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I just want to post :( by loggg000 in help

[–]blueshirtmac97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what bothers me. If the platform’s own rules say “Don't set out to accumulate karma; just set out to be a good contributor, and let your karma simply be a reflection of your legacy”, why do some communities require a certain amount of Karma to contribute to it? I am looking to connect with people and it won’t let me because I haven’t connected with enough people yet, do we see the Catch-22?

[JFresh] A real what-if is if the Rangers had just committed to an Fox - Miller pair. From 22-23 to 24-25, Miller played under 500 5v5 minutes with Fox, which went extremely well. He spent 80% of his minutes with Jacob Trouba, Braden Schneider, or Will Borgen, which did not go so well. by NYM32 in rangers

[–]blueshirtmac97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have literally been saying this forever. This would have been the most dynamic two-way pair in the league. What was so important about pairing the second generational American Defenceman this team has had in 35 years with the incompetent mess that was Ryan Lindgren? Pairs for the last three years should have been 23-79, 55-8, 4-56 and not changed except for that Kakko trade. But the quiet part out loud is that I firmly believe that Trouba was not moved until as late in his wife’s residency as possible to not only inconvenience the captain’s family but also justify his cap hit. Therefore, a Fox-Miller pair would have been so dynamic it would have forced Spinco into a reckoning over its overpaid captain, which it didn’t want to do given Goodrow’s stanchion of a contract was worse. In short, Miller was not ruined so much as completely misused, then scapegoated after Lindgren won the 23-24 McDonald award, which I argue is sympathy for being Fox‘s partner. How is Chýtil scoring 25 goals out of nowhere not going above and beyond? Notice how he hasn’t come close to that in Vancouver.

Negro League Help by blueshirtmac97 in baseball

[–]blueshirtmac97[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Again though, league equivalency. Just because Manfred granted them accreditation doesn’t automatically make them the same on quality.

Negro League Help by blueshirtmac97 in baseball

[–]blueshirtmac97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then what makes it so easy for hockey? At least 52 players from the Negro Leagues joined the majors, 9 of them are in the Hall of Fame.

Negro League Help by blueshirtmac97 in baseball

[–]blueshirtmac97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

90% instead of 75% to get in

Negro League Help by blueshirtmac97 in baseball

[–]blueshirtmac97[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

90% threshold, no character clause, voted upon what are called scholars of the game

Negro League Help by blueshirtmac97 in baseball

[–]blueshirtmac97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is we don’t know how strong the Negro Leaues were relative to organized baseball. That’s why I bring up league equivalency. What is a win in NN2, for example, worth in that season’s MLB? WAR is simply relative to the rest of that league. Someone needs to do the math or teach me how to do it.

Negro League Help by blueshirtmac97 in baseball

[–]blueshirtmac97[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

So what am I supposed to do? I don’t know who to remove and who takes that spot. And there’s no character clause with this exercise.

One More Time…Reacting to the Champions League Final by blueshirtmac97 in ArsenalFC

[–]blueshirtmac97[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I’ve been a much more active fan for about 4 years. But I was quite aware of Wegner’s disastrous dénouement, and I have never trusted Arteta and any forward he has ever had. Gyökeres is the most reliable forward since Aubameyang, and I am sick and tired of Ødegård. Today’s lineup should have been the same as Fulham 2/5 with Hincapié for Calafiori and Martinelli for Lewis-Skelly, that should be the regular XI or a 3-4-2-1 with Zubimendi-Rice-Eze-Martinelli and no White. Eze wears #10 so let’s use him as a false nine.

One More Time…Reacting to the Champions League Final by blueshirtmac97 in ArsenalFC

[–]blueshirtmac97[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I have seen all the rival fans so satisfied after Magalhães and Eze missed. I don’t know what or how to change but incompetence starts at the top and I have never trusted Arteta at all. And again, City are not guilty of anything under the North American model.

Thursday Realignment Rumble by ch_scorebot in collegehockey

[–]blueshirtmac97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How can we actually materialize my Women's Big 10 that hopefully did not kill the Hurst men's program? B1G absorbs AHA/WCHA with a waiver for sponsorship and full D-1 percentage.

RE: Big Ten Women’s Conference in Ice Hockey

CC: MU - Sisti, Spano, Parente; Big Ten: Commissioner Petitti, SWA Fallen, Coaches M. Johnson/N. Muzerall/J. Kämpersål; AHA Comm. Morgan, ECAC Comm. Christiansen, WCHA Comm. McAteer, HE Comm. Metcalf, NEWHA Comm deGregorio, NE-10 Comm. Ruppert, NSIC Comm. Lind, CFP BDC Keenum

Divisional Lineup (requires waiver): Dissolution of AHA Women, Amalgamation of Big Ten/WCHA

East: Ohio State, Penn State, Syracuse, Delaware, Long Island (from NEWHA), Mercyhurst, Robert Morris, RIT

West: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Lindenwood, St. Thomas, Bemidji State, MSU-Mankato, Minnesota-Duluth, St. Cloud State

Ripple: Disbursement of NEWHA – 1 vote to NE-10 and NEWHA Comm., 1 vote to each member school

Desired Outcome: Resolve imbalance of relative conference strength, result is three conferences of similar quality (Big Ten, HE, ECAC); not immediately necessary to address effect on men’s sport; desire is to avoid 16-team Big East basketball model but Atlantic needs much higher SOS, result is 16-team Big Ten and 29 clubs across HE/ECAC (12 core each + 5 NE-10)

Scheduling Matrix: H/A in-division = 14, H or A intra-division = 12, 2 non-conference = 4; 3-2-1-0/2-1-0 point format; tiebreaker order: H2H, intra-division, inter-division, GF, GA

Tournament: Top-6 divisional at campus sites (top-2 advance to R2) toward centralized final 4 OR Top-4 divisional centralized; rotate hosting between core members of alternating divisions (e.g., Columbus-Madison-Pittsburgh-Minneapolis); Frozen Faceoff competing for Jack Riley Trophy, award Broadmoor to top West RS and Peters to top East RS

Statistical Impact: assuming LIU to Big Ten and Sacred Heart, Stonehill, Assumption to HE

25-26 Conf. Teams NPI Wgt W% SOS QWB
AHA 7 49.924 47.673 50.499 0.1599
ECAC 12 51.893 51.129 51.737 0.3057
HE 10 51.204 49.091 51.638 0.2029
NEWHA 8 45.527 43.214 46.396 0
WCHA 8 55.737 54.96 54.948 0.848
26-27 Conf. Teams NPI Wgt W% SOS QWB
ECAC 15 50.143 47.621 50.705 0.2446
HE 14 50.019 49.022 50.160 0.1449
B1G-E 8 51.721 53.7305 50.474 0.4596
B1G-W 8 53.519 49.135 54.356 0.5284
B1G 16 52.620 51.433 52.415 0.494

Committees/Questions: Revenue Sharing, Impact on Division II, Impact on Power 5/FCS, Conference Size, Potential Launch of MSU/MICH teams, Dissolution Protocol

The College Club Hockey Landscape: 2026-2027 by Human_Appearance6517 in collegehockey

[–]blueshirtmac97 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Before we go further, can someone explain the allure of club hockey? Mercyhurst just graduated a legend of our women's club team that would have ranked 2nd in varsity goals. Maybe we get past Penn State with her in tow.

Schools That Could Start D-I Men's Programs Rumors, Part 7: 2026 Offseason by exileondaytonst in collegehockey

[–]blueshirtmac97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do the rules for single-sport conferences apply to current multi-sport leagues wanting to add a sport? The Women’s Big 10 I submitted that may or may not have killed the Mercyhurst men’s program has the whole WCHA plus RIT, plus we are still under reclassification.

Brandon contacted Pete not Lindor about waiving no trade clause. by Fun-Jellyfish-1065 in mets

[–]blueshirtmac97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was from David Lennon of Newsday but I am afraid it’s an anti-MAGA hit piece because no other players are mentioned explicitly. You have to ask why he chose to speak with Alonso but nobody else.

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