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In pretty much every sports game out now, there's a franchise mode, and I'm sure that everyone has a different strategy. Mine is rebuilding, believe it or not. For instance, in all of my PC NHL games, I take a bad team with 1-2 good players (Atlanta for example) and see what I have. Atlanta started with Dany Heatley and Ilya Kovalchuk as their good players, with decent-average players surrounding them. My strategy is to lock up Heatley and Kovalchuk into long-term contracts and try to secure as much young talent as possible. So, for my first season, I tanked the season. I basically acquired guys with good potential and semi-decent overall ratings and let them go nuts. By doing this, Heatley and Kovalchuk had good years, and with their potential stat playing into it, became better players. I thought I'd get a good pick, but that ended up fucking me over, as I got an overall 85 defenseman who broke his collarbone in the first period of the first game of the season. But, since the season before, I had traded good role-players for draft picks, I was able to take some of my drafted players and build them into what I wanted them to become. For instance, I wanted a #1 center to play beside Kovalchuk and feed him pucks. So, I took a draftee and had him chalk up assists consistantly, and bingo. Of course, my second year was only marginally better, so I ended up with a lottery pick again. This time, I ended up with a #2 pick, which thrilled me, as there were only two real sure picks in the draft. A franchise left-winger and an above average defenseman. I took the winger, paired him with Kovalchuk and my top center and they took off. I was able to free up some salary with veterans retiring and picked up a journeyman rightwinger to play with Heatley on the second line with a former draft pick centering that line. Now, I'm in business, as I'm in my third year, have a stockpile of draft picks at my disposal to use as trade bait when I see fit (and I have used a few second rounders to get defensive depth) and a deep core of young talent to lead me on. I'm on my way to my first division title with six games to play until the playoffs, and will likely get the #2 seed in the postseason. So, now that I've rambled, anyone else have any franchise stories or strategies from other sports games? This could be a fun thread.

Insert the third disc of the DVD set and during the episode 'Marge Vs. The Monorail' press the 'Audio' button on your remote control to switch to the fifth audio track. There, you will notice that this episode features a new commentary track by Matt Groening, Al Jean, Mike Reiss, David Silverman and Conan O'Brien that is not otherwise accessible

Mostly the Jakks figures, all WWE, all loose.

That sounds like fun, IMO. I still have to see the rest of season 3 though.

People that play on such easy levels shouldn't brag about stats.

Dave Wallace is the Red Sox pitching coach now.

Bruins... Need I go here...Brian Rolston, Michael Nylander, Kyle McLaren, there's a list a mile long somewhere. Red Sox... Nomar, Todd Walker...mind block

Touché. Although, if it's alcohol, you have a drinking problem. Preppy.

I got the 27" Sony. Bitches.

I think Zack has a drinking problem.

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Especially when Foulke goes a week without pitching.

God forbid people post opinions on an opinion based message board, right?

For what it's worth, the two threads that Urine Sane made, both of those websites work. I've already gotten my free I-Pod, and my tv is on its way. I agree with Dids, btw.

I only watch for Laura Prepon. She's dreamy.

No love for Boiler Room?

Demitra will have to take a paycut. He's not nearly good enough to justify dropping ~6 million for. I'd make a long post about how some of those free agents would help the Bruins, but it's like talking to a wall with this fucking team.

With all of this "run support" that Clement gets, he's in his walk year, right? What are the odds of him staying in Chi-town? Love to see him with a red B on his cap...

Yeah, I feel bad for the people who live on Sanibel, Captiva, and Fort Myers Beach. They said that about 75% of the buildings on those islands were condemned. People can't even go inside their houses to get their stuff. Cape had some buildings condemned, but nothing really earth-shattering. How bad was the storm in Orlando and further inland?

Olympic Kickball would fucking rule. *guy's shoe flies off* "Oh what a tragic story. He's waited four years to get to this game, overcome numerous leg operations, and it all ends with the illegal shoe flying off maneuver " I'd tune in.

http://tsn.ca/news_story.asp?ID=95366&hubName=main Colorado signs Vincent Damphousse to a one-year deal. Excellent signing by Colorado. Damphousse has always been underrated, IMO, and it seems like they're certainly replacing Kariya and Selanne after last years debacle.

heh, stupid Astros are really boned now. They gave up a lot to get Los Beltran, that backfired. Pettitte has WAY underperformed and is now out for the season. They should have dealt Beltran at the deadline.

I always understood invisibility as everything on your person was invisible, from your shoes to your clothes and everything in between.

I would hope so, since she's in Texas and all. I thought you was all living together... We broke up about a month-and-a-half ago. She moved back to Texas.