Maestrobjwa

You don't even realize when you condescend/talk down to people, man..smh Telling me what I have and haven't read? Lol Like...why? Basic respect, man (I know that's lacking on the internet but we kinda know each other here) Now to the point...just because I don't think it costs an ENTIRE season doesn't mean I haven't read and am not aware of what it is about. He said "they won't play next season" like it won't be any season at all. There are differing opinions in the baseball world on how long i some execs think some games will be played, and I happen to share that opinion for now. I know how dug in both sides are and what the division is about. But an entire season is hard to fathom...although the stoppage in the 90s did cost the rest of that season. Had it come at the beginning of the year who knows?But imo...MLB is gonna have to give in eventually...the players will not budge on a cap. How long that takes is debatable but not a sure thing they won't play at all.

Why do people believe the lockout is gonna take up the entire season? Not sure either side is gonna want that...we could still lose some games, though.

Albernaz being back I get--I looked up what other rookie managers were fired after Year 1 and couldn't find much! It is just not something MLB teams do very often (if at all). All managers like that historically get a second year. I think he's out if we miss the playoffs again next year. But Elias? Bruh...we finally got new ownership that spends more and let's the GM be the GM...but now Rubenstein is getting fooled by this dude, smh Two consecutive last place finishes under two different managers and he gets to keep his job? Dude has nine lives. If it happens again next season...what's gonna be the excuse? Shouldn't be any...but who knows? Smh

We won the toss in 2016 so I'm predicting we lose it this time, lol We only win the super niño toss every other time!

Only thing with DHop...I'm wondering how that would work logistically with him already having an assistant job at a college, lol

We'd better hope the defense is as advertised. Because if the offense minus Zay looks as bad as it did in the second half we aren't gonna win any shootouts. Nothing is ever easy for the Ravens

Like I said...everytime we have something good, smh We'll see him in who knows how many weeks! And our next man up isn't much in the WR department--we're gonna have to sign somebody with Zay being iffy (you see how pedestrian the offense looked when he left) Otherwise the offense is gonna be a concern.

I am not convinced. Dude is just a strange receiver in general; even with Zay and Jakobi out...he still wasn't open, smh And adding to that problem? An apparently over-the-hill Mark Andrews. Rookie TEs that don't usually produce until Year 2

Didn't see anything...but if he was removed that quickly, and looking at the expression on his face later (and again, Ravens bad luck) it's gotta be either broken or sprained.

We can never have anything good man...Jakobi what gonna be our Red Zone threat! Andrew's sure as heck can't do it...hope he can be back by late October on when we'll need him most.

The Zay and Lane situations completely ruined the win for me. Lane's sounds like he's gonna miss a lot of time (broken wrists are like 1-3 months!). Receivers looked like crap without Zay, and hamstrings can linger, smh For ONCE I'd like a Baltimore team to not have bad luck. We have had enough of it to deserve good things now

I mean they got Pocic if it doesn't...that's not too bad!

Yes to the second sentence, lol But people are about to find out how much of a problem Elias was. And if I had to bet...Alby stays. But if he doesn't, it's a shame. Dude never got the chance 90% of other rookie managers get. They should've fired Elias last year and started fresh THEN--but now they gotta humiliate somebody just coming in while cleaning house, smh

I would think ownership is gonna have the final say on whether Albernaz stays. And I am skeptical they wanna have their 4th manager in two years either...that's what makes the situation rather unique. Alby hasn't been here long enough to be considered part of the "stink", imo And that's what I keep coming back around to: the prospect of firing someone who walked into a lot this mess.

This ain't fair, man. I'll preface this with I am not fully convinced by Alby; I just don't believe in axing a coach after one rookie season. To me, that is not a fair chance by any means; ESPECIALLY when it's not all his fault. Veteran coach would've been better, but they hired Albernaz. But see any other rookie coach would get a minimum of two years, though! And what sunk this season ain't all on him--the bullpen decisions absolutely are. But it's possible that part can get better! The main bulk of what led us here is on Elias/Sig...including the lineups and of course all the analytics. Alby walked into a mess, and being inexperienced got him the ire of the fanbase and possibly a humiliating one and done. Not the most fair thing in the world, and he could very well improve and do well elsewhere if we fire him. I mean frickin' Joe Maddon praised the hire (along with others). Hard to believe they were all wrong and this is as good as Alby gets.

It indeed has been. However for some random reason that coinflip has been remarkably consistent in that it is only every other super that snows...(65-66 yes, 72-73 no, 82-83 yes, 97-98 no, 15-16 yes). That's not meteorological but it still bothers the heck outta me for this year, lol

Dang it man...just dang it. I'm not sure we in the central MD/DC part of this forum are realizing what failure this winter means for the next 2-3 years...we'd better pull a miracle or the next big snow can't happen until 29/30 at the earliest. Super nino this year...nina next two years, smh That is not dooming: It is the reality of climo. We need to break the snow drought THIS year.

This is fantastic, hahaha

Might clean house...only up in the air in that scenario is Albernaz. Will depend on new GM unless Rubinstein wants him to stay, I suppose. What I have trouble believing is that Rubenstein does nothing. You can't publicly complain about being in last place and do nothing. And there is only one thing to do: fire Elias, clean house in the FO. He himself said that increasing payroll is not the end-all and there is more to successful ownership than that. I hope he takes what he learned from other top sports owners for his book, and applies to this organization.

Forgive me, sir, but...if that is how you view this forum, then why do still post here? Are there not other spaces you can share your knowledge that you'll find suitable?

They're tired, imo. A week of starters not getting deep enough (aside from yesterday), extra-inning games...piles up. But on the whole...no they've been average. Now imagine trying to manage them, lol

So you're saying...there's is zero chance any of this is inexperience-based and he can better next year?

So all of you are saying...a rookie manager does not deserve another year to take what was learned the first year and get better? And don't come at me with "They needed an experienced manager" because the fact is...they hired a rookie. Is that Alby's fault and they should say "oops we made a mistake you're out" I had to dig deep to see just how often a first-year manager was immediately fired...could only find 3 or 4 examples in recent years (and two of those were because Joe Maddon became available, lol). It's just way, way premature to me.

Managing a bullpen is literally the hardest on-the-field thing managers do. That's why I wish people would just give him time on that. And the lineups are not his fault, imo That's Elias/Sig

I cannot believe all those folks around the league were wrong about Albernaz...and that this isn't growing pains. I mean he was quite sought after the previous off-season, and highly spoken of! I'm skeptical of the notion he'll never get better. He could very well be a great manager elsewhere if he gets fired here. But no matter how you slice it--getting fired after your rookie season with no chance to grow is humiliating to say the least. Gonna be interesting to see what happens.