Rich

Hoping for Connor McDavid?

Curious to see how Collaros fairs as the official "guy" as well

The typical part is throwing an interception in the last minutes of the game when the pressure is on and he needs to march for the win. I don't know why people expect that Glenn would change at his age. He is a great game manager who can with with a strong team around him. As soon as you need him to step up and take control of a game and win it on his back, is when he craps the bed. Glenn is just good enough to break your heart. Good enough to get you close, but he rarely can get you to the finish.

Cornish walking off the field, didn't need the ambulence.

Yes of course it can happen. My question pertains more to what are the RedBlacks actual strengths? Did anyone see them in pre-season? Pre-season doesn't mean much with vanilla schemes and a bunch of players who end up getting cut. And since they don't play this week, we are going to have to wait for next week. And that can be an advantage for them, no real game film.

http://www.winnipegsun.com/2014/06/27/winnipeg-blue-bombers-looking-to-trade-lb-korey-banks According to Penton, the Bombers are shopping Banks, he received an extension and 50k signing bonus in the off season.

Jets draft Nikolaj Ehlers

I think Renaud has the green light if there is no coverage out there.

I'm guessing some other team.

Vancouver wheeling and dealing today. Let the rebuild begin!

According to Kesler's agent, there were only 2 teams given to Vancouver to swing a deal. Anaheim and Chicago. Vancouver did well given the limited options they had.

I've never really been a fan of Kesler. His points in the last 5 seasons: 2013 / 14 - 43 Pts (77 games) 2012 / 13 - 13 Pts (17 games) 2011 /12 - 49 pts (77 games) 2010 / 11 - 73 Pts (82 games) 2009 / 10 - 75 Pts (82 games) If he can be the player he was back in 2009 / 2010, good deal for Anaheim, but thats a long time ago. Maybe he can regain it with Anaheim. Vancouver has to be in rebuild mode. Can't see them making the playoffs again this year, problem is a lot of their players have no trade (or limited) trade clauses. Limited upcoming prospects and they've really messed with their goaltending future. Could they trade the Sedin's as a package? Who would give up enough and who would have the cap space to take them both on. Both making $7M for the next 4 years.

Thought I'd start a thread for the trades made today. I think Anaheim overpaid for Kesler a bit here, but they need to be able to battle with LA.

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Added the poll to the thread.

Agree with this. Here is the thing. When MOS is asked in press conferences what keeps him up at night or where is he most worried about his roster his answer is always something along the lines of .... I don't worry about those things, we have 46 guys who have to be able to start, thats just the way it is. Do you think he really believes that if some of the players on this roster are starting we have a hope in hell of winning of course not. But here is the thing, every now and then, some of those guys who the coach thinks can't start, when he gets put out there, he shows up and shows something they've never seen before. That doesn't happen with a coach who is "brutally honest" like Burke. When it is obvious that the coach doesn't believe in the team. The head coach is the leader of the team, he sets the pace and the tone. And with leadership, sometimes you just have to stretch the truth for the good of those under you. Some men are born to lead and some aren't.

Control the message. Where have I seen this before...

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No need to apologize about having an opinion. Thats what this place is for. Discussion and opinions. Everyone will not always agree, but it is good to get different points of view.

Were the organizations you were with under the gun to be the best in their field NOW or you'd all be fired in 6 months? If they were,probably no one would lack experience because you'd have to trust the rookie would do his/her job without long term effect to yours. Pro sports is a whole other animal from business. It's not what you did for me yesterday. It's what will you do for me today & more importantly tomorrow. It was a pilot contract where our early successes led to the client paying $40M+ to replace all of their computer systems. If we didn't succeed early on, we wouldn't have got the subsequent work. I have also had the opportunity to run and manage my own teams at work and I will take someone who has the drive and the smarts with no experience over someone who is average to mediocre with experience every day of the week and twice on Sunday. They got to test drive this guy out and they liked what they saw so they made a position to keep him. That is good management. Identifying talent and finding a way to keep it. If they wouldn't have hired him, there would be no one in this position, so there is really nothing lost here. and when you've fired as many coaches as the bombers have recently experienced rock solid coaches don't want to go through that ****. Let's face it the last decade this team has been dragged through all kinds of **** and it's going to take time to repair the reputation. and when you've fired as many coaches as the bombers have recently experienced rock solid coaches don't want to go through that ****. Let's face it the last decade this team has been dragged through all kinds of **** and it's going to take time to repair the reputation. I absolutely agree Look at the coaches & managers we've hired. Most first time head coaches & managers with no experience at their positions. BC went out & got Buono. Stamps brought in Hufnagel who worked under Buono in Calgary. Riders brought in (dare I say it) Brendan Taman. Argos hired Stamps GM & Vice President of Player Personnel Jim Barker. Hamilton hired Kent Austin who won a Grey Cup in Saskatchewan. If you want to ***** at something then use this to ***** about. Hiring Miller with no experience running a football club, Walters with no GM experience and O'Shea with no Head Coach experience. If the current incarnation of the Blue Bomber front office fails it will 100% be because of these guys not some nobody they hired as a quality control coach. Hiring someone with experience at that position, who isn't a decision maker, will have little to no impact. I don't remember anyone taking digs at you, only what you posted. There is a difference. Except for maybe one poster (who has a track record at taking digs at anyone who disagrees with him) but you managed to get a dig back, so it is all fair.

Except at the coordinator positions we have a plethora of experience. This isn't like bringing in Crowton to run the offense. And while I will admit I've never been on a professional coaching staff, the most successful teams that I've been on in my professional career are those that mix experience with youth and "inexperience". Those younger people often have the ability to question the status quo because they have never been there before. They bring a unique perspective to the team.