Don Bauder
I'll answer in two parts since i dont have the time to tackle your question on the draft right now.
The Saints trade to put them in a spot to draft Ricky Williams would take way too long to explain, but this does a real good job:
http://www.canalstreetchronicles.com/2014/4/17/56…
I would say it worked out for the Saints. They went from 15-33 for three seasons under Ditka, to 42-38 next 4 seasons, including their first ever playoff win.
And the Herschel Walker deal? Well, the Cowboys ended up being able to move around using the draft picks they received and draft both Emmit Smith and Darren Woodson. So IMHO that alone , irrespective of anything else that happened in the transaction, means it worked out for the Cowboys. For Minnesota and, to a lesser degree, San Diego, not so much.
The Ryan Leaf deal would have been nothing IF Leaf had come even close to the hype. According to Wiki, a second round pick, a third round pick, a future first round pick, and a player gave the Chargers the chance to pick either Leaf or Manning, whomever did not go as first pick.In my opinion, no big deal. If Baltimore take Leaf and the Chargers get Manning, today it's called one of the best trades ever for San Diego and they probably have been to the Super Bowl multiple times. The reason people say the trade sucked is because Leaf sucked. But that's on the San Diego Chargers entirely. A lot of other people saw the signs, which means they could have, and should have, too. They saw the big arm and didn't(apparently) see or care about anything else. OOPS
— March 30, 2015 8:46 a.m.
Movie theater popcorn in your home!
Popcorn with cumin and either cayenne or chile powder. Now that's BIG LEAGUE!!— April 1, 2015 5:15 p.m.
Political entertainment
Instead of "By the way is not polite to point typos in comments", don't you mean By the way it is not polite to point out typos in comments. BTW, you do know that until 2008, the California Bar did not ask applicants for their immigration status, right? Meaning ANY undocumented immigrant who passed the California bar exam prior to that time would have been able to be admitted to the state bar and practice law. So Garcia is likely not the only one. BTW2, you do also understand that the California Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the law allowed him to be admitted to the state bar and practice law, right? BTW3, you do also understand that parents actually moved BACK to Mexico in 1986, moving back to the US in 1994, after his father had been granted permanent resident status. When his father filed an immigration visa petition for him, that petition gives Garcia the right to have his immigration status changed to lawful permanent resident once an immigration visa number is available. You do know all of this, right?— April 1, 2015 8:34 a.m.
Chargers in Inglewood? Looks like it
Hey Paul Regis. It's been WIDELY REPORTED that Stan Kroenke's stadium proposal plan includes the ability for two teams to share it. Apparently, you're just too lazy to look for your self, so I'll help you out. You can start with this one from March 21st: http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-nfl-stadi… If that's to tough for you to comprehend, here's another, from March 22nd: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/22/s… Nothin' to see here. Time to move along.— April 1, 2015 8:05 a.m.
No penalty for Sun God drugging
Hey hey hey. Enough of the nastiness. As a native of Arizona, I am offended by that comment. Napolitano may have worked in Arizona, but she was not born there. She is not our fault. Blame her on NYC and send her back there.— March 31, 2015 7:55 a.m.
Chargers in Inglewood? Looks like it
Don Bauder I'll answer in two parts since i dont have the time to tackle your question on the draft right now. The Saints trade to put them in a spot to draft Ricky Williams would take way too long to explain, but this does a real good job: http://www.canalstreetchronicles.com/2014/4/17/56… I would say it worked out for the Saints. They went from 15-33 for three seasons under Ditka, to 42-38 next 4 seasons, including their first ever playoff win. And the Herschel Walker deal? Well, the Cowboys ended up being able to move around using the draft picks they received and draft both Emmit Smith and Darren Woodson. So IMHO that alone , irrespective of anything else that happened in the transaction, means it worked out for the Cowboys. For Minnesota and, to a lesser degree, San Diego, not so much. The Ryan Leaf deal would have been nothing IF Leaf had come even close to the hype. According to Wiki, a second round pick, a third round pick, a future first round pick, and a player gave the Chargers the chance to pick either Leaf or Manning, whomever did not go as first pick.In my opinion, no big deal. If Baltimore take Leaf and the Chargers get Manning, today it's called one of the best trades ever for San Diego and they probably have been to the Super Bowl multiple times. The reason people say the trade sucked is because Leaf sucked. But that's on the San Diego Chargers entirely. A lot of other people saw the signs, which means they could have, and should have, too. They saw the big arm and didn't(apparently) see or care about anything else. OOPS— March 30, 2015 8:46 a.m.
Is Peevey worth $882 an hour?
Wow, so now you've scrubbed your SanDIegoGuru profile also. Don't forget twitter and instagram, too. I especially like the photo of Aspen.— March 30, 2015 7:25 a.m.
Chargers in Inglewood? Looks like it
shirleyberan this might help. Here's the website link originally listed in this guy's profile, before he changed it today: http://www.becerracarlos.com/ Here's the website link for the profile of SanDiegoGuru: http://www.carlosbecerrasandiego.com/ Look familiar? They are the same guy posting under 2 names This is the guy in the story you referenced. But after "Carlos" changed his profile today, he apparently now is an independent Venezuelan photographer.— March 29, 2015 9:40 p.m.
Chargers in Inglewood? Looks like it
Or maybe you are also SanDiegoGuru: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/SanDiegoGuru/ Your profile there also lists http://www.carlosbecerrasandiego.com/ as your website Interesting that you(SanDiegoGuru) are now following me.— March 29, 2015 9:26 p.m.
Chargers in Inglewood? Looks like it
I find that an interesting comment. So you are not this Carlos Becerra? http://www.becerracarlos.com/pages/bio Because this is the bio that was previously referenced on your reader profile page. And this is the Carlos Becerra of Parq restaurant: https://plus.google.com/+CarlosBecerraSanDiego/po… Or maybe this one: http://www.carlosbecerrasandiego.com/ Looks like the same guy to me.— March 29, 2015 9:06 p.m.
Chargers in Inglewood? Looks like it
don bauder Now here is something interesting. If you look at Carlos Becerra's profile, it now touts his talents as a Venezuelan photographer. Up until a couple of hours ago, it described his company WSA Distributing, Inc.,that he was born in Mexico, but his family moved to California when he was 3 years old, and his activities to support the Hispanic and local San Diego communities. Even his previous icon was from his company website: http://www.becerracarlos.com/pages/bio Interesting that in only a few hours, he has gone from being a Mexican born entrepreneur who sold a wireless company to, a good friend of NFL star Marshall Faulk, and someone who's publicly stated goal was to keep an NFL franchise in San Diego, to now a Venezuelan photographer whose work has been work " has been published by Amnesty International, CNN, Washington Post, The Guardian, among others." BTW, freelance photographer Carlos Becerra is based in Caracas, not San Diego. Interesting that the current picture in "Carlos'" profile, at least to me looks nothing like the "Carlos" pictured in this story from the UT: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/jan/27/politi… or the one pictured on the Carlos Becerra/WSA Dist. Web site, which was previously listed in his reader profile: http://www.becerracarlos.com/ Something definitely fishy going on here.— March 29, 2015 2:48 p.m.