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January 16, 2015
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
I'm going to check out crowdfunding sites to see if anyone's raising funds to file a complaint contesting this.
posted by beaverboard at 02:09 PM on January 16, 2015
A mere 26 months and 3 career starts since his first unfortunate public remarks on the subject, Cardale Jones has come full circle on the value of education. His teammates also had some twitter fun at his expense.
posted by bender at 02:28 PM on January 16, 2015
Fox to lead Bears, says Jay Glazer.
posted by Etrigan at 03:27 PM on January 16, 2015
Tune in to Chicago Pickers on the History Channel to see Bears execs open a run down storage unit in Denver. They'll be looking for more Bronc parts for the mean Midway machine they're restoring along the lakeshore.
If you look through the perimeter fence at the Chi Pickers yard in Cicero, you'll see Jay Cutler standing outside in the elements next to a rusty vintage Pepsi Cola vending machine.
posted by beaverboard at 04:19 PM on January 16, 2015
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP IN SAN FRANCISCO
posted by phaedon at 04:21 PM on January 16, 2015
How do the 49ers hire a head coach that had zero interest from other teams for that job? The Jim Tomsula hire reminds me of how Jerry Jones kept hiring head coaches nobody else wanted, which I attributed to in-demand coaches not wanting to suffer his micromanagement.
posted by rcade at 04:22 PM on January 16, 2015
Disturbing clip of Tomsula. It's almost as though Harbaugh hand picked him to be his successor so that people would wring their hands and wish for the good old days.
If you're plotting this type of scenario, the optimal narrative is: "as soon as Harbaugh left, the team went to hell".
This is what Parcells so cleverly pulled off when he made sure that Ray Handley succeeded him in NY.
posted by beaverboard at 05:46 PM on January 16, 2015
The 49ers coaching job rates amongst the top 3 worst situations in professional football with Cleveland and Dallas being the other 2.
posted by cixelsyd at 11:18 PM on January 17, 2015
49ers job is worse than Oakland, Tampa Bay, Jacksonville, and Buffalo?
posted by billsaysthis at 11:59 AM on January 19, 2015
Jacksonville has been a good situation for coach Gus Bradley. He was chosen by a new GM and both of them got two years in which results weren't expected so they could get young and build from scratch. Now they have $21 million in cap space -- the most in the league -- along with the No. 3 pick, and they've already got quarterback, wide receiver and defensive line pretty well addressed.
posted by rcade at 01:26 PM on January 19, 2015
Fair enough, rcade. I meant historically speaking.
posted by billsaysthis at 03:46 PM on January 20, 2015
Oh for fuck's sake.
(NCAA caves, offers settlement that would restore Paterno's wins.)