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09-23-2013 , 04:00 PM

#3101

GBP04

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Simmons nfl analysis thrpugh first 10 mins of latest podcast has been horrible

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09-23-2013 , 04:03 PM

#3102

BAIDS

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if you are listening to the sal podcasts for insightful NFL thoughts then you're doing it wrong. they're still goat.

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09-23-2013 , 04:04 PM

#3103

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Simmons nfl analysis thrpugh first 10 mins of latest podcast has been horrible

just imagine him with a big piece of cheese on his head, sitting in a recliner with his beer belly hanging out. 100% better.

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09-23-2013 , 05:19 PM

#3104

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if you are listening to the sal podcasts for insightful NFL thoughts then you're doing it wrong. they're still goat.

yeah duh

but Simmons does actually have his moments of really good NFL insight. Just not in this one

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09-23-2013 , 05:23 PM

#3105

nath

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Simmons nfl analysis thrpugh first 10 mins of latest podcast has been horrible

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This is the same Bill Simmons who thought Adrian Peterson was worth like 3 first-round picks in trade this offseason, right?

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09-23-2013 , 05:31 PM

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Its amazing how such a smart guy can be so statistically ignorant

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09-23-2013 , 05:41 PM

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You think Simmons is smart?

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09-23-2013 , 05:45 PM

#3108

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well he has a podcast, he must be a genius

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09-23-2013 , 05:48 PM

#3109

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Simmons needed to take the advice when he was reading the fack on Sunday. He sounds hungover as ****.

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09-23-2013 , 05:52 PM

#3110

BAIDS

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any of us could parlay a blog which no one reads into a 7 fig contract with THE WORLDWIDE LEADER but we choose not to

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09-23-2013 , 05:59 PM

#3111

nath

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It's really bizarre for me to think that an old college roommate of mine got me into reading Simmons back when he was on Digital City Boston.

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09-23-2013 , 06:35 PM

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Its amazing how such a smart guy can be so statistically ignorant

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You think Simmons is smart?

he's either kinda dumb or faking it to appeal to casualfan given that we know he has access and involvement in stats and advanced analysis stuff (MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, etc), it's strange to say the least. he says/writes some very stupid things at times, quite mindbottling.

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09-24-2013 , 11:25 AM

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Kenny Bania

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IMO, it's like poker players who know that all of these stats exist, all of the poker forums exist with tons of info to learn, but still say **** like "I wish he would have folded his KK preflop when I had AA because he ended up hitting"

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09-25-2013 , 01:17 AM

#3114

karamazonk

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Just noticed Chuck Klosterman is no longer included among the "Contributors" tab on grantland -- anyone know the story with this?

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09-25-2013 , 07:37 AM

#3115

Yeti

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Originally Posted by karamazonk

Just noticed Chuck Klosterman is no longer included among the "Contributors" tab on grantland -- anyone know the story with this?

he's still there if you click it, he's just not on the dropdown. which is weird because he was once near the very top. noticed this a while back.

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09-25-2013 , 08:00 AM

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RigCT

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Klosterman is also moving over to FiveThirtyEight whenever Silver re-launches the site. They discussed in the N Silver podcast I believe.

So I assume he leaves Grantland and will no longer contribute his one article per year.

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09-25-2013 , 01:38 PM

#3117

karamazonk

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Also just noticed that Jay Caspian Kang got moved from near the top of that list to almost the very bottom. LOL Grantland politics

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09-25-2013 , 06:39 PM

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jay caspian king might be the best writer there

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09-25-2013 , 09:24 PM

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Also just noticed that Jay Caspian Kang got moved from near the top of that list to almost the very bottom. LOL Grantland politics

wow what a joke

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09-25-2013 , 11:11 PM

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gotta make room for REMBERT

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09-26-2013 , 12:08 PM

#3121

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Robert Smigel podcast was good, but there was some serious cutting, especially around where Smigel is talking about Stephen A. Smith.

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09-26-2013 , 07:06 PM

#3122

kioshk

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Yeah, Smigel was good.

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09-26-2013 , 08:40 PM

#3123

Yeti

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i actually emailed them asking about the order on that tab. not sure why and i'm not holding my breath for a reply.

i enjoyed some of rembert's road trip a lot. he might be an annoying hipster but he's a good writer.