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  1. Willie D

    ASU Hockey 2018-19

    Yeah, kinda. It's a long story about ASU playing a few tomato cans on the East Coast, making good on beating a few more "quality" teams like Cornell and Minnesota. Their basic ebb tide is their RPI. Lots of unranked teams in milquetoast conferences like Atlantic Hockey next month. It isn't...
  2. Willie D

    It's official. Cards and K K are one Kliff Kingsbury Cards

    FTFY. Sincerely, Butthead
  3. Willie D

    ASU Hockey 2018-19

    Chances of ASU making the 16-team hockey postseason: https://www.uscho.com/2019/01/08/tmq-talking-canisius-sweep-over-north-dakota-arizona-states-tournament-chances-team-usas-world-junior-silver/
  4. Willie D

    It's official. Cards and K K are one Kliff Kingsbury Cards

    Priorities: suck up to Larry, make sure Rosen's parents are happy, and find a DC who switches back to a 34 defense. But, as Bon Scott once said, "Fingers Freddy, Diamond Jim They're getting ready Look out I'm coming in. So spin that wheel, Cut that pack, And roll them loaded dice, Bring on...
  5. Willie D

    Bama can beat the Cardinals

    You're assuming these are kidz wit reel kollege ejimakations. E-spatiatially at Abalama, where da Tusk-a-loosa :p
  6. Willie D

    ASU Hockey 2018-19

    With the homestand over, ASU swept Boston College both games 5-2 and 2-0. Game one was a come-from-behind affair, but in both the Devils finally got the penalty kill to work. Goalie Joey Daccord stood on his tongue all weekend, especially in front of the 2,900 at Gila River Arena on Saturday...
  7. Willie D

    Bama can beat the Cardinals

    Give him a spare Wonderlic and lets see how he scores.
  8. Willie D

    2018/19 Hot Stove League

    MLB agent ain't a fan of the offseason: http://insider.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25633418/full-text-agent-jeff-berry-memo-players
  9. Willie D

    2018/19 Hot Stove League

    MLBTR's "top 50" free agent list shows only about 1/2 of them have signed. With the start of Spring training a month away, that seems to be a lot of guys hanging out there, especially at the top of the list.
  10. Willie D

    The Keim Effect

    Have they interviewed Condoleeza Rice yet? :p
  11. Willie D

    Adam Gase?

    For the those here in the Valley, that pretty much describes Todd Graham and Dennis Erickson, and for that matter Buddy Ryan. So that's nothing new. I did some reading on Ross. Didn't find much to like. He's a real estate developer, which means he's cocky and self-centered. He's a...
  12. Willie D

    How Attractive is the AZ Job?

    I think I'd put Arizona's HC gig above Cincy, and Miami as well. Cincy...isn't their new coach ordained to be Hue Jackson? Why are they even on the list? Miami firing Gase, demoting their GM and generally looking like Steven Ross got too much sun on South Beach one day...that's dysfunction...
  13. Willie D

    NHL: Personalized goal songs would be smash hit with Golden Knights

    Some teams should leave the iconic goal songs alone. St. Louis "When The Saints Go Marching In" comes to mind. But for a newer franchise like LVG, heck yeah. Maybe 10 home games a year. First choice: AC/DC's "Sin City." :rockon:
  14. Willie D

    ASU Hockey 2018-19

    Well, what can ya say. ASU did what other ASU teams traditionally do: lose to the teams you should beat, and beat the teams you should lose to. The Desert Hockey Classic started with ASU losing to #19 Clarkson 0-3 with a poor power play and penalty kill. They rebounded by defeating #3...
  15. Willie D

    The Diamondbacks “are confident” they be able to trade Greinke. Aka the Grienke trade tracker thread

    A couple of things: 1. Would Mathis aka Greinke's favorite catcher have to be part of a trade deal? He's on track for $3MM or so this year, so it's not a salary thing. Would Greinke require him to come along much like Wayne Gretzky required hios personal bodyguard Marty McSorley to be part...
  16. Willie D

    Do not be surprised if Robbie Ray is the next player traded.

    Under normal circumstances...yes. He'd be a $6MM salary dump. And they're already blowing the thing up, so get some bona fide prospects, not a 3rd banana catcher from the Cardinals.
  17. Willie D

    How Attractive is the AZ Job?

    You're re-framing the question. Is this job good compared to being a forest ranger? In many respects, yes. But how desirable is it compared to the other 31 jobs? I say it's in the lower 1/4th.
  18. Willie D

    How Attractive is the AZ Job?

    Question: How attractive is the AZ coaching job? Answer: Not very for the qualified candidates To wit: a. You now have a GM on the hot seat. If he's fired (like he should have been), the new GM will want his own head ball coach, not someone else's leftovers. b. QB with a big question...
  19. Willie D

    Quit Doctoring My Balls: Cheating In Cricket

    We Americanos know all about illegally messing with your balls in sports. Football had Deflategate, hockey had the "unfrozen puck" incidents. And of course baseball has a long history of doctoring the ball, going back to Preacher Roe, Whitey Ford, Gaylord Perry, Joe Niekro, the humidors, and...
  20. Willie D

    Kansas @ ASU

    Partly, yes. But thanks for the explanation. I don't know a lot about the network, except that both channel 70 (main PAC12 Network) and 75 (Pac12AZ) seem to have the same stuff on all the time. Their offering were a lot more diverse when we still had ASPN on channel 34, if ya wanna get real...
  21. Willie D

    2018/19 Hot Stove League

    Well, yeah, considering their "full rebuild" status, I can see it. I assume Mathis will be moved as part of the Greinke deal, if it happens. Side note: I forgot where I read this, but both Machado and Harper were rather underwhelmed with their talks in Philly. To me this just increases the...
  22. Willie D

    ASU Hockey 2018-19

    It's an odd year when the 3 ranked teams from the land o' lakes are from St. Cloud, Mankato and Duluth, and not Minneapolis. Game 1 starts TONIGHT at 4:30 p.m. with Duluth playing Mankato. ASU's game vs Clarkson starts 7:30 p.m., and will be broadcast live on PAC-12 Network. Saturday's games...
  23. Willie D

    Kansas @ ASU

    Why would they? ASU is the only ranked school in the conference. No other school even got votes in the coaches' poll. That's gonna make it even harder on ASU come tournament time, because all these non-ranked teams are going to be a drag on their RPI. No national TV + beating tomato cans =...
  24. Willie D

    OT: Hall Of Fame Ballot 2019

    OK, folks, now it's time to pretend you're 167 years old and hasn't watched a live baseball game since Nap Lajoie played against Stuffy McGinnis, i.e. you're a member of the BBWAA. https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof_2019.shtml IMO: 1. Shoe-ins: Edgar Martinez (final year, 70% in...
  25. Willie D

    Goldschmidt traded to Cards

    Can the Redbirds retain Goldy? https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/quick-hits-goold-on-the-cardinals/collection_2d9631f1-87df-5096-971d-f6132c713c69.html

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