Now, now, now you are my guy, why would you want to do this?

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10 More Wins

Half listening, or more accurately giving the show the same attention level that the namesake host considers commensurate, and as they go into this portion I listen but then am forced to PTFB. Why? Because while anyone reading from a list or citing a lenghty articule is a tedious listen, saying you forgot the source of the information means you're prattling on to simply move the meters, or to get a response from the namesake host. Who incidentally is too bored/preoccupied/uninterested to feign appropriately.

Now that they got my full attention, they just lost me.

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DRINK BƎTTƎR. @theRIPH

Mac will be starting his Tressman hate soon.

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We all should.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I haven't been listening much to B&B and Mac lately, but would you say that Bernstein actually expresses a good amount of sports thoughts per every show, or at least more than Mac does? Now they don't have to be thoughts with which we agree, but it seems to me that Bernstein more or less thinks things through about the Bears, and you hear this come out when he engages Arkush and Bowen to see what they think. I tried not to listen to Mac during his ESPN days because I couldn't stand his partners, but I want to give him a chance on 670 but I just can't remember him saying something substantive and interesting whenever it is I do check in. Perhaps his talent is more in "driving a show," generating conversation, than it is contributing compelling sports thoughts? I don't know, but I figured I'd ask you since I'm sure you listen to Mac more than I have. If I wanted to be somewhat brash about this, I'd say Mac doesn't think too hard anymore because he's got no incentive to do so (he's a made radio star, irrespective of performance), and knows he can get by with the lazy radio that's a result of him not caring anymore.

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Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

That's what I said when people wanted you to start posting again.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I noticed you hadn't posted yet today and thought for sure you were at the Shareholder's meeting.

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I've been on the forefront of this movement.

Fixed!!!

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ewwwwww

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10 More Wins

That'd be quite an accomplishment considering he plays for St Louis.

I agree with that. I think his appeal has always been that he does "guy radio" and talks about BBQ, music, movies, etc. He's also kind of Stern-y or Dahl-y in that he talks about his personal life and the personal lives of his co-hosts/sidekicks quite a bit and tries to make a personal connection with his listeners in that way.

Mac is a meatball, which is fine. But it's kind of hard to be interesting as a meatball if you don't really CARE about what is going on (except 1990s hockey).

The last thing we need is a bunch of middling intellects who try to act like Bernsie clones.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Hmm..then who is the ideal partner for Mac? I know this has been discussed a ton on the board, but does the show need an infusion of sports knowledge, or is the "guy radio" approach of the Mac-Jurko-Harry days the better alternative? Guy radio is fine I guess, but I have to hear substantive sports thoughts/insight more often than not.

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Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

Someone with the knowledge and preparation of Meat but the delivery and even keeled persona of...............? I don't know.

There is no good partner for Mac, because Mac sucks.

Have you ever worked with someone who did not give one fuck about his job? Someone who put zero effort in? How to you "partner" with someone like that?

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It means he feels the same way I do and the same way many others do. Cutler makes far too many bad decisions with the football. His QB rating and TD-Turnover ratio is not very good. He's been mostly awful against the Packers, who happen to be the Bears top competition within the division.

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Go Cubs!!!!

The Bears had Mike Tice as OC & from all accounts he had no fucking clue how to run an offense. Another bad Lovie appointment...& Mike Martz, another bad Lovie hire, who got lucky 1 year in St. Louis. This is a make or break year for Jay. If he sucks this year, he's gone & rightly so. Right now he's a middle of the pack average NFL QB, but I think he could be poised for a big year under Trestman.

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

Even if he puts up average numbers, I can still see him here in 2014. The key pieces on the offense are all in their late 20s to early 30s, which is about where Cutler is as well. If you go young in 2014, then I don't see how you keep everyone else around.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

Spiegels WSCR contract expires July 31, & unless I missed it, Jurkos deal also ends July 31. This just seems like its too good to be true. A no brainer. It has been many years since Mitch made a good hire. He has a chance to do so soon.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

I thought Jurko resigned last year 7/31.

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