SpeedFlex27

What's inclusive? The rules have always been there in one form or another going back to the 60's. They just took the rules already there & expanded upon them. That's not being inclusive. One of my best friends is the son of Stamps great DT Don Luzzi. He's in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. He came to Calgary in 1957 born & raised in Connecticut. He was an All American OT/DT at Villanova who played with Joe Faragalli. He played 11 seasons for the Stamps. After 5 years, he became a Canadian for roster purposes & played as a Canadian the rest of his career even though he never set foot in Canada until the day he arrived as a rookie for training camp. That was then. As some of you know, my son lives in Seattle. His wife is an American. They're expecting their first child this coming May. If they have a son who plays high school & college football down there & is becomes good enough to be drafted by a CFL team then he could play as a Canadian because my son was a Canadian citizen. This is now. The rules have always been there in one form or another. If anything as I said, it's an expansion to the rules of what teams can do now with their rosters on Game Day with the definition of a Canadian. That's not being inclusive.

We can only hope that a change of DC's will result in a change of philosophy. I mean, if Hall kept telling Osh we need a NT after 2 years you'd think that he would have asked Walters to get it done. So, Hall might've said that we didn't need one. It has been frustrating watching our defense losing it's toughness. Especially when other teams could fill that position but we never did.

Baltimore looks like the best team in the playoffs. Their defense looks incredible. The 49ers offense was stunted last night without Deebo Samuels. Jordan Love looks like he'll develop into a terricic starting qb.

The goal is to win a championship. Playing on a last place team is no fun. The locker room is toxic. Players are constantly looking over their shoulders as they could be replaced or traded at a moment's notice. Coaches become sour & hard to deal with. Yes, it's a job but it's also still a game. Players want to enjoy coming to work, Not dread it. Like I said, if he goes to Ottawa because they offer him more money then more power to him as that's his decision. We'll miss Schoen but he's ultimately replaceable. Our passing game will still be one of the best in the CFL with or without Schoen.

I don't hate the team. I hate how all the bad head coaches & GM's they've had have eaten up & spit out their players. Especially at qb. Look how Caleb Evans, Nick Arbuckle & Dustin Crum have been thrown out on the field with little or no help from their offensive coaches only to get beaten down, chewed up & spit out by that team. They show no appreciaation or loyalty to a kid like Dustin Crumb who was a warrior for them last year as they keep recruiting the Next Big Thing at qb every off season only to have them constantly fail. They keep failing because every year they start over with another rookie qb with little experience. They sell a bill of goods to their fanbase who have now decided to stay away in the thousands. They'll sign Brown, sell him as the Saviour of their team, make him their starter & throw him to the wolves while tossing Crumb aside after all the work & effort he put in on a shitty team learning the CFL game with a crap offense last year. The City of Ottawa deserves much better than they're getting from Sean Burke & Bob Dyce.

If Schoen wants to win a championship then he'll stay here. if he wants to follow his bestie to Ottawa & play for the worst organization in the CFL with no guarantees of being a winner then he can go to Ottawa to be with Brown & more power to him. Look how the RedBlacks sucked the life out of Jaelen Acklin. One of the top CFL receivers in Hamilton to an also ran receiver after 2 years in Ottawa. I wish Dalton all the luck in the world.

You mean Bowl Way. BTW, those bowl meals look disgusting.

I hope so. Having that hole in our defense really cost us.

back in the 60. 70's & 80's when that passing game exploded there was always a t least one starting Canadian who was an impact receiver. The Lions had Jim Young who was a thousand yard receiver & IMHO one of the Top 10 receivers of all time. The Stamps had guys like Rudy Linterman, Gerry Shaw & Terry Evanshen. The Riders had Bob Richardson & Jeff Faairholm, Bombers had Bob Larose, Joe Pop & Rick House. Ottawa had Whit Tucker & Tony Gabriel. I guess my point was that great Canadian receivers have always been a part of CFL offenses going back 70 years but I agree with you that the guys that play now have taken things to another level.

Thanks for clearing that up. I never said we should sign Richardson who is trying a comeback with the Lions in 2024. I said we need another player as effective as Richardson was for us.

Cottoy is a helluva receiver.

This was already discussed here over a week ago.

Colin, I have no idea what your point is. Of course, the Bombers want to sign Schoen & Oliveira. They also want to sign others. We have no idea what the priority for player signings are.

That's exactly my point. He can start but is useful if injuries overtake our OL. I don't want to lose him either.

Who is Ontaria Wilson?

Gray's not replaceable. Name me another player who can play Center, Guard or Tackle? As someone said, Gray hasn't reached his peak yet as a player. Thinking draft picks can replace veterans & we keep rolling along is a fallacy.

Yes, he has signed to return with the Lions in 2024, three years older & on a bad foot. I doubt if he'll be the same player he used to be.

Jessie. I mean, c'mon man. Do you really think I was talking about Stevie Richardson himself? I wasn't as he has been out since the end of 2021 with two torn achilles on the same foot. Instead, I was talking about a suitable replacement via trade or free agency as our interior DL had no push nor could we sustain pressure with just our Front 7 like we could in 2019 & 2021. So, before your high blood pressure gives you a stroke read what I said over. I said. "If we had a player like Stevie Richardson"....

If we let O'Leary-Orange go, if we let Woli go, if we let Gray go, if we let Schoen & Oliveira go then Colin seems to think we can replace them thru the draft no problem. . If they all go to free agency then we'll be lucky to be a playoff team. And we'll all be wondering what the hell is going on with the salary cap on this team that we can't sign our free agents.

There were free agents we could have signed but we didn't. We could have made a trade. We've done nothing.

Gray is a starter & can play multiple positions. We need him.

Why couldn't you have just said that instead of writing a novel like a Faculty of Law textbook?

If we had a player like Stove the past two years, I think we'd be talking about going for a record tying 5th straight GC. Instead, our D took a hit for some reason Walters, Osh & Hall never thought it a priority to upgrade our interior DL. I never understood the logic of doing absolutely nothing.

I think that the selections of Canadians were political anyway. Not always the best U Sport players went down for the game. Besides, why should an American Senior Bowl promote Canadian players over Americans? Bladek would be an upgrade over who we have now. He certainly would add more depth to our OL position.

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