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2008 Superdraft Review

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

San Jose – F Usually I like to wait five years before grading (I need to do 2003 at some point), but I can call this one today.  I don’t care how shallow or weak the draft pool is.  The Quakes just bet that none of them has more upside than Nick Garcia.  Or, that [...]

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Expansion draft aftershocks

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

1. Ryan Cochrane 2. Clarence Goodson 3. Ned Grabavoy 4. James Riley 5. Joseph Vide 6. Ivan Guerrero 7. Brian Carroll 8. Jason Hernandez 9. Gavin Glinton 10. Chris Pozniak Big money guys are almost never taken in these things, so I can’t be surprised that guys like Mathis, Vanney and Kirovski were left on [...]

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Return of the Blackhawks

Monday, November 19, 2007

EDIT – stupid Junior High School Level Blogger. Forgot that the Quakes can have Onstad or Cochrane, but not both. Changes below. That seems to me the big, big decision for Yallop and Doyle. I’m having trouble, and I’m not the one on the hot seat. Who do you take – a championship defender who [...]

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Alexi & Frank: Behind the Laughter

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Jeff Carlisle: One general perception of Yallop’s tenure in L.A. is that he spent much of his time feuding with Galaxy general manager Alexi Lalas over personnel. Luis Bueno, back in October (towards the bottom of the page in the comments): This is what Alexi Lalas said about trades. “I don’t want to do anything [...]

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Shoe drops – no follow-up whatsoever expected

Monday, November 5, 2007

A friend of mine once told me that “Welcome Back, Kotter” was actually a tragedy. Gabe Kotter gives up his dream of fame as a stand-up comedian and goes crawling back to the high school he wanted to escape. He is shunted into a class of at-risk youth, and his mission is to give them [...]

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