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I'm not presumming anything. You did, when you said he was cheating, then back-peddled to "suspect," and now are swinging back to assuming he still is.

I could see them saying no to Joely's $4.25 option ($500K buyout,) too. Also, add to the possible DFA list: Walter DHam We may also trade Duran or Dugo, or maybe Refsnyder, if we bring back Duvall.

Suspect is different from stating he still cheats.

Huh?

He cheated in 2018 ans 2021?

...and 2B and LF, if Yoshida DHs 120+ games. C, 1B & 3B offer hope, but nothing to suggest improvement is likely.

If only they could exist elsewhere...

I did not say a manager cannot improve a player's defense. I even said he shares in the blame. The roster was ridiculed from day one, then injuries and declines from some vets occurred, yet somehow, Cora is to blame. Listening to you guys, all year, the sum of the parts sucked, and Cora nearly got us to .500.

We do see some pretty awesome starting 9's on other teams, especially in our own division. It might take more than just "fixing the rotation" to get us seriously "back in the game." Other teams faced injuries, like we did, but I do see some hopes in improvements based just on more games played. While Story's -0.2 fWAR does not fit into that group, I do think a healthy Story will be vastly better than the circus we saw there, this year. Reyes + Urias gave us a +0.6 fWAR in about 90 games. That could easily reach 1.0 with 160 games player between them, and that's if Urias does not return to his previous form. Project Duran to 150 games, and he leads the team in fWAR. (I don't expect that, but he did look promising.) Casas missed time, early and late. Any improvement in defense could see him near 2.5. Abreu + Rafaela are at +1.0 fWAR in just 55 games. It's hard to know where they end up. Wong and McGuire totaled a 1.3 fWAR. That's about middle of the pack with improvement possible. Devers, Dugo and Yoshi are hard to project. We may need 2 of them to bust out to have a real chance. Bringing Duvall back and his 1.9 fWAR in just 87 games provides some room for a boost, too. Lots of ifs.

Why do tiny, initial stat lines matter? They prove nothing. If they did, Dalbec would be an allstar.

What parson alive can teach a 20 or 30 something player to play good defense in a few short months? I do think Cora and Bloom share in some of the blame, but it's time the players start taking "ownership."

They plagiarized my posts.

I said I was sorry for saying you hated Core. Why you keep acting like I never admitted my mistake says more about you than me. I've yet to hear one tiny apology for all the times you misquoted me and twisted my views, sometime to the exact opposite of what it was/is. Talk about a "curse." We all have seen sore losers, but you win a point and stay sore for years. I do not think anyone who would not have hired Cora, hates him. I don't think anyone who wants him fired, now, hates him, but it apparently makes you feel good or whatever it is that floats your boat on things like this to think I do. Wanting Cora gone can be for many reasons having nothing to do with hate. I'm not sure what more a guy can do to get you to stop lying by saying "he thinks," as in still does. I'll settle for just stopping the lies. I'll never see an apology and never have. One time, you came close by admitting you misquoted me, but no apology, despite repeating the lie several times, after I showed you my exact quote several time. You double and tripled down, like you always do.

Remaining Domer Schedule: @ Duke #17 @ Louisville vs USC #8 off week vs PITT @ Clemson off week vs Wake Forest @ Stanford Probably looking at 3 losses- 2 with some luck. Probably a better chance at 4 losses than 2.

You mean we don't suck?

I think the ranking services will agree with you on their winter ranking lists.

Nope. False assumptions, again? I brought it up once before and apologized. It didn't matter. I'm cautioning others not to do the same. Not projection. Not out of some sore of "relationship issue." Just friendly advice. Keep it going, if you wish. Stir the pot and run.

Like I said, just don't say you hate Cora.

Whatever you say, just don't say he hates Cora.

Who is getting carried away? Had Ohio St fallen short of that TD, ND would surely have been ranked 6th or 7th, but as with all ranking services, it's all just speculation and "suspects," right? Maybe they wouldn't deserve that ranking, but that's how the NCAA system works. Beating Duke will help their perception of being good.

But, JH took his confession, and he served his penance.

...or pitched to him.

Without your trust, there is no use going on.

2 inches from being number 6 or 7.

ND falls to 11th in AP poll (best of all 1 loss teams and better than several undefeated teams) 13th in coaches poll. We play 16th ranked Duke, next.