His bashing of the Sun-Times on behalf of the Cubs is silly. Do bernstein and Kasper really believe that people shouldn't report about a big league team not having the most important section of the ballpark open? Do they really believe it isn't some colossal fuckup? Can you imagine bernstein if the White Sox made a similar error? He would have a field day on his show bashing the Sox and calling them stupid.

And then you've got these asswipes spreading the canard that it was either unfinished work or playing in Milwaukee. No, how about you get shit moving? They dragged their feet either because of fear of the rooftops or because Big Joe was holding the purse strings too tight and now they look stupid.

This crap goes out to dan bernstein, who constantly complains about real reporters in the trenches throwing softballs, and yet, whenever he has a chance to ask tough questions of anyone associated with Cub baseball, he turns into a fawning schoolgirl with a huge crush. So li'l danny, WHO ARE YOU CRAPPIN'???????

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

It's not a cap move. It's a sanity move. Just like Denver and Miami did.

I can only imagine what Marshall is going to be like in a season where they clearly aren't built to compete.

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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!

It's so fetch!

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
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THEY KNOW THEY NEED BLEACHERS

Why do you think the professional sports teams in this city are so concerned about what's being reported that they decide to leak information to one of the biggest haters in the city?

Bernstein has been mostly right, although he did miss on the Kyle Shanahan hiring as OC. He was pretty clear that he'd be the guy with Fox. Not a big deal, but a lot of the inside reports by Bernstein, from my interpretation, is just confirmations of his own opinions, and/or opinions with another room on either side to say that things changed, or he was right at the time.

JORR is right. This is a colossal screw-up. I'm not Cub bashing much anymore going into THIS season but I don't know how those Bleachers got ignored like that.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

When he was asked about that, he fumbled around some and said that cutting Marshall was stated by management as something already decided before a GM would be hired so that wouldn't be a move they are interfering in. All other control would be the GM.

I don't think it's a bad segment, but you have to know what you're getting. Casper is going to give a positive outlook on everything Cubs.

Marshall gave a press conferences that the Bears didn't want him to give about domestic violence, yelled at Robbie Gould, did a TV show during the week, and wanted to fight a fan.

He's probably a distraction, but none of this, even added together, seems enough for me to cut him unless the entire team thinks he's a cancer, which Bernstein will say is also true.

this morning mully (in a rather subdued non yelling tone of voice) just stated that his contacts have told him the marshall issue is not yet decided

But Bernstein has sources who contact him at all times of the day on this subject?

I would agree with this.

I think that's a reasonable place for any major decisions on the Bears currently, especially is the GM has ultimate power and wants to use this time to closely evaluate the entire roster. Just have a hard time believing that McCaskey/Phillips, already aware of Marshall's history, agreed to give him a contract extension, became aware of the cancer that he is, and now are holding firm in GM interviews that they are giving all power to the GM except for the future of one of their most productive players.

Yes, because they don't have to play with Marshall and their jobs are secure for next year.

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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!

Heads I'm right, tails you're wrong: I will confidently speculate that the Bears hiring of Pace/Fox is in the vein of maxizing the talent investment now. If they want to be competitive they will keep Marshall. If they let Marshall go, if they look at him being on Twitter as too much of a distraction, then they will let him go because they aren't looking to be competitive this coming year.

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By the way, did Bernstein potentially slander Thibodeau yesterday by saying Thibs is "on the spectrum"? Isn't he basically saying that Thibodeau is mentally ill and unfit to do the job?

We're all on the spectrum, man. http://nymag.com/news/features/autism-spectrum-2012-11/

Unless you are Brandon Marshall, then you are a con-man faking a mental illness so you can yell at Robbie Gould without consequences.

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

Mully's been far better than Bernstein throughout this whole Bears offseason.

Bernstein seems to have resentment/envy toward traditional journalists, so maybe his foray into "reporting" is his way of showing that most of these guys are winging it and he can create bullshit as well as any of them. Ironically, this kind of aligns him with Murph ("never been in a locker room...").

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Isn't a spectrum the same as a rainbow? Just sayin'.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.