Recent content by jeffbear

I just can't fathom what anyone hopes to accomplish when they hurl racist abuse on a public figure in a public setting. And yet, it just keeps happening.

Roslovic? I hope so. He's a good dude and I hope he doesn't get stuck somewhere hopeless. FWIW, he was out of his rental house and on the road to his family home in Columbus like 24 hours after exit interviews last spring. I got to tell him good season when I was out walking the dog the day...

See. When you tell somebody to model their roster build after a specific team, you need to be era specific. This IS a popular strategy though. Buffalo has been in the same loop for the past three years.

At least it's easier to spell. That's a nice arena and a great location and now they've been through almost as many name changes as we have here in Raleigh.

So ... DeBrincat and a bunch of spare parts. Got it. To be fair, Hamonic was a decent player ... 5 years ago ... and Talbot has been a backup for like 7 or 8 years. Still, not exactly the tree you'd like to be picking from.

Personally, I'd love to have Asensio back, especially if they can clear the space to get him on a permanent deal. Bailey should be sold to Roma shortly, so maybe that's enough. I'm not missing Rashford because he looked good but never really found his finishing boots ... presuming he still owns...

Yeah, that one is 100% on the FFP regulations. That's 40 million pounds of clear income and that's just too much to pass up when you constantly live on the ceiling of what you can spend. And hey ... maybe this opens up space on the senior club for Hemmings.

He's still a teenager, right? So they're bringing in Guehi to support the current CB group and challenge for a starting role and Leoni for senior squad depth, one presumes. Big step up from Joe Gomez, but I don't see either of them pushing Konate out anytime soon. Dan Dyke needs some rotation...

Jeez Seattle. Take a new headshot before you put a guy's pic on your website wearing another team's jersey. Hell of an off season they're having. So far the highlight (by MILES) is their mascot being chased by bears.

Keep in mind ... Dundon is the lead investor of a group of three, so he's not having to generate all that debt service himself.

Hard to argue that Dundon's management style has been in any way damaging to the Hurricanes. Hands on, hands off, hand where ever ... we sucked before he got his hands on the franchise. That said, it's my understanding that he's largely involved in a much more big picture way now compared to...

Pish ... logic can't derail that train. Kind of like how he's so poor/cheap that it's a miracle that the Canes even have a full roster.

BTW, go ahead and queue up the "Canes to Portland" talk now. Because you know it's coming.

Tentative ... for now. Not sure Dundon's quest to bring major league baseball to Raleigh has any real legs, so he might be diverting whatever war chest he assembled for that to buying the Blazers.

It has seemed inevitable that we'd eventually get Prem games in the States for so long that it kind of no longer seems inevitable.