*Why I left Baltimore

[slate]

as long as lavelle jr not traded, baltimore have a chance to compete

Maybe Baltimore can use one of its new first round picks to Osweiler you to a different team

[Daybe]

as long as lavelle jr not traded, baltimore have a chance to compete

compete for #1 overall baby

[Kotasa]

as long as lavelle jr not traded, baltimore have a chance to compete

Maybe Baltimore can use one of its new first round picks to Osweiler you to a different team

Don't be disrespecting the GOAT!!!!

[Starboy]

Hi Glims, I'm very sorry that your tenure on Baltimore came to an end in such an upsetting way for you. I know you were super excited getting drafted there and it sucks that you didn't really have a say in whether you could stay on to help the rebuild or not.

I sort of understand why HO appointed new GMs who would dismantle the entire previous regime and rebuild from scratch, although I'm still unclear on how much of that was the interim GMs and how much was HO. That said, if that's the plan that HO / the interim GMs / the new GMs are going with, they need to have the difficult conversations explaining that that's what their going to do with the current war room. Hard conversations suck but being honest and upfront with people is how you don't end up accidentally generating a 10 page drama thread.

Speaking of being honest and upfront, I think too many people are focusing on what Baltimore got out of the existing offers as they stood. Maybe more should be focusing on the fact that there were many teams interested (the article mentions Philly, Berlin, and Austin - Sarasota also had an offer on the table although I'm unsure whether Glims/Frazzle were ever informed about that (in any case we probably wouldn't have been able to outbid Austin/Berlin) ) and yet the new GMs pushed through a trade quickly without seeing if any of the other interested teams were willing to match Austin's offer.

I feel like this is a major response that sums it all up. Difficult conversations suck to have, but they needed to be had at a time like this. It seemed from the beginning that the plan was to add in new outside GMs and nobody in the war room or outside of those in the hiring process were told of this which led to a major problem when a lot of the war room wanted to see Glims and Frazzle take the reigns. They were told to apply as if they had a shot but instead that time was wasted since they were never going to be hired in the first place. Had the process been up front and honest, even if difficult, then this could have been avoided to this extent. Everyone ended up in a big mess of miscommunication and rushed out for getting to new teams and the new GMs rushed to find trades that could benefit the future as fast as they could. Miscommunication all around ended up being a major factor in all of this and, regardless of who's to blame, just know to be upfront and have difficult conversations.

Did y'all watch the rover land on Mars? Good shit.

Pretty cool to be honest

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Also, when is the league doing a Mars landing podcast? Smh

[Bigred1580]

Do you know who I love....










Everyone!!

[CLG Rampage]

as long as lavelle jr not traded, baltimore have a chance to compete

Maybe Baltimore can use one of its new first round picks to Osweiler you to a different team

Don't be disrespecting the GOAT!!!!

there aren't enough 1st rounders in the next 5 drafts combined to get someone else to take dermot smh

[infinitempg]

Also, when is the league doing a Mars landing podcast? Smh

:eyes:

[LimJahey]

2 tablespoons peanut oil, divided

1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning

10 ounces andouille sausage, sliced into rounds

1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch pieces

1 onion, diced

1 small green bell pepper, diced

2 stalks celery, diced

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 (16 ounce) can crushed Italian tomatoes

½ teaspoon red pepper flakes

½ teaspoon ground black pepper

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon hot pepper sauce

2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon file powder

1 ¼ cups uncooked white rice

2 ½ cups chicken broth

Step 1
Heat 1 tablespoon of peanut oil in a large heavy Dutch oven over medium heat. Season the sausage and chicken pieces with Cajun seasoning. Saute sausage until browned. Remove with slotted spoon, and set aside. Add 1 tablespoon peanut oil, and saute chicken pieces until lightly browned on all sides. Remove with a slotted spoon, and set aside.

Step 2
In the same pot, saute onion, bell pepper, celery and garlic until tender. Stir in crushed tomatoes, and season with red pepper, black pepper, salt, hot pepper sauce, Worcestershire sauce and file powder. Stir in chicken and sausage. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Step 3
Stir in the rice and chicken broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed.

[Memento Mori]

I feel like this is a major response that sums it all up. Difficult conversations suck to have, but they needed to be had at a time like this. It seemed from the beginning that the plan was to add in new outside GMs and nobody in the war room or outside of those in the hiring process were told of this which led to a major problem when a lot of the war room wanted to see Glims and Frazzle take the reigns. They were told to apply as if they had a shot but instead that time was wasted since they were never going to be hired in the first place. Had the process been up front and honest, even if difficult, then this could have been avoided to this extent. Everyone ended up in a big mess of miscommunication and rushed out for getting to new teams and the new GMs rushed to find trades that could benefit the future as fast as they could. Miscommunication all around ended up being a major factor in all of this and, regardless of who's to blame, just know to be upfront and have difficult conversations.

This is a good take on the situation. I think it would've been really hard for HO to justify hiring a relative continuity candidate after lots of recent player departures and the number of rookies who were put off playing for Baltimore. This wasn't communicated well to the war room, which led to hurt feelings, which seems to have played a part in a lot of the resulting fallout.

[Sermokala]

2 tablespoons peanut oil, divided

1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning

10 ounces andouille sausage, sliced into rounds

1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch pieces

1 onion, diced

1 small green bell pepper, diced

2 stalks celery, diced

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 (16 ounce) can crushed Italian tomatoes

½ teaspoon red pepper flakes

½ teaspoon ground black pepper

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon hot pepper sauce

2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon file powder

1 ¼ cups uncooked white rice

2 ½ cups chicken broth

Step 1
Heat 1 tablespoon of peanut oil in a large heavy Dutch oven over medium heat. Season the sausage and chicken pieces with Cajun seasoning. Saute sausage until browned. Remove with slotted spoon, and set aside. Add 1 tablespoon peanut oil, and saute chicken pieces until lightly browned on all sides. Remove with a slotted spoon, and set aside.

Step 2
In the same pot, saute onion, bell pepper, celery and garlic until tender. Stir in crushed tomatoes, and season with red pepper, black pepper, salt, hot pepper sauce, Worcestershire sauce and file powder. Stir in chicken and sausage. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Step 3
Stir in the rice and chicken broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed.

Needs more modivational backstory.