Join columnist Ben Frederickson for a live STL sports chat at 11 a.m. Tuesday
Ben Frederickson answers your Cardinals, Blues, St. Louis City, Mizzou and SLU questions in Tuesday's 11 a.m. live chat.
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I think we give Martin another year no matter what. If booster wants to pay 6 million I hope the AD can convince him to use it to give to recruits in football so we can compete with big dollar school. I see zero reason to strap the athletic department having to pay buy out pay new coach. I really don't think there is a whole lot of concern about the basketball program right now one way or another.
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For good reason. We saw the Blues sprint out of the gates to start the season, and now that they are nearing full health from injuries and COVID, with a lengthy time for most players until they have to be tested again, there's a real chance they could make another push now. Doug Armstrong is going to be able to deal from a position of strength after showcasing the team's depth. I wonder if he would entertain the idea of moving a goalie not named Jordan Binnington? The deadline is not until March 21, so it's a bit early to start tossing out names, but there is some cautionary news to consider. The market for buyers is not expected to be great, between the amount of interim front office leaders and lack of impact rentals on struggling teams. That means lots of competition for what could normally be average upgrades. Before Armstrong makes any decisions, he's going to want to see this team's capabilities at full strength. He hasn't gotten a real chance to do that just yet.
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He had a crummy first half, like the entire defense. Got better in the second. I think the coaching change on the defensive line helped all of the Tigers up front. I have not heard one single good thing about Jethro Franklin, the guy Steve Wilks wanted and Eli Drinwkitz fired. Al Davis, who was promoted and will keep the job, got a lot better play out of the same players, Jeffcoat included. He's coming back next season, so he (and the NFL) thought he had work left to do.
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I posed this tin foil hat conspiracy theory to Hummel yesterday and I am curious about your take: did DeWitt/Mo intentionally overpay both Yadi and Waino, who they knew would be on 1-year deals, to take $10.5m of free agency money off the table to avoid having to spend it on a multi-year deal for another free agent? Let’s be honest, did Yadi really deserve a $1m raise just so he’d sign sooner? And while Waino was awesome last year, do you give a 40-year-old $17.5m in guaranteed money, which is 155% of his ’21 salary? Those were sentimental signings in terms of the dollars, so don’t tell fans there isn’t enough money left for an impact bat.
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