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Good luck in getting that through the NFLPA.... Not likely unless the owners gave up something really, really juicy....

Scott Pioli handled the lions share of the duties as "General Manager" would do for the Patriots. I don't think it's about the actual title or wording. Stephen handles much of the General Manager duties today for the Cowboys with McClay specializing on the draft and undrafted FA's. And I'm not sure people want guaranteed success from their front office. I'm sure they want success but they realize there are no guarantees. I think they want accountability. They want responsibility and efficacy or they want that front office held to an objective accountability and moved on from if they can't achieve success and realistic goals. The Jones' don't do this. They fail spectacularly but because they'll never fire themselves, they spin, they evade, they blame, and they lie. *shrugs. I think smart Cowboy fans want the Jones' to sell the team. They don't want them involved with the Cowboys at all a this stage. They marriage has really just gotten stale at this point and maybe it's time to make a break. But again, it's not about guaranteed success.... it's about accountability, responsibility, and some sense of honesty.... The Jones' deliver very little of any of these. Zimmer talks Sam Williams and his loss..... Probably going to need to go out and sign a veteran to replace him. Not a ton of depth at Edge this year.

Why would he fall off a cliff in production? What data or evidence do you have to support this? And while there certainly is a chance or outcome the Cowboys are better with Dak on another team, there is not much evidence to support this claim. Here's what the Jones' boys did when Dak was one of the lowest paid players at his position and still putting up pro bowl level performances. That's quite the accumulation of talent when your QB is playing eons over his current contract. So what gives so much confidence in this front office? Additionally knowing they fell back ass into their last two quarterbacks when they really wanted a guy like Paxton Lynch and Jerrah wanted Johnny Manziel, where does this confidence come in they'll simply be able to find a QB at half the price as Dak who can give similar production?

#championship..... It's destiny! Maybe not. More TC from the past... 1-15 incoming!

Embrace the new...... remember the old. Sad..... Good luck to him. Sadder.... His contract was one of the worst in the last decade for Dallas..... coming off ACL surgery.

Training camp is where everyone dreams..... everyone has no losses and therefore everyone has hope..... except the Cowboys, as they're still owned by asshat Jerry Jones and his extraordinary streak of ineptitude as he takes the greatest brand in American sports and continues to make it an empty jersey. A thin pathetic wisp of what was a franchise which was the epitome of winning. Jerry with all his bluster and bombastic nature at least used to try by spending on big names, but now, managed by his dumber and definitely more boring son, they don't even do that anymore. The Cowboys are bottom 5 in spending actual money over the last 3-5 years and extremely experienced in telling you who's to blame for all of this.... It certainly couldn't be the family in charge. Nah, they'll just laugh all the way to bank, while the fans.... the commoners..... they'll pick up the bag for us and be the ones to suffer. A little footage of TC the way is used to be. Roster/depth chart going into TC: Oh, did I mention the Cowboys are in contract disputes/disagreements with their 3 best players, all of whom will probably set the market because we are morons at managing the cap? Watch certain press members carry Stephen's water for him and blame the players too.... It's like clockwork. A rookie Center, a possible rookie LT, a starting LB who hasn't played in 2 years. Our best CB coming off major knee surgery so he probably won't be in the groove until the last part of the season and maybe not until 2025. The worst RB room in the league. Best offensive weapon holding out, still no one to play the 1 tech and a safety room sporting a bunch of strong guys and not a natural free in the room. All of this...... and I still think we'll challenge for the division if Dak, CeeDee, and Micah are healthy. Remember those 3 guys? Mainly because the division isn't very good besides Philly who will almost certainly be in the playoffs. The Niners are a Trent Brown and CMC hamstring away from being beatable but the Jones boys will let this season go sideways again because they just can't get out of their own way and let real football guys manage the team. Oh, and then this from the owner..... He probably paid off his would be daughter...... again. Nothing like stability from the top. But again, if the team is relatively healthy, I could see 10-11 wins and wildcard. If everything goes right, 12 and another division title, but we're also in a precarious position of being a 6 win team if the QB or DE gets hurt for the year. Saddle up kids.... it's 2024 and we're 1 year away from the 30th anniversary or our last title and that's sad in itself. Last thing... Fuck Meta-Threads.

Here is the real issue. He has very little legislative or governing experience, less than someone like Buttigieg when he ran in 2020. Yes, he's been a DA, but frankly, I don't think he moves the needle very much and VP historically doesn't deliver large battleground states (although there hasn't been a huge number of examples). I guess my question is does he want it? I assume he does as the KY governorship is a glass ceiling but man, that would hurt basically giving up another gubernatorial race to the GOP. Overall, may be counter-productive.

Guessing the white dude is more interesting..... Buttigieg or Shapiro? Someone off the reservation? Warner?

Arike is going nuts..... En fuego.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/nfl/cowboys/caitlin-clark-jersey-sales-how-many-fanatics-dallas-cowboys/287-e8e25d8e-97c5-4cc6-a035-a1c5e39e5652 Just so folks understand.... the hype is real, but it has bounds. It was a stupid tweet and sillier that people would think a WNBA player could sell more jerseys than the most popular franchise in North America. Jerrah's all about the money, if he could sell part of his salary cap space for a percentage of Clark jersey sales, he would....

RIP to one of the best at subtle humor and satire.... A great TV comedian and star. His timing was.... impeccable.

Clark was excellent for much of this game and Dallas probably played their best game of the season, but the 4th quarter shows some chinks in her armor. No points the last 8 minutes and a killer turnover overdribbling during the biggest possession of the game. Also, her defensive weaknesses showed up on two big possessions in the 4th, one where she got muscled out in the lane and another where she got blown by. Now that said, she was still really good and she continues to show she has the best vision and most instinctual passer in the pro's as a rookie. Watching her this game, I also think she's exhausted. I know they've had some time off these past two weeks but she needs like a month off. She's been playing basketball non-stop for about 9 months. Fun player, and she and Boston are great building blocks for the future.... If she avoids major injury, I can see her winning a MVP one day.

She's their best player by a mile..... The rookies have a ton of potential and are already pretty good, but Carter is f'n problem. She's hard to keep out of the paint.

He's had the upper hand from the jump, having the most valuable player in the league who is, let's say, pushing the rules and boundaries of what's legal and tampering. He's done a good job, but it'll be interesting to see how he does once Lebron steps away. Then again, Lebron is angling to be a majority owner in the Las Vegas expansion organization so maybe the gravy train never ends....

The pace is what really stands out. He doesn't get in a hurry. Unlike other high physically upside picks like Lonnie or Wesley who had dribble drive to their game, Castle looks like he's just getting to his spots leisurely and not in a panic or hurry. This is huge. I really have some high hopes for him. As you stated, with this shot in disrepair, it'll take some time, but he's a guy who really has a chance to settle in as a foundational guy if he puts the work in. The talent and feel for the game are there.

This is a silly way to look at things. Luka led the league in turnovers. He had 10 more than the next guy. Clark is almost 50 ahead of her next closest competitor. That'd be like wiping out the other top 10 in the NBA and starting at 11 for total turnovers after Clark. Luka average .3 turnovers more than the next player. Clark averages 1.7 more turnovers than the next player. It's not that she's edged someone out.... She's basically averaging as many turnovers as the starting backcourt of most teammates by herself. It's an issue. Now, are there differing reasons why she averages so many turnovers? Sure, some of it is her teammates have bad hands, but we've already discussed for everyone of her passes being fumbled away, she has sloppy entry passes into the post. Poor angles out of the pick and roll and just some flat out bad decisions. Luka averaged a lot of turnovers but was in the MVP discussion because he's an offensive force and shooting the ball, he's like 4 levels ahead of Clark. He shot 38.2% from 3. 48.7% from the field overall and his PER and WS were outstanding, not just merely decent. The turnover delta isn't the same thing.... Not even close. It's almost equivalent to having Luka's turnovers and Derrick White's turnovers, every game. And Wemby got very little to no MVP hype. It was for ROY, which he won and I think Clark right now is by a good margin the ROY thus far. And Wemby was considered for DPOY, which he came in 2nd. He wasn't in the serious MVP vote. He literally got no votes for it and wasn't in the top 9. No one thought he should get the MVP. No one who was sensible about these things.

Let's remember a few other stats as well for her: She barely shoots 40% 34% from 3 -- that's average She's 1st in the league in turnovers by a fucking mile. She barely got over into 1 win share. Her PER is 17.7 which is decent. Here is the most likely MVP of the first half: She averages 27.1 ppg, 11.8t rgp, 2.5 apg, with almost 2 steals a game and 3 blocks. Her PER is 35.9 (so double Clark's); her WS is 6.5 and her WS/48 is over .400! Which no one on the men's side has ever come close to. Her TS% is over .600. So Clark's is in the discussion in the way Paolo Banchero was in the NBA's MVP. Really talented player, huge future ahead of him, part of the MVP real discussion...... lol, you're not serious?

Look at the score.... look at the time. If you understand basketball, it will become apparent.

More than that: 4th in 3PM 6th in FT% (Qualfying) 3rd in AST% Her advanced stats are still trash because they were built for men and she turns the ball over way too much but having a fantastic season. She gets her turnovers under control and shoots with better efficiency, she'll eventually be that top 10 player everyone wants her to be (coming seasons, not this year), but IMO she's definitely the ROY right this second but no one should dismiss Reese's season, it's good. Not great, but pretty good and she's getting better too.

Only blemish is the turnovers (5) and it was in a loss to a terrible Mystics squad. Still, those numbers are nasty. I think she was 50% from the field too. On the same day, you get this shit..... Now Angel has been fantastic the whole season but particularly these last two weeks, but this sits poorly with me. Bleh. And the fact the Atlanta defender helps her out? Sorry, that's some crap.

I agree about Reese's game being boring and what casual fans have rejected forever in the women's game. It's under the rim, it's mostly based off instinctual play with a lack of athleticism (in comparison), it's slow, her jump shot is ugly as shit and she misses way more easy shots than she should. For the women's game, she absolutely is a junk yard dog. An elite rebounder and energy player who is a double double machine, but casual fans don't care for it, because she jumps 6 inches to get 90% of her rebounds. It's boring to them. Clark's game is fun (like Steph's), it's fast, it's eye popping. She has a pretty shot and shoots from everywhere although she misses too often. She's a fantastic passer and runs around at a seemingly blurry pace. While her game isn't necessarily athletic either, because it's really quick and fast and has the occasional dribble drive where you can break some ankles. Curry pretty much set up this type of game and now it's translated to a player. I think this is also why you see some backlash to CC's game from some old WNBA heads. How dare you not like our game and then come in here with your new wave opinions and preferences. I get it. Steph's game had the same type of backlash, it was not nearly as prevalent but it was there and folks forget, but it was the future and old NBA heads who were like, "feed the post", you have to "play inside out" and "stop shooting some many 3's" had to either reconsider their stances or just be retired because they didn't get the new NBA..... Same thing here. There are going to be more players like Clark and the WNBA should want that.

It started because Beasley was criticizing CeeDee's workout regime. Beasley has a little too much time on his hands.

A lot of things to like. They hit it at the end..... He's strong at attack. Too many wings/guards have a real problem coming in the NBA who aren't strong at attack and they aren't good at the rim. His handle is better than I thought. He has good vision, you love to see that. Fantastic feet. Just a good player. The one criticism does stick out in a real way. He'll need to alter his shot. It's way too long and comes from a spot too low. He'll be getting up a lot of shots from his forehead. Other thing is I'd like to see him with a better jumpshot -- true jumper from like 15-18. That could make him incredible with his quickness. Good prospect, if he really works at it, he could be a very good player in 3-4 years.

IF they can complete this and get an unprotected 1st or a couple of 1's, then that's some real GM'ing..... Cap space is an asset, use it to weaponize yourself. They've already shown their hand in they want in on the 2025 FA class, so this could be very good.

What's that take? Moronic? What a fucking stupid justification. She should be getting crushed as it's an opinion or reasoning for children. I expect better from her and she should be hearing it from all sides. There's a case for Reese, but this isn't it.