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A lot of late hype it wouldnt be but i think it was 100% made up. Laine all the way! and tsn will be talking about the leafs first over all pick even during our 2nd first round pick xD

I think the als will be better then the riders too, but if glenn goes down all that changes.

bob irving; "TOUCH DOWN BLUE BOMBERS!" after that its officially summer for me.

PPv numbers went up with brock and back to similar with out him. Any fans he brought were temporary or negligible. The ufc needs marketable fighters less now then ever. The sport has developed and shown that developing that is worth while. McG, gsp, RR etc have all done that. They dont need market fighters who cant fight. That just takes away from credibility. I dont think he will bring as much as toney. At that point people still debated how a top boxer would do. James toney was a world champion and one of the most under rated defensive boxers of all time. But its not far off. Kimbo type hype might have been possible if punk went viral and pushed social media like kimbo did. But then hes a terrible person to follow for mma prototype. I honestly think a good portion of this move is because punk and dana/et al are friends. The rest is the hype. I dont think they expect him to win or do any thing but look bad. The only way he becomes a marketable asset now is if he actually does win and talks mad ****. Becomes a ufc heel. Tons of people tune in hoping to watch guys like chael sonen, bisping, and diaz bro's fight because they cant stand them.

I dont think he would have or will bring in any big shift in PPV buys. People tune in to see brock because hes a massive musclebound freak athlete in the power division. Not because he was a wrassler.

league has done great in many years with out the argos doing well.

yeah

pretty not great. Neither team is running to save their life either. The era of ricky ray being in the best tier of qbs in the cfl is probably over though.

better or worse then the first?

This draft is pretty crazy. Trades a plenty, teams with a ton of pics in a 2 round draft too.

I think what we are doing is using smith to play under dressler. This can create a lot of miss matches and openings for smith. We used to do this with milt (and other teams like edm and mtl have done this too) Playing 2 strong pass catchers beside each other heavily limits the double cover ability. If they do it, it leaves gaping holes and a lop sided defense. Arland bruce, robert gordon and a few others really made a good living of this. It also opens up screens to one side, delay hand offs like a counter trap, and end arounds.

Its a dream gig for basically every one in the ufc. He doesnt have the appeal that brings in ppv buys like brock. If they brought some twitter boob gamer in they wouldnt see any fluctuation either in spite of having more fb/twitter/etc followers then every one in the ufc combined. I doubt he ever fights.

a great coach can have a big impact in multiple ways. Helping a player to improve technique, to prepare and adjust better etc. A great person in said role can have a massive effect on the team ala richard harris. Id say most positional coaches have a modest impact on the tangibles. But can still be a considerable impact on intangibles. Think good cop, bad cop. With a positional coach vs coordinator / head coach. I remember charles roberts mentioning a rb coach we had constantly drilling the backs on a technique for regaining balance when going down the day after he used said technique to regain balance when he was nearly down then running for a decisive score.

I hope your right, and i hope its not a mistake for him to play banged up.

he has to turn into a star so we can rock this. And a cap hail haidara too

The drop off is steep. We go from a shifty power runner who was 2nd in the league in rushing last year whose also a great pass catcher and blocker. Not to mention NI. We go to a guy whose not bad at any thing but not particularly good at any thing. Hasnt played in the cfl in any thing but garbage time during pre season, and is a imp. Willy would be worse, westerman about as bad. No other injury would hurt us as much.

decent athlete hasnt done much so far but we only have 1 productive NI wr so worth taking a risk.

dont forget we have what 3 ex riders added this off season? Many bad teams are bad because they evaluate talent poorly. Or use it poorly. One need only look around the league and see a few ex bombers who are doing all right for them self despite leaving this team when it wasnt good. Some of them dumped.

11-7

Probably not. But id still take a flyer on him if hes willing to take a cheap deal. Mcduffie looked great as a returner but i dont see any one stepping up to take no3 wr. But we also saved some money on couple of the vet cuts.

heard the riders cut denmark. wouldnt mind him back on a cheap contract.

if he was going to be hidden on the IR he would be on the IR not on the active roster.

thats what i would imagine. Weve had to do it with a KR before. (keith stokes) Or maybe one of the nucks like JFG

their podcast and break downs are still exceptional. Stann and anik are pure vanilla. Bas has some of the best insight on striking in the world.

I dont think there is any chance dana stays to be a figure head. His ego is far too great for that. Joe rogan is only staying in place if the same owners and management stays in place. He had actually left the ufc gig when dana and co took over. He stays on as a favor to them. Much prefers to do his fight companion. He's been pretty forward about it. They sell he goes. Too bad mauro has a job with the wwe now. Having fight companion and mauro/bas at the event would be amazing.