelich seems like no sure thing. He is already 28 and just over 1k hits and ~140 HRs, I think. Definitely most logical but I think even he is a tough in. Baseball loves its round number milestones for the HOF. -
The Next Numbers To Be Retired...
OldSchoolSnapper replied to Harold Hutchison's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Retiring numbers is silly. I thought so when I was 7 years old and still think it is now. When you think about it for a while and consider a team might still exist in 200 years it makes even less sense. There are a lot of guys and not that many numbers. I know the NFL has asked teams to stop doing it and they've obliged except for guys like Brett Favre or players that die tragically. If we insist on doing it, I can't think of anyone the Brewers would have fitting the bill if Braun doesn't. Rickie Weeks doesn't reach that level. -
Trout should wait til the kid is born to be so sure he wants to be around his family all the time. Sleeping in a hotel will sound nice really fast.
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This is a particular cruel time for MKE. The Bucks magic season derailed and the DNC probably done. That was a big get for the city and it's just sad. I was never big on Summerfest but salvaging that seems more fantasy than reality even after moving it.
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I don't think there is any conspiracy either. Particularly because golf was a stupid shutdown in the first place. Maybe if they were scared that if it was the only thing to do it would attract too many people. But I do think a bunch of wealthy people made phone calls and were not too happy about a golf-less spring? Yes. Do I think local reps listen to those people more closely? Yes,
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Oh, I totally agree with that. I'll be outside all weekend doing that stuff. But it's naive to not look at what's allowed and what's not and connect some dots once you think about it. What I meant was, what all those have in common, is that they all skew heavily upper middle class. For the large majority of the clientele when it comes to golf, boats and professional landscaping...there's still a lot of ability to spend money. I think they've really tried to put health first this time, but the socioeconomics are also part of the decisions being made. An another unfortunate reality is that more money generally means you can isolate without as much consequence, too. Much less of your lifestyle is disturbed in suburbia than it is in Brooklyn.
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Wow, just saw that Eugene Kane is dead and a coronavirus test is pending. A polarizing MKE figure if there ever was one.
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What kind of person is golfing, installing a boat dock, having landscaping outsourced or doing all three? There's a reason some of these things get passes before other things. I think it's good to keep as many things running as possible, but to completely dismiss the nature of some of these decisions is just being naive.
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Since frisbee golf has been allowed this entire time and pick-up basketball is a close contact sport I don't see how this is comparable at all or why they would get lines in news stories. There also aren't numerous small businesses that operate to serve the public needs of frisbee and pickup basketball. I knew someone was going to say this and it wasn't the point at all. It wasn't that golf and basketball are of equal risk. Or that only rich people play golf. I never said those things. Do you guys really think that weren't 800 phone calls to local reps from their best buds asking for an explanation as to why we can't golf, as well as subtle pressure that it would be great if we can play golf? I never even suggested they were wrong. But I don't really know what to say if people think that the affluence of the sport has nothing to do with it getting a green light so quickly. When 90% of investors and businessmen visit a city they ask where they can golf. Donors and reps playing golf is like a century-old custom. I wasn't knocking golf.
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Middle class people play frisbee and pick-up basketball and those aren't getting lines in news stories. I couldn't care less about golf being allowed or disallowed. That it specifically keeps getting mentioned in these stories is funny to me. There is one sport state senators play with donors. If they didn't, it would still be closed.
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Golf is open because it is the wealthy's favorite sport and a bunch of donors on both sides of the aisle want their golf.
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I've still been paying partial tuition while my kids are not in daycare. So a bit of a pickle now deciding whether to withdraw them completely, keep paying partial fee for no care, or just decide it's time to send them to daycare full time.
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School is done. Not surprising in the least, but any hope is dashed.
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All true, but if the alternative is wiping everything off, then yes, I'll take the sterile TV playoffs.
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I was in Georgia over Valentine's weekend. I had a layover in ATL and ended in Savannah where I spent three days. A few days after I got back, I had a mild cold. The only weird symptom was that I had a sort of shortness of breath and when I stressed even mildly, like jogging a little bit, it would get worse and I'd have to clear my throat over and over. That and a cough lingered for a long time, like 10 days or so. I'll always wonder if that was it.
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Ted Simmons elected to Hall of Fame
OldSchoolSnapper replied to PinaMadness's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
The WOF isn't the HOF though, it's not necessarily a statistical achievement, it's relevance to the club. Simmons time as a Brewer isn't particularly exceptional. After looking at the list of inductees, they are all far more synonymous with baseball in Milwaukee. Sutton is also in the Hall of Fame. Nobody thinks of Milwaukee when they hear his name. -
Ted Simmons elected to Hall of Fame
OldSchoolSnapper replied to PinaMadness's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Jenkins is easily more of a Brewers than Simmons and deserves that WOF spot above him. He was Mr. Brewer for 10 very bad years. Fingers is a closer case, but won an MVP/CY in MKE. Had he not been hurt, likely a catalyst on their only championship team. Neither of the latter guys are synonymous with Brewers baseball the way Jenkins is. When I think of Simmons and the Brewers I think of someone like Don Sutton. Not sure he's their best C anyway. Luc, Nilsson, maybe even Surhoff and Moore are more synonymous with the club.
