HUGE signing for the Skins. Davis, when healthy, has been one of the stronger offensive weapons for the Skins. Even better is that it is a one year deal that appears to make solid sense for both sides. It’s a low-risk move for the Redskins, who have said they want to monitor Davis’ recovery. And for Davis, he’s essentially betting on himself. If he returns healthy, puts up impressive numbers and stays out of trouble, he’ll be set up for a more lucrative, longer term deal in Washington (or elsewhere) in 2014.
And although he flirted with other teams, Davis made it known that he hoped to remain a Redskin. “This is the team I got drafted to. This is all I know,” Davis said. “And we’re finally starting pick it up, get all the right pieces to [contend.]”
Additionally, the Skins add Darryl Tapp. He's a VA Tech product and a solid backup. He will help with depth on the defensive front.
Now we just need to sign Winfield and draft a solid safety and we are in pretty good shape.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
ANNOYING!!
I am working in a conference room with a team of folks and the guy next to me is in constant conversation with himself talking about how he should attack his work. He is animated and it's pretty distracting. Kind of weird.
JMU and VCU routed
JMU was just overmatched against Indiana. Indiana is obviously better than JMU but it clearly wasn't JMU's best game. We were down by as many as 30 points. The only guy that looked like he was fighting was Nation who seemed like the only guy scoring for us. Still, it was a good season and hopefully something to build off of.
Added VCU in here for JSR's sake. After demolishing Akron they took their own beating against Michigan. I like Shaka Smart and VCU and think he is doing a tremendous job over there. Would be cool to have a VA school win it all. VCU has certainly gotten better over the years starting with Capel and Smart seems to be taking them to the next level. Moving to the A-10 helps them with recruiting and attention so hopefully they will continue to grow.
BTW - my bracket is BUSTED! I am embarrassed at how bad it is.
Added VCU in here for JSR's sake. After demolishing Akron they took their own beating against Michigan. I like Shaka Smart and VCU and think he is doing a tremendous job over there. Would be cool to have a VA school win it all. VCU has certainly gotten better over the years starting with Capel and Smart seems to be taking them to the next level. Moving to the A-10 helps them with recruiting and attention so hopefully they will continue to grow.
BTW - my bracket is BUSTED! I am embarrassed at how bad it is.
Urlacher done in Chicago
It's the sad side of sports. Aging veteran who has given his all is overpriced and can't be afforded by his team and is forced out. I don't blame Chicago. Urlacher is older and slower and has had his fair share of injuries.
What I don't like is that the Pears should have just told him outright that he wasn't coming back. Urlacher thinks he can still play and wanted a 2 year deal and gave a higher number knowing that it could be negotiated down. The Pears countered with a 1 year offer for not much money. It was an insult. That leaves a bitter taste in his mouth. Just be transparent and say that it's best to just part ways.
Anyway, will be interesting to see where he lands and it will be strange to see him wear a different uniform. My guess is that he won't be that good transitioning to a new team and defense and will look like a shell of himself. He was Lovie's guy and it will be hard on him to move on. He'll have some moments but his heart is in Chicago so not sure what a team that signs him will get.
What I don't like is that the Pears should have just told him outright that he wasn't coming back. Urlacher thinks he can still play and wanted a 2 year deal and gave a higher number knowing that it could be negotiated down. The Pears countered with a 1 year offer for not much money. It was an insult. That leaves a bitter taste in his mouth. Just be transparent and say that it's best to just part ways.
Anyway, will be interesting to see where he lands and it will be strange to see him wear a different uniform. My guess is that he won't be that good transitioning to a new team and defense and will look like a shell of himself. He was Lovie's guy and it will be hard on him to move on. He'll have some moments but his heart is in Chicago so not sure what a team that signs him will get.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
JMU vs. LIU Brooklyn
JMU faces LIU Brooklyn tomorrow evening. The good news is I expect to win. The bad news is that a win gives us the right to play Indiana. It's all got to start somewhere.
GO DUKES!!!
GO DUKES!!!
Friday, March 15, 2013
Redskins move so far
I like them a lot. Feel like the Skins are being very smart in what they are doing. I have agreed with all the moves thus far outside of hoping we could have kept Lorenzo Alexander. Cutting D. Hall made perfect sense. I like that we have resigned all the blue collar guys that make things run. I mentioned this before but we also resigned LB Kehl which is even more important given that we lost Alexander.
Key now is to get a CB and there are still plenty of them out there. I'm sure we want to buy our time which is smart. It is clearly a buyers market with CBs and there is no reason to rush and overspend. Buy time and wait for prices to drop and we should be able to get a solid CB. How could we do it with our cap situation? The first thing they would have to do is create some cap space, probably by restructuring a contract or two. A simple restructure is a fairly routine procedure as the player usually doesn’t give up any money and gets a chunk of his annual salary up front and guaranteed. Then the team and the agent for the player they are going to sign have to negotiate a contract that is cap friendly in the first year.
For example, the contract Reggie Bush signed with the Lions. He received a four-year, $16 million contract that included a $4 million signing bonus and a $1 million base salary in 2013. So Bush will be paid $5 million in cash in 2013 but will count $2 million against the cap (a $1 million base salary plus $1 million prorated). With higher base salaries in future years, his cap number will rise to $4.5 million in 2014 and 2015, and $5 million in 2016.
Key to this is that you can only do this for a few guys otherwise, you will run into some VERY serious cap problems down the road.
Bruce Allen isn't so much a talent evaluator but one of his real strong points is he is very good at managing the cap and if can be done, he'll do it.
Should be interesting to see if we are able to bring Davis back and add a quality CB.
Key now is to get a CB and there are still plenty of them out there. I'm sure we want to buy our time which is smart. It is clearly a buyers market with CBs and there is no reason to rush and overspend. Buy time and wait for prices to drop and we should be able to get a solid CB. How could we do it with our cap situation? The first thing they would have to do is create some cap space, probably by restructuring a contract or two. A simple restructure is a fairly routine procedure as the player usually doesn’t give up any money and gets a chunk of his annual salary up front and guaranteed. Then the team and the agent for the player they are going to sign have to negotiate a contract that is cap friendly in the first year.
For example, the contract Reggie Bush signed with the Lions. He received a four-year, $16 million contract that included a $4 million signing bonus and a $1 million base salary in 2013. So Bush will be paid $5 million in cash in 2013 but will count $2 million against the cap (a $1 million base salary plus $1 million prorated). With higher base salaries in future years, his cap number will rise to $4.5 million in 2014 and 2015, and $5 million in 2016.
Key to this is that you can only do this for a few guys otherwise, you will run into some VERY serious cap problems down the road.
Bruce Allen isn't so much a talent evaluator but one of his real strong points is he is very good at managing the cap and if can be done, he'll do it.
Should be interesting to see if we are able to bring Davis back and add a quality CB.
Caps pull out win against the Caniacs
A MUCH needed win last night. Wasn't the greatest performance but a win is a win and the Caps needed it in a big way.
Caps fell down early in the first period 2-0 and it looked like another lackluster performance. However, newcomers Aaron Volpatti set up Joey Crabb with a great feed right in front of the net for a one timer to make it 2-1 in the second period.
The Canes took a high sticking penalty right at the end of the second period giving the Caps a PP to start the third and Ovi made them pay by taking a great feed from Brouwer and burying it into the back of the net.
With time dwindling away in the third, Carlson had the puck on our blue line and you could see he was waiting for lines to switch. Ovi hopped on the ice and skated hard towards the Canes net. Carlson made a perfect pass and Ovi threaded between two defenders to receive the puck for a breakaway. He actually lost the puck but it worked out as the Cane goalie committed. It would have been an easy goal for Ovi but he didn't get enough stick on it but it was enough for it to richochet off the near post and slide right along the goal line behind the goalie where Ribeiro was crashing the net for the put back.
HUGE win as a regulation loss would have put us 12 points behind the Canes and pretty much out of the division. Instead, we are 8 points and while still a climb, with 22 games left, it can be done.
Up next are the Bruins tomorrow afternoon and then at home Sunday against the Sabres then it's Shatsburgh and back to back with Winnipeg. Honestly, we need 4 out of the next 5. I could take a split with Boston and Pittsburgh but we need all the other games.
A couple of other notes, stinks that Kundratek got hurt. Looked pretty bad but hopefully just a sprain. Good thing that Erskine is expected back on Sunday. Hopefully Green and Laich will be able to play soon. Both are nursing groin injuries which are tricky because it may feel fine when walking or doing some easy skating but you can reinjure it when skating hard and making cuts so I'm sure they want to play it safe with those guys.
Also, it's interesting that Ovi seems to be passing way more than he used to. While I kind of like some of the passes, he is a scorer and needs to take the shot as opposed to making that extra pass. There were a couple of times last night where he faked out even his own teammates by passing on the shot and trying to set someone else up. SHOOT DAMMIT!!! Also, we are still giving a lot of odd man rushes.
I'll take the win and will move on to Boston. Will be a tough game in Boston as they are one of the best teams in the league and will know doubt want to exact revenge for the last time we met when Boston jumped out to a 3-0 lead only to lose 4-3 in OT. Hopefully we can rise to the occasion.
Caps fell down early in the first period 2-0 and it looked like another lackluster performance. However, newcomers Aaron Volpatti set up Joey Crabb with a great feed right in front of the net for a one timer to make it 2-1 in the second period.
The Canes took a high sticking penalty right at the end of the second period giving the Caps a PP to start the third and Ovi made them pay by taking a great feed from Brouwer and burying it into the back of the net.
With time dwindling away in the third, Carlson had the puck on our blue line and you could see he was waiting for lines to switch. Ovi hopped on the ice and skated hard towards the Canes net. Carlson made a perfect pass and Ovi threaded between two defenders to receive the puck for a breakaway. He actually lost the puck but it worked out as the Cane goalie committed. It would have been an easy goal for Ovi but he didn't get enough stick on it but it was enough for it to richochet off the near post and slide right along the goal line behind the goalie where Ribeiro was crashing the net for the put back.
HUGE win as a regulation loss would have put us 12 points behind the Canes and pretty much out of the division. Instead, we are 8 points and while still a climb, with 22 games left, it can be done.
Up next are the Bruins tomorrow afternoon and then at home Sunday against the Sabres then it's Shatsburgh and back to back with Winnipeg. Honestly, we need 4 out of the next 5. I could take a split with Boston and Pittsburgh but we need all the other games.
A couple of other notes, stinks that Kundratek got hurt. Looked pretty bad but hopefully just a sprain. Good thing that Erskine is expected back on Sunday. Hopefully Green and Laich will be able to play soon. Both are nursing groin injuries which are tricky because it may feel fine when walking or doing some easy skating but you can reinjure it when skating hard and making cuts so I'm sure they want to play it safe with those guys.
Also, it's interesting that Ovi seems to be passing way more than he used to. While I kind of like some of the passes, he is a scorer and needs to take the shot as opposed to making that extra pass. There were a couple of times last night where he faked out even his own teammates by passing on the shot and trying to set someone else up. SHOOT DAMMIT!!! Also, we are still giving a lot of odd man rushes.
I'll take the win and will move on to Boston. Will be a tough game in Boston as they are one of the best teams in the league and will know doubt want to exact revenge for the last time we met when Boston jumped out to a 3-0 lead only to lose 4-3 in OT. Hopefully we can rise to the occasion.
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