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agree 100%. Its been a long time since i was much of a hockey fan. But even out side the nhl fan base the play off schedule is a head scratcher. My none fan 2cents would be to put the pedal to the metal. Have the first rounds go much faster with several games on at once. (ala march madness) And then slow it down with say the conference championships.

This is a good point. I seem to recall this idea being attributed to him but can not link it with ink. I hope its not true.

You are certainly correct in that he had a lot less to work with then hall. The guy made no adjustments though. I remember seeing us missing a gap in assignment early in the first quarter, then for the whole rest of the game . (b gap on the right side iirc) Ive heard it as a backhanded compliment, but never a lefty. Though i do kind of like the lefty version lol.

Hall might be hated now, but Id say he is still better then etch was imo.

Arent they talking about moving the start time of camp/the season again this year? I feel like they have changed soo many (or few but highly impactful things) the last few years. Id like to see a little bit of refinement but nothing big. The change in start times from when I was a kid to now is pretty intense. (or so it feels any way) Reign back in the PI calls, let dbs defend. Idk if any thing else.

Not too early to start hoping for walpurgisnacht and beltane presents. Just think warm thoughts.

He was claimed at the end of last year by the riders and not a FA iirc. Those two and nichols are pretty much a lock. Though last year MBT was in the same boat and never ended up back here. But at that, 3 arms and normally you bring in 4. Maybe a 5th so the two young guys arent needed as much for work at the start of camp. Sooo youre saying there is a chance? Weve cut guys and brought em back before. But the way he went out I dont think its at all probable. Better chance of us signing khari to play qb.

Yeah he fits the system, he fits the mentality, and has the work ethic.. He clearly has the talent and ability to be a high level starter in this league as well.

He was the first step in building what we have today. He looked at the then dumpster fire, saw the changes before any one else and rolled up his sleeves to wade in. Its easy to forget that some times.

That would also be wonderful.

Yeah idk HW has often been a joke. Maybe the worst division over all in history. A lot of guys I would have fought for a good pastrami on rye. Ngannou i wouldnt fight short of full football gear. maybe not even then xD Volkov, blaydes, but especially lewis and ngannou have the division alive and bumping. Idk if it has ever had soo much good young blood. Cains won once since 2013 and was ranked no3.

While i dont see that happening, I could see bryan bennetts agent getting a ring from walters. Im betting thats all but signed. Hes a high up side development guy, and you dont turn down the chance to be plucked from the PR and start to bail in FA. Not to mention this team and management is all about high character players. Which he screams from that move. Ive also allowed my self to have this day dream. In it, we sign gray for christmas. He comes into camp and fills the void left by bond. Mmm good dream, and good koolaid. Demski isnt the legit no1 wr I we could desperately use. But he sure would be a fantastic pick up. If we arent gonna spend the money on a guy like that, demski and starting 2 NIs wouldnt be bad team wise.

hes been a bleepity bleep since he chin charged bisping and turned the easiest fight ever into a L. Hope GSP is ok. Also wouldnt might him fight some super fights, more old guys. I dont need to see him against woodley or a murderer at MW. This is one of the few cases that a money fight is fine with me. He has nothing to prove with his legacy. The ufc on the weekend was pretty good. Man I legit worried about some horrid news after overeem got KTFO. Notice NO ONE is chirping ngannou too The HW division has been soo maligned and close from champion to contenders for soo long any time any one put forth a big win guys would be chirping. Not now, freaking crickets. Thats a bad man right there.

Id take tim burke back in a heart beat as a DC. Atm I think the best chance at a dcor is to find a great positional coach on the rise. As an aside If i was looking for a def positional coach, especially lb or db id give reinbold a look. Not the most popular coach from our past, and not some one id look at as a CO atm. But hes an excellent teacher and motivator.

jays added aledmys diaz ss/2b. all star as a rookie couple years back. Great guy to have as a 3rd middle infielder.

wow thats ******* awful

We could well have that allready. But thats not what nichols or the offense do. May as well hope for a new goaltender for the bombers. Adams is that guy. Washington has that tool set. Givens has the potential. Would be nice to have a guy who was even more of a miss match monster. But I dont believe we would adapt to make great use of em. Im not in general one to worry about player type, as much as quality. The coaches job is to take the best players and put them in positions to make plays. A play calls for a guy to do some thing specific in a certain area. But the way he does that, the tactics used to achieve the strategy are various. Great coaches recognize the talent they have and help them (with the position coach) to dial in technique. That might be subtle shifts like what you do when a DB shades you one way or another, adjusting when you burst in your route, etc. Stuff like using play design (snag and rub routes) to create separation for slower guys, or top speed guys, or poorer route runners, and iso/run offs to create 1 on 1s etc. We dont do a lot of that. We hammer our pieces to fit what we want to do. Rather then playing to their strengths. Until we maximize our use of the talent we have bringing in the best guys in the world at what we dont do wont help.

Yeah ive had some thing similar happen on the bus.

Would it be too much to hope that claybrooks turns them down and they turn to hall? haha

Yeah exactly. The issue is reed all the way. A good GM would make mtl a decent fit they could tear down and build. montreal is a great cfl market. The pipeline is crazy deep. The sooner the league can get that market cleaned up the better. It would be great to see each franchise with strong management.

No question about that. You dont last as long in pro football as claybrooks did, and then succeed soo quickly as a coach with out that drive to excel. But going from the best run franchise to one of the biggest dumpster fires in the last decade is a sh%^& move. Trestman and pop showed it can be done in one year. but you gotta have that right management in place too.

Probably right about reed n tillman and reed just wanting a yes man. And maybe some one to take heat off him in montreal. Young coach would buy him time. Part of me thinks this is all from reed. Id hope claybrooks has kicked the tires is gonna do the interview and gain that experience and go no further. That moment, the interview is huge for a young coach. That first time interviewing for a HC job and being wanted thats like the feeling in your gut on an elevator. Maybe BC after next year replace buono.

In general a dumpster fire isnt an awful way to take a first crack at being a HC. BUT claybrooks can wait for a perfect situation and cherry pick. He hasnt been coaching that long, and can still benefit a good bit from being in a strong organization like calgary. 40 years old, in coaching since 2012 Id wait for sure. A guy like him who has no reason to be desperate what so ever should groom till he finds a great management core that will support him and give him a few years. Like we did here.

Maybe buono will calm him down a bit. Hervey is an interesting choice. Ill take BC with hervey over mtl with saveface reed thats for sure. Im glad that Buono will ride off into the sun set after next year. The last of the old guard. Greatest HC ever? Over a career I think so. Id put the don for best over short periods of time ahead of him. Gonna be strange to have a league with out him on a team. Only 4 years have passed with out wally involved in a CFL team from 1973 to now. Just un real.

Top tier guy. Amazing size, experience for his age, and skills. I dont think any one is the best end in the league at current. A bunch of guys in that top tier who are interchangeable with different up sides. My favorite none bomber end would probably be hughes. Hes soo savvy with playing pass lanes, attacking the football, just does every thing well. We are gonna be in an interesting position next year. Poop deserves to be nfl bound imo. That push he has up the middle is damn near once a generation level stuff from a DT. Nevis is a FA, Jake thomas and westerman too. Jeffcoat could have an out side shot at an nfl camp invite this year but I doubt it. If he starts a full year next year though with how he progressed this year I could see him gone after that pretty easy. Ogopogo came into his own late, corney showed more flashes but would be a big jump up if he had to replace westerman.