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  1. TheLeviathan
    Yes, but 3 players on our roster for several years as opposed to one about to go. I think Wayne's is good, but replaceable by Hughes or Alexander.
  2. TheLeviathan
    For me, I'm more comfortable with this team as a Super Bowl contender with Hughes-Rhodes-Alexander-Rookie and two OL in the first two rounds. Or an OL, a CB, and a DT. Some combo of getting three high end players rather than just two and keeping Waynes. Alexander may want to get paid to start on the outside rather than be a slot corner. And the simple truth is we're running out of money to pay anyone. If we have to draft a corner (and we do, odd as that may seem), I'd rather have him play immediately and flip one of the guys leaving after this year for another player that we can retain going forward. Like I said, I don't love that decision. I'd have preferred we did it earlier in the offseason when Waynes' 9M could've been put to use in FA.
  3. TheLeviathan
    I admit, none of the scenarios are ideal. But there is a good chance next year we are down Waynes and Alexander. Meaning we almost have to draft a corner this year anyway. If that guy is going to be our 5th (my scenario) or 6th (your scenario) corner this year doesn't mean as much to me as the value we might next for that 2nd round pick.
  4. TheLeviathan
    Pfft, that lady doing her make-up at 65 on the highway behind the dude shaving doing 70 have got this driving thing down pat. Back in my day you could read the newspaper and barely get in any accidents!
  5. TheLeviathan
    It is less sound, but most good defensive coaches can do more with less. I'm tired of having to pour first round picks into Zimmer's defense. He should be able to coach up a 2nd or 3rd round corner into a functional player if need be. If you're telling me this vikings team can have Waynes with the current OL or Risner/Lindstrom with that secondary? I take option number two every time. Even more so if the first round pick is another lineman. (Especially since I see no way this team can keep Rhodes and Waynes beyond this season)
  6. TheLeviathan
    Some of these poor souls don't know the hilarity of which you speak of.
  7. TheLeviathan
    Um, humans have all sorts of failures too. Way, way more often in fact.
  8. TheLeviathan
    It's not clear to me either! I'm the one advocating that exact thing!!!! Every transaction, even the ones you don't do, have costs. At no point did I argue that dealing Pressly made 2019 anything other than more difficult. But that doesn't change the fact that selling fickle assets, with limited team control, in seasons where you aren't doing jack squat is sound planning. I will advocate it 100 out of 100 times. Whether that particular transaction turns out to be a net win, is one I can't declare yet. If, in five years, it's abundantly clear we got squat out of that deal - hell yeah it's a loser. But the mentality behind what you're dealing, when you're dealing it, and who you're dealing it for matters much more to me. On the whole, those factors will go much farther in determining the outcomes for this franchise.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Woof, that's the second missed deal with Griffen. I would have Rhodes, Hughes, Alexander, and a draftee for corners.
  10. TheLeviathan
    I can't judge a trade when the results are still unknown. Trading him hurt 2019, certainly. Doubly so when they had opportunity and did nothing. In the end, that's what bothers me most. I won't be the hypocrite like many here and complain about selling assets with limited team control, or fickle like relievers, in a lost season. I hope the prospects work out and I wish they'd have done more in the offseason, but I'm not going to start singing a different tune on what should have happened. The Twins acted correctly at the 2018 deadline, they failed the offseason after it.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Banking on any reliever is a fickle game, that's been said by Brock and others and ignored by you. It's part of the equation no matter what you'd have preferred happened. I don't accept the excuse that this team couldn't have afforded the exact same things it did this offseason and still spend another 10-20M on the bullpen. Especially since, if you wanted to keep Pressly past this year, you probably would've had to extend him just like Houston did and he'd be on the hook for about the same money. (But better than Allen and Herrera, certainly. Maybe. Probably? Those guys are fickle remember?)
  12. TheLeviathan
    That's not at all what I asked so I'll ignore all of the rest of that. I don't want to rehash that discussion, hence my question. In a hypothetical where we signed those two, how do you feel today about the bullpen?
  13. TheLeviathan
    I think you can land a high second for Waynes. I do that in a heartbeat, but I'm not choosing Hockenson. He's good, but this team has other pressing needs. I said in my offseason wish list I'd like to sign Levitre and trade Waynes to the Bucs for their 2nd. I still love both of those ideas.
  14. TheLeviathan
    My offseason plan had us signing Cody Allen and Kelvin Herrera for about 2 years 20M each. How would you feel about the bullpen right now in that hypothetical?
  15. TheLeviathan
    I love Wilkins, Oliver too. Here's the snag with that.....there will be good DTs still around in the third. Probably some nice DE projects much like Hunter was in that range too. Personally? I'm kind of hoping they trade back with Oakland or someone else who has some picks to spare. I'd like to mine this draft for a safety, a DT, and a pass rushing project. There are so many talents at those positions it's scary. And I think at the end of the first you could still land Lindstrom, Risner, maybe even Bradbury. Then again, after last year, that could be one hell of a risk too.
  16. TheLeviathan
    That's not even the biggest can of worms. If this kills the trucking industry at some point the economic effect would be incalculable.
  17. TheLeviathan
    Most likely this is Reiff's last season. Drafting a swing guy makes a ton of sense too. I predict the pick is Bradbury, DT Wilkins, DT Oliver, or someone who slides unexpectedly like Sweat or White.
  18. TheLeviathan
    I think there will be other crucial deaths, those are just the five I feel pretty good are going to happen. I think Jorah dies also. Probably one of the Starks. Tormund is a good bet. I think Dany is the surprise death, but this show did such a great job leaving them all set up to break hearts. I just can't see Jon dying - this is his "song" after all. Sam will be the one writing it down.
  19. TheLeviathan
    Brienne, Grey Worm, Beric, Edd, Theon I feel good about these five.
  20. TheLeviathan
    You mean all the things you said in that last paragraph? Those. Along with the context of the position the team was at the time of the trade vs. now. How much time has passed matters. In three years and Alcala is a fringe all-star starter? Hell yeah I make that trade again. It's just not a fair way to frame the discussion. I'd prefer we talk about how dealing him, with no effort in the offseason, is the problem. It's the sum total of action/inaction.
  21. TheLeviathan
    No, they don't. Especially since the enforcement you are talking about is not clear cut.
  22. TheLeviathan
    Not strictly, but it is a component of the value. How much did having a GED advantage you in getting a job? Next to none right? It was only important insofar as it provided a stepping stone for the thing that did matter. It showed that you demonstrated the necessary skills we feel all adults should have, so only its absence is of any serious consequence. This paragraph tends to speak to my point. If the argument for free college for all is that we can't teach everything by 18, we really are just extending high school and calling it college. At what point do we start to separate people based on the education required for their future career? When does someone who needs a year or two of trade school separate from a doctor? It would seem that then we need another system of education after whatever period of time the "stuff" you referred to is adequately taught. And we're right back where we started. Perhaps you are too far removed from the emerging workforce, but in many career paths there is an escalation of degree requirements that have nothing to do with the actual skills or knowledge the degrees represent, but merely as a way to separate from the pack. Why? Because there are already far too many college degrees competing for the same jobs. (Jobs previously that wouldn't have even considered requiring a college degree too. The trickle down of this is a double whammy) And that is to say nothing about what that does to the wage value of a degree.
  23. TheLeviathan
    You don't see how the value of something will go down when literally everyone has one? I would argue we're already down this road and it's part of why college expenses compound for people. Now, to even get your resume in front of someone, you need more than a BA. Now you need an MA. Or a PhD. College, as originally designed (and as operated in all the countries where they do offer it for free), is pretty exclusive. The reasoning for that is really, really sound. Free college for all is the exact opposite of that sound reasoning.
  24. TheLeviathan
    I really hope impeachment is tabled. There may be merit in it but people don't want it. The Senate won't finish the job. And by the time you wrap it up it's 2020 anyway and that could be a point Trump hammers to victory. It needs to be squashed. Do the hearings, get Mueller on the record, use it to win in 2020...but do not do impeachment proceedings.
  25. TheLeviathan
    I don't expect all the answers either, just posting my own thoughts. I don't think Bernie (or anyone subsequently) has addressed any of those issues. And they are significant issues with the "free college" plan IMO.
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