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Everything posted by coastal.view
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nice lions game always nice to have a backup that can be a #1 starter when needed man the lions play well against east teams.. even if they just played them 3x on the road
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stan smyl ring a bell ?
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well i mostly agree but the officiating was not as bad as the refs in the last whitecaps game
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[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
coastal.view replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
you sure you are not talking about gilis and the canucks ??? empty cupboards, mortgaging the future rings a bell for me -
7 year, 39 million contract\ 2 million signing bonus, 2x 4 million, 2x 5 million, 2 x 6 million, 7 million in the last year
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[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
coastal.view replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
let the sell off begin this team is so done .. beyond hope to make the playoffs now and demonstrated the true quality of the team with repeated failures to break .500 let's restock the farm system reload the payroll bank for the off season a rebuild with a bit of a more youthful team this team is soooo old now they creak and are as attractive as dry bread -
who cares about the nba playoffs they do not start till June 1 anyway nothing to see or say before then then the nba playoffs will take place and concluded in 7 games or less fine job by the nba to market its product and attract fan interest
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[Official] Vancouver Whitecaps Thread
coastal.view replied to Tenacious's topic in Off-Topic General
read about the game yesterday seems like the caps have straightened out some problems and are playing with more focus and direction good to see they have a fairly talented team this year the kids appears to be a bit of a phenom looking forward to seeing the new striker as well when he is healthy and our injured new mid fielder will soon be with the team again they could go on a run -
he had to be talked into coming over here he came here out of shape had no idea of the nhl game so that is a bit weak on his part and then he gripes about playing time after? i dunno man he can hit the road with that sort of attitude he has tremendous potential but if he does not have the mindset he will never reach it and his decision making indicates he might lack the right frame of mind to succeed in the nhl have fun playing in the khl bud i think you will find the day to day slogging there much tougher than here but live your own life. . do what makes you happiest
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[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
coastal.view replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
wow am i ever wrong about my impression of what this team would be like this year they better start winning soon and a lot or they will not recover from this horrible start -
i must say i am liking your writing style a lot
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yep kinda makes one feel some self doubt creep in that s/he could actually play as well as some of these guys when we see how hard it is to get into "pro-level" shape but let's all keep dreaming
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well i think you choose to ignore that when he was with the canucks his fitness level was below the other players he has had to lose weight and become fitter and faster so diet change must have occurred and this more "pro level" fitness is now being noticed he is faster and the talent see by the scouts prior to drafting him is starting to show again so yeah he is getting in shape finally
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i like that handle for him thanks
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tony gallagher comes to mind heard another diatribe from him on the radio yesterday made me ill he is such a waste of time i do not know why he is given air time
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you covered it all read my mind i guess when i was sleeping and my guard was down
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[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
coastal.view replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
i am utterly baffled by your logic but i will cry uncle and say you win i give up i will no longer message you regarding ee you have some sort of fixation here that blocks your logical reasoning so i now state for the record that i agree that wonderboy was screwed by the entire mlb who conspired to keep his contractual value low in the face of historical contracts made to other players of approximately in the same talent range as ee i'll send him some quarters so he does not starve happy now ? -
[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
coastal.view replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
so you resist change? you do not like to see a new landscape appearing in the economics of baseball? you appear to have too simplistic an approach to this player value issue and baseball economics and sports economics players are paid what they are worth and when the pay scale for positions change, that tells you the revised value of that position it is not static.. it is dynamic and the revised value becomes the current value for that position look at the nfl position values have been altered drastically over the last number years most notably the running back position the value of that position has plunged running backs used to be the most highly sought draft picks after quarterbacks no longer their pay scale has been adjusted accordingly there are so many capable running backs they have short careers they have become plug and play assets get them young, cheap, use them for 3 or so years get a new one do not waste high draft picks on them (except for the really special ones) and do not sign them to long term contracts (but for the nfl this is a bit irrelevant since no contract is guaranteed so less of an issue in that league) in baseball we have seen in this off season a glut of players who can fill the dh position veteran players can extend their careers if they are still capable hitters but can not longer play a fielding position if they are prepared to dh there are more and more veteran players with hitting talent transitioning to dh their value will fall and is falling the position in baseball that is presently increasing in value is bullpen pitchers long relief pitchers, especially the ones that can pitch more often on shorter rest so no, i do not think ee got screwed if he really is the wonderboy you suggest he would have been paid or the managers of all the other baseball teams must be stupid for passing on him if he was such good value they are not all stupid so he must not be worth what you believe historical payment for that position is interesting as a historical fact it does not determine the present business model for baseball teams and i know that because we all saw what happened this past off season in baseball -
i know jb said the team would play the younger players more and they have been played more but i have no problem with boucher playing more limited minutes this guy better work on his fitness and skating this summer and come to camp a bit more fine tuned or he is in danger of not making the nhl roster say what you want about wd on boucher boucher has been with 3 organizations this season as he regressed from last season and was waived by new jersey, nashville, and new jersey again 3 management teams cannot be that wrong about this guy so put the onus on him to take a step up he appears to be heading in the right direction but this team has little invested in him and will not have much patience with him
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[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
coastal.view replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
i don't agree that ee got screwed and despite my wish that ee was still a jay i do think in my head that the jays will be better without him for the reasons posted by others on this site.. the ability to get 2 others prospects and mostly replaced ee as well makes better sense for the team unfortunately -
[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
coastal.view replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
man i totally get that and agree with that sentiment i'm a fan at heart but the problem was the business stuff. and it could not get sorted and ee and his agent made their own bed.. and now we all just have to move on -
[Official] Vancouver Whitecaps Thread
coastal.view replied to Tenacious's topic in Off-Topic General
i lied i will post once more a good remedy for on field lack of discipline is to single out the offender and make it clear that as a result of the offender the entire team is put through additional gruelling training once all players realize the whole team will suffer from their conduct the leaders on the team will sort out the offenders that correction can take place away from the team or in any fashion the other players may choose -
[Official] Vancouver Whitecaps Thread
coastal.view replied to Tenacious's topic in Off-Topic General
i am a huge soccer supporter, have played at higher levels competitively for years managed and coached but i'm done with this team and will now take a break who the hell wants to watch a team so undisciplined over last season and so far this season to see them almost willfully ensure losses and destroy the hopes of fans and all entertainment value i lay this at the feet of robinson he now must go .. he was unable to correct this huge problem from last season this is a fundamental coaching issue... on the field player discipline he has completely failed in this regard and the caps now are not worth watching they are not a professional team presently just players paid to perform too much as they simply wish time for a hard nosed no nonsense coach for this lot they have earned the need for a high degree of discomfort for their disregard for the brand, the team and the fans until they can show they get what it means to be a true professional i was so pissed off after the san jose game which i spent the time to watch i will no longer waste time on this lot as it is currently structured this is my last post on this thread until something significant happens i hope at the very least bobby will face the media and let us all know this will be addressed immediately -
[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
coastal.view replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
nice update . thanks -
[Official] Vancouver Whitecaps Thread
coastal.view replied to Tenacious's topic in Off-Topic General
caps have added too many new players recently and there simply has not been enough time (and in game time) for these players to gel and sort out how they can be most effective together i don't think we will really see what the quality of this caps team will be till june sometime they'll either gel in a manner that makes them quite good.. they seem to have the right pieces and talent level for mls or the chemistry just will never happen and it will be a another disappointing season