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  1. nicksaviking
    Lost in this, MLB absolutely shouldn't expand. There is already a parity divide between the jumbo markets and the rest of the league, and now we're adding two more of the smallest markets in the country? Yeah, they'll spend on payroll and celebrate their expansion team for five, maybe ten years. Then woo hoo, we have Tampa Bay part II!
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    It does seem odd that for about a decade now, so many Twins leaders need to come from other organizations......
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    Such a screw up. Reading another article, the address he was picked up at looks to be a Hard Rock hotel in Tampa. And he was arrested at 3:45 AM. Tons of restaurants in this hotel but I don't see any open past midnight on Mondays, so he was probably kicked out of the hotel itself, but refused to leave. So I'd guess at that time of night he was drunk. Probably not high because Florida isn't shy from charging people for that. And probably nothing violent or he'd have been charged with that as well. So what do you do with this clown? He's probably untradable at this point. I wouldn't mind cutting him, but obviously that will impact a certain young QBs development. He was his favorite target.
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    I never read of hard feelings. I honestly didn't care and suspect most of the team didn't either. They were out of it and he was buried on the depth chart. And probably since they were out of it, they were already considering making him a healthy scratch if only to give Felton some reps. Which of course he still barely got. Thielan played less than 7% of the offensive snaps in his last game as a Viking. I think he was probably about done playing outside of some token routes to send him off in the last game or so.
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    I'm not suggesting it isn't a mistake, or that they'd call up the players for the right reasons. But they haven't called up jersey-selling players in a long time. Buxton is the face of the franchise and took a decade to do so. You're not moving the needle OR winning with Fitzgerald or Arcia. You might do one or both with the young players. Again, I am neither an advocate or detractor for these moves at this point, and I'm not suggesting the Pohlad's would be doing right for the team in terms of winning a championship. I'm suggesting they'd be doing this solely for the better chance at incremental profit now.
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    But this ownership group is unlikely to have to worry about those consequences. If burning an arbitration year for the next owners gets them more fan revenue this year, they wouldn't think twice. Joe Pohlad didn't get canned because the Twins were losing games, he got canned because they were losing fans. Therefore, bringing them back is almost certainly the plan to make more money. And without increasing the payroll, I don't see how they hope to achieve that goal other than creating draws from their young in-house talent.
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    The Vikings seemed pretty confident he'd be back unless he gets a HC job. Not sure that a lateral move would be good for Flores, unless it comes with perks and money the Vikings won't offer. He knows what he has in Minnesota and he can be much more confident that he can continue to be a top DC here; changing teams presents much more risk as it would come with too many variables, many of them unpredictable.
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    Washington is requesting to interview Flores for their DC spot. Obviously it makes sense for them, but hopefully it doesn't for Flores. Also, regarding Flores being blackballed and having few avenues to get a head coaching job, it seems crazy that nobody has mentioned that Pittsburgh is his best shot. They already broke ranks once when they hired him for their staff the first time. Now if Tomlin does depart, I wouldn't be surprised if Flores is the first interview mentioned.
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    I'm actually going to predict that Culpepper is up before the end of May. Not necessarily because he should be, but because I think the primary goal of the new ownership groups is (to make as much money as possible obviously, but to do that, they need) to bring the fans back. They aren't spending money on big name free agents, so I think they'll bring up the young top prospects and cross their fingers that a couple turn into household names. And with more business savvy bosses in charge, I'll bet they better market these young players than they used to. So they'll give most of us what we want as a bribe to watch and go to games. And lucky for them, this bribe costs them nothing but a possible arbitration year that this ownership group is never likely to have to deal with.
  10. nicksaviking
    I don't care about losing Fitzgerald. I do care that someone in the Twins organization thinks Wagaman should be a starting 1st baseman. He can't hit for power and can't get on base. The Twins traded for a guy Miami would have DFA'd before the season started.
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    It also annoys me that they seemingly chose Arcia over Fitzgerald. Not because I wanted to keep Fitzgerald on the roster, but because it feels like they think Arcia is a known name so that must mean he's a better player. And he's not a better player than anyone as far as I can tell. Buuuut, to be fair, that's not exactly how this worked. Fitzgerald had to be on the 40-man, Arcia didn't.
  12. nicksaviking
    In this situation, I wonder if he'd go back to coaching or if he'd do something on TV. There have been plenty of former players and coaches who ended up being good in media platforms, but I don't remember ever thinking, 'Man, Tony Romo is going to be a great commentator!' Tomlin on the other hand has always felt like he was a host of some ESPN daytime program who just happened to be an NFL coach.
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    Yeah, he never would have survived. And if he did, he didn't look like a QB that could get you out of the first round on any team. For a guy known for getting rid of the ball quick, he didn't seem to be able to do that any longer. He didn't have MUCH time, but I watched the Chargers game thinking Herbert had no shot, while watching this game I was thinking, get rid of the ball.
  14. nicksaviking
    Aaron Rodgers looked so old. Watching that game, it seems crazy that he somehow stayed healthy all season.
  15. nicksaviking
    Those are almost the right divisions, but not quite. KC would be with Colorado and the Texas teams and the Twins would be with the other Midwest teams. Anyone who's ever been to KC, or actually looked at a map would see how out of whack that part is.
  16. nicksaviking
    Doesn't seem to be a fit considering that until last year the Twins pen and rotation had been really solid for about a half decade because the one thing the pitchers just about all had in common was decent command. But I guess then the Twins went and threw a curve ball during the draft last year picking many pitchers who didn't fit their past profile due to command issues.
  17. nicksaviking
    Getting good bullpen results from starters on the farm is just as likely, if not more likely than signing mid to low tier free agents. Unless you're a top end bullpen arm, you're never more than 10 innings from being at risk of a DFA. They are not reliable by nature and we've seen a thousand times that changing, usage, teams, cities, managers, teammates or ballparks makes differences you can't even begin to predict for them. Even if the Twins spent 20M on the pen this year, it wouldn't have been a good pen. This is the one spot on the team you have to build through familiarity and patience.
  18. nicksaviking
    These are the kinds of former players I want as coaches and managers. You don't sign up to do this right after you retire unless you actually ENJOY teaching young players. And whether they are in the minors or majors, the young guys DO still need to be taught. They don't have the experience to fix what's not working on their own.
  19. nicksaviking
    Interesting, can't hurt. Paul Molitor notwithstanding, I do think the players who were NOT superstars make for better coaches and managers. If you're a Hall of Famer, you most likely can't teach another player how to hit using God-given abilities only you and a few others have. But if you worked your tail off, learned how to make adjustments, practiced until a skill became near instinctual and honed your anticipation based on experiences, all just to stay on MLB rosters for a decade, you can teach most of those things. And those traits are mostly what makes a good defensive player.
  20. nicksaviking
    For sure. I know both of his past head coaches have probably said they want to look like the 1985 Bears with swarming defenses and ball control offense. But neither team had Walter Payton, yet both had QBs 20x better than Jim McMahon, who actually wasn't a very good QB. Sorry, this is 40 years later, play modern football please.
  21. nicksaviking
    The whole offense was doing a good MN impression. The O-Line looked confused and on ice skates too. Also, does anyone other than the Harbaughs think Greg Roman is a good OC? He's not. He's awful. And not just because Collinsworth was unloading on them regarding letting NE sub out it's clearly tired defenders. But partly because of that.
  22. nicksaviking
    Almost like that was the point of my post
  23. nicksaviking
    You're the only one though, that's why they were first ballot HOF.
  24. nicksaviking
    Sorry to hear that Mike. PM me anytime if you'd like to talk. Sports, life or anything.
  25. nicksaviking
    You know what would be the most Raiders thing ever? Hire Curt Cignetti, then draft Mendoza. Has anyone suggested that yet? Because I’m calling it now.
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