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They have something to play for. The Argos? Not. We'll be playing to stay ahead of the Lions the rest of the year. I'd rather be in our position. Thw Lions & Bombers will stay sharp & focused.
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Same guy. He's zany on the radio. He's been on air here for years. He lives in Cochrane, AB. I guess he & his wife don't want to leave here.
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Corus did that in Calgary this year. Q107 which was a very good rock station i was suddenly shut down on Dec 23rd last year throwing a bunch of DJ's out of work. After Xmas, they made Q107 into CHQR107 & just converted to all talk radio simulcasting the AM talk. It's shitty. I guess it's cheaper to just repeat what is being talked about on AM radio as no salaries playing rock music. I also read that new vehicles no longer have AM on their radios so I guess this is where things are going. One DJ named Tarzan Dan who was the most popular DJ in Calgary (he did the drive home shift) on Q107 on his last shift just played the music he wanted to. Not what the programming said he had to. I remember him saying, "What are they gonna do?? Fire me???" Good for him. He now works part time for another station. .
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Bye Week Thread: Complacency, Budget & Leadership,
SpeedFlex27 replied to BigBlue's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
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Bye Week Thread: Complacency, Budget & Leadership,
SpeedFlex27 replied to BigBlue's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
Two to 4 billion dollars for an expansion team as we know the NFL will never transfer an existing team to Toronto. Buffalo will never give up it's terrirorial rights to Southern Ontario. They love the Canadians putting their hard earned money down on Bills tickets too much to give that up. Another 2-3 billion (or more as it is built in Canada) for a state of the art 70,000 seat stadium. So, 5-7 billion for an NFL team. Get real. Even MLSE with the Canadian dollar so low doesn't have that kind of cash. -
CFL - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
SpeedFlex27 replied to JCon's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
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What did Booch say that I agree with? That he has to coach like a jerk to get more out of his guys. It's We're talking another 7 weeks. Not 7 games. He's gotta get a lot more tougher. The band won't be back together next year like it was the last couple of seasons. Changes will be made so if some feelings are hurt chances are some of those guys won't be back. If Osh just accepts that we play badly & does nothing then we're hooped anyway.
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That is true & I agree but I don't know about you. I see a disturbing trend with the Bombers. Other than the Banjo Bowl, it's not trending in the direction you speak. This has been a problem all year. The intensity & fire just hasn't there like in 2021 & 22. We win not because we impose our will on other teams. We win because we have more talent. However, talent only takes you so far, though. I'm hoping that we come together as a team & start playing a lot better. Just 4 games left. Now's the time for everyone on the team (coaches & players) to bear down & work together. I always thought his name was Wynston.
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That argument makes sense until you consider we lost to both Ottawa & Hamilton. As far as easy teams go, we played Edmonton when they had Corn Head playing qb along with Calgary. We split our games with the Riders so what's that say?? We're good but we aren't well prepared which comes down to coaching. In Toronto, say what you will about an easy schedule with crap teams in the East... but their team is prepared to play every game & they look absolutely dialed in. I hate to say this but the Argos go out & kick ass every time they play. What do we do? If we feel like it we play hard & win. Other times we put it in cruise control & eventually find a way to win games... In the fourth quarter because we got behind as we played awful. Or we just went out & **** the bed. There seems to be an issue with the Bombers. Is it coaching? Is it players not being ready to play? Overconfidence? Arrogance? Age? I have no idea but we are beyond a doubt, a real Jekyll & Hyde team. I see as lot of the 2014-17 Mike O'Shea this year. He doesn't seem to hold his players accountable if they play badly. Roster management is in question. He just smirks on the sidelines when we're losing like it's no big deal. Hey, we're 10-4 & we all should be happy but we're not. The problem is, we have no idea what kind of a 10-4 team we are. Can we make another GC run or are we one & done in the playoffsl??
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Bye Week Thread: Complacency, Budget & Leadership,
SpeedFlex27 replied to BigBlue's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
We don't need a history lesson to see how bad Argo attendance is. We see it on TV at every one of their home games. And attendance up significantly? From 12,000 to 14,000. Yep, impressive. And, they sure do that "lack of attendance thing" right. By completely closing the upper deck on the side of the field opposite the cameras. Bravo, MLSE. Well done. Clap. Clap. Clap. -
I was 11 years old in 1966. Since the Xmas the year before in 65, I wanted an electric road racing set. Well, after a year of waiting, wishing & hoping, my parents bought me that road racing set. A Scalextric set. I loved it. It still stands as one of the greatest gifts I've ever received. This was the set I used to have: \ I had this car. It was so fast & balanced. Especially in the corners. It wouldn't go flying off the track. When I raced my friends I always raced with this car. I never lost. Plus the track was set up permanently on a table in our rec room downstairs so I could practice by myself all the time. I knew when to accelerate or back off the control stick. IT cost my folks $45 in 1966.
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We'll never have restrictions again. It just won't happen.
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Blue Bombers - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
SpeedFlex27 replied to JCon's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
If we had a field goal kicker who didn't pee his pants everytime he had to make an important kick, we'd have won last year's Grey Cup. Sure, the kick was blocked. But as Matt Dunigan said in TSN's 2023 season preview the day before the season opened, the kick was wide to the left anyway had it not been blocked. It came off Marc Liegghio's foot with too low a trajectory & that was why it was blocked. We could have fought all we wanted & won every battle all season in 2022. We could have been the most game ready team in CFL history & it wouldn't have mattered. In the end though, it came down to one thing. Losing a championship because Marc Liegghio couldn't handle the pressure. When he was needed the most, Lieghhio had one job & didn't do it. He never stepped up. He fell down. We all knew that if he was put in that position, Liegghio would choke. I know I felt what happened was inevitable as I screamed obscenities at my television. -
Bye Week Thread: Complacency, Budget & Leadership,
SpeedFlex27 replied to BigBlue's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
If MLSE wanted to promote the Argos they could but don't want to. They own the Leafs, Raptors, Bluejays & Toronto FC. They could cross promote. They could do a lot of things but don't. Except ***** that the Argos doesn't grow in value. Or that they want to join the XFL. I like how BC owner Doman told Tannenbaum to suck it up & quit complaining. -
Yeah, I don't refer to Italy, China, Australia or New Zealand when I talk about lockdowns. Instead, what we experienced here in Canada. Even more specifically, Alberta. And I never called them lockdowns. I called them restrictions.
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CFL - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
SpeedFlex27 replied to JCon's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
Big deal. Good for him. Maybe in 5-10 years I'll be ready to welcome him on the ROH. Now, he's just another Argo that I don't care about. When he left here he just kept shooting off his mouth. -
CFL - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
SpeedFlex27 replied to JCon's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
The same question is asked here in YYC. We have tons of oil money & a billionaire who owns the Stamps a couple of times over in Murray Edwards & nothing ever gets done. The Flames (whom he also owns) proposed a new arena in 2015 & here we are... Eight years later. -
I curled in the School Boy's Bonspiel ( now called the Junior Men's Bomsiel) in the mid 70's & later the MCA Bonspiel (later in the 70's to the late 80's). I liked the curling facility at the Highlander. I guess it's now a hockey rink. Our biggest claim to fame in the Junior Bonspiel was having our team mentioned as "the team to watch" by CJOB's Bob Irving on his 12;25 pm sportscast as we were undefeated going into the 8's of the Free Press Event. Then we ran into the buzzsaw team skipped by Dale Duguid (the eventual champ) who cut us into little pieces & It. Was. Over. It was fun while it lasted.
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Als at Stamps, Ti Cats at Argos GDT
SpeedFlex27 replied to bustamente's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
Maier just throwing the ball away. Those throws for interceptions were awful. The Stamps have no one else at qb. Tommy Stevens is like Dakota Prukop. He is a runner & not a passer. Not capable of ever being a starter. -
Als at Stamps, Ti Cats at Argos GDT
SpeedFlex27 replied to bustamente's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
How did we lose to the RedBlacks, Ti Cats & Riders??? All with rookie qbs. Huge difference when Matt Scianetti hosts. He actually knows what he is talking about. Kate should be reassigned to doing checker tournaments but in today's world of broadcasting, she gets a free pass onto the panel as the token female. Scianetti should be hosting & Dave Naylor should be a full time participant on that panel. That would be an immediate improvement. -
CFL - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
SpeedFlex27 replied to JCon's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
The Team Prez says a new stadium is off the table. They want to renovate Percival Molson Stadium. The place is 113 years old. Just how many times can you put lipstick on a pig? Oh an injury. That's part of the game & that is what Harris was dealing with his final season here. Just pure ego & selfishness. Pay me or else. Or else meant the Argos & look where he is. Backing up Ouelette, a guy he probably thinks isn't as good as him but he was still being paid to sit getting limited reps. Now he's been 6 gamed on the IR. -
CFL - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
SpeedFlex27 replied to JCon's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
So, he sulks & ******* leaving us only to lose his starting spot with the Argos to Ouelette. I don't remember Harris complaining when that happened. That's what bothers me. If he felt disrespected here by Walters & O'Shea then how come he didn't feel disrrspected by Dinwiddie & Pinball? Oh yeah, he got paid. -
Bye Week Thread: Complacency, Budget & Leadership,
SpeedFlex27 replied to BigBlue's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
Anyone really think the Argos will really have troublr signing their veterans? I don't. They'll do what they have to do to sign any veteran they want. -
Cue the confusion with the State of Montana & Yellowstone.