SpeedFlex27

You want to win a championship? Well, it starts on the line on both sides. Do you really think we have what it takes right now?

I think they will be. I'm hoping the Bombers are as well but I don't think anyone can figure out if they'll try to re-sign most of their vets or go into free agency looking to sign some guys from other teams.

Great band but man, he was old. RIP.

Well, Toronto has won 2 GC's in the last 3 years. I don't see a whole bunch of free agents from there heading our way.

No, we lost because our stubborn coach played three starters who couldn't run. Not because a player isn't in the CFL anymore. Ambles would have been better than playing injured guys who couldn't outrun a 75 year old. Then, you'd think he have learned from the year previous but nope. zach Collarios mangled his finger while we had two qbs sitting on the bench. One that threw for over 2,000 yards the season previous. They were benched.

Free agency on February 11th, roughly 3 weeks away. Players want to know the type of offense we'll have. Who the OC is. Who will be the receivers coach. Schoen & Lawler would like to know as well. But hey.... yawn... stretch.... there's no hurry.

You heard Ed Hervey. He'll spend money but with all the holes he needs to fill, he won't blow a significant amount for a receiver or MLB no matter how good they are.I can't see non contending teams going after McManis. I could be wrong but we'll see.

Markeith Ambles, that's right. Why the **** did we even dress the guy for nothing?? He should have played. Same with O'Leary-Orange.

Hmmmm.... Someone dumped a headless deer that was gutted in the middle of a strip mall in Calgary just before Xmas.

That's my point, we aren't the only destination for free agents. We didn't get as high a grade from the CFLPA as I thought we would, Players want to know what kind of team they'll be playing for before they sign. There's no reason to take this long to sign an OC. After 11 seasons as a HC, if O'Shea needs this much time to find the right OC something's wrong.

He won't sign with an also ran. \why would he? Then he can also make playoff money. Think Calgary or Edmonton give him that chance? Why sign there when he has a chance to make the same or more somewhere else.

The point is that we aren't the CFL mecca some here would like to think. Some star players will never sign here even if they could. Other teams may be more aggressive paying free agents. I can almost guarantee that other team's coaching staffs have a more realistic view of their personnel than we do. Wynton McManus will come here if we make him the highest paid LBer in the CFL. That's the only way. He won't come here because Osh is supposed to be a player coach. He also wants to win & wants to get paid. We could be 0-2 when it comes to his belief in those things. Same with a lot of players.

There are 3 or 4 other teams who have as good a chance as us or even better chance to win a GC (Argos, Als, Riders & maybe the Lions) so it's no guarantee players all want to come here. In other words, we'll have to stand in line to sign free agents just like any other team. Players don't necessarily want to come here first. Not having an OC in place doesn't help.

Osh says he is in no hurry. When is he ever?

Here's something that will make us want to throw salt into our cornflakes instead of sugar. Today is the 6th anniversary of Darian Durant signing with the Bombers.

We also had that former Stamp receiver (forget his name) who had been on the roster since late September & could have played in the GC as he would have been totally up to speed to play . Maybe Bolo & the guy from the Stamps were backups but they would have been more viable than an injured Schoen & Demski not being able to go at 100%.

Just drives the point home how hard it is to win a championship. How pundits just keep letting the Chiefs fly under the radar. They don't look spectatcular but all they do is win. The Lions were under so much pressure to win at home & couldn't handle it. The underdog Commanders come to Detroit fly under the radar. They play with little or no pressure as fans & media have no expectations to win. Goff played like he did when the Rams got rid of him. He seems to struggle in big games. Maybe he'll be on the move again.

Especially with the deadwood on the roster we keep re-signing & actually passing them off as players who can actually still contribute.

You called it. The usual geriatrics we have on this team will get their vacay time during camp like they always do. Like Alexander, Thomas & Neufeld. Meanwhile, a smirking Mike O'Shea will say they all can miss practice time during training camp & pre season because they don't need to practice. They'll be gone for weeks only to miraculously return in time for Game 1 of the regular season when their starting jobs will be waiting for them. The Old Boys Club really is the Old Boys Club. The only silver lining with the Thomas signing is they didn't let Willie Jefferson walk away in free agency. How they can say they have money for a washed up player like Thomas while saying they can't afford Tyrell Ford once he comes back from his NFL sojourn? What a travesty if that happens. Easy answer: Walters could have used the money saved by not signing Thomas to sign Ford, Now that financial option is gone. Hamilton will come after him hard in free agency.

The same guys like Ed Hervey just keep getting recycled around the CFL. Why is it written in stone somewhere that Hervey was the most natural fit at GM for the Elks? Instead of trying to relive some past glories by hiring these washed up names from the past, Maybe the Elks should have concentrated on hiring the best possible people to run their team. Instead of hoping to relive past glories. Hervey was fired once for being a hotheaded asshat & nothing has changed.

With Osh, never assume anything. I wish they'd have drunkely started spending by going after Oromilade. he would have solved mor than a few problems on our DL.

Ed Hervey didn't go over 6 minutes saying he won't pay Lewis over $325,000. It was Justin Dunk who just wouldn't leave it alone & Hervey just kept on talking. If I was Elks President Chris Morris & HC Mark Killam, I'd not be happy by publicly saying without saying it that Lewis ain't coming back unless the receiver's expectations for a new contract change. Saying he'd prefet for the market to establish Gino's worth & therefore having to not insult the veteran receiver by giving him an offer about a hundred grand less makes no sense seeing as he just said that in the video . Effectively insulting Lewis by telling him he won't pay. Hervey took the bait. Hook, line & sinker. If that was Kyle Walters being interviewed, that conversation wouldn't have lasted more than a minute before he shut it down.

Yet the salary cap goes up in ridiculously small increments ever year, Never enough to handle the free agency surge of money that irresponsible GM's hand out to players. The cap needs to be reopened under the CBA & raised substantially. Looks like Ryan Ringmaiden is this year's Chris Jones.

Today's world is such a mean place, Glad to see a bully whose courage grew by having people watch his back put in his place.

Did he think no one would record & post the incident on social media? People are lambasting the fiance on social mdia for not physically standing up to this drunken idiot who wasn't by himself. His brother & at least one more friend were right beside him. The fiance knew they'd jump him so I understand why he didn't defend her physically. Just a bad situation. I don't feel sorry for that thug at all. He got what he deserved. What a tough guy bullying & insulting a woman when he knew he had people there who'd back him up. He'll be unemployed for awhile after having to explain why he lost his job. There's a consequence to be paid for boorish & bullying behaviour.