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  1. TheLeviathan
    For a long time the argument was: Byron Buxton is "unlucky". Injuries aren't a matter of luck any more than hitting homeruns is a matter of luck. Genetics and skill come into play and Byron, for as fine a man and a player as he is, was not gifted with the genetics to endure the use of his tremendous talents. The bad luck wasn't on the field and never was. It was in his DNA. I feel for the man, it's got to be awful to endure.
  2. TheLeviathan
    Rocco'd again! A team that's on pace to win 85-90 games despite a roster depleted due to ownership slashing payroll and the 11th most injuries in baseball? Pathetic. 140-22 is what a real man would do. Not this spreadsheet-reading nerd. We ought to just employ one of those vague, imaginary "better managers" that we will surely love and never toxically, chronically criticize. Instead, we'll do what rational humans do - we'll say "nice job Imaginary Human Who Doesn't Exist and Never Will...you helped us win today" and when we're upset we'll say "Well, Totally Not Real Person, I disagree a bit with your decision today. You're a fine Made Up Fantasy Being, but missed that one today" Toxic TD Gamethread Posters' Imaginary Super Wizard Manager >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> StatfreakRocco
  3. TheLeviathan
    Not having your 2nd and 3rd makes tanking less ideal this year. Though having your QB does give leverage to trade down. I just want to see development from Pace, Addison, Turner, and the defense looking like an asset going forward.
  4. TheLeviathan
    Another Rocco loss. If he would just read the stats correctly and see SWR is terrible and we have MANY options that are CLEARLY better...we win this game. Idiot can't even nerd right....
  5. TheLeviathan
    Look...winning this game wouldnt have been hard. When those of us smart Twins are sitting down in our recliners in Willmar or Tuscon (escaping our sad, miserable, toxic existence) we can predict with perfect accuracy what Rocco should have done once events have already occurred. It isn't hard at that point once things happen and we retroactively apply our logic with new, previously unavailable outcomes. Had Rocco just gotten tossed in inning two pointlessly arguing....we save yet another loss. Pathetic.
  6. TheLeviathan
    We'd have won this game if we hadn't been Rocco'd by the nationalized Canadien healthcare causing so many roster injuries. Commie.
  7. TheLeviathan
    Ownership demanded this FO not set fire to the roster and tear down. I would bet my house that Kwesi would've traded Cousins if he wasn't shackled to him. The first draft was really terrible - new coach, new GM, and a terrible defensive hire combined into an epic failure. I think we've seen since that they have learned from it. This is the group I want to keep guiding the Vikings forward.
  8. TheLeviathan
    We'd have won this game tonight if Rocco hadn't pulled Sonny early and turned it into a bullpen game. Moron.
  9. TheLeviathan
    We're going to find out how much film study can replace playing experience next year with the QB. Let's hope all that cap room gets supplemented with some breakouts from LDR, Reichart, Murphy, Turner, Nailor, etc. As well as those investments in LB paying off. (I love all three)
  10. TheLeviathan
    And I liked both picks. At this point it may be 3 years before we have an idea unless this draft and the 1st next year crush it.
  11. TheLeviathan
    I think you can scheme up some ways to support a weak D-line, but the lack of talent this group has is going to cap the ceiling on that.
  12. TheLeviathan
    We'll see? I mean, who has this front office developed? They traded for Hockenson and the results so far are mixed. Ingram is mixed. The rest of the o-line was already in place. Ditto Jefferson. They have largely dropped the ball at RB. Addison looks like a talent but there are some character challenges that make that situation murky. The special teams have been...ok? Sounds like this kicker is the real deal but I'm not sure I can put much on that either. Every effective defensive player preceded them except Phillips. I'm not trying to drum this front office out. I think they're working under a "compete" mandate from ownership and doing their best to reset the bad contract situation they had, add talent for the future, and rebuild on the fly. I think they've done some interesting things with that weird mandate, but so far I can't argue they've developed and drafted well. These next two years are huge...we need to start seeing an ability to get young players and make them better.
  13. TheLeviathan
    They have some intriguing talent for sure. But nick's right that they haven't drafted or developed much of anything other than Pace. It might be better that we keep adding elite talents by trading picks.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Agreed, we need to see more returns than just Pace. That first draft was a disaster.
  15. TheLeviathan
    I love Plouffe. Dude is super chill and funny.
  16. TheLeviathan
    We'd have won this game if Rocco wasn't such an idiot about pitcher usage. Think about how much better our record would be if the previous 126 games were done exactly how some toxic game thread knob would've recommended: We pitch Ober-Alcala-Jax-Duran every game. I mean...duh. You worry about winning today. Tomorrow is Tomorrow. We all know that good management is done by completely disregarding all future outcomes and recklessly throwing everything at random games in August. Ruining their careers? Worry about today. Arm fatigue? Throw with your other arm snowflake, we're winning today dammit! What if they're having an off day? Simple: have them all warmed up at all times throughout the game so that if anything bad goes wrong you instantly replace them. Like, Ober throws a ball? Go get one of the other three. Jax has his arm fall off due to overuse? Cool, Duran has been throwing since the night before so he'd be warm and ready to go. It's so simple and yet Rocco can't figure it out. Moron.
  17. TheLeviathan
    It explains the trade deadline last year through now though....
  18. TheLeviathan
    Not quite - 53-3 according to Park. But I'm sure that won't get in the way of complaining.
  19. TheLeviathan
    Well, what's the simplest explanation? We KNOW that this FO is willing to be aggressive, we've seen them do it. So what's changed? It's pretty obvious to me: the TV situation. That money dried up and so did any flexibility the FO had. I'm not sure they had the greenlight to add much of any payroll. We're seeing the pretty obvious consequences of that - an already thin pitching staff is completely sapped right now and reinforcements don't appear to be coming.
  20. TheLeviathan
    The blame for this rests squarely with ownership. I don't blame Rocco for distrusting these guys, but he doesn't make the roster. He's got two (barely, really just 1) functional starters and three functional relievers. Ownership blocking the FO from adding has really crippled this team and is overburdened the talent we have.
  21. TheLeviathan
    I think we see a really good defensive effort that highlights that the team is a couple better defensive linemen away from being elite and the offense is fine....but the schedule makes us a 6-11 type of team. The style Flores plays means we need much better players than Tillery to play up front. Or a better nose so that Phillips can slide over. That position group just isn't good.
  22. TheLeviathan
    If Rocco puts Okert in there and he gets shelled, I guarantee you the usual folks would be assailing him for not putting in Alcala. He put in his 2nd or 3rd best reliever (depending on your belief of the rankings) with a four run lead. He imploded in spectacularly quick fashion. Sometimes....stupid stuff happens. Good players strike out. Good pitchers get shelled. Bad players hit homeruns at the worst time against you. That's baseball. Managing a baseball team requires a person to consider the workload of the humans in their charge. The impact of arm fatigue. Career ramifications. Personal ramifications. Effectiveness. Money. Overuse. Injury. Rocco made a perfectly reasonable call that the vast majority of the time works into a win. Then things happen and sometimes you just have to throw your hands in the air and move on. This manager, with a hamstrung budget and a ton of injuries, has the best record in baseball since April 22nd. Read that again if you need to.
  23. TheLeviathan
    We'd have won this game if Rocco hadn't told Gobert to guard Luka at the three point line. Moron.
  24. TheLeviathan
    We win this game if Rocco doesn't move the North Stars to Dalls and force our new team into Christmas Hockey Sweaters every night. Traitor.
  25. TheLeviathan
    We'd have won this game if Rocco showed some energy and secured the Texas border. Useless.
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