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Post by OneFanGang on Mar 27, 2024 15:50:48 GMT
I struggled with a transistor radio to find a station that covered news of the 1977 NFL draft to find out who would get Tony Dorsett from Pitt, who I had seen his last year in college. I was pissed to hear the Seahawks traded their pick away to Dallas to select Dorsett with the No. 2 overall spot, while Seattle grabbed a horde of lower selections. Angry, I traded away as many Dorsett rookie cards as I could negotiate when 1978 Topps football was released. I later regretted it as I had to spend 25 bucks to complete the set many years later with his card being the last one needed.
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Post by Superstar on Mar 27, 2024 15:58:23 GMT
Phil Simms getting cut in favor of Dave Brown. LT had just retired at the end of the previous season. Simms had shoulder surgery coming off a pro bowl but was 38 years old. George Young didn't want to pay his salary, so he was cut and decided to retire. That was the end of the 80s Giants. Belichick was lobbying HARD for Simms to go to Cleveland. This was during the period of the "Quarterback Club" where they were all under a separate merchandising agreement and had banded together. Simms thought it would be wrong to go to Cleveland to try and compete with Bernie Kosar so he wouldn't sign.
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Post by the squared circle on Mar 27, 2024 18:32:40 GMT
When the Leafs traded my favourite player of all time, Wendel Clark.
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Post by nyhack56 on Mar 27, 2024 22:36:52 GMT
Phil Simms getting cut in favor of Dave Brown. LT had just retired at the end of the previous season. Simms had shoulder surgery coming off a pro bowl but was 38 years old. George Young didn't want to pay his salary, so he was cut and decided to retire. That was the end of the 80s Giants. Belichick was lobbying HARD for Simms to go to Cleveland. This was during the period of the "Quarterback Club" where they were all under a separate merchandising agreement and had banded together. Simms thought it would be wrong to go to Cleveland to try and compete with Bernie Kosar so he wouldn't sign. I think he flirted with Arizona too after his release.
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Post by KGB on Mar 27, 2024 23:21:24 GMT
When the Leafs traded my favourite player of all time, Wendel Clark. That's a tough one because the Buds absolutely won that trade by getting future captain Mats Sundin in return. But Clark was coming off his best 12 months as a Leaf, from his inspirational performance in the '93 playoffs to netting 46 goals in 64 games the next year. I saw The Rheostatics open for The Hip in Barrie on Canada Day 1994, of course they played "The Ballad of Wendel Clark". When Dave Bidini introduced the song and said "farewell, Wendel Clark", I swear I saw guys with tears in their eyes.
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Post by Superstar on Mar 28, 2024 14:47:06 GMT
Belichick was lobbying HARD for Simms to go to Cleveland. This was during the period of the "Quarterback Club" where they were all under a separate merchandising agreement and had banded together. Simms thought it would be wrong to go to Cleveland to try and compete with Bernie Kosar so he wouldn't sign. I think he flirted with Arizona too after his release. He was smart to turn down the Cards. He would've gotten killed behind that line. Those were the years post Neil Lomax. They had guys like the immortal Tom Tupa QBing for them. Phil Simms would have bought them some credibility for two weeks until his line got him permanently crippled.
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Post by srossi on Mar 28, 2024 18:05:32 GMT
I think my heart was most broken by the firing of Buck Showalter after 1995, and the retirement of Mattingly that same off-season. Not "roster moves" per se, but they were both so close and the foundation had been laid, and then they weren't around to take it across the finish line. And the firing of Joe Torre was awful too, ironically the guy that replaced Buck became my favorite manager ever, and the one I compare all future managers to. Those 1993-2001 teams are "my guys" in a way that can't be replicated today because I'm too old to care as much anymore. I'll always love guys the back-up infielders on those teams in a way that I'll never love Aaron Judge if he hits 80 home runs.
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Post by tamalie on Mar 29, 2024 17:52:49 GMT
The Kevin Garnett trade depressed me as a Timberwolves fan when it occurred and still does now. He was and remains the best player in team history by far, although Anthony Edwards might one day challenge for that spot. Not only did it end a fun if underachieving era in team history, but the return haul from the Celtics was so poor that it ushered in a dark age the team needed a decade plus to escape.
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Post by tamalie on Mar 29, 2024 18:01:26 GMT
I struggled with a transistor radio to find a station that covered news of the 1977 NFL draft to find out who would get Tony Dorsett from Pitt, who I had seen his last year in college. I was pissed to hear the Seahawks traded their pick away to Dallas to select Dorsett with the No. 2 overall spot, while Seattle grabbed a horde of lower selections. Angry, I traded away as many Dorsett rookie cards as I could negotiate when 1978 Topps football was released. I later regretted it as I had to spend 25 bucks to complete the set many years later with his card being the last one needed. The Minnesota Vikings had a chance to pick Marcus Allen with the #7 overall pick in the 1982 Draft. They took Darrin Nelson from Stanford instead. Darrin was faster and could catch the ball coming out of the backfield which was a Vikings specialty long before Bill Walsh instituted the so-called West Coast Offense. He was the style of player Bud Grant loved. That said, while Darrin was a genuinely nice guy who played a decade for the Vikes, he never played at a level that justified going ahead of Allen. Even as a kid, I knew from the start that this was a selection the Vikes would regret. How could the team have looked at Allen and not realized he was the guy? It’s not like it would have been a reach to select him #7. The Raiders took him #10.
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