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by else where do you mean the 3 years in regina, 2 years as a HC in edm and the half a year in toronto? so all he did was set the record for most GC appearances, tie the record with most GC wins, win 3 GCs in a row with 2 different teams, won GCs with 4 different teams (has any one done that?) and didnt win one with 2. But then he also won a GC as the DC of edm. He also only missed the play offs in the last half a year with toronto. His longest GC drought was 8 years, winning the year before and after that. You can add asterisks and provisos all you want but in sports you cant argue with championships. The don may have won 2 of his 5 gcs with flutie, but flutie won 2 of his 3 with don mathews. Is dominance impossible today? the stamps say no.

Bombers add 2 imp wrs. Jerome lane. Interesting story and body type. Real big strong guy. Started out as a S/lb, itd be pretty awesome if he was a good kick cover guy as well as wr. http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/jerome-lane?id=2558120 Dominique reed is also interesting but the opposite. Another tall guy listed 6'3 but listed a shade under 180. Did some kick returning too. Blew up his pro day 4.39 40" vert 10'4 broad jump 4.50 shuttle and 6.82 3 cone. 6 reps on the bench press. but if hes 180 that isnt bad. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000793456/article/pro-day-results-arkansas-georgia-wisconsin-virginia-tech

My expectations for star wars movies is low right now. but ill still see it for sure. Im off trailers now. They just show way too much. I used to watch the first half of trailers but even that doesnt work.

To play devils advocate a bit, Some times the management or coaching (more coaching) is enough to turn a franchise around but isnt the right ones to take it all the way. (marty shottenheimer and a couple other nfl coaches have been the turn around guy but not the all the way guy). Also, imo soft player friendly coaching has a shorter half life then a hard ass coach. But im not sure how much of a hard ass you can even be as a coach any more. The cfl should bring in Simon sinek to talk to all the management and coaching. or a team should. You cant really put the boots to player any more and his modern leadership style would probably be gigantic for modern football coaching. That said 1) its too soon to say that this year. 2) we cant just upgrade them. if we fired either we would be hoping some one who failed at HCing last attempt or a CO could step up to a high level.They are well above replacement level coaching and Gming in the cfl. 3) right now what we need is a consistent good team. We want a championship but we need to be a contender for several years. 4) both are still improving. if we fired either Im sure they would be haunting us on other teams for 20 years to follow.

Well going from paying 4 peanuts to 8 is still paying peanuts. So thats part of it. But yeah they are struggling to keep the doors open with the previous cba this seems like the death knell of the AFL. Short of some thing extreme happening. The amount the afl paid when the AFL was strong and cflers went back n forth wasnt great. And for sub stars it was really bloody low. I have to think its only gotten worse. If the afl goes belly up I imagine some one some where will re start the concept. iirc bonjovi in philly has been a cornerstone of the AFL since it began. So maybe he does. Yeah, a few guys going back n forth like robert gordon. But he especially kinda showed you just cant play that much football in one year and survive. In general i didnt have much hate of the AFL, they had some crappy management for a while but they didn't pose a real threat and fledgling leagues generally up cycle talent that would other wise wash out.

Bang on, known guys and or guys with big time potential. IIRC jon jones debuted on the ufc 100 under card. Taking any thing from pride (nearly) would be an instant injection of excitement and interest. Idk maybe its even good for mma to have a weaker ufc, stronger bellator One etc and drive up the value of mma not just the ufc. But it feels like crap right now being an mma fan.

https://jaysjournal.com/2018/02/22/blue-jays-sad-story-brett-lawrie/ an interesting read on former jay brett lawrie. Had soo much hope for the guy, loved the way he played even after he was dealt. Its confusing, sad and worrying what he is going through. to me it sounds like a mental issue, but we cant know what another person feels. I would love to see him get back on track, be happy healthy and productive again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Arena_Football_League_season Not yet, but it sounds like it could be very near. 17 stats are interesting. 3 of the 5 teams had a win % under .400. attendance average around 10k. They went from having AFL 2 a minor league system. To not running, and the minor league running. To in 2014 having 14 AFL teams, down to 5.

Khabib makes the LW rankings and title even more murky. We have a linear champion, an interim champ who was stripped on very low notice /poor reasons, and another now who beat the 11th ranked guy in the division. Some how despite a boxing background from white he has recreated one of the biggest problems in boxing (and an easily avoided one at that) rankings and belts that mean nothing. We now have a WBA WBO and WBC LW champ now we just need another fake belt for the IBF. Thug rose only solidified her reign with a UD win over JJ. Ufc lost big time this weekend. This was supposed to be a huge event and ended up more of a whimper. They gotta get back to business as usual soon with the biggest draws fighting relevant fights rather then hyped up super fights that lead to nothing. But with the current state of things now, I fear we will only see them go further down the rabbit hole. prepare for brock vs the winner of stipe/dc, gsp vs silva (or some other none WW champ) diaz vs mcg and all the cm punk you can handle.

The bald one put it out there that brock might get the winner of DC miocic. Kinda makes me ill that he'd skip to that. On the other hand if miocic beats both he'd make a TON of money. I can see him jumping lewis, even though lewis should be more of a focus from the ufc. But if blaydes beats reem no way he should jump over blaydes. And shouldnt jump volkov too. Im fine with brock fighting the sea of washed up gate keeper types, and guys he fought in the past. But a title shot? gimmie a break. Even some one whose lost a bit of steam like lewis or ngannou is fine.

Imo out of the back field type plays any back should be able to make. I dont expect more of him in that department then any back. Is he an andrew harris/blink type constant threat and pivotal piece as a pass catcher? doubt it. But with harris you dont need that when working both in at the same time. Im more concerned with us actually making good use of 2 backs and multiple looks. some read option stuff. We cant use the X factor stuff as a gimmick forever. at some point we have to be able to mix it fluidly both between multiple backs and between that and passing down field.

reeling after one of the biggest blunders of a week in ufc history.

This is what i thought right away. i wish they had. Just wait for khabib to fight some one reasonable. it seems the UFC intend to honor iaquinta and treat him as the LW champ should he win. UFC 2manyshenanigans. The original card was one worth paying and going out to see or hosting a night in. the card now, is only worth stealing because of a khabib sighting and the JJ thug rose rematch. I anticipate PPV sales of -3 + about 300k russians.

after bringing home demski

its denial lol

If the reports are true, his lobbed dolly caused chiesas wounds and a broken knuckle on some one else. dude is in trouble.

The ufc sure is taking a beating with this, jon jones and USADA. How does a guy have such ants in his pants to fight with out a title defense and whose last fight was a sham boxing match for cash? I could see it being some thing to get out of his current contract. But to raise ppv sales i really dont think so. all this junk is pushing mma back down and away from casual fans. Mcg doent need any thing to sell a fight other then to participate in a match. He has a ton of potential huge money fights at his feet, floyd in mma, diaz grudge match, gsp, holloway, aldo 2, khabib all could break the ufc ppv record. I fully believe if they held a ufc ppv event in a soccer stadium in ireland they could shatter every fight attendance record. He and they dont need this crap.

The O is very interesting. Weve added soo much in terms of weapons and QB depth. Bond was a monster though. Either our offense is gonna flourish to new heights or bond should have been an mop candidate.

he gone. Dana reported that a warrant has been issued for mcgs arrest. I feel like its as much about him being stripped again. Showing up dana is a bad move. Imagine the shift in pro mma if dana and mcg have a permanent falling out and he goes to bellator for serious money. Its about time they seriously stopped all the childish crap that goes on in the lead up to a fight. It was only a mater of time till things really escalated again.

0: Ra dickeys son is canadian? thats pretty neat. even though i loathe that RA dickey deal soo much. hes a tricky dickey.

Better more diverse group of weapons on offense. Worlds better at the back up qb position. On O the only loss is bond. Thats gonna be big. Should be better on offense though. On D the dumping of hurl, going with the best DL group from last year while maintaining strong depth with death roe. I like what we have started with the dbs, and ill take fenner over heath. Personal wise, we should be slightly better on both sides of the ball. With the potential to be a lot better on offense if we fill bonds spot well. More aggressive play calling/coverage and use full blitz packages with no hurl and we have potential to be a lot better on D too. If medlock plays more like his first year here rather then last year as well. All that plus another year of continuity and chemistry. The question is how much better will be with respect to how the rest of the league is improving.

its a good year for us jays fans... the watch some minor league ball. /waits

foreman sounds like our prototypical db. a fogg clone. Speed to burn, made a bunch of plays but has some questions. lot of pass KDs, love seeing that.

Speed and tburgess nailed it pretty well. people hate prevent defense. playing give up defense near the end of games to try and win is brutal. If they over hauled the games abit to make them less gimmicky offensive mashings, and focused on second tier cities and lower I bet theyd do a whole lot better.

Brain ortega came out and said he offered to fight khabib on short notice. Damn I wish they had gone with that instead of holloway.