Mike

Who cares about Saskatchewan. Let's worry about ourselves and if we take care of business, we'll beat out whoever it happens to be.

I'm getting tired of all this **** and it's not just the Rider fans. You guys are supposed to be able to moderate yourselves. Figure it out.

I think it's fair to at least acknowledge that he brought in SOME awesome rookies. But not enough of them. I mean, let's be honest ... Grigsby is going to win the MOR award. Bruce Johnson has been awesome. Mo Leggett is fantastic too. But we need more. Especially at routine spots like receiver or rush end.

I really don't think our depth is appalling at all. My problem with it is that it is lackluster in spots where there's just no excuse. To be relying on guys like Kuale and Romby is atrocious.

Blah, blah, blah...why do you always need to prove you were right? Blah, blah, blah...it's so exhausting. Blah, blah, blah... What's wrong with patting yourself on the back? If you make a good call, there's nothing wrong with it. Not even about patting myself on the back, it was just incredibly obvious. We all knew it. I guess I should have said what *we* knew was going to happen.

Rick Campbell is the coach for Ottawa.

What a shock. Exactly what I said was gonna happen is happening with Tino.

Willy doesn't leave Regina to be a backup. I thought you guys were letting Willy go anyways because you had Tino. That's more or less what you said the other day.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Okay so I dug into it ... I was able to come up with two guesses for players Forde was referring to. OL Josiah St. John from Oklahoma and RB Shaq Murray-Lawrence from UNLV.

All I'm saying is that it's impossible to determine who the first choice was because they didn't come available all at the same time. There are tons of variables. We gave up something to acquire Willy and we know Barker was dangling the rights to Collaros for an asset in return. So did we negotiate with Barker? Or was Collaros not worth an asset to us? Then again, you could easily counter that by saying we gave up an asset because once Burris and Collaros were gone, our situation was more desperate and we NEEDED to get Willy. You can go in circles with this argument and nobody will ever win. Danny McManus is on record as being a Willy backer the entire time and that's good enough for me because the only thing that matters is whether it was a stroke of genius or an absolute fluke, it worked out for us and now we have a franchise QB.

I'll be getting drunk in the game day chat tonight so come on down for a great time.

Put it this way ... I agree more with your thread title than I do with the content of the article you linked to. It can be an ongoing debate forever but there really is no way to prove Willy was not the preferred option between Collaros, Willy and Burris.

I would think the difference is that this message board's basic purpose is to talk about the team, the articles, and by extension the press. Where as you decided to call those posters out directly for doing pretty much exactly why this message board exists. As far as I know you aren't part of the Winnipeg media, so why do you care if people complain about it. Let's also consider the fact that I've seen numerous threads on this site discussing a well written article as well. We are not slow to give praise to a writer when they deserve it. We're probably even quicker actually, since we're all so desperate for them.

I'm sure that's not going to light the fire of a rookie making his first start who was already fighting teammates in practice. Turned up the intensity just a little bit.

Toronto does it too.

What I think is funniest is ... they complain about the lack of access to practice. When's the last time anyone actually saw a detailed practice report from the media?

Oh boy another post by TBURGESS who cannot restrain himself from ignoring these threads. Quite simply, if you don't like the discussions about the media, stop reading them.

Give. Me. A. ****ing. Break.

Agreed. Our complaining is what raised his game. He actually came over to my house with some freshly baked muffins and apologized to me for not playing the way I wanted him to. What did he bring you?

Durant is still a junior and is part of the 2016 Draft Class. Who are the three guys Duane Forde was referring to yesterday then that haven't declared for eligibility but will be top 10 guys when they do? I figured one would be Durant. Can't a junior opt into the draft from the NCAA if he is in his 4th year? He redshirted a year if I remember correctly.

I know I've already posted in this thread acknowledging I know what you really meant by your thread title. But I'm going to pretend I haven't. "How much taller did they make him?" There, that's my new post in this thread.

Underrated receiver.

Grigsby has been winning me over and I think eventually he'll make a believer out of other people too. Let's consider this for a second - he is on pace to total 1577 yards per scrimmage. The only two guys who would have out totaled him last year would have been Cornish and Sheets. Not Gable. Not Harris. And this guy is a rookie. Also, consider this ... his average in the first half of the season per rushing carry was 4.2 yards. Nothing too impressive. Since then? His last 5 games, including the 10 carry for 7 yard abomination, he has averaged 5.5 yards per carry. He's improved by over a yard per carry. His blocking has improved ten fold. He has yet to turn the ball over this year. He's no longer dancing around in the backfield and getting caught for losses. Grigsby is legit.

Few surprises on this list, expected to see a few names that didn't show up. Also, Varga is super talented, but I'm not sure if he'll be a CFL player. He seems to be interested in pursuing a medical career so it will be interesting to see what choices he makes going forward with football.