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I think he has inherited more runners than any RP we have on the team.

Suck it up and prioritize. Stop watching the game and pay attention to what is important. 😉

Boy, I guess Craig is kicking himself for not going with an opener... just under thought it I guess. 😂

Vaughn! for the tie

Right now when Love NEEDS a reception... he most often goes to Doubs. I have my Doubs doubts due to concussion, but he is still the best outside WR we have right now...

A few random thoughts on various topics through this thread: Yelich leading off. Probably the negative is that he actually has a lower OBP than Frelick or Turang. While he has more HRs than anyone... he doesn't have the overall OPS or SLG to make leading off a negative impact to his value (compared to Frelick/Turang moving down). However, I do think Murph is playing a bit of a phycological game. Put your experience bat at the top for the playoff experience... then put a bug in Ortiz's head that he is providing him "protection"... doesn't matter if it actually makes a long term difference if it gives Joey a mental "boost" for a few games. Chad Patrick - he certainly has earned his spot on the team. Right now, I'd start him over Miz. Hoskins - he wasn't part of the team that overtook the Cubs, he wasn't playing overly well, and is redundant on the roster right now... I'd leave him off.

If the Cubs lose to the Padres and the Brewers beat the Padres, our first-round playoff curse will be officially affixed to Counsell. 😉

He sounds more administrative than active recruiting.

Playoff reset! Magic Number at:

Getting past the first impressions are hard for people. Haas started the season great, but eventually faded... Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip tOPS+ sOPS+ April/March 10 5 20 17 5 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 5 .294 .368 .471 .839 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 .364 159 137 May 8 5 21 20 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 11 .200 .238 .400 .638 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 94 75 June 5 3 13 13 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .231 .231 .385 .615 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 88 69 July 7 6 23 20 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .200 .304 .200 .504 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .364 61 45 Jansen started very poorly, but eventually came on hot. Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip tOPS+ sOPS+ August 12 8 39 33 5 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 8 .212 .308 .273 .580 9 0 1 0 1 0 1 .269 64 63 Sept/Oct 12 8 38 33 5 10 1 0 3 5 0 0 5 9 .303 .395 .606 1.001 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 175 179

I'm thinking that Badgers need to take the GM/HC approach to college football. The NFL has split "talent acquisition" from "team development" for a long time. And there have been several clear "that didn't work" moments when they tried combine the roles - Holmgren in Seattle, Sherman in GB. So why does college FB require that? Go hire someone to be the recruiter and another to be the head coach. Of course there are still roles for the HC in recruiting, but you have someone else (with a different skillset strength) dedicated to the recruiting and scouting processes. Frankly, I'd rehire Chryst if we had someone else doing the recruiting.

Clearly. But I think they obsessed with that too much. I'd rather take 3 shots at the endzone to win the game (compared to 2 shots short+1 panicked attempt) and kick a FG with 30 seconds left rather than how we flopped there at the end. That isn't totally on MLF either... Love needs to understand his time management better and command the team better than that.

Summary thoughts after letting things simmer (and trying to look beyond the MLF issues). Love: He put up great numbers, but I can't shake the feeling that he still isn't leading the team. Not to totally defend MLF (he certainly had his issues), but I get the feeling that Love isn't commanding his offense. The fact that the team was slow to get to the line is either a large amount of apathy or Love wasn't commanding urgency. I leaning to the later since it was just about everyone. I hate to say it, but he needs a bit more of Rodger's edge to him. RB: Jacobs and Wilson did a great job. Glad to see MLF get more creative on outside runs after 3 games of up the gut only focus. Also nice to see Wilson in there a bit more. WR: Doub was Money. Golden was clutch (though I still want the backstory to the Golden/Wicks convergence - props to Wicks for backing off). Wicks had some good moments late. Still can't wait for Reed and Watson to come back. TE: Kraft had a few nice catches, but the group was quiet. OL: Woof. Seems like the OL really stepped back once Stenavich was promoted to OC. But to be fair, they weren't horrible considering they had two backups. Run blocking improved later, but that is the major weakness right now. DL: Parson actually did better than was "visible".. certainly was more impactful late than early. But for this dude to earn his money, (like Love) his leadership needs to improve. Still building a relationship with the others, but this D needs to be his and not just sulking by himself on the sidelines. We point to the PAT block/2pt conversion as the major game changer (it was), but that also coincided (more or less) with Wyatt's injury. The DL play really shifted as our depth there is poor. The run game stepped up... Wooden wasn't as effective... Stackhouse was garbage. Probably didn't help with the heat either. OL: Walker and Cooper had moments, but were really ghosts most of the day. McDuffie was the only one consistently making plays. DB: McKinney was another ghost. Did nothing all day. Williams in involved more, but mixed effectiveness. Bullard seemed pretty strong. Nixon played very strong, but Hobbs and Valentine were abused. Defense had way too many ghosts today.

That has to feel good into the bye week... 🤢

Me either, but it was still DI. I hated it when we had all those flags when Moss was with the Vikings, but it is the same thing.

DB never looked back and took down Wicks. Thanks to JJ for buying off the refs...

Wow... I already gave them the TD... and we held! (thanks to Parsons)

Valentine getting brutalized...

Well, at least we let them score quickly... There is no D in allas tonight...

Great time to give up a big KR...

Un-DOUBS-able!

Why aren't we returning the kick offs??? Are we just hoping it lands in the end zone?

Big Stackhouse just getting thrown down the LOS....