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He's going to be a depth guy (if anything) but I've long held to the belief that the organization should do more to develop and retain local talent. It is also something fans can get behind as well .. they identify with local kids .. Manitoba products .. simply another way to connect with the onfield product.
That said, talent always trumps birth place .. but it would be nice to see more players who played in Manitoba .. getting a chance with the Bombers.
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Ed Tait gives us his rundown of key stories going into tonights game .. what do you think? What are the angles that have you most interested?
1. WILL BUCK PIERCE'S BACKUP-SLASH-REPLACEMENT PLEASE STEP FORWARD?
2. SHOULD HEFNEY WATCH HIS BACK?
3. ONE CHANCE TO MAKE A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION
4. LOOKS LIKE TARZAN, PLAYS LIKE JANE...
5. TOSSING OUT THE WELCOME MAT
Full story at link ...
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Lawless and his article regarding Hefney ..
Maybe GM Joe Mack and head coach Tim Burke are standing by a troubled player in his time of need. Or maybe they're waiting for poor play to be the reason they cut Jonathan Hefney.
From poor performance, to Twitter idiocy, to putting himself before the team, Hefney has helped build a case against himself. But if Mack and Burke want to give a veteran and one-time contributor another chance to show his worth on the field, that's their right.
Hefney had better perform or he'll be gone. The GM and head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have too much at stake to allow Hefney to derail this season.
In all likelihood, he's already used up his three strikes and they just haven't told him he's out.
Story Continued at Link ...
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BRETT CARTER slapped his signature on a standard CFL contract on Monday -- a moment he plans to remember with a framed copy.
And now comes the really fun part.
Carter, the 20-year-old Winnipeg Rifles receiver and University of Winnipeg student, has been the feel-good story of Bomber training camp. And tonight in a pre-season game against the Toronto Argonauts in the first football contest played at Investors Group Field, Carter will run onto the field as a member of the team he grew up idolizing.
"I can't wait for that," said a beaming Carter Tuesday. "I've been dreaming about this for the last two nights. I'm just picturing that... I hear it's a soldout crowd now. It's going to be unreal. I can remember when I was 5-6 years old in my seats watching the Bombers. And now getting to be able to play on the field with the Bombers... it's unreal."
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Always nice to see local kids get a shot and do well when given an opportunity .. will be interesting to see how he fares.
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Team mascot is a mustache on ice skates?
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The simple fact that the ownership group went so far as to ASK people to refer to the team as the REDBLACKS demonstrates how incredibly ridiculous the name is.
This is what happens when someone falls in love with an abstract idea.
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We started to narrow in on RedBlacks. Red stands for desire, black stands for power. One of the things I did not know, in the mid- to late-1870s, when the Rough Riders started, one of the thoughts is they were named after the Roosevelt Rough Riders. They took the red and black colours from this regiment. I believe those colours influenced the colours of every Ottawa sports team since. I thought, what a tribute to Ottawa sports history -- even if you think about the guards on the Hill with their red and black colouring. It's just so synonymous with Ottawa history.
From some article ..
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Three years after the first shovels broke ground, Winnipeg's newest architectural attraction -- with its distinctive canopies and trusses -- is finally ready for some football. Via the Winnipeg Football Club, here are some facts and figures on the new $200-million, 33,422-seat Investors Group Field at the University of Manitoba, the new home to the CFL's Blue Bombers and the Bisons (CIS):
Canopies and trusses
5 - Amount of area, in acres, covered by the canopies
80 - The percentage of coverage the canopies provide from rain, snow and sun
200 - The weight, in tons, of the two arch trusses that hold up the canopies
60 and 190 - The height and span of the trusses, in metres, making them the largest and highest in Canada
88,000 and 9,000 - The number of bolts, and ton sof steel, used in their construction
46 - Number of luxury suites, each equipped with outdoor, theatre-style seats, TVs, mini- kitchen facilities, and private washrooms
50 - Percentage increase in leg room
258 - Number of TV monitors throughout the stadium and concourse
28 - Number of washrooms, split evenly between the two concourses and men and women
Eight feet long, eight feet wide, five feet deep - Size of players' hot tub, which features underwater treadmill and has the capacity for an underwater bike
Student Section 2.0 - While there isn't a student section, per se, the Bombers are operating under the premise that Sections 138-143 -- a chunk of discounted seating in the north end zone -- will carry the old attitudes and enthusiasm of Canad Inns Stadium's most celebrated section.
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As much as it kills me to say, Cameron really does look like the worst punter out there.
Most inconsistent at this point. Easily.
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A couple of quick thoughts:
* Ford and Simpson looked great out of the backfield. Great burst and quickness; the few reps I caught where Vonly was involved demonstrated he was *noticeably* slower than the other two guys.
* Defense got the better of Clement today and batted a few of his passes down. Didn't really do much to distinguish himself.
* Renaud was easily the most consistent punter on the field.
* Etienne didn't look out of place when running with the first team offense though McGee, at one point, stripped a ball from him (good play on the defense) and I question how he (Etienne) might fair against more physical DBs.
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Im most excited to see Hyde, Anderson, Davis then Harris in that order.
Id like to see both Davis and Harris stick with the club this year and get bigger and stronger for next season.
It will be interesting to see who stays on the active roster between Hyde, Anderson and Mainor.
I wouldn't be disappointed to see Mainor pushed off the roster.
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Great news for the organization. The new barn is going to be rockin on game day.
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Buck Pierce was a FA when he signed with the Bombers, was he not? I'd say he was a pretty big FA signing.
Yeah .. but it's cheap and easy for writers in this town to take shots like that ..
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Quick -- name the biggest free agent signing of the Joe Mack era.
We kid.
It's a trick question, of course, because the Winnipeg Blue Bombers GM regards free agent signings the same way Lindsay Lohan regards rehab clinics -- a place to go when there is positively no where else to go.
But if you were going to make a list, you could make a case the biggest free agent coup of the Mack era isn't a player signing at all, but rather last winter's wrangling by Mack and head coach Tim Burke of Craig Dickenson as the Bombers new special-teams guru.
And you don't have to take our word for it -- here's how Bombers boss Tim Burke described Dickenson on Thursday.
"Watching him out there, he's so detailed, he's got it thought out so well. He's got a lot of experience in the CFL and the NFL. I think he just does a great job," said Burke.
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Make sure to mention how it was my idea and how Voodoo hated it.
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tweaked his hammy as per Bob Irving on the sports show last night.
Thanks for that SPuDS.
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What happened with Muamba?
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Burke is loving the running backs ..
ONE of the deepest positions for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2013 is at running back.
With their starting tailbacks from each of the last two seasons in camp -- Chad Simpson from 2013 and Chris Garrett from 2012 -- the Bombers are already spoiled for choice.
But making that decision even tougher is the presence of yet another talented tailback in Will Ford, who impressed in 2012 in his limited opportunities and continues to count head coach Tim Burke as a fan.
"He adds a different dimension -- he adds the home run ability," said Burke. "Chad and Chris are good inside running backs and powerful and all that. And Will is a guy who's a space player -- he's really good at open field...
"So that might be part of the formula -- maybe one of the power backs plays and the space player plays."
Burke was asked how hard it would be to keep Ford off the Bombers roster. "It's looking harder and harder, isn't it as you watch him out there." he said. "He's doing a great job. And he's a great guy, too."
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I'm down if there is still room.
PM'd you the details.
League Two is now full. Here are the managers:
TrueBlue
voodoochylde
Noeller
Fraser
Nighthawk
Dr. Handsome
Spaceman Spiff
wist
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Posts are going to be deleted if this degenerates into a he said she said bashing / argument between the sites.
I really didn't think there was bashing of Colin going on in here. Some posts that would have led in that direction have been removed.
We obviously had our reasons for splitting away and doing what we did, but we have decided not to air those reasons in public. If you think what we did was trashy, you are entitled to that opinion, but realize you likely don't know the whole story or history involved.
The split happened, and our focus is now on this site and it's future. Dredging up the past won't benefit anyone.
Hear hear!
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Problem I have with Mainor being involved in something like this that, at times last season, his play was also very undisciplined and it cost the team. I have *ZERO* issue with intensity and emotion coming out during camp .. but I am a firm believer in "play the way you practice" and I'd rather that intensity be focused and directed.
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If you guys are still looking for people, I would be interested
I'll PM the details to you shortly.
Need one more person now!
Depth Chart: Tor @ Wpg
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