SpeedFlex27

Sounds like any business in that war zone should budget for security when closed. Cost of doing business. Back in the late 90's, I was unemployed. I took a job with Wackenhut Security guarding a mosque in NE Calgary by the airport overnight from 11-7. I had to patrol inside once an hour & observe outside in my car. Shitty job but they had vandalism & break ins. No trouble when I was there. It stopped. I left after 2 months as I got a day job.

The Als defense is very good as are their Front 7. If they sack Harris & rattle him, it's game over. We've all seen his game crater under pressure.

Yeah, a raise & a long term contract (3 years is a lifetime in pro sports). I'll take a kick in the ass like that, too. I wonder what Joe Poplawski in his prime would command today? Milt Stegall? Charles Roberts?

Terry Evanshen, Weston Dressler, Ryan Smith & Darren Flutie come to mind.

Just askin' for a friend but how is a new contract (terms unknown for Osh) & 3 years for Walters a kick in the ass? Please explain.

John Bonk was a great name for an OL. D i c k Butkus for a linebacker. Lynn Swann for a receiver. His Dad was Bob Stoops. I'm sure the scouts all knew him.

Suspended by Oklahoma for PEDs. Adderall. Cut by the Rams. Started 31 games for the Sooners from 2021-24. Caught 164 passes for 1,876 yards & 17 touchdowns. Averaged 11.4 yards a reception. https://www.therams.com/video/wide-receiver-drake-stoops-toe-tap-catch-rams-browns-preseason

No more than Goalie.

Oh yeah, he's gonna change. Don't be stupid. As far as you calling me, negative? Check the mirror, pal.

If Walters sits on his hands under his fat ass & does nothing again in free agency, we're cooked.

My son Tyler texted me this morning about the shooting of a former college coach at Laney College in Oakland, California. He was very upset & was questioning what is happening to society. He said "John Beam was killed". At first, I didn't know who John Beam was & then it hit me.... The Head Coach from Laney College! Tyler played against Beam & Laney College when he was at College Of The Siskiyous in 2011 & 12 as they were in the same conference. Beam saw Tyler throw at a private qb workout on the field at Laney College back in 2011. He talked about him attending Laney College but Oakland is an economically depressed city & the campus at Laney is right in the middle of that urbal blight. It's a dangerous place. Poverty, homelessness, drug use & crime was & still is very high right around the campus. Even though the stadium had lights, the workouts would always end before it got dark as the coaches running the workout were worried about the safety of people as well as themselves walking back to their parked vehicles after dark. At one of the workouts at Laney, the police came into the stadium to clear out people living in tents under the stands. Laney doesn't have campus residences so we'd have to have found somewhere for Tyler to live in the Hood, No way he was going there. Then Tyler saw the Netflix series last Chance U, a decade after those workouts that featured John Beam & Laney College in 2020. He saw what kind of coach & leader that he was. Nearly 40 of his former players made it to the NFL. He not only won at Laney but was one of the most successful high school head coaches in the Bay Area for many years. He was a legend. When he found out Beam was shot dead, I could tell he was very upset. Rest In Peace, John Beam. For everything you did for others, you didn't deserve what happened to you. What a shitty world we live in. https://www.cp24.com/news/sports/2025/11/14/john-beam-beloved-former-football-coach-featured-in-netflixs-last-chance-u-dies-after-shooting-on-california-campus/

So, so right,

Osh's first OC & DC were Marcel Bellefeuille )I believe) & Etch. Osh was STC. No promising assistants would come here. They aren't the Canadian Mafia anymore. They're the Three Stooges. This just smells so bad. It's like it's 2013 all over again. With the admin cap if this team craters then we're totally effed so bad.

If anyone thinks Osh will change is dreaming. Another year of the same. Include Jake & Kolo coming back.

JFC, what a joke. Same old ****. Nothing changes...

I used to call him Muchacho when he was Esks HC. Ole...

The Als had no CFL All Stars either. Think they'll be fired up to win on Sunday?

Coach leaves pretty much guarantees he's gone. Knowing Osh, if he stays he'll probably bring him back. Wouldn't want to admit he was wrong.

Old coaches do lose touch. Ritchie sure did. I remember OL Coach Bill McDermott coaching in the CFL. His last stop was Edmonton in the early 2010's. The man was in his 60's & needed two knee replacements. McDermott could barely walk & every step looked painful (I could relate as I was just like that before I had my 2 knee replacements). I wondered why he put himself through such torture everyday during the season. It's all these older coaches know as they've been at it so long. It's like being in cruise control, Fourty five or more seasons coaching will do that. Guys like McDemott, Allen & Ritchie just do it. Sounds like we can add Osh to that list. Premature aging. I'd still like to see Alexander laid out. He needs a serious case of humbling that huge ego he has.

I DON'T like Davis Alexander as he is a total dickhead but my hate for the Riders run deep. I don't want them to win in our barn. So, I'm pulling for the Als.

Former LA Rams & Washington Head Coach George Allen was just like Osh. Allen claimed for every starting rookie in the lineup, it equates to losing one game each. So if 7 rookies started they'd lose a minimum of 7 games. Of course, Allen was in his late 50's or early 60's when he coached Washington & lost in Super Bowl VII. Allen wasn't wrong as it does have some merit. Rookies do make mistakes but I've seen veteran players who know better make stupid mistakes as well. So to base that as a team building coaching philosphy is absolutely ridiculous & closed minded. Another reason I hope Osh leaves.

I find these awards fire up the team that gets shut out or doesn't get as many awards as the other. Remember the cockiness of the Ti Cats in 2019? They acted like they were going to wipe the floor with the Bombers. I know our players used that as motivation to put Hamilton in its place. The East being shut out should get Montreal going to prove the voters wrong.

Our problem isn't drafting good Canadians. The problem is we don't keep them. Either we undervalue them going into free agency or just let them walk. That's an organizational thing that falls on Walters shoulders & it makes no sense. IT NEEDS TO STOP!!!

Michael Ball is a nutbar. The guy is an embarrassment to his son Ethan, his family, the Riders & the Bombers. .