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It ain't what it used to be. Especially in the Jim Spavital era where they went at it for 2 weeks with two a days full hitting every practice in the hot June & July sun. No days off. Spav was crazy. Screaming & yelling. Never happy. He reached a new level of brutality unmatched since. I was a teen & used to bike to TC at St John's Ravenscourt to watch as my exams were over in school. The hitting went on constantly. Every drill & scrimmage was contact & collision. However, I remember one thing. As TC went on, fewer players were getting hurt. And fewer players quit by sneakimg out during the night. They had to survive that first week. The second week seemed easier & they really toughened up. However, I know every single player there hated the entire camp experience & their HC. Then a 4 game exhibition season after that. TC would start mid June, the exhibition season one game a week & then the regular season the first week of August. Six weeks of hell for the players.

Yeah, I think they still are but bringing in more Americans is lowering the pay scale. These guys had it so easy money wise for thirty years. All becauase coaches didn't want Americans playing on the OL. They wanted them at skill positions. However, it took years to build an All canadian OL. The Bombers never could do it under Osh though they came close. Things started turning around for the line in 2014/5 when they signed that huge American Guard who was 300 lbs plus. Yeah, talking to former players would certainly be sour grapes.

Canadian OL are the highest paid group collectively across the board.

Agreed. they do that with kids today. The practices are soft. Kids go thud in practice learning to tackle which is unrealistic. Which may be safer at practice but games are full speed. I see 11 & 12 year olds all the way to high school age kids getting injured because suddenly they're going full speed when they never did in practice. Injuries happen. The games now are tougherthan practice. I've talked to guys I used to coach with telling me that today some kids don't quit after practice but after a game. They're scared.

Yet, he got an NFL shot. he's the perfect example of had the NFL & CFL had an agreement that if there was compensation paid would they have brought him in & worked him out? Same with Ajou Ajou?? He got to a NFL training camp for God know why?? Just an extra receiver at camp.

I'd take KSB in a heartbeat. Especially if the price is right. Signing here would blow Rider fans minds. It would be sweet. Just an adendum, the loss of Donte Meyers may bring KSB's value up unless the Riders target another team's free agent receiver.

They've missed the playoffs in 2023 & 24. They got some momentum back last season getting back in but the 2025 season was like A Tale Of Two Cities as they got off to a fast start & then really limped in the second half of the season. Vernon Adams play really tailed off. Season ticket sales are up but now with those 3 stars gone, will that flat line??? Calgary used to be such a great football city. The Stamps were everywhere in the city when we moved here in 1990, especially when Flutie & Garcia played. Now it just sucks. Even the pro soccer team gets more coverage than the Stamps do. The Herald & Sun will send a reporter on the road with Calvary but not the Stamps. The team is invisible all year round. The loss of those players is really gonna hurt.

And we haven't won a championship since. games are won on the LOS. That's something that never changes.

Why would they? That makes no sense. Paying a CFL team would be no problem. They look for athletes. If anything, they'd refine their searching & only bring in players who have a chance of making a team. Where have you been the past 5 or 6 years? The Stamps have been horrible. They made the playoffs falling backwards last season after a fast start they totally fell back. . They were barely a playoff team.

It was Darryl Patterson who did a very good job when Osh & Walters gave him decent players to coach. Our DL in 2021 & 22 was excellent. .

The CFL needs tio hire more U Sport coaches who are qualified. They deserve it as much or more than former players who are in good with their head coaches. I'll die on a hill for that statement having seen the committment these guys bring everyday when my son played at SFU.

I think my complaint is legit. Osh's priorities make no sense. A real weakness was our DL play. Solution? Bring in a guy who just retired has never coached. Who was the big reason the DL sucked so much to be the new position coach. I've said this before. There has to be coaches who have more experience in U Sport that could coach at that position. Why bring in a retired player like Jake when we could have brought in someone more than qualified from the Canadian College ranks? These guys deserve a shot as well & seem to never get it.

i think cheaping out at DL coach by hiring Thomas is a mistake instead of finding the best available coach was a bad decision. Just the Old Boyz Club recruiting a new member. That's a major downer for me as far as off season grading goes. It takes away from an A off season so far down to a B or B minus.

The timing of that video was exquisite... (sarcasm). As angry as I was for Hajrullahu playing so badly, I felt so bad for him as it was cringe worthy. It disappeared fast after that game & his release.

The Stamps in one day lost DL Jaylon Hutchings, Rec Mario Alford & LB Jason Roberts to the NFL. That's brutal. I don't care what people say about how great it is for our players to make an NFL team, this just kills interest in the CFL. And really hurts a team like the Stamps struggling to find relevancy in a local market where barely anyone cares anymore. It's like the Stamps are perpetually rebuilding. NFL teams need to compensate CFL teams if they sign anyone under a valid CFL contract. This system is unfair the way it is. It could be us next time. Hate it.

Thankfully, Castillo makes more than he misses. I just remember the video in 2014 of Liram Hajrullahu making trick field goals from all different angles inside & outside of PAS. He kicked one from inside the concourse, another from the roof of the stadium, one from inside the bathroom with the door closed, the parking lot & even made one from the roof of a moving car on Pembina Highway northbound. Then goes out next game & misses 4 field goals & two converts. Last game he ever played for us. Justin Medlock replaced him.

Our interior is more of a problem than our D Ends. if we had two guys who could push inside controlling the run & pressuring the passer I;m sure our Ends play would improve greatly. Instead we had this Cheeto defense witha 3 man front featured with jake Thomas. He's gone now sort of. I have hope they actually want to see an improvement.

Barker did yell like Muamba but he knows the game better from a coaching & scouting perspective. barker knows U Sports & is much more knowledgeable overall about game prep as a coach. Muamba always states the obvious like. "Their defense has to play better". That's all he does. I think Bob Irving thinks twice before swatting a mosquito saying it deserves to live, too.

Liegghio was lucky that kick was blocked in the 2022 Grey Cup because he missed it anyway. It saved him the embarrassment of having to explain that he choked once more under pressure. Castillo has been money for us since & now some fans think he's just some kind of overpriced kicker that should be replaced by some random rookie player. From a place like Italy or Japan because he costs too much. The guy has kicked 3 field goals of 60 yards or more.

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In Calgary over a decade ago, local sports radio legend Billy Powers & his wife were killed by their son in their home as they slept. He didn't live with them but snuck into their house as he had a key & bludgeoned them both to death in their bed. Turns out it was BIlly's stepson & his wife's son. He was a father to the guy for over 20 years. I guess he had drug & mental issues. He was in his 30's as well. The guy was totally ****** in the head so I guess that gives him a pass just like Reiner's son.

Is LT McGloster from the Als a FA? He'd be my absolute #1 signing if we can get him.

The last guy we drafted really worked out for us, didn't it? Took him 4 years to actually become a pro kicker & get over the jitters. It's all hilarious how everyone thinks no player has value so let's sign everyone to the cheapest contracts possible. Then they wonder why we don't win championships.

So far so good. Now, they need to sign Castillo. One more test to come with free agency.

Barker may be old & irrelevant to some but the Argos think highly enough of him to rebuild the team the way he sees it. He said he'd be focusing on rebuilding the OL. He knows the league & has many contacts in the NFL & college. The Bombers should be so lucky to have the contacts Barker has in his network. I think he always kept in touch with his college & NFL scouts as well as kept current on CFL goings on as well.