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I remember 2016 very well... the team was 1-4 (or about to be)... we were sitting in IGF and I said to my lifelong friend/fellow season ticket holder " I might be done, if this season continues like this, I don't think I'm coming back next year"... this was our 13th season has season ticket holders.... The next game in Edmonton, Matt Nichols was named as the starter over Drew Willy... a couple other changes were made too... Loffler started at S, Bond was moved to G and Hardrick at RT... and that started something different... that was the first day that the team became competitive and we finally saw the results of that last November... Long story short... without Matt Nichols I am confident that Mike O'Shea and Kyle Walters would no longer be employed by the Bombers and we would not have seen the drought end in November... for that, all Bombers fans owe Nichols a huge amount of gratitude... some people did not love Matt's play over the past 12-18 months... which is fair... but you can't deny that he was one of the major reasons this team is where it is today. Thank you Matt Nichols... all the best in the future...

Thank you for being instrumental in leading this team out of a dark place and playing a huge role in leading this team back to glory. I'm completely convinced we would not have developed the culture of success to be a perennial playoff team and winners of the Grey Cup this season without you. Wherever you go from here I will always be a fan of yours and wish you nothing but success (except against the Bombers). Signed, A lifelong Winnipeg Blue Bomber fan

ONE of the games in which he cried.

"Star" running back...

He changes games you give him a raise.

Actually it was 2-3 guys who were only concerned about the bonus and they stopped commenting a few pages ago ha so in classic forum style we are all still outraged at the ‘some fans’ that may not actually exist

If Strev comes back after camp ends and he exhausts any possible PR chance elsewhere we won't need to be paying him a full years worth of salary, so his hit won't be that great, and a 50-60k bump in Willies salary is easily manageable...especially if we are not having to sign a 1st round draft pick this year at 80k...

Personally, I think they should do some preemptive firings this off season just so everyone knows that they mean business.

That was two months ago. You need to stop living in the past. Some people here will boo this team if we lose a bunch of games next year.

Gotta love the Bomber fanbase. Some fans are upset for signing Zach Collaros for so much money. The guy who won us a Grey Cup for the 1st time in 29 years. They wanted to see him to go to free agency to see what other teams would pay which is laughable as then he'd sign elsewhere. The same people bitching & whining about Collaros would be the same ones complaining if we let him go & signed Nichols. There's just no pleasing these people & quite frankly that side of the fanbase that constantly complain no matter what they did are a joke.

Nichols did a hell of a lot of good for this team and he loved being a blue bomber. I for one will always look on his time here fondly

What in earth for?

Aaaand the payoff:

Nichols is a huge reason we have a cup right now.

That dude I embraced? Never heard of him.

I'm starting to think these are just straight troll posts.... Amazing.

Just ask him, he'll tell you.

Pre-Ryan RIgmaiden, I'd have said sign at least 2 high profile receivers in FA. However, with what he has unearthed for us last year, I have complete confidence he has another couple of great receiver recruits coming for camp this year. In BC he demonstrated a fantastic ability to find good receivers and after getting his feet wet here he is starting to exponentially raise the bar on our receiving recruits. I say leave it to Rigmaiden. Lawler and Bailey both look like keepers and are CFL experienced now, all we really need is one good rookie. Use FA to target the ratio on defence, bolster our DL if need be, and keep our outstanding depth level. That is assuming that Adams returns of course.

Hope the BB do something nice and public to give him his ring -- give the crowd a chance to cheer that. Damn, remember when PIerce came back as a Lion and got cheered when he drove them for a TD late in the game?

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Cant say anything negative about the guy,he was a class act and literally helped bring back the W's to a much needed franchise. I hope he has continued success(just not against us) wherever he may land. Thank you,Matt!

Everyone who plays for the melonheads is a POS. Ive forgiven Willie. After all, he did apologize for ever wearing green

If the Bomber passing game picks up where it left off, it will take a lot of heat off Harris. He might not get as many yards as 2019, but he ought to be a lot less beat up, and his yards per carry should go up.

Not sure this was that complicated.... Zack was very eager to sign here Way more mobility and escapeability than Nichols More ability to improvise Walked into a new team cold and helped deliver a Cup Still some rumbles about the state of Nichols throwing shoulder

So... they are complaining that they didn't get witnesses... now they have subpoena power to call who ever they want- at anytime- as a witness, yet they ardently fight against having any witnesses. How is this even registering as a cogent position? It's like they are saying to the american people...

Trump thinks stealth jets are actually invisible to the eye.

WHAAAAAAAT? This administration is hiding something? Lol Absolute stone wall job.... All this FUCKONG talk about quid pro quo... and not one mention of the absolute irrefutable open and shut case for the second article of impeachment... the absolute and total obstruction of justice...

Hmmmm

Not sure if Walker will command the same salary as last year. The market might adjust down a bit for receivers. I think Walker could be deadly with Collaros, so that would be nice to see. Would love to see Adams back too.

Baker Mayfield

But hey check out his abs!

He had a stretch of six games at the end of the 2017 season where he posted four 100-yard games and 5 rushing TDs. He's had one 100-yard game since (early 2018). A single good streak doesn't count for much, nor should it. He's proven nothing. Labeling him a star is a slap in the face to actual CFL stars, IMO.

Yeah but joe Bidens son got a job..... BOTH SIDES!!!!!

Well I do remember him laying on the ground arms and legs extended like a star after getting knocked back.

I second this. I don't know where all this Tasker love is coming from. Walker I get but it would be even better to let some young guys shine. I don't think Whitehead was used well last year. I am not a football genius but asking a little guy to break some tackles in hitch instead of letting a fast guy break open on a rub or screen or whatever the bomber terminology seemed dumb.

A bunch? They lose game one time for heads to roll

pre? Dude's lost a lot of brain matter... He's almost as incoherent as trump... I would not want Joe making any quick decisions that have gigantic repercussions, no way I would want him anywhere near the nuke codes.

I’m grateful that Nichols was an important part of the solution with year after year the bombers enjoyed improvements. The Cup. All the sold merchandise. He contributed.

One of the great Qbs to wear blue and gold.

He is letting Dennis try free agency because Dennis did this already once and came crawling back.

I just recently came across this article that touches upon what you posted: For the past 15,000 years, a glacier on the northwestern Tibetan Plateau of China has hosted a party for some unusual guests: an ensemble of frozen viruses, many of them unknown to modern science. Scientists recently broke up this party after taking a look at two ice cores from this Tibetan glacier, revealing the existence of 28 never-before-seen virus groups. Investigating these mysterious viruses could help scientists on two fronts: For one, these stowaways can teach researchers which viruses thrived in different climates and environments over time, the researchers wrote in a paper posted on the bioRxiv database on Jan. 7. "However, in a worst-case scenario, this ice melt [from climate change] could release pathogens into the environment," the researchers wrote in the study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed. If this happens, it's best to know as much about these viruses as possible, the researchers wrote. https://www.livescience.com/unknown-viruses-discovered-tibetan-glacier.html

More Dave Hill.

Yup, his contributions to making this a contending, and winning, team are gigantic. He stabilized the most important position and I will always be grateful of what he did here. He deserves tons of respect, and a giant standing ovation as soon as we get the chance

Holy crap Batman! Collaros was a major factor in getting to and winning the GC. We've seen that you can't win without a great QB and the money and structure of the contract is a moot point. Smarter minds than any of us who are familiar with the minute intricacies of CFL contracts are OK with it. So why are we questioning it?

can never say enough good things about Matt Nichols the QB and Matt Nichols the person. On and off the field, he was a fantastic Bomber and Manitoban. Sad to see him go, and hope he has several years of success in football yet!

I don't think you have anything to worry about in that regard. When my son was a high school qb here in Calgary hack in 2008 & 09 he went to a couple of Dave Dickenson passing Academy camps in back to back years. Pete worked with the receivers those 2 years while Dave worked with the qbs. He was a hard working coach who stayed in the background. Dave always had good things to say about him. From everything I've heard about the guy that is what he is about. Great assistant coach & team guy.

BLM got $300k signing bonus... Reilly probably more Vernon Adams and Fajardo are getting $415k in hard money - $450k next year I think... Not sure what the panic is about $50k... the guy just won us a grey cup.

I would imagine that the Bomber brass asked some of our veteran players before making this decision. From my impression this wasn't an easy decision at all and "character" could have easily flipped it. I think that the players liked Matt too though and the radio silence is out of respect.

would you mind deleting a few of my posts as well please? Sure didn't think we had a chance in the Collaros sweapstakes. Really didn't think we'd give up the draft pick.

You would think there would be some level of understand in Nichols that Collaros literally won the Grey Cup as the starting QB. Its not like Nichols didn't have opportunities in previous years. Last year it wouldn't have taken much of a game at the QB position for us to get past Calgary but we didn't get a whole lot in the West final.