SpeedFlex27

On X today, their are tweets that have said Tre Ford refused to play yesterday. I guess Ford was given a package of plays & wen jackson wanted him to go in , Ford refused because he was pissed off he wasn't starting. If true that he refused to play, he may have been the difference between winning & losing. I'd let him rot on the sidelines & let him walk in free agency. Guys like Ford who put themselves ahead of their teammates then he could be a cancer in the locker room. Yeah, Jones & Jackson screwed up with his playing time. Still no excuse to be so selfish.

2004

I think the fans have seen this team screw up many times & took a wait & see attitude. I will say this that attendance was better with Vaj. The guy was having a helluva season before it was snatched away from him.

I can't stand the Riders.

When Adams was playing, he was lighting it up. He was throwing the ball & completing passes all over the place & pushing the ball vertically downfield. Now, with Rourke, Hatcher can't get any separation because of his achilles injury. The other receivers suddenly can't block & they're suddenly a sub par group. Nothing about Rourke playing like ****. Campbell is coaching like he wants to be elsewhere next season.

The problem is Shivers took his hatred & brought it into his job as GM of the Riders. He even took shots at the Stamps & Wally. The guy that gave him his first opportunity in football management & made him Stamps Asst GM. He never kept his prejudices away from his profssional life. Yet everyone else was expected to do that.

Wilson looks like he may have a huge upside to him as a player. I just can't see Streveler back here next season. Rourke is playing & looking confused. Like he's beginning to wonder why the Red Sea isn't parting for him as it did 2 years ago. Meanwhile, the better qb on the team just sits on the bench not playing no doubt planning his escape come February.

C'mon man...

down two scores & Milanovich lost his challenge. https://tenor.com/view/grumpy-cat-gif-13873303913321973436

I really don't like PI being allowed to be challenged.

Our KO coverage is not very good.

Gawd, I hate games like this.

When did he say that? I can't see anything like that on X. Can you quote him?

God is good.

This goes back to Danny Barrett & GM Roy Shivers in 1999. Shivers set the standard for the culture they have now. Some of the players he had brought in were talented but lacked character & it showed in their behaviour on & off the field. There was that huge brawl in a bar in Regina as well as the player with aids who was sleeping around with different women & not telling them that he was sick. Then Shivers had a big mouth. I remember how he mocked the Bombers as well as the Ti Cats organizations twenty years ago. Never had a league executive ever personally attacked other teams in the league. He called them both Mickey Mouse organizations. it was shocking at the time. The guy always had a chip on his shoulder when it came to race relations in football. Obviously, Shivers suffered a lot of prejudce & racism growing up which shaped the man he became. However, he brought that prejudice to the league level. It isn't really what the CFL was all about, historically. I think he was friends with Huey Newton & Bobby Seale, two of the founders of the Black Panthers in Oakland, CA. Although Shivers was never a member of the BP. Eventually, his behaviour & attitude got him fired. When a culture has been entrenched for two decades, it just doesn't go away like that.

Rider President Craig Reynolds.

Chancess are Clercius, Wilson & Wheatfall are on 2 year rookie deals. So, they'd have one more year left. We keep one of Schoen or Lawler & save there as well.

Schoen is pushing 30 & his body is beat up. I think we only keep one of Lawler/Schoen next season. We need to spend the money elsewhere.

Who is their OC? He should be replaced.

It was so frustrating watching that game. You'd think after nearly twenry weeks of training camp, exhibition & regular season games that the RedBlacks with Massoli at qb would have been more competitive than what we saw on Saturday. Nope, they just rolled over for the Riders. I've never been impressed with the way Dyce coaches that team. It's like they're satisfied with winning 8 games.

No, Schoen is the easiest to replace. But also move on from Bighill, Wilson, Thomas & Alexander. That's a ton of money.

Probably because of his foot injury he suffered. He has a different launch point on his throws. He can't throw the way he used to.

There's no such thing as a massive crowd in the CFL.

Riders Brett Lauther kicks another field goal into a packed stadium of empty seats.

Do we need Schoen? Jettisoning his salary would help us in other positions.