Samson's Flow

Who's excited!? :w00t:

The positions I was thinking of that need major improvement are (in no particular order): Safety, WR, OT, and QB (duh). We can't go into next season with Sammy and a question mark at WR, we have had the worst WR's in the league this year and the under-utilization of Clay has emphasized that. The Safety play has been abysmal this year after Aaron Williams went down, and I think this is a huge reason why Rex's defense looks so poor. His defensive style relies pretty heavily on competent safety play, and we have been beaten deep numerous times due to coverage mistakes by D Williams/J Meeks, who do not belong on an NFL roster IMO. The Right Tackle position continues to be a revolving door of players, with nobody solidifying that position. Needs improvement. I don't think the Bills pick up Tyrod's option given his inability to perform as a QB in terms of completing passes. This has been an issue with the Bills since the Kelly/Bledsoe days.

In terms of potential in the NHL I agree that is where Pu is currently, however, those guys you listed never had the type of season in juniors that we are seeing from Pu. May make the difference long term.

Sorry to hear about this. I will be thinking about your family weave and hoping for a donor to emerge.

The team I saw yesterday is not a playoff team. they have struggled and played down to two relatively weak opponents (Cincy without AJ Green and Jacksonville). I can't see them rattling off the 5 or 6 wins it will take to make the playoffs, and I fear we will be looking for significant improvement at key positions in the offseason.

I'm sure it's not the first time Inkman has forgotten to take out the "D". Amirite? :o (please don't kill me with your massive calves)

The Concept of Kassian

I have taken for granted that everyone knows what OSP means. I didn't realize/recognize that there were folks on here that weren't around for the Golisano days. The only thing that means is I am getting old - :(

I think it was inevitable, and I hope the team finds its identity before the next round of qualifying games.

Catching up over the weekend, boy am I glad that I avoided the Pittsburgh game. Seems quite a few of you gave your lunch money to the house on this one.

Maybe because he is focusing his efforts on building 4000 satellites! Intriguing if it works, but still far too early to get your hopes up.

I'm worried we're not going to score 3 goals in a game. I mean look at our November for instance: Nov. 1: 2-1 win at the Wild Nov. 3: 2-1 loss vs. Maple Leafs Nov. 5: 2-1 win at Senators Nov. 7: 4-0 loss at Bruins Nov. 9: 2-1 shootout loss vs. Senators Nov. 11: 2-1 OT loss vs. Devils Nov. 12: 4-2 loss at Devils Tuesday: 4-1 loss at Blues Thursday: 4-1 loss vs. Lightning that's 11 goals in 9 games. That's horrible. :bag:

Well f### me with a rusty spoon. Gionta on the first line? Rodrigues on the third instead of Carrier/Bailey? I know we have been complaining about goal scoring, but looking at that lineup I don't see where we are even going to have sustained zone time, let alone a goal. Woof.

Updated standings: Standings: 18NOV16 Pi2000 $2,300 + $1,500 = $3,800 JujuFish $2,540 Rakish $2,195 + $100 = $2,295 Taro T $1,820 + $400 = $2,220 Pastajoe $2,010 + $200 = $2,210 Touched by Boyes $2,065 TrueBlueGED $1,635 + $400 = $2,035 MattPie $1,995 - $200 = $1,795 Wildcard $1,790 Eleven $1,750 Qwksndmonster $1.235 + $400 = $1,635 Drunkard $1,315 + $300 = $1,615 SwampD $1,675 - $300 = $1,375 Wyldnwoody44 $1,370 Claude Verret $1,045 Ubkev $1,000 N’eo $945 Hank $520 Wjag $475 3putt $370 + $100 = $470 Sabills $245 Busted Cereal To help Hank out - above is the new standings (pre TB game with adjustments next to it for new total). Let me know if you think I messed up. Congrats Pi on the new lead

Take it up with the massholes and the south siders. That's how the official team name is spelled.

! ! Damn thats go big or go home

I suppose in a trailer park boys/teen mom/jersey shore trainwreck kind of way I am entertained. But the hockey lately has been... bad.

Good thing I bought 4 tickets to this game from a minipack for $45 each. :bag: Hoping for entertainment but expecting the worst.

No line on betdsi yet.

Hank, I know its your contest and you can manage it how you like, but I am all for not requiring a weekly bet. It's far more fun to have more people involved and eliminating folks may make it so that there are only 2 or 3 guys left by the end of the year. When we did this last, there were only a handful of posters that even made it through the whole year, since the house usually busts most players. I have no problem eliminating players for blatant inactivity (no bets for a month), but that will be rare. That should also make it easier to track for you since all you have to do is add up the winnings/losses after each game and just quote the leaderboard from last time.

Maybe it is just a matter of Klinsmann having to do both the technical director role (developing youth, pushing for more US players to play in better leagues) and the head coach role (put the best 11 on the field/tactics). I would say he has done a very good job of the technical director role in developing talent and bringing in the foreign-born naturalized players. The team is younger and more talented than it has ever been. His failing is that he has not found an identity for this team in terms of playstyle and tactics. At the top level, you can't keep switching up formations game to game and expect any sort of discipline and consistency. It's like switching defenses in the NFL and being surprised that the linebackers are missing gap responsibilities. I wouldn't be opposed to keeping Klinsmann as the technical director/GM and hiring a different coach to focus their efforts 100% on the distinct roles. I doubt Klinsmann would go for that since it is a demotion, but who knows.

Cool news. I know this was rumored back when the announcement originally happened. Glad to see it will actually happen.

this is exactly the time to press the panic button. Team USA has looked worse and worse with arguably better talent and depth than in past years. If you make the change now, you have nearly 3 months to develop a new system and evaluate the roster with a new coach.

I was thinking localized hate crimes and oppression of LGBT+ and/or minorities (Muslims or Mexicans for example), not full blown apocalypse.

But using that gun for protection against fellow citizens will surely get you locked up and jailed due to our limited self-defense laws. No?