Mike

You should. The CFL is a constantly evolving league. Would you want Wally Buono as a head coach these days? I sure wouldn't. Why? Because the game has passed him by, and there's an argument to be made that the same thing has happened to Cortez. Cortez wouldn't be my first choice. Like I said ... if Willy likes him enough, fine. But I'm wary of hiring him.

The only way I'm board with a Cortez signing is if Willy is. He would know. But I'm not particularly fond of Cortez lately. One thing worth considering - O'Shea really wants Maas and Ottawa said no, but I'm pretty sure Maas only signed a one year deal as an assistant, therefore his contract would be up December 31st. EDIT: nvm it's a 2 year

Tedford out in BC, Cortez soon to follow. And no, we don't want Cortez. The game has passed him by.

Claybrooks will get the Calgary job. Status quo for those guys.

I'm sure a lot of it goes back to Edmonton being that team to hate with their Evil Empire schtick, but is there any other reason anyone was cheering for Ottawa? I was cheering for Edmonton, mainly because they had some Manitoba boys (Eddie Steele, Donny O), their Bomber alumni were far more likeable than Ottawa's and I can't stand Jovon Johnson or Henry Burris.

What would one have to do with the other?

I really don't think this ends up happening.

I don't understand the timeline on things like this. If he's like a "free" draft pick, how did he only get added to a negotiation list two weeks ago. According to the article, he was 2014 eligible, not 2015, which means he's been a free agent for essentially 18 months or so. I think that's a mistake by Dunk though, because Rush attended the regional combine in 2015 and was apparently a draft eligible player at that point. I had heard about this deal a few days ago and I don't understand how it happened, but it's a good pickup for us.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/marketing/cfl-rebranding-to-show-new-fans-what-were-made-of/article27500542/?cmpid=rss1&click=sf_globe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ-TODedlzs&feature=youtu.be I like it. If the minimalist, simple approach to the new CFL logo is the same approach they take when rebranding the uniforms, I think we're in for a pretty good rebranding.

Oh and just to add on one more thing - Orridge and the rest of the CFL executives will be unveiling an entirely rebranded league today at the State of the League address. New logo. New slogan. New marketing approach to attract a younger fanbase. New uniforms. New everything. Sounds like he's been fairly busy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ-TODedlzs&feature=youtu.be

Go figure Yup. Thats it, I just gloss over everything and cherry pick good stuff. You said it yourself. Its his first year. How is games sucking on him? Ditto attendance or tv viewership. you are blaming him for things beyond his control happening on his first year. Drug policy, ok sure but he still has to get that past the cflpa. Rogers screwing over the argos? You expect a league commish whos league is what.. 10% of value of said company to pick a fight with that company? Talk about david and goliath. Him getting the argos into a new venue is a win in that regard to me. Like I said. Its no surprise the doom n gloomers are staring reallllly hard to find faults in how hes functioned. Look, you call them doom & goomers, I don't. They're realists. Not having a drug policy is an embarrassment. Let alone speaks to how the CFL views player safety. Players get suspended for PEDS usage in the CIS & the CFL ignores it. Nearly a year later & nothing is done. How hard is it for Orridge to push for the CFL honouring all CIS suspensions? That should be Job 1 on his agenda working with the CFLPA yet not one word this season came out of his office on either doping or drug suspensions.. Another issue is he had staff that were there in the Commissioners Office that worked for Cohon. They know the issues on doping & suspensions so why wouldn't they keep working these 2 issues knowing a new man/woman was going to be hired? I can't believe everything just came to a screaching halt the day Mark Cohon cleaned out his desk & said goodbye. As far as fighting Rogers, I don't know. At least come out publicly & say SOMETHING instead of nothing. For the dwindling Argo fanbase who support that team & deserve a lot better. I'd be interested if the CFL & their lawyers at the very least looked at the fine print on the lease agreement the Argos had with the Rogers Centre to see if the turnaround time they claim the place needed to be converted from a baseball field to a football field wasn't breached. The very least Orridge could have done was come out of his office to catch some air & go around the CFL promoting the league. If nothing else, to get on tv & use other media outlets locally & nationally to let the fans get to know him. Yet there he was in one of the Toronto Liberals MP's offices election night on CBC backing the winner & doing interviews. Do I care if he voted Liberal & were happy they won? If anything, I don't want to know his politics & who he voted for.To me, he hasn't done anything to stand out. Maybe he'll be a late bloomer & grow into the job but so far a lot of people are still asking who is this guy? Oh, one last thing, I never should have said "butterflies & sunshine" when describing how you feel about the Bombers & CFL. I was out of line. You're truly a great fan. I may not agree with you at times but I respect your opinions. http://www.winnipegsun.com/2015/11/26/dirty-grey-cup-congratulations-cfl-you-went-an-entire-season-without-drug-testing Quite honestly, he's done a lot of what you've been asking him to do and you've just been too busy complaining about him to notice.

You don't have to make them happy, but you should at least aspire to do enough that they're interesting in watching.

We'll come up with something you haven't tried yet. Or we'll figure something else out. Just talked to Ray - sounds like we're for sure in for Thursday, so we'll see you there!

You could ... get over it?

Ray and I were talking about doing something Thursday - if anything, it's probably going to be Spirit of Edmonton. Friday is an unknown but again, it'll be something. Saturday, we'll be downtown. We'll be figuring out our plans. And figuring out when we're doing an LC run for you two, so give your preferences now. Guess I missed the memo... You didn't miss a memo, I had no idea until that message that they even brought these beers!

Different division, different staff, different design team, etc.

To me, this is enough to make the entire thing relevant. Interesting to hear that. Although are you sure he identified Reebok? The new supplier going forward is adidas, not Reebok.

Ray and I were talking about doing something Thursday - if anything, it's probably going to be Spirit of Edmonton. Friday is an unknown but again, it'll be something. Saturday, we'll be downtown. We'll be figuring out our plans. And figuring out when we're doing an LC run for you two, so give your preferences now.

Let's just remember the last time Lapo called plays here, he was calling plays for a guy who didn't have an arm that could spin it more than 35 yards.

As far as what college programs would like to see, he did a pretty good job this year. As a pro coach? Not particularly impressed.

This is basically where I am at. I was taught, as a consumer, that my loyalty means nothing. Why bother offering my loyalty when I can just wait it out to get the best deal possible? I would really like to go back and read the letter that informed me of this $100 discount. I'm curious as to the wording of it, because I found the wording of the letter that was sent to sponsors advertising the same discount to be very interesting. Peculiar use of the words "exclusive discount" inferring that this was the only discount of it's kind available. Maybe they meant "exclusive" as in being the only $100 discount that doesn't require a 3-year commitment on top of it. Either way - I'm incredibly unimpressed with the way this has been handled by the club. I think they've done a lot of good things lately - I never really have much to complain about, because in the end, it's all about going to the football games and having a good time, but this just reeks of flipping the bird to the most loyal group of customers you have and to me, that stinks. I do want to edit this post a bit because I feel there is another half of this that needs mentioning - while I don't agree with what the team did, I don't think people should be giving TrueBlue as hard of a time as they are in this thread. What you have to understand is that he did not work for the club while this was all going on and from every interaction I've had with him, both related and unrelated to the club, he's somebody the Bombers are lucky to have working for them and I think we are lucky to have him as a contributor to our community as well. I know there's a lot of accusations of bias or "conflict of interest" going on, but from everything I've seen, there's a fine line that he has done a great job of riding - I think as fans who are largely unaware of the exact processes that these situations are brought about by, we often don't have the full story and he does a great job of trying to provide as much perspective as possible. I still don't agree with a lot of the decisions the WFC made during this entire year of work to make the Grey Cup happen, but I have a better sense of understanding thanks to TrueBlue - and yes, some of the anger we (myself included) have is misguided. I think a lot of people here just need to step back and remember that before he started working for the club, TrueBlue was a contributor to this community for as long as I can remember. 10+ years, I would guess. He deserves a break from all the crap he's had to take from some people here. You don't have to agree with what he's saying, but at least respect that he thinks enough of this community to come and explain it to us.

Horrible HORRIBLE finish to the PPV. How can anyone take Sheamus seriously? Not a bad piece of writing if you ignore that the strap is now on some pale Irish guy with frizzy beard dreadlocks and if you ignore that he's the same guy who got pinned by Ryback earlier in the night.

ESBs are probably my favorite after a good IPA. Really good stuff. I had the Phillips Coast to Coastless ESB recently, that was really good. Might be tough to find now though, same with their Super Cooper ESB - I think there's one left in the LC at Sage Creek (in the fridge by the checkout) Need to track down some more ESBs.

When I went to pick up my GC tickets, the guy standing beside me was informed his tickets had been upgraded. I had a couple thoughts when that went down: A) What if he specifically chose those seats to be near friends (as we did when we picked ours)? He said he wasn't told about the upgrade prior so he was pretty surprised by it. B ) You think they'd be a little more discreet about basically rewarding people who bought the cheapest tickets they could get. Just to blurt it out in the middle of the Bomber store with a bunch of people waiting for their full priced tickets felt like a bit of a slap in the face. No extra bonus for us, even though we paid double the price. Good to know they continue to do a wonderful job of shitting all over their loyal season ticket holders who bought tickets early. My company recently received an e-mail detailing an *exclusive* discount program to anyone who purchased Grey Cup tickets, which ended up being a better offer than the one I received as a season ticket holder because it was the same price for tickets minus a three year commitment to future season tickets.