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I hate that ******* ginger with a fiery passion for all he did to us over the years..............but............I respect the hell out of him as a CFL QB.

I always enjoyed watching him play. Smart, smart QB. He was great for the league.

Travis Lulay is a #1 QB playing with a #2 type body. Who knows the QB situation in the league if he could have stayed more healthy.

no way. the league was completely up front about how Manziel's participation had a bunch of contingencies. Reed knew the risks when he pulled the trigger on the worst deal in modern CFL history. That deal is now Reed trading two first rounders and a canuck starter for an import tackle. It's staggering how bad that turned out, and everyone saw it coming but Reed or whoever ordered him to do the deal.

On that note: At a funeral, a man approached the widow and asked, "May I say a word?". The widow nodded assent. The man walked to the front of the church and said "Plenitude" and then took his seat again. The widow smiled at the man and said, "Thanks. That means a lot".

I wouldn't be surprised if the OK for that trade came from ownership... bring in the big name, sell some jerseys and tickets.... hence why Reed still has a job...

No drama sort of guy. Have to respect that.

Travis Lulay: Reflections as I retire from the CFL Lulay has retired rather than being subjected to Regina or Montreal.

I'm proud of JWR, she did the right thing and restored my faith in Canadian politics. As for the PMO, just another criminal from the Quebec cesspool, that province needs an enema.

He's too stupid and too arrogant to think he did anything wrong. That Liberal party is still rotten to the core and their brief time out didn't do anything to make them change their ways.

Imagine if a president of a Country went to their Attorney General while an ongoing investigation into significant federal corruption charges of a private company involved with a Lybian dictator where they, among other things, expensed money paid for prostitutes for said dictator and that company also happened to be a major party contributor and the president tried to coax said attorney general into looking the other way and dropping the charges. Now instead of president, replace it with Prime Minister.

Yeehaw!

I adore the word levity. Thank you for reminding us of how important it is in this day in age.

He failed to understand, appreciate and properly evaluate Canadian talent.

No surprise today, tomorrow, next year or 100 years from now. Although a 100 years from now it might be really nice in winter.

Watched this thing. Some observations. Thought that some Democratic members were cheerleading, a bit too hard. Cohen was a manipulative, greedy amoral person who both committed and aided in multiple felonies. Was going to add arrogant, but a lot of that seems to have been beaten out of him, at this point Mr. Cleaver he is not. The idea...alluded to by both Cohen and a couple of Dem members, that he was some kind of regular joe, who got `caught up` in some sort of a ``vortex`` is laughable. That said, his testimony came through as pretty authentic - as the fixer who executed Trump`s wishes and schemes. Mueller has and knows too much - any lying to that committee, would simply result in more jail time. Cohen had nothing to gain and everything to lose by lying, yesterday He very precisely detailed the methodology and method, on how he and Trump committed campaign finance felonies, paying off a Playboy bunny and a porn star.....as well as provided hard evidence, with some of the cheques. Cohen put yet another torpedo into the Trump family and its phoney baloney Trump tower meetings narrative. He also did the same for Trump and Stone`s `non-involvement`with Wikileaks. As far as the Moscow Trump tower: Cohen also gave a bit of a road map towards a potential host of collateral crimes (something I had been waiting for) such as insurance, bank, and tax fraud. He also mentioned that the Trump organizations CEO (who has a agreement with Mueller) could and would providing supporting evidence. As far as Cohen describing Trump as being a racist, con man and a cheat........ strictly news at 11 stuff. Watching the Republican members was a bit surreal. They did not ask a single question about ANY of Cohen`s accusations, and for the most part, didn`t really defend Trump. Instead we got a box barrage of insults and immense faux outrage about having a ``liar`having the audacity to appear before the committee. (a first in American history or something!) Not surprisingly, the Freedom Caucus Bobsey Twins.....Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows were front and center Cohen did finally nail this topic for the Republican interrogators near the end:

I go back to the debate with Hillary where she was asked why Putin feared her more than Trump, and she said Putin would rather have a puppet than a President. Trump took real umbrage at that quote, with a "I know you are but what am I?" schoolyard retort. Trump is a carnival barker, but isn't the underlying suspicion (and fear) that Stephen Miller is really the guy pulling the strings in the White House with his (let's be charitable and call it) Nationalist agenda? His handlers probably recognized the conflict of interest hurt them more politically than it did Trump financially, and they wanted him in power, so they tell him to deny any connection, rather than say "so what if I do?" We have heard so often his policy position is often the last thing he heard on the news that day, so it's pretty easy to imagine him being manipulated by his underlings to suit their needs, and just parroting the lines they feed him. As long as they remind him how popular he is and feed his ego with these rallies, he will think they have his back and go along with what they say. And getting back to what he fears most, I don't think it is not being liked that worries him, it is being outed as a weakling, when he has to project this tough New Yorker bully mindset. So he doubles down rather than admit defeat. That's why the Pelosi play on the wall shutdown (and the staged Oval office meeting where they got him to own the shutdown on the record and hang himself with his own words) was such a political masterstroke. The ultimate dealmaker being out-manouvered on live TV.

Don't think I heard anything that hasn't been uttered somewhere before, by the media, talk show hosts, or in court filings against others. Would have loved to have heard an answer to the question "What does Trump fear most?" from Cohen, rather than backing off. With respect to Trump doubling down even though he did not want the job and thinking he'd lose, that has always been his style. We've seen it when he's caught in an obvious lie with the factual counter-argument thrown in his face. His default is double-down rather than back-pedal.

There is a 50% margin of error when I post

Jets just need to compete harder and that's on the coach. Maurice needs to crack the whip, practice at full speed and no shifts off or you end up at the end of bench.

In fairness he's hardly ever been to the Brier. In all the years that his team was the best in the world, they lost the MB finals every year. Lost to Stoughton, lost to Fowler (ouch), lost to Carruthers... I think he's only been twice. He and Carruthers teamed up this year but haven't been very good for the most part.

Poor Riley.

So down to the final vote. Because the dual threat returner category had a tie with Stokes and Roberts, I have included them both in the poll options. So here is how it works: Vote for one name in each category, PR (punt returner) and KR (kick returner). The leader in each individual poll (Fritz Hanson for punt returner and Leo Lewis for kick returner) will face off against the challengers from the dual threat category, and you choose only one person for each category. So if you think that Leo Lewis was a better kick returner than anyone from the dual threat nominees, then vote for him. If you think that any one of the dual threat nominees was better SPECIFICALLY AS A KICK RETURNER, then vote for that one person. Then do the same in comparing Hanson to the same 3 dual threat nominees. You can consider the overall body of work and ability of the dual threat nominee in making the comparison, but remember that we are trying to identify a specific skill as a punt OR kick returner. So even if you feel that the dual threat returner was more talented overall, if you believe that as a specific type of returner, they fall short of the mark, vote for another person (ex. if you think AJ3 was overall a better returner than Lewis, but that Lewis was better in the specific area of kick returns, your vote should properly go to Lewis - at least that was my intention in devising the poll). Here once again are the bios: All-star recognition for returners began in 1986 Special Teams Player of the Year first awarded in 1999 Order of stats: returns-yards-average-long-TD Fritz Hanson – 8 seasons (1935-41, 45), no stats available, but here is a bio from CFLapedia: Hanson weighed only 145 pounds, but had incredible speed and elusiveness which earned him nicknames like "The Galloping Ghost," "The Golden Ghost," "Twinkle Toes" and the "Phantom Flash." Hanson joined the Blue Bombers in 1935 and helped lead Winnipeg to the first Grey Cup by a West team, upsetting the Hamilton Tigers 18-12. Hanson would go on to play with Winnipeg until 1941 when World War II got in the way and Hanson joined the Canadian Army. Hanson briefly returned to play for Winnipeg again in 1945, playing in at least one exhibition game before his Army duties forced him to retire for the season. In the 7 years from 1935 to 1941, the Bombers went to the Grey Cup 6 times, missing only once in 1936. Besides 1935, the Bombers and Hanson won two other Grey Cups in 1939 and 1941. That first win in 1935 was the big one though and while very few stats are available from that era, Hanson had 334 yards in kick returns that game including a 78 yard punt return for a touchdown. Hanson won West All-Stars (there were no Canadian All-Stars until 1962) in five straight years from 1937 to 1941. Canada’s Male athlete of the year (1939), CFL Hall of Fame, 6 Grey Cup appearances (1935, 37-41), 3-time Grey Cup champion (1935, 39, 41) Leo Lewis - 161 games in 12 seasons (1955-66), PR career: 3-21-7.0-12-0 (1960), KR career: 187-5443-29.1-91-1, best: 29 (1963)-854-32.8 (both 1957), led CFL in kick return yards (1957, 63, 64), led CFL in kick return average (1957, 58, 64), single season club record for kick return average (32.8 in 1957) and 3 of the top 5 single season averages in club history, #1 club all-time in career kick returns, yards, and average, 1962 Grey Cup MVP, 5-time team nominee for Most Outstanding Player (1958, 60, 61, 62, 65), CFL Hall of Fame, 6 Grey Cup appearances (1957-59, 61, 62, 65), 4-time Grey Cup champion (1958, 59, 61, 62) Albert Johnson III - 49 games in 3 seasons (2000, 2006-07), PR career: 233-1922-8.2-59-0, best: 85-810-9.5 (all 2006), KR career: 150-3282-21.9-96-1, best: 61-1506-24.7 (all 2000), MFG career: 16-619-38.7-122-1, best: 8 (2007)-277-69.2 (both 2000), team nominee for Outstanding Special Teams Player (2006), CFL Most Outstanding Special Teams Player (2000), CFL Rookie of the Year (2000), 2-time divisional and CFL all-star (2000, 06), Grey Cup appearance (2007), led CFL in kick return yards in 2000, led CFL in punt return yards in 2006, #5 CFL all-time in single season kick return yards (1506 in 2000), #4 club all-time in single season punt returns (85 in 2000), #2 club all-time in career kick returns, career kick return yards, single season kick return yards and single game kick return yards (198), club record for kick returns in one game (9) Charles Roberts - 131 games in 8 seasons (2001-08), PR career: 182-1735-9.5-75-2, best: 82-782 (both 2001)-10.8 (2002), KR career: 103-2151-20.9-50-0, best: 45-981-21.8 (all 2001), MFG career: 10-314-31.4-72-0, best: 5 (2002)-155-38.8 (both 2003), led CFL in punt return yards (2001), CFL Most Outstanding Special Teams Player (2001), West Division Most Outstanding Rookie (2001), divisional, CFL and CFLPA all-star (2001), 2 Grey Cup appearances (2001, 07), CFL Hall of Fame Keith Stokes - 37 games in 3 seasons (2004-05, 07), PR career: 176-1755-10.0-83-5, best: 80-949-11.9 (all 2004)-11.0, KR career: 108-2257-20.9-108-1, best: 56-1112 (both 2004)-24.6 (2007), MFG career: 18-448-24.9-75-0, best: 9 (2004)-185-37.0 (both 2005), CFL Most Outstanding Special Teams Player (2004), divisional, CFL and CFLPA all-star (2004), led CFL in punt return (949) and kick return yards (1112 – both in 2004), #3 club all-time in single season punt return yards, club records for single game punt return yards (154 in 2004), single season punt return TDs (4 in 2004), and career punt return TDs (5), #4 club all-time in career punt return average, #3 club all-time in single season kick returns, 4th longest kick return in club history

The all-time leader in punt return yeardage for a career was Jovon Johnson, with Bennett second. JJ was eliminated in the dual threat voting, and Bennett was bested by Hanson in the punt returner voting, so neither made the final vote-off. As for kick returners, Leo Lewis was the career leader by far in the kick return category. I think I will copy the bios once more to keep everything in one post for reference.

So we are down to final voting for the returners, as we selected Justin Medlock as the all-time kicker. Next up is the special teams player. This category will be limited to those who did the "other" duties on special teams, like those on the cover teams (either way) and other specialists like long snappers. Off the top of my head, I would throw out the following names: Wade Miller, Mike Miller, James Green, Henoc Muamba, Pierre-Luc Labbe, Brendan Rogers, Chandler Fenner, Donald Smith, Ian Wild, Shawn Gallant, Graeme Bell, Neil McKinley and Wayne Weathers among those who had high special teams tackle totals Rod Hill, Paul Clatney, Merv Walker, Marcus Howell and Michael Allen who excelled at blocking or recovering blocked kicks Chris Cvetkovic, Chad Rempel and John Bonk who were the long snappers on the team (Speedflex, was Bob Swift a long snapper too?) Would also consider anyone who was a great special team blocker or "broke the wedge" repeatedly, although this list of candidates is getting long already. Will try to get the bios up by Sunday, so add or subtract to this list before then.

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I will echo what others have implied... Manziel wants to play in the AAF and took the easiest out available to him. I'm not surprised he missed the meetings at all, he likely did it on purpose so that he could have his way and be able to go play in the other league. I guess time will tell weather he actually signs down there, but it seems awfully convenient for him that things went down the way they did.

Voted AJ3 for both this time around...I'd forgotten just how good that guy was. Gonna have to fire up some of my DVDs from the 2000 season...

it was a laughably shameful display by the GOP throughout. If they applied the same standards and displayed the same faux outrage to Trump that they did Cohen, he'd be toast. *Gasp*, Cohen might write a book. Trump is raking in millions from being President.

I agree with the cheerleading comment. They would justify it based on the partisan display by the GOP on the other side, which was just as skewed, which is why I just read his opening statement and took it on face value as the truth until someone caught him in a lie on cross-examination with the questions, like JWR in Canada. In this case, since the Repubs ASKED NO QUESTIONS about his statement and went the character assassination route, his story held up. Same with JWR in Canada. The only dent Cohen might have taken was the position that he did not want a White House job and didn't get it as motivation for lying now to get revenge on Trump. I think easy to admit you wanted it and were offered it but declined due to conflict (he did most of this but refused to admit that he wanted the job in the first place) when even a pro-Cohen media outlet like CNN refutes that part of his story. Easier to deflect talk of personal gain (like the book deal angle) by saying "You think I lied, covered up, got caught and am going to prison and would keep perpetuating that lie for more prison time because I can score a big book deal, and that seems like a fair trade off to you?"

One man's take: So I voted for Lewis as my kick returner and AJ3 from the dual threat category as my kick returner there, so it is down to that pair for me. AJ3 had brilliant skill in both areas of kick and punt return, but if I limit my evaluation to his kick return ability, I say he falls short of Lewis' greatness. 3 years leading the CFL in kick return yards and 3 years leading in kick return average show that he was without peer in his era more so than Johnson was in his era. A ridiculous 29.1 yard career average on returns and a high of 32.5 - those are video game numbers with the game settings on "easy", and about 10 yards higher than the current numbers you'd see from a league leader. And his longevity also factors in, he kept up this pace over a decade rather than burning out after one or two years. So not even considering his revelatory work as a running back, Lewis is my choice here. And for punt returner, it's Hanson vs. Stokes (my choice as best punt returner from the dual threat group, nudging out Jovon Johnson who did not make this poll) for me. Bonus points to Hanson for legend status and his Hurculean effort in the Grey Cup, and always difficult to judge players across eras without stats information. Again, I see the TD return totals for Stokes, who was truly a return specialist and not just a position player thrown back there to field kicks, and I lean toward taking him. But if others want to see Fritz Hanson on this team somewhere, this may be his best shot. Again, I see AJ3 as even with Stokes as an overall returner, but focussing on punt returns alone Stokes beats him out (as would have Jovon), and I tend to edge them both ahead of Hanson for punt returns. So I will choose Stokes, but I won't argue with those who say Hanson should be the choice given his stature and the different blocking rules. Simply a personal preference fitting the limitations of this category in my mind.

Yup and the one consistent thing about Trump is he routinely accuses his opponents of things he's done. Major projecting. lol

No - you need to inform yourself before commenting.

This week's wrestling news (courtesy of Mr Meltzer among others): - he confirmed Arn Anderson's firing from WWE and that the incident that precipitated it is being kept really quiet. Arn and Vince didnt get along. Cody Rhodes was very complimentary of Arn so AEW might be a soft landing spot for him. A lot of WWE wrestlers were very upset at Arn's firing. - Bruce Prichard is basically back as Vince's right hand man which is probably an indication Vince wants to 1) improve the product & 2) have an ally close to him. Whether Prichard CAN improve the product is yet to be seen but he's very smart, though has done little since being fired from WWE in 2008 and is seen as a con-man and yes-man by many. Bruce has been back basically since January but just started full time with last week's RAW. RAW was better and Bruce might inject some better long form story telling, less scripted promos and less awful announcing. - In the latest example of LOL Impact, Jeff Jarrett has a $4.8 million lawsuit against them for destroying his master tapes of the GWF shows. JJ gave the tapes to Anthem (Impact's parent company) when GWF and Impact were merging and JJ was given points in the new company. Then JJ was fired for drinking issues, went to WWE rehab and joined that company. JJ asked for the tapes back and for impact to stop airing the GWF shows on their streaming service. Impact replied by saying they destroyed the tapes "through the normal course of business". Which is absurd. JJ is going to win this one. He probably could have sold the tapes to WWE. - Batista's deal was newly signed this past week but had been worked on for a little while (I'd assume that when they booked the Flair party, they knew what the outcome was). Its a bit odd Batista is the heel but he seems to prefer that. It was either going to be Hunter or Undertaker as his opponent but Batista wanted Hunter, assuming Hunter is medically cleared by then (which, presumably, he will be). - There is a rumour that the plan is Vince's changing of matches will lead to a power struggle angle between him and Hunter/Steph (which they sort of tried to do before). The rumor is Vince would replace Seth with Roman against Brock and Hunter would interject and put Seth in a three way with Bryan & Kofi as well as put Becky back in the women's match. Vince would then be revealed as the one who brought Batista back to take out Hunter and their match would have a stip where Hunter wins, he gets control of WWE, but if he loses, he's out. Thats actually a lot of real story telling, which is lacking lately, so I like it. And again, if that's Bruce's idea, good on him. - Owens was supposed to be bryan's WM opponent and Kofi the opponent at Fastlane PPV this month. But it sounds like they decided to strike while hot and go with Kofi. - Kurt Angle is also scheduled to work WM and so is Cena but plans havent been finalized which is really, really late this year. - Bucks vs Pentagon & Fenix is on for Double or Nothing. - Omega gave an interview where he said that to a lot of guys Wrestlemania is the culmination but to him, Wrestlemania was the New Japan Tokyo Dome show. And that WWE had one thing he really wanted - a program with AJ Styles. He said wrestling to him is about his art, not his money. (As an aside, I saw a lot of local guys talk about Kenny's decision before he announced it and one dipshit summed it up by saying "You made your art, now go make your money", which shows a complete lack of comprehension of Kenny. - Sunny is back in jail after a DUI and failure to pay previous fines. - Indie wrestler who did mostly "deathmatch" matches, announced he was HIV positive and has been so for years. He doesnt think he caught it doing double blood matches but says he could never know for sure. - WM 36 is likely heading to Tampa. Minneapolis was the Plan B yet again... - WWE picked up the option on the Hardy's so they are WWE for another year - Vince desperately wanted Undertaker pulled from Starrcast (the AEW convention) but thus far, he is still scheduled and Starrcast applied for a trademark for the term "Dead Man Talking" which might be a talk show at the convention or an on-going podcast or both. That would be something else, an Undertaker podcast. - Reigns told fans at a recent signing that he will convince Ambrose to stay with WWE - Steve Corino is confirmed as bumped up from NXT to main roster as an agent. He was in charge of most of NXT's house shows (he was a booker for ROH previously as well). Steve is a super smart guy and this continues to rapid hiring of main roster agents all of a sudden. - Flair had his real 70th birthday party in Atlanta and the guests included: Among the names there included Charles Barkley, Evander Holyfield, Dennis Rodman, Todd Gurley, A.J. Styles, Paul Levesque (no Stephanie), Chris Jericho, Jeff Hardy, Shane McMahon, Edge, Beth Phoenix, daughter Ashley (Charlotte), Andrade, Tony Schiavone, Conrad Thompson, Brad Nessler, Ricky Steamboat, Michael Hayes, Fit Finlay and Shane Helms - Flair's wife Wendy (Fifi the maid) suggested Bradley Cooper should play Ric in the Hulk Hogan films. Which is actually pretty good. But Flair is unlikely to be in it as their paths barely crossed until 1991. - Nikki Bella won an award for "best actress in a reality TV show"...huh?

Okay Wetenhall. It's your money.

He might be an alright GM by now. His main problem in Winnipeg is he had been away from the league for too long. If he's learned from his mistakes he was pretty good at finding talent south of the line.

Joe Mack.

Ah, yes, I see what you're saying. I think that may be new.

I picked up on that as well. Trudeau has his friends in the media which is why I'm concerned that by the time the federal election happens the Liberal media in this country will bury it.

Manziel #Bigdeal

gOOD NEWS FOR pIPKIN AND REALLY alloutte fans, as he is the better QB and would have been screwed having to sit behind Manziel

Well, it certainly clarifies the QB situation in MTL.....wait a sec...

Johnny flat out played the Als and the CFL. He knows the AAF is willing to let him play. And that he would likely have more success in that league due to the lack of talent and the rules of the game. "Unable to abide by the terms of the agreement" - and "Johnny was unwilling to proceed". That screams, he purposely broke the agreement knowing it would get him released. Considering the way he was traded, he likely knew the Als weren't going to be cutting him. Made the league force their hand now he's free to do what he wants. I'll be surpised if he isn't signed by an AAF team very shortly.

Als have released Johnny Manziel. For what the Als gave up to get him, Kavis Reed should be fired.

That was no joke. That was just you being you.

Oh sorry, I just assumed that a joke would be funny. My bad...

Always felt he got the short end of the stick when he was here back in 2014/2015 our offensive line was nowhere near as competent, c'est la vie.

I'm looking for the negative in that. None found.

Douchy comment there Skunk. Just can't seem to help yourself...

The play is... Add the carbon tax now but return the proceeds back via a credit. Slowly lower that credit and leave only the tax. Why not take any carbon tax revenue and invest heavily in existing and emerging "green" technology? We quickly catch up to Europe and develop technology that we can export. In a relatively short time, we replace the worse carbon polluting technology. I mean, if they were TRULY serious.