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  1. tmwiese55
    yup. And say that does happen where they have a little mini run with multiple titles, well it can help balance or make up for a possible dip from GB as Rodgers ages (and unlikeliness of getting a 3rd straight good QB) and if the Brewers don't break through or maybe take a step back from the last 2-3 seasons. Throughout the Bucks/Brewers doldrums, we've always had the Packers as good to make up for it. For example, say the Bucks win it all this year and then come mid August the Brewers are out of it. You'll be able to think "oh well, not our year, but hey we just won that NBA title so whatever, it's fine"
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    I don't think it's unfair to think that way at all I just don't understand it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I don't see how it's difficult to understand. If something happens over and over multiple times you start to expect it. In this case, it's getting close and losing so it's perfectly logical for pessimism to creep in. It seems to make simple sense to me. But IDK, hey to each their own. I agree with Beard's last post though. I realize I'm in WI and my teams are the underdogs (other than NFL which is a balanced playing field) so I value and enjoy the ride. It'll be all the better if and when it happens. UW winning that hoops title would've meant so much more than any Duke title. Sticking with Bucks and Brewers as two of the worst teams in the league for decades will be all the more rewarding if and when it happens. The media driven Ringz obsession that has now trickled everywhere is a negative thing overall.
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    Then throw in UW losing I think 3 B1G title games in a row, 4 straight Rose Bowls, and losing two FFs (followed by two buzzer beater losses in Sweet 16 the next two years). Yea, we need the Bucks to bring it home to stop the pessimism. Like, I went into last nights game with no plans of winning.
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    And the tweet from the 3B coach about Trout is another example. That was getting traction on mainstream media. Who knows how true it is, but just an example of the change in landscape that a guy claiming something is newsworthy without any research into the validity of it.
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    I don't think it makes sense either. Yea, in theory if you could ban and it worked that would be great. I'm not about to say they're things are healthy or safe, but is it not a bit odd to be rushing to ban these while normal cigs and alcohol are legal. Millions of people die from these every year. It's also a bit odd to watch the rush to ban vaping out of one side of the mouth while rushing to legalize weed out of the otherside, as MacGruber would say "seems counterintuitive". Long story, if we've learned nothing with prohibition and the drug war, banning simply won't work. If the people want it they're going to get it.
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    I just don't know who else it would be if not Bradford. They're not really in on anyone else, unless there's a major surprise flip someplace. Yea one of the writers said he can't figure it out either and says UW isn't talking on it. I assume he got it from Bradford that it's not him. Says this is very rare so chances are it's going to be a top tier (relative to UW anyway) type guy. We'll see, 2 or so weeks until signing day I think. Also, if the guy is this high profile lets see if he actually sticks with it and someone else doesn't flip him before signing day.
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    Cruikshank went there due to being close to home and I think he has 3-4 HS teammates on the team. Still, surprising with how PT UW has coming available but everyone can have their own priorities. For that commitment, my understanding is it's not Bradford but besides that UW is completely tight lipped about it. Supposedly won't come out until signing day but the chatter is that it's supposed to be a big one. So I'd assume a 4 star, if not a RB I don't where else it would come from though. I hope for WR, CB, DL. I'd say the painkiller thing is not just a UW thing. That was also close to 10 years ago now kind of before the massive health push started. I'd expect this is much better all over CFB now and at UW the team isn't lead by a meathead anymore and I'd expect they've improved. But, painkillers I'm sure are still a big thing all over. I remember a few years ago someone in the media making a push about it and how it's probably worse than any PED out there but everyone is looking the other way on it. I assume that was NFL focused.
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    Yea, but what about the ring? Great post Louis. Once someone tells his new team of 25-35 people it's only a matter of time until it gets out
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    Yup, I would hate the seeding to work out that we have to play both. I'll take my virtual free pass to the ECF and then only play the one team left between them. With Philly playing poorly it's really opening up the possibility of having to play them in round 2.
  10. tmwiese55
    Haven't seen it mentioned anywhere yet but a couple things that wires and things under the jersey are legit for would be when players are "miked up" for the game and body sensor information tracking stuff. Just things that have popped in my head as people on twitter try to obsess over small budges in guys jerseys. Obviously, they've never seen the Curb "pants tent" episode either
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    I was surprised to see him take that one. It's better than a UNLV type gig, I grant that but I still think it's a tough spot to win long term. And I guess the team is solid now so you don't have to deal with a rebuild. So I do get that it could be fine. But with how much he was making as a DC already I thought he could really wait for a big time spot. Off the top of my head I don't know what that would be, but say an FSU a couple years down the line or an SEC East job like TN. On the other hand, Burrow is gone so might be best to lock in a big contract now just in case the team doesn't do so hot going forward. Speaking of D Coordinators. Anyone notice the slobberfest by Kirk's ESPN crew about Bret Venables during these last two games. His name was mentioned more than Dabo and probably got as much screen time as Dabo. Meanwhile, the D coordinator for LSU who's shutting down Clemson drive after drive never has his name mentioned once and is never shown on TV. If you'd have played a drinking game on how many times they said the name Venables during those two games you wouldn't have remembered the end of each game. Also, being a local Madison person I heard absolutely nothing but good things about him and his family from people who did know them. Seems like a genuine good guy.
  12. tmwiese55
    Yup, it's so difficult where to draw the line. Everyone is on some kind of supplements. Supplements A-G are ok, H-Z are not. How do they choose which are or where to put the line. Personally, I'd lighten up a bit and think they might have overreacted a bit. To me, take out the real deal anabolic muscle building ridiculous stuff that was going on and call it a day. I'd rather let them take the small stuff to stay healthy and on the field.
  13. tmwiese55
    I guess in the grand scheme of it all, a buzzer or banging on the wall aren't totally different. But man, it just seems so much worse or more elaborate then. It shows so much more planning involved.
  14. tmwiese55
    True, I guess I assumed it's kind of painting any reason as illegitimate. In that even if this thyroid thing was real, its still a loophole to a hater in that it allows him to take HGH to help him play baseball and others can't. But yea, if someone made up an issue or got a doctor to lie for him in order to allow it then it's a whole different story.
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    There are tons of medical reasons for guys to be taking HGH and other PEDs. Part of the reason the obsession is so overblown imo. Lots of guys get prescribed it and its allowed when rehabbing some kind of injury. It's just funny it's such a huge deal in MLB but no one cares about this stuff in other sports.
  16. tmwiese55
    Could there be a CBA type thing creating a problem with suspending the players? Like the NFL has that almost catch all phrase in there giving the commissioner to do what he wants, maybe something like that doesn't exist in MLB. Just spitballing. But if more comes of this they have to do something. An idea I had is to suspend any position player still on Hous for X amount of games, 10-15 seems ok to me, and allow them to spread out the suspensions. Seems tough to suspend guys now on other teams as you're essentially punishing another team for something they had nothing to do with, but if extreme enough it could be done.
  17. tmwiese55
    If he feels so horrible, why does he still have possession of a World Series ring and the World Series share, that I’m sure he’s probably spent on more tattoos or dumb facial hair or whatever. what would you propose he do? Draw more attention to himself by throwing the ring in the ocean in dramatic fashion? Put on the gram for everyone to see and prove his disdain? Frankly I have no idea where you're coming from on this point. I'm normally pretty good at seeing from multiple viewpoints but it's tough for me to come to figure out this view at all. Where am I coming from? It wasn’t only the Astros who did this. I have no idea what Fiers has to gain from any of this, but not giving back his ring of his WS share makes me wonder why he really brought this up. Because if he’s alright with spending the money and keeping the ring that “cheating” got him, yet he’s so distraught that he has to speak up and ruin the lives of others, something’s off to me. ------ Again, this makes no sense to me and never will. You seem to put an incredible amount of value on a ring and a small amount of money (relative to big league players). His trying to do the right thing still wasn't right enough in your opinion therefore he's actually the bad guy, Okey dokey.
  18. tmwiese55
    This is what I’m going to be watching as well. Astros went from a team that went from striking out the most in the league or close to it, to striking out the absolute least the last few seasons. And that change basically happened overnight. I know they made personnel changes along the way, but it’s something I am going to keep a close eye on. Just look at the Red Sox when they could no longer use that video monitor after the season they won the World Series. They didn’t even make the postseason this past year. Pretty telling in my opinion. Could you explain why the Sox weren't allowed to use the monitor last season? I haven't heard or seen that yet. I agree it seems very telling though. Thanks in advance.
  19. tmwiese55
    If he feels so horrible, why does he still have possession of a World Series ring and the World Series share, that I’m sure he’s probably spent on more tattoos or dumb facial hair or whatever. what would you propose he do? Draw more attention to himself by throwing the ring in the ocean in dramatic fashion? Put on the gram for everyone to see and prove his disdain? Frankly I have no idea where you're coming from on this point. I'm normally pretty good at seeing from multiple viewpoints but it's tough for me to come to figure out this view at all.
  20. tmwiese55
    Yea I'm sure he's really relishing the attention he gets being involved in a scandal and for being a rat. Definitely something he wants. Alienating former teammates and friends. Sorry, I don't think this makes any sense. Don't see him hawking a book he's selling or anything like that. Really, at this point he's barely mentioned and is just an afterthought of it all.
  21. tmwiese55
    That seems a bit harsh to me in regards to Fiers. Maybe he felt it was BS the whole time but as just a blah pitcher he had no power to do anything about it. Then he goes to another team and has to go up against it 18 times a year, would you not tell anyone? As a guy who is so reliant on a changeup, this is a big deal for a guy like him. I don't see what motivations there are to question really, I think it's pretty clear. For the Indians. Take it FWIW but Francona was on Maddog as the news broke about Beltran. He was asked point blank something like "many are saying everyone does it, I'm just a media guy, you're there on the ground. Is the prevalent and is everyone doing it?" Francona was adamant in saying Cleveland doesn't do it and never has, said he was annoyed when the narrative that everyone is doing it was spun the last few days. He seemed very believable to me. Said he couldn't speak to anyone else, but just that they weren't doing it. Also, he was basically very nice in regards to all the guys fired, saying how they're great guys that had lapses of judgment and that they could and should get second chances. So it's not like he was on some pompous high horse the whole time.
  22. tmwiese55
    Exactly. They've earned some benefit of doubt. Generally I know we'd all like to do more, but we have to remember we're Brewers fans and we'll always be the underdog. Also, were Chacin, Miley, Aguilar, Jeffress, Gio, Thames or Shaw types "needle movers" when we got them? Turns out that needle ended up almost winning the WS.
  23. tmwiese55
    I think it's become very apparent over the last few years that normal sign stealing and signaling out on the field is absolutely common practice. To me, it's always been obvious. Basically, teams wouldn't be so paranoid about it if they weren't doing it themselves or hadn't done it while on other teams. Yet they all act like only the other team is doing it. So, let's hope MKE hasn't been doing anything beyond the normal.
  24. tmwiese55
    Very surprised MSU didn't fire Dantonio. He collected a 4.3 mil retention bonus this week. I would've thought with the scandals, team doing badly, and that 4.3 mil being owed it was the perfect time to let him go. I guess not, MSU continues to go down a classy path on turning a blind eye to all this stuff. If interested, you can find similar stuff for the bball program too. For some reason ESPN doesn't put MSU on blast like they have other situations. https://www.yahoo.com/news/stunning-report-details-michigan-state-162725953.html
  25. tmwiese55
    While I get none of these guys jump off the paper and am also not expecting a ridiculous staff. It's also not hard to top what was out there last year. Basically every opening starter flopped outside of Woodruff and the pen was trash outside of Hader until mid August. I'm not saying these guys are going to be top 5 or anything, but it's not too difficult to top last year (pre mid August). Problem of course is that replicating the last two Septembers seems very very unlikely as well. In general, yea of course I'd prefer one more Woodruff level guy (like if Burnes hadn't flopped) but in general I like that they seem to have put some value into the starters eating more inning this year with these acquisition. Who knows if it comes to reality, but it seems that was the goal here and on paper they seem to have accomplished that
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