Comments on: The Yankees’ good guy

By: 56Coop

56Coop — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:57:48 +0000

It was funny Idaho lot’s of twisted humor to go around here.

I don’t get it with O-line’s these days. Green Bays, Chicago, Vikings have some holes, Rams, etc. Seems like very few teams have solid O-lines. Have they stopped teaching blocking 101 in college, is it the lack of steroids, nobody wanting to play a non glamour position? I mean the lines are the basic fundamental building blocks of teams and seems like that’s one place that is severely lacking across the league. Wish I were about 30 years younger..

By: foundinidaho

foundinidaho — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:08:47 +0000

56Coop – I think I blacked out on the fact he thought he would play more than one year. (you know, the whole wishy washy thing). Good point. But if true, it was funny. (Twisted sense of humor, I know.)

By: foundinidaho

foundinidaho — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:08:25 +0000

56Coop – I think I blacked out on the fact he though he would play more than one year. (you know, the whole wishy washy thing). Good point. But if true, it was funny. (Twisted sense of humor, I know.)

By: DaveK

DaveK — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:23:22 +0000

Joshy – I have been poking around the web on potential free agent lineman for next year and there just doesn’t seem to be much available. Some of the guys on the lists have already been extended by their current teams. Teams just don’t let premier lineman hit free agency very often.

Colledge, Spitz, and Clifton are all in contract years this year and I believe Tauscher signed a one year deal which would make him a FA also after the season. All four of those guys could be starting by the end of the year. Not exactly ideal to have 4/5 starting offensive lineman hit FA the same year. On the other side of the ball: Bigby, Pickett, Jolly, Chillar, Collins, and Kampman are all set to become FA’s also.

Extending Colledge and Spitz is the obvious choice out of his big group. Neither will break the break and they are young. Some tough choices after that though but he has the cap room to extend a few others before the deadline. I would guess Jolly and Bigby are in the same category as Spitz and Colledge and might get extensions. If I had to guess it would be those four. He might use the franchise tag on Kampman after the season and then trade him (for a big freaking OT would be nice!) or it’s possible Collins gets the tag until they would out a new deal.

By: DaveK

DaveK — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:02:27 +0000

I am done with MLB until they get a salary cap and real revenue sharing. Yankees spend $200+ million this year in payroll which was about $50 million more then the next highest team and $120 million more then the average. MLB will not get one dime from me until they level the playing field for all the teams.

By: 56Coop

56Coop — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:31:23 +0000

Don’t think any of their starters Oline is up but Chester Taylor is. Quite a few linemen coming up on free agency years for Arizona, Atlanta & Baltimore and that’s just the first three I checked. Didn’t want to waste much time cause TT’s probably going to draft some anyway.

I know you said j/k but Brent’s deal is thru 2011.

By: foundinidaho

foundinidaho — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:58:59 +0000

Brent only signed a one-year deal.

I’M KIDDING! REALLY!

By: joshywoshybigfatposhy

joshywoshybigfatposhy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:43:44 +0000

coop – good crossover back to the packers – i was feeling a little unclean after writing so much in defense of the yankees.

you guys think it’s now safe to say that our biggest concerns in the off-season (besides our own free-agents) will be o-line, running back and perhaps cornerback? if you’d told me that a year ago, i’d say you were kidding, but as it stands now, it seems about right. and i only say corner because we can’t keep counting on harris and woodson to be healthy most of the time, and what looked like the star of the future (williams) isn’t such a sure thing anymore – was bad in the viking game at least.

also, does anyone have a good grasp of what o-linemen will be available? any vikings with expiring contracts we could snatch up?

By: 56Coop

56Coop — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:34:09 +0000

if there were big free agents out there, and you had the money, wouldn’t you go after them?

No, my team won’t.

as a fan, wouldn’t you be pissed if your team didn’t?”

Yes, because my QB is getting killed.

By: bucky

bucky — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:11:57 +0000

I went to college with Joe Girardi. He was the catcher on the baseball team, several years younger than I was. My memory of him is this:

I worked at the university gym (Patten Gymnasium) during my last summer on campus. Joe Girardi was there every day when I arrived, and remained every day after I left. And was there all day in between. I’ve never seen a guy spend that much time in the gym without getting paid for it like I was. He was certainly dedicated.