SpeedFlex27

To me, our GM used to be on top of things always. Now, he seems to be behind on a lot of things. Walters has been that way since he had that contract dispute of sorts with Miller who signed him last minute before the 2024 season. That really seemed to set Walters & this organization back. Walters has never seemed the same since. He looks asleep at the switch half the time or disinterested. This thing with the salary cap blaming the players worrying they may re-allocate the $400,000 cap increase to pension benefits is mind boggling. He doesn't seem as accessible as he used to be with the media. This isn't the same guy who built this team into a two time Grey Cup champion anymore. He seems to have no plan. Fewer players want to come here. We're no longer a destination anymore. And for some strange reason, Miller & Walters have deceided to become cheap in a Grey Cup hosting year. All with about $10 million sitting in the bank. Go figure.

Other articles are a lot clearer than that. Apaprently, Danny leaves New York to work for the Boston PD. he takes on a female partner whose family comes from a long line of cops similar to his family. I guess that means Baez is out of the picture as his wife.

That's a very conffusing article. Is it or is it not a spinoff? People won't watch because it's a police family in Boston. They'll watch because it's Danny Reagan. The most interesting character on Blue Bloods was always Jamie. It would have been nice to give him a series to watch his career development. He'still many years away from being Commissioner of the NYPD but heading in that direction. When the announcement came down two years ago that Blue Bloods was ending despite winning Friday nights for 14 years & still going strong, I checked out of the series. I haven't watched since Season 13 & may never watch the final season 14a & b.

I divided the new salary cap by 55 players. it still worked out to $110,182 average salary. However, we do know that some players like Zach & Brady Oliveira make more money than others so that skews things even more as each team has different players being paid big & small salaries. No doubt though things are better than they were a few years ago. Let's hope this growth continues as it's only a good thing for the CFL.

Just musing here but also wondering how much of the "Trump Effect" will have on the growth of the CFL? At least in the short term as we don't know where things will go politically between the US & our nation. Will a good percentage of Canadian fans abandon their NFL teams in favour of watching the CFL because it is Canadian? Will fans begin to come back to the league because the 3 down version is truly our game? Meaning more fans in the stands, better tv ratings & increased revenues for teams & advertisers?

Or things balance themselves out. They maintain that ratio & win 14 games.

McCartney is one of these artists who really should retire as he can't sing anymore. The man is a billionaire. He doesn't need the money so he dosn't have to perform. Yet he still does. He'll probably keel over dead one day onstage. His warbling voice is horrible to listen to.

Just doing the math on the salary cap of $6.06,000,000 on a 45 man roster that works out to an average of $134,667.00. Of course, except the Bombers who are taking the cautious approach & still waiting any day now for the PA to change its mind & divert that $400,000 salary cap increase into pension money.

Vaughters did not have a great season. Rose had a down year as well. Howsare was brutal. I doubt if he'll be back. I have an open book on Vaughters because collectively as a unit those guys were absolute ****. In Winnipeg, he gets to team on the DL with WJ. I thought with Vaughters we'd sign one more impact DL but I was wrong.

How dare he talk to us like that? Who does he think he is??

Bombers & CFL players off the top of my head that never won a Grey Cup: Don Jonas, Dieter Brock, Dave Raimey, Jim Young, Bill Frank, Buddy Brown, Butch Norman, Milt Stegall, Norm Stoneburgh, Jim Thorpe, Mack Herron, Bill Symons, Joe Theismann (no Grey Cup but he did win a Super Bowl), Chuck Liebrock, Ted Gerela, Doug Strong, Jim "Long Gone" Thomas, Gene Lakusiak, Dave Mann, D i c k Shatto, Sam Etcheverry, Doug Brown, Earl Lunsford, Willie Burden, Mickey Doyle, Tom Forzani, Brian Herosian, Lovell Coleman, Harry Walters, Silas McKinnie, Halfback Bobby Thompson (Sask), Offensive Tackle Bobby Thompson (Winnipeg), D i c k Huffman, Tom Campana, Bob Houmard, Tom Cousineau, Rhett Dawson, John Bledsoe, Steve Mazurek, E A Simms, Larry Slagle, John Baker, Carroll Williams, Dave Easley, Elton Brown & a host of others.

That's true of any team in all sports.

So, we signed a blind guy. At least he wasn't dead.

Ellingson played 8 games before being out the rest of the season with an injury. How can you say that a receiver who played just 8 games, played well? He missed 9 games. Walters didn't bring him back as he was finished. Ellingson signed in Montreal & caught one pass in 2023. Just used him as an example. Moore, Bowman & Ellingson didn't pan out.

Only recently. His track record before Lawler wasn't very good. We had troubles fining & keeping a deep threat that stretched the field. The names I mentioned weren't from the past 29 years, They were from Walters tenure here since mid 2013. Adarius Bowman played only 6 games for the Bombers in 2018. Greg Ellingson played 8 games in 2022. Nick Moore had one very good season in 2015 then tore his knee up doing a stupid TD celebration & he was toast. I just remember a not very good receiving corps & our offense struggled. I hope the guys they have now gell into something good. .

Lithgow did a great job as Churchill. I don't know why you didn't like it.

He was very good. Didn't let the booing faze him at all. There were boos when he sang but he also got cheers & applause when he finished The Star Spangled Banner. Good for him.

I miss him,. Rest in Peace, Roger.

Even though the Armed Forces guy did a great job of Oh Canada, Roger Doucet would have been in his glory.

Not just that but Walters kept signing these 30 plus year old wide receivers whose best days were beind them. Most of them seemed to always be injured. There was Adarius Bowman from Edmonton, Weston Dressler from the Riders & Greg Ellingson of the Ti Cats & RedBlacks. None of those 3 worked out. All free agents. We signed a bunch of free agent receivers including RWJ who had a serious knee injury. Hoping the new scouts are better at evaluating free agent talent than Goveia & Ringmaiden were when they were here.

For a moment, I thought it was 1977. The Flyers vs the Canadiens. Dave Schultz vs Larry Robinson. The only thing missing was a bench clearing brawl. Robinson destroyed Schultz btw. He really put that bully in his place.

Until recently, our record of finding even just one legit receiver wasn't very good. Remember Greg Ellingson? Walking injury the entire time he was here. More time in the tub than on the field. It took us years to find Lawler, Let alone put together an elite CFL receiving corps.

You do realize that Edwards signed with the Bombers in 2007? So, "the last time" was 18 years ago. The last time we signed a running back from Lincoln, Nebraska. That was 70 years ago & it worked out pretty good too. Just sayin'. However, I do get the meaning of your message.

You're the guy who says we should keep our mouth shut yet here you are. Why aren't you leading by example? Clearly, it's do as I say but not not as I do.

A stud NFL cut will go on the PR of some NFL team or sign with the UFL. With the falling Canadian dollar, tariffs, Canadians booing the Star Spangled Banner at NHL & NBA games, it's going to be even tougher to get these "studs" to come up here.