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One man’s evaluation...2020 CFL Draft Evaluation: West Division Breakdown and GradesBombers, like Calgary, continue to dominate these drafts. Not many high picks but GREAT value. Getting a top DB prospect, the top Kicker & several very good pieces in Dheilly, O’Leary-Orange & Kambamba. Smart drafting pays off.https://www.nfldraftdiamonds.com/2020/05/2020-cfl-draft/

There shall be no Jade Etienne slander on this page!

It all makes sense now...

Good on whomever thought this up...

Reformacons are upset, ramming a gun bill through deprives them of a long drawn out debate which would give them plenty of media face-time, allow them to rile up their voter base and most importantly beg for more donations.

Yup. I’m okay with it because I agree with it. People have to be careful not to draw false equivalency between them doing their for their specific scenario and it being okay for everything else. It isn’t. And they won’t. It’s an issue where most people understand why assault weapons are bad. So yeah If you hve an issue with me being okay with it, that’s your prerogative. I really doubt anyone has an issue solely because they want the process to be respected. And I bet they’d be fine if the president of the US executive ordered a ban on the same weapons too. Some things need to happen fast for obvious reasons. This is one of them. There is still enough wiggle room (probably too much) for the gun nuts to keep their weapons anyway. And there will be plenty of debate. And if the liberals are wrong then they’ll lose a confidence vote and the election. Bet that won’t happen. I just happen to believe there is no debate required on the necessity of weapons like this.

So you are okay with it only because you agree with it? I also think the regulation makes sense, but they should follow proper procedures. This feels all kinds of wrong to slip this in while a much much bigger national emergency is going on. It is a dangerous precedent and the start of conditioning that this is okay. It is doing these kinds of things on something that won't be largely contested that leads to problems later. Slippery slope. Edit: And to add, one of your arguments is that they can be defeated in the house if there isn't enough support. The purpose of the debate and bringing this to the house of commons is to bring the issue out to the public and people can be aware of the arguments by all parties. Reporters can report on it. By forcing this through, you are bypassing that and jeopardizing enough people to be aware that if they disagree, they can act on it the next election.

It's truer than you think

His next big revelation will be that the pandemic was so unfair and no president has ever had to deal with anything like it so he deserves an extra year before the election. lol

Reading the article looks like they will keep him around no matter what and let him learn from Medlock

Do you mean punching certain people in the face when all other reasonable options fail? Right there with you.

Listen...you're new here. You showed up right around the draft and started defending this kid out of Nevada, which makes me believe you either are him or the family (most likely)...it happens regularly. Thank you for joining the conversation. Most of us have been around a long time, and have seen some ****. It's the "NFL body type with an injury history so he fell to the later rounds" thing that is HIGHLY suspicious because we have seen it so many times before..... most notably with Rashaun Simonise a few years ago. Nobody is saying FOR SURE that Orange isn't going to pan out......it's just that there's sufficient evidence to be highly skeptical until proven otherwise.

America is being run by self serving fools who have no idea what to do and have put people in key positions who don't know what they are doing, case in point Jared Kushner

To repeat: there are no depths to which Trump and his enablers are willing to sink and will do so in plain sight.

Amazing that we're here debating democracy vs an autocracy.

Sadly this made my day...possibly month! The location on Henderson used to be busy all of the time it was surprising that it closed down. The food is light years better then the crap at McD's and BK....

Well the gun nuts will claim that they like to collect.... Personally (only my opinion), only the Military and law enforcement should have access to these types of guns. I don't believe you need a Call of Duty weapon to gun down a raging moose / bear.....

That is exactly what I have an issue with. I don’t own guns, never have, never will. I have an issue with a PM being able to arbitrarily decide that an issue does not require debate. I don’t care what the issue is, it should go through the mandated readings in the house and then be sent to the senate. If this wasn’t an emergency a year ago, then it’s not an emergency now.

It's no rumour. The owner had confirmed the news a few months ago that it was coming.

In Canada, at least, the politicians are at the mercy of the electorate. The Liberals are moving ahead with their stated agenda, which is supported in this case, by a large majority of Canadians and long overdue. Harper dismantled the gun registry which was utilized some 500 times per day by Canadian police, and that was against popular opinion. but Harper did it anyways. The reality is that right-wing governments are far more likely to institute repressive measures, as shown in the US and the Philippines, as well as many other cases. Anyone remember the High River Flood in Alberta a few years ago? After the town was evacuated, the RCMP went door to door, kicking in doors ostensibly to make sure that any firearms left behind were not stolen. Apparently only a few were found and this act was defended by the then Solicitor-General and an explanation was promised "soon". It still has not come. BTW- many of the homes were left unlocked and the doors still got smashed in. Getting rid of people-killing firearms by order in council is not ideal but quite legal and within precedent.

To rub salt into a wound: last year at this time, CFL rosters were being finalized, and we were arguing over who would make the opening day roster. I really miss that right now. Things are easing up here in Manitoba, and we have been both fortunate and compliant for the most part with the restrictions, but I suspect that the bit of added freedom we are going to experience starting tomorrow is going to be more of a reminder of what we have lost.

the whole "NFL Athlete" thing doesn't mean **** to me after Rashaun Simonise...

Whew! For a second there, I thought you said bleached...

I laughed at the thought of him having to call Osh back the next day because he was too much of a mess the first time... ha ha.

On Friday, while Rick Bright was in the process of filing what promises to be a damning whistleblower complaint to the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, President Donald Trump announced that he was firing the inspector general, Christi Grimm, and nominating a handpicked replacement. https://theintercept.com/2020/05/04/rick-bright-hhs-whistleblower-coronavirus/

Wait, wait, wait, Who is paying for that wall? 🤣

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-make-a-cloth-face-mask/

Allen won 3 Grey Cups with 3 different teams. He threw for over 72,000 yards, was the GC MVP in all 3 wins plus he won the CFL's MOP Award in 2005. How does an overrated qb do that?

You realize you have to be pretty old to get that joke. The Millennials here are going, "WTF is he talking about?" Lol.

It's the old adage about hard work trumps talent but hard working talent beats everything. guys with all the tools get all sorts of chances based on that. I think where people like that get tripped up is at lower levels it is possible to just out athlete people and they never had to work to be better than anyone and when the playing field levels off they are unprepared for it.

all he had to run on was the economy.

More for the 98% to consider and the 2% to dismiss with whataboutisms. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/04/29/joe-biden-sexual-assault-allegation-tara-reade-column/3046962001/

don't get me wrong..I totally agree, and was trying to convey that measurable's will get a guy the foot in the door 9 times out of 10 over the lunch bucket type guy, with the work ethic and the desire he has knowing he has to do more than use his resume..that was my posts's intent with the comment on game action as opposed to just measurables and practice analysis Gimme a guy with smarts and work ethics and run of the mill measurable's 8 times outta 10 over a combine star..especially when after viewing the 22 man tape and seeing what guys do when they don't have the ball..aren't the primary person in a play..a lot of the times where a player coasts through High School..JUCO..NCAA based on talent alone, they get surpassed by the 3..4..5th round guys who had to work..know how to work and get better and adapt to each level..whereas the "top" ranked guys can't...or don't know how...and flop

Spoken like a true athlete. Not to diminish your experiences or expertise but I notice that people who do have a high level athletic background value pure athleticism more, and my theory is everyone is looking at things from their own perspective of "if I could do the things that guy does physically nothing would have stopped me" To me the work ethic and attitude and brains are a bigger factor than purely measurables. I mean if you're simply unable to physically perform the task yeah measurables are a big deal, but given that it's a team sport the individual athleticism in my perspective is secondary to a lot of other factors.

To be honest measurable's are a huge part..almost to the point of being relied on too much...we use it extensively in training/recruiting and in getting guys looks at camps, but there is no better gauging of a guy than in live action, as in a great percentage of cases drills, practice and ex. games don't do a player justice...I am a measurable guy, and heavily rely on them to evaluate and aid in recruitment, and I like Orange's numbers, as well as some of the measurables that most general fans don't get the chance to see..there are others used outside of 40 time, vertical..3 cone..etc...and outside of Claypool was right at the top, and of realistic draft picks most likely not to be gobbled up by NFL teams and not available to CFL teams immediately I would have ranked him as the best WR prospect.. Comparison to Simonese isn't fair either...he was out of ball...off in a funk and I don't think his head was properly invested in the game, and still didn't look like it in BC as well..Had great flashes in practice..worked hard most days, had the look and tools, but something was not there...too bad as he could have been a top flight Canadian WR....Have yet to see Orange in person, but a day or two of watching him will be pretty key to seeing what he has...I like that pick And further to the draft from what I hear/know we got the best, well rounded DB prospect in Hallett, and the one most likely to step in a CFL lineup and take starters reps of all the DB's available...and the Kicker is the best to com out of Canadian College ball in forever...I'd score the draft this year a huge success..A- in my opinion and that pretty dam good considering where we picked

Nobel effort

Jade's Mom is that you?

I was shocked when the Henderson location shut down. Having a new location within walking distance could be a blessing and a curse for me! 😂

I'd be far more leery about his injury history than his measurables at this point. Hopefully, he is healthy, healed, and can break the Poblah curse.

Boy you sure missed the point... Being a great athlete helps, but everyone in a professional league is a great athlete and it takes more than that to be successful. Everyone here hopes that every single draft pick this team makes works out, but we have all seen too many to count players who have great athleticism fail to make an impact to get excited JUST because a guy is a so called "NFL Athlete" People bring up Simonise because he's a recent example of just that but we can go through a bunch of them. Bottom line every player on this team has to earn their spot and most of us take a wait and see approach to prospects.

In all seriousness, is there anyone in the Trump administration who actually is competent? On a related, but sad note, I had my ears lowered this morning at a new barber who still had Trump memorabilia all over his shop. Worse yet, he was playing C&W music and I could feel my IQ falling with every song.

He already did the "100,000-200,000 will be a success, because it could have been millions" speech a month ago, so he already set his goalposts before. He also saved "billions and billions of lives because of the China travel ban" - very impressive for a country of 330 million.

So no necessity then.

God I miss contact sports.

Just wanted to drop in and say as a season ticket member, received a call from the Bomber office this week checking in to see if I had any questions regarding COVID-19's impact on the CFL season (or other questions for them). The current situation is by no means ideal, but Miller and Co have done a great job reestablishing goodwill that prior regimes in this organization burnt through too quickly.