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Wolitarsky signing a one-day contract to retire as a Bomber. Winnipeg Blue BombersDrew Wolitarsky Retires as a Blue Bomber - Winnipeg Blue...The Winnipeg Blue Bombers today announce the signing of Drew Wolitarsky to a one-day contract so he can officially retire as a member of the football club. Wolitarsky, 30, spent seven of his eight Can.

Congrats and THANK YOU to the great Dom Wooganowski.... We're lucky to have had him during our era of greatness.

So which game is Woli doing the half time at this year?

I'd prefer we go only 2 national receivers....The drop off from the 3rd Canadian spot and depth behind all 3 to a import receiver is far greater and makes us a weaker offense as a whole when you consider Corcoran or possibly some Rookie is having to take reps White..Pokey and whomever...with Demski and Neild/Clercius/Cobb is by far better than White...Pokey...Demski...Neild...Clercius/Cobb/Corcoran or some other rookie draft pick....and not even a debate about it really...And with the 3 Canadian starters...you have zipp for depth...at least with just Demski and one of Clercius/Neild u still have Cobb and the other of Clercius and Neild We could still go 3 import Oline guys if we choose and meet ratio as Eli/Neuf/BO/Demski/Neild or Clercius gives us 5 on offence, and any combo of 2 of Lawson/Kramdi/Bailey/Shay/Smith/ allows us to hit ratio...and here's a thought...actually use a Nationalized American on defence for 29 snaps as well and only have to have 1 true Canadian take a snap....far better option overall so hope Osh doesn't get this gotta have 3 Canadian receivers' going, cause we all know if he allowed to he will over use marginal Canadian over a more talented option ....ZC needs the best options available to him and guys who can make an impact and garner attention....We didn't land a Gittens...Brisset...Philpot to actually make that legit There are several import guys still out there who would make us way more dynamic, and a grimy guy like Rhymes too would give our group some edge and attitude...as from what I see right now...we dont have that...We flourished when we had an Adams...a Bailey...guys who got under the skin of teams and played with edge

Rhymes would fit the need for sure. ZC could use a big guy to go get jump balls on the outside.

Id be very happy to have him here. So true. Thats what I would think. He isnt a top tier guy, but hes among the best of the 2nd tier guys. And his fit here would be extremely good. lol the DBs would LOVE him in camp. Imagine if we have 2 NI wrs down in one game? Yikes.

Gotta be $. Although, and I know this isn't a popular opinion, I think he is pretty over rated.

Not sure if that's how they want to go ratiowise but Rhymes would be a nice add to our group, bigger guy who can push off, I mean go up and get contested passes.

Tonight

He won't have the excuse of a bad o-line + rookie OC to fall back on "if" he fails to perform.

Zach was horrible last year yet he got paid like a top tier QB. Personally, I didn't want him back this year, let alone the one after that.

Yes, but the podcast (Blue Bombers Podcast) is posted pretty quickly after it's conclusion. Its the better option as there are no commercials.

Gotta say, I listened to the Collaros presser and I think Hodge took a partial quote and turned it into way more than it was. Collaros was asked if he ever thinks about retirement and he said he does. He was asked "so you think there's a chance this might be your last season?" And he said "sure there's a chance" but he also said that he feels great and that as long as he feels he can perform and help the team win, he's going to keep playing. He also said he likes the 1 year deals and just playing it by ear. So I wouldn't get too hung up on any potential ZC8 retirement announcements...

I think Duthie has lost a step but different strokes for different folks. My favorite is a tie between Pounder and Bieksa, both are outstanding in their own way.

That's awesome, wonder if he's gonna go full-time into music post-career.

Elgersma (if his agents had half a brain) should come here ASAP, train hard, work hard, and be ready if there is an injury to Collaros. Should he have the ability to dominate our game he has the same earning potential as Rourke at much shorter odds than the NFL. He can parlay his career into something that grosses him 7-8 million before he hangs them up but he's gonna have to take lumps for at least the first year of that. I can confidently, and with 100% certainty tell you that 7-8 million in the CFL will far outweigh any potential career earnings in the NFL he is dreaming about. We keep talking about the low salary he will make this year, while forgetting that is inevitable and shaving a potential 750k a year (if he were a quality CDN starter) off his career earnings and if he isn't a quality CDN starter in our league, then waiting for the NFL has no point either. That is the case with most football players. Not many go out when they should. Most need to be told, and that's just the make up of a football player really.

Yeah, exactly. he may be cooked mentally. Thing of it is, I get the impression that playing in the CFL is beneath him. I mean, I hope not but everytime he fails down south, it has to kill him bit by bit. His agents need to get him on the wagon & start playing again. He has that option here.

It would have been real enjoyable to be around here if his answer was ‘Oh no I feel real good, I was chatting with Jake Thomas and I’m thinking I have a good five or so quality years left in me’.

For me i don’t mind the hype whether it’s warranted or not because at this stage he’s a prospect of ours and we always hold hope a prospect works out for us until it does or it doesn’t. Keep it simple and manage our expectations appropriately. Also, this just in, Riders continue to suck royally, report at 10.

I talked to Neufeld, Sheahan and Cadwallader at Festival du Voyageur this weekend. Neufeld had an interesting comment--said the team looks a lot better than last year. He mentioned playing against Ceresna and lobbying hard to get him here.

yeah, I felt the same about Kevin Glenn after the 2008 season. Good thing we moved on from that guy!

You know you (we all) prob could make this happen. That’s a suggestion they likely wouldn’t laugh at. Give me Woli. Give me local bands. Give me dogs and frisbees.

Duthie would be the perfect replacement for that hack McClean.

Tim Horton's would stink even if owned by Canadians.

Translation: Leafs suck.

That could be said to some extent about any coach ever. No coach succeeds consistently without talent provided.

I wonder where rhymes ends up, pretty surprised he’s still available. wonder if he’s expecting a crazy pay day that no one is willing to dish out

I don’t think he is, he’s had a ton of wear in his career. I’d say more than any other qb in the league. More concussions than the rest of the starting qbs in the league, hand injuries etc In a perfect world we wouldn’t have signed zach, and would’ve gotten better value the last 2 years. That said, we don’t have any options this off season. 100%, no excuses. Going into the year with a very strong offence.

yeah but Monopoly season is a joke

I'd be ok if Tim Hortons filed for bankruptcy and was taken over by a Canadian company. Timmy's is D level quality these days.

#@$%! %%^ !! @#$??? Looks like Noeller is just sliding into a raging old man role. Lol. Welcome to the club, Old Man. You're not even 50.

Zach's making up for lost time. He lost a more than a few good seasons with injuries & concussions. So, physically he may be fresher than some qbs 5 years younger than him.

With Collaros indicating that this year may be his last, maybe knowing he won't be sitting behind a future hall of famer for another 2 years is enough for Elgersma to want to come up?

nothing really indicates until he even gets up here and makes an attempt if he will even see success here...He's a Canadian high school trained...then CIS trained QB...NOT a glowing resume by any means.....When has the last Canadian trained through high school then College QB has had any real success up here?....Gerry Datillio?? Ain't gonna happen for him anytime soon...if ever....Give him props for the self belief i guess, but cmon man.... His best shot for any real legit NFL attempt....and even this is a longshot is to come up here....Win a job as a starter by shooting the lights out and show he has the advanced mind/processing ability in the pros's and put up Rourke like numbers ...or better before, Before Rourke got his somewhat legit chance....and even then he had NFL polotics against him...Elgserma's are even worse against him being a 100 percent product of Canada..At least Rourke went the prep school route, and then had success at the NCAA level, and that wasnt even enough for him

To me it looked like Walters got passive and did not challenge O'Shea on his player utilization, likely because O'Shea had accumulated an aura of infallibility, or maybe Walters just trusted him and gave him carte blanche. In his recent presser, Walters had a completely different tone to his statements than in previous pressers, and maybe he had a fireside chat with Miller. Its difficult to understand Walters' thinking in not going all-out for a Grey Cup game at home. Many fans and players will not have a second chance to see their team win The Game at home. It would have been legendary.

Our biggest problem last year IMO was that we lost both lines of scrimmage. And it was especially bad on offense because we had virtually zero game breaking receivers. How that came to be can be debated. But, I am glad they spent on both lines this off-season.

Part of the problem is that Winnipeg is over saturated with restaurants. I have no idea how some of these places stay in business with so much competition. We went to Nu-Burger on Henderson to check out the new location and including us they had only 3 customers. This was from noon when we arrive up until 1:00 ish. I think the opposite and that the chain restaurants will be closing and the one offs that offer high quality & home cooked foods are the ones that will survive.

Well the women almost pulled off the hockey upset. Too bad they couldn't have potted an empty netter and sealed the deal. I don't get it? Keenan from SNL? What?

What's that saying? Starting to believe his own press is my current read on EF.

McLean is the greatest to ever do it... Full stop. But Duthie is fun and still has a ton of energy. I really like David Amber, too, but Duthie still has more creative juices. I'm not always down with the "comic relief" version of Duthie, but when he can find a nice happy medium between being a serious broadcaster and the funny guy... It's a really good fit.

rrrroll up season is starting on monday at Tim Horton's, I hope nothing files for bankruptcy during the contest this year, like when The Bay went bankrupt last year.

Based on the arena, the cheap bugger Edwards would want the City & province toi throw in 60% of the cost like he got for the new arena. He'd also underbuild & put up a new facitlity with 22000 seats. If he wanted a new building. It appears he doesn't. Edfwards won't even build an indoor practice facility for the team. Wants govt to pay for it. He diverted lotto money that was designated for inside stadium improvements for fans to build office space & a new locker room for the coaches & players. The sound system died 4 years ago. Edwards hasn't replaced it. Refuses to spend the money. He now has 2 gigantic speakers that blast out sound. So loud at times you can't talk to the person next to you.