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Took me 10 semesters and I considered that on time and a miracle lol

Bruce will be gone next, they could actually get an elite prospect for him IMO

Not a terrible haul for Chapman given the circumstances. Reds missed the boat at the trade deadline but probably got the best that they could at this moment.

Alright, Now just waiting on the Reds faithful to flip out here in a second

Most of the guys Joker recruited were no where near SEC calibre players. But Stoops is supposed to coach them up enough to compete with kids that are the same age of kids that other sec schools wanted out of high school? To be honest that's a weak argument.

 

What do you think the SEC coaches that were getting 4 and 5 star recruits have been doing the past three years? Just sitting on the sidelines hoping that their guys get better as well? Nope, they were coaching their guys up as well.

 

To think that in 3 years Stoops can turn 2 and 3 star recruits into players that can play with kids that were 4 and 5 star recruits as freshmen is nuts.

This was more about attitude than skill. I agree on the skill part but I believe the Joker kids were held to a different standard than his recruits. Its now time for his kids to take responsibility for their play and attitude rather than blaming others.

So what's going to be the excuse when the same exact thing happens next year? No one can blame Joker anymore, it's a really weak argument. Stoops has coached these "Joker" guys for 3 years, they should be his guys by this point.

Probably not but if your playing like poop and another player comes in playing better than you then you should be behind your teammates instead of winning and crying about being benched.

2 things wrong here. Barker never played better. And Towles never complained. It was time for both parties involved to move on.

UK could have ran UL off the floor in the second half but Murray decided to try and become the Murray show. Very weird game by him, hope that doesn't show up too many more times this season.

UK's upper class won this game, how many times have that been the case under Cal?

UK fans have to be thrilled watching the Hawaii Bowl. Gran and his offense are on fire...

To be fair he doesn't have a QB right now

I have a feeling it's going to be 2.5 hours of blah

So if he's not traded he will be getting the same amount of money and only win 60 games. I don't know why he wouldn't want to get paid the same if he had the oppurtunity to win 100.

He did earn the right to veto trade and I don't mind him looking out for himself. But from a baseball standpoint what does he have to gain from this? I don't understand why he wouldn't want to be on a contender

By the time the Reds guys are ready the central division will have a lot of turnover which is good. They'll be on the upswing when others are coming down.

At least the bandwagon will get a little lighter.

This is the time to hop on the bandwagon. The Reds are no longer a sinking ship, they actually have a direction they are going.And I think it's something fans should get behind

Well this is the literal meaning of when you have 2 QB's you have none. If Murray never went there Allen never transfers. By having these two QBs Sumlin screwed up and didn't play either one enough. Making both unhappy. All he had to do was stick with his guns one way or another

It never seemed like Stoops wanted to run an air raid but seemed like he was forced to. Then tried to micromanage it and it caused a disaster. Bad for for everyone involved. Hopefully he finds a guy who wants to to run an offense he wants to run.

It has to get worse for it to get better. This is the only way they can build another contending team. Look what happened to Philly when they held onto their guys too long, that organization was a mess. Think if they traded Utley and Howard when they should have? This team would be the Astros 2.0, but now they are about 3 years late and are just now getting good prospects.

Give me a low strikeout guy any day of the week at the top of the lineup.

Peraza is the number 2 2nd base prospect in baseball

This is tough cause I love Todd, but it had to happen.

Getting Peraza in the deal is really nice

Not that I am a fan of Bailey's contract but he will be paid $19 million for his first two years and Cueto will get paid $46 million for his first two years when he can opt out and be a free agent again. The Reds weren't going to pay that. Homer may the deal team friendly by deferring money.

Good point

Not that the Reds should have... But somce that's what Cueto got, that makes me really dislike the Bailey deal. The Reds probably could have afforded him if Bailey wasn't given that contract.

The only reason Pete didn't get reinstated was because Pete couldn't get out of his own way. If he retired quietly in Cincinnati Pete would be in the HOF today. But no, he had to keep gambling on sports, live in Vegas, and quite frankly just keep being himself. He never changed which stinks cause he deserves to be in the HOF.

My only problem is how hypocritical the MLB is. They are in bed with Draft Kings yet say gambling is a cardinal sin of baseball