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which do you think is worse - actually liking Stern or the lack of shame for publically admitting you like Stern? It's a tough call...

Personally, I don't have much in discretionary funds these days, but I could swing $50/month if keeps his performance up to snuff. If he tanks, then he'll have to give it back.

finally become counter productive? "We've attempted to contact you to discuss your home. Your current laon has been pre aproved for a lwoer rtae. Laon Qaulifies for up to 3.4% or a more lwoer raet. Vsiit here to confirm your information within 24 hours." Is there someone who owns a house who would actually respond to an ad that had to misspell words that badly to bypass the spam filter? Doesn't the ridiculous nature of most of these techniques just drive the response rate to zero?

well done. A newly registered poster with 18 total posts now represents the collective opinion of the community, while the other posters in this thread dismissing the idea (to put it kindly) have 100,000+ posts, but do not represent the collective opinion. Great analysis.

I did - 2002. Went 14-2 and won my league. Set records for our on-going league for points scored, etc... Those 3572 yards and 27 TD's helped my weekly totals big time.

that would be dangerous...

I would move... apparently your UPS delivery man has skills.

over at sabresreport.com - Briere48 is going. He seems like a pretty good guy. http://www.sabresreport.com/forums/index.p...&pid=14044&st=0

why is his ass right below his chest?

Marv is over 80 - I'm sure he is leaking something...

impossible. He scored 20 points of which 18 came from 3 point range. Unless you are VABills, there isn't room for 3 more points there...

Do you know what the best thing about Mike Williams is?

I'm no skating expert, but basically what happened is that she won the short program with a flawless performance. In the long program, Sasha's performance (minus the two falls) is light year's better than the rest (except for the Bronze medalist). Her flexibility is sooooo great that whatever she does just looks so much better than the rest.

that's pretty cool. I wonder how the other team played him? Still, hitting 6 in a row when it is your 1st action EVER is impressive for any player - autistic or not.

I thought Toby was done with those movies?

Did you know she leg presses 400 lbs? Too bad, she skates a clean program and she crushes that lifeless Asian chick. Even though she didn't blame her leg injury, I think it was clearly that when she came off the ice and said she couldn't jump high enough.

Well, she lives in Harford Co. MD., but does most of her training at The Pond in Delaware (UofD campus) I believe.

was the lobster any good?

well done!

I guess my opinion is that the top FA's would be getting comparable offers from several teams. If our offer was above and beyond what anyone else could touch - then sure they will come. I think it will take millions of up front money more than the rest.... However, how much do we want to pay before it becomes a liability?

I've made it no secret from day 1 that I don't think Levy/Jauron were smart hires. With Buffalo being a less than ideal place to attract young rich boys, you need something to get them to sign on the dotted line. That is either money or tradition. So, given the current state of the team (our lack of success) we clearly need to outspend other bidders. Our management turnover is very high with 3 GM's and 4 coaches in 7 years. I just don't see a payer choosing Buffalo over Jax right now if the money were the same. We are painfully short on the intangibles that would tip the scales our way.

it's figure skating for those not talented enough to do the jumps....

I think it is the opposite - if the money is in line with other offers the top-tier FA's will stay away (just as you said with Cleveland). I think we would need to add $1M in signing bonus money to tip any deal our way. Other than that - I don't see any hooks that put Buffalo ahead of any other bidding franchise right now.

nice straw man... the point is that many teams will want the services of the top FA OL and we will be bidding for their services behind the 8-ball. I assume people will freak when we don't land him or Hutch, but I think it is unrealistic that we will get either of them. This org has to work it's way out of a deep hole. That doesn't mean don't try - it only means that we may not succeed in landing the best of the best right off the bat.

"highest" can be relative in this case. I don't think he goes to the place that offers him $1 more. It wiill take considerably more $$$ to make Buffalo more attractive than other teams for the top FA's at this point.