LinvilleGorge

Been trending this way for years. Growing up college basketball was by far and away my favorite sport. I've been pretty Carolina only for over a decade now with my college basketball watching. I used to NEVER miss a Carolina basketball game and in recent years I always miss several games. It's just less of a priority for me now. I haven't watched a full NBA game in probably a decade. The sport is just a shadow of itself now. That's why Armando Bacot is my favorite player in recent years. The type of old school hard nosed big man that just doesn't really exist in the modern game.

We haven't been okay for years. Dumb contracts to marginal players aren't gonna help change that trend.

I can see Dan now. "Oh... I thought we were signing THE Michael Jackson to a record deal..." "What??? He's dead??? Wait... there was a hullabaloo about some inappropriateness with some kids??? Is it April's Fools Day??? Y'all are messing with me right? This dude is totally gonna be moonwalking at halftime!"

Bingo. Ultimately the bill comes due and you run out of road to keep kicking that can.

It's literally not. That's why you see teams forced to let quality players hit free agency, have to make guys cap casualties they'd rather keep, and why you see teams forced to blow up the roster and rebuild and you see roughly 50% turnover in playoff teams year over year. Sure, there are manipulation tricks but math is math. You can't just spend your way to success in the NFL like you can in other leagues.

Howie Roseman would look at a player like Tremble and say "we'll offer him vet min and give him a chance to earn a roster spot if he's good enough".

It's not chump change for a team already cap strapped with holes all across the roster. You can get a Tremble level player on the waiver wire after final roster cuts. That's why this is a stupid signing.

And every idiotic contract we give out half the fan base celebrates it like the organization has earned their trust by consistently fielding good teams for years. It's pretty bizarre. Fandom Stockholm Syndrome.

He's a marginal TE2. That's the issue.

Not true. It's about laying a marginal player like a legit contribute.

There's just no other way to spin it.

Well, we gave 'em hell for 30 minutes. I think we have to be happy with that. That's the new state of Carolina basketball. From competing for titles to hoping to compete with top teams and maybe get lucky and sneak into the tourney. That's the new reality. Hubert has turned us into NCSU.

I'm fine with him as a #3 or even emergency #2 of we can't land an upgrade. But there's no fuging way you give that guy $16M before open free agency. The rest of the league is laughing knowing there will be a lot of better guys who will soon sign for less.

Tremble is a waiver wire caliber TE. Thomas is a "can I find a camp invite somewhere?" level TE.

He's absolutely not an NBA player but I could see him having a long successful international career.

That's like being the the hottest chick at duke. You're still busted. LOL

Jesus... we never learn. LOL This organization has fallen in love with paying marginal TEs. It just doesn't make sense. Tommy Tremble is the type of TE you can find on the waiver wire after final roster cuts in preseason.

That what he's usually done up until this year. The dude can score.

Despite everything going Duke's way (except for Flagg picking up three idiotic fouls) it's a one point game at half.

Hopefully near vet min. He's a decent TE3, subpar TE2.

That is fuging insane. They couldn't shoot any better if we left the court. Hell, they'd probably have less points because they couldn't go to the FT line. Well, it is duke so the refs would probably call fouls on air anyway. LOL

Of course duke can't miss tonight and if they do they get sent to the FT line where they also can't miss. LOL

Bruh... we sayin' the same thing. I ain't disagreeing. LOL

This would be my assumption. He's probably not gonna be there and we're gonna take him if he is so use the limited formals on other prospects.

Seems like somebody posted a graphic of teams with the most arrests recently and KC was lapping the field.