[I want to talk about something that really grinds my gears]

Wait what?

[Bombers release Mike Sims-Walker]

Back to the NFL?

@MikeSimsWalker: Possible RT @54pesosSODMG: @MikeSimsWalker you heading back to the NFL! Turn up

 

Possible as in he wishes.

[Bombers release Mike Sims-Walker]

Kind of weird that they did this so late? Its to bad we lost Miles and kept him.

 

we didn't protect him in the expansion draft if that's what you were suggesting.

[Bombers add 2 imports]

 

 

 

Really like both of these signings. I knew about Gatling about a week ago but Leggett is another welcome addition - the year he won KC's ROTY award, he beat out two top 15 picks in that draft class (Glenn Dorsey and Branden Albert)

Why no threads created about the signing last week then?

I just didn't really get around to it.

Ok Colin LOL

 

 

Just been working on plugging the Twitter account lately more than posting here.

 

MorningBigBlue @MorningBigBlue 6d

Add this name to the list of unannounced recruits by the #Bombers: DE Stafford Gatling (6'4", 250) formerly of Ohio U and the NY Jets. #CFL

 

Think it was the same day they cut Boatman.

[Bombers release Mike Sims-Walker]

No surprise there.

[Alouettes Coaching Staff]

Makes our coaching staff look good.

[Drew Willy one of fastest passes at NFL combine]

 

My wife says that "hard and fast" is not always the best.

What does she say about accuracy?

 

 

Just not in the face.

[Drew Willy one of fastest passes at NFL combine]

 

Pass speed is basically one of those meaningless statistics.

Interesting read though.

I disagree that speed is not important. We often talk about QBs having 'zip' on the ball. It helps to prevent interceptions if you have some speed and accuracy, which it looks like Willy has. Hall is accurate but has no speed on his throws beyond 10-12 yards.

Having speed on your throws doesn't make someone a good QB, but if can help.

 

 

I guess what I should've said is that the FASTEST pass speed is meaningless. I agree you need to throw fast, as that article mentions, if you're under 54 mph you're basically given no chance in the NFL. Who throws the fastest is just a fun blurb stat, though.

[Bombers add 2 imports]

 

Really like both of these signings. I knew about Gatling about a week ago but Leggett is another welcome addition - the year he won KC's ROTY award, he beat out two top 15 picks in that draft class (Glenn Dorsey and Branden Albert)

Why no threads created about the signing last week then?

 

 

I just didn't really get around to it.

[Bombers add 2 imports]

Really like both of these signings. I knew about Gatling about a week ago but Leggett is another welcome addition - the year he won KC's ROTY award, he beat out two top 15 picks in that draft class (Glenn Dorsey and Branden Albert)

[Drew Willy one of fastest passes at NFL combine]

Pass speed is basically one of those meaningless statistics.

 

Sure, you have to throw hard and fast to be any good. But looking through that list, it's a list of NFL nobodies other than Kaep.

 

Interesting read though.

[The mastery of Marcel Desjardins continues...]

I don't like this new Ottawa franchise and it has nothing to do with Burris or Desjardins or anybody else in their football ops.

 

It is 110% because some dummy decided it'd be a good idea to call them the Redblacks. And then if that wasn't bad enough, somebody else said "hey, you know what'd be cool? If we YELLED IT EVERYTIME!"

[Coaching staff update]

I don't think I've ever seen a CFL team take so long to name all of  its coaches like this one.  And it was a struggle to sign all of them almost. It's like they have to lie, cheat & steal to get guys to come here. Wow.

 

There have been two this season alone.

[Buck Pierce set to announce retirement today]

 

 

I'm fan with him being an ambassador.  Tremendous guy, who is pretty much well-liked by anyone who's met him.

 

Coach?  No thanks.

 

Just out of curiosity ... why?

 

 

Doesn't strike me as cerebral enough to coach.  

 

 

How cerebral must one be for a QC role?

[Buck Pierce set to announce retirement today]

I'm fan with him being an ambassador.  Tremendous guy, who is pretty much well-liked by anyone who's met him.

 

Coach?  No thanks.

 

Just out of curiosity ... why?

[I want to talk about something that really grinds my gears]

 

 

 

Do you guys think this is a game or something?

 

This is a legitimate concern.

 

Ranks right up there with not enough raisins in Raisin Brand and the lack of cashews in mixed nuts.

 

 

Welcome to a day in my life.

 

Or how about when Reese's made the size of peanut butter cups smaller and expected nobody to notice?

 

 

I didn't notice. Then again, this thread makes it clear where my priorities lie.

[CFL releases Combine info (including participant list)]

As far as invites to the national combine go, I'm willing to bet they hand out a few OL invitations. My best guesses would be kicker Johnny Mark, DB RJ Cornish, kicker Zack Medeiros, and linemen Tchissakid Player, Tyson Carter and maybe Keegan Schneider get invites. Maybe a couple of the Regina boys too.

[CFL releases Combine info (including participant list)]

National Combine Participant List

 

1 Billy McPhee QB Queen's 6.03 195

2 Reid Quest QB Concordia 6.05 218

 

3 Tyler Crapigna K McMaster 5.07 165

 

20 Eric Black DB Saint Mary's 6.01 170

21 Derek Jones DB Simon Fraser 6.01 180

22 Andrew Lue (8) DB Queen's 6.02 210

23 Antoine Pruneau DB Montreal 6.00 190

24 Adam Thibault (13) DB Laval 6.00 205

25 Steven Ventresca DB McMaster 6.00 180

 

30 Jordan Botel RB Mount Allison 5.10 200

31 Anthony Coombs (9) RB Manitoba 5.09 190

32 Robert Farquharson RB Guelph 5.09 210

33 Pascal Lochard RB Laval 6.00 215

34 Mackenzie Sarro RB Calgary 6.04 245

 

40 Jesse Briggs LB McGill 6.01 222

41 Max Caron (10) LB Concordia 6.02 213

42 Casey Chin (11) LB Simon Fraser 6.15 215

43 Beau Landry (7) LB Western University 5.11 201

 

60 Jaskaran Dhillon OL UBC 6.03 290

61 Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (1) OL McGill 6.05 315

62 David Foucault (3) OL Montreal 6.08 320

63 Matthias Goossen (5) OL Simon Fraser 6.04 300

64 Terry Hart OL St. Francis Xavier 6.03 300

65 Pierre Lavertu (2) OL Laval 6.03 300

66 Aaron Wheaton OL Toronto 6.05 295

 

80 Devon Bailey (4) WR St. Francis Xavier 6.05 202

81 Kristopher Bastien WR Concordia 6.03 205

82 Alexander Fox WR Bishop's 5.08 185

83 Kit Hillis WR Saskatchewan 5.09 175

84 Brian Marshall WR Western University 6.00 200

85 Alex Pierzchalski WR Toronto 6.05 220

86 Evan Pszczonak WR Windsor 6.00 185

 

90 Dylan Ainsworth (15) DE Western University 6.03 225

91 Kirby Fletcher DL Acadia 6.03 300

92 Evan Gill (6) DL Manitoba 6.03 275

93 Mathieu Girard DL Montreal 6.04 275

94 David Menard DL Montreal 6.01 265

95 Martin Pesek DL Acadia 6.03 250

96 Quinn Smith DL Concordia 6.02 305

97 Derek Wiggan (14) DL Queen's 6.01 254

[CFL releases Combine info (including participant list)]

Toronto Regional Combine Participants

 

Taylor Palmer DB Guelph Free Agent

Raye Hartmann DB St. Francis Xavier Draft Eligible

Felix Odum DB Wilfrid Laurier Free Agent

Josh Burns DB Windsor Draft Eligible

Matt Webster DB Queen's Draft Eligible Running Back

 

Aaron Milton RB Toronto Draft Eligible

Errol Brooks RB York Draft Eligible

Connor Anderson RB York Draft Eligible

Zack Davis RB York Draft Eligible Linebacker

 

Jonno Carreiro LB Twin Cities Predators Free Agent

Aram Eisho LB McMaster Draft Eligible

Dylan Howes LB Toronto Draft Eligible

Christopher Johnson LB Toronto Draft Eligible Defensive Line

 

Stephon Miller DL Windsor Draft Eligible

James Tuck DL York Draft Eligible

Kevin Malcolm DL McMaster Draft Eligible

Ryan Northfield DL Western University Draft Eligible

Jeffery Finley DL Guelph Draft Eligible

Adam Dickson DL McMaster Draft Eligible

Djordge Gavrilovic DL Waterloo Free Agent

Abiodun "Abbey" Olusoga DL Toronto Free Agent Offensive Line

 

Tommy Griffiths OL Wilfrid Laurier Free Agent

Joe Circelli OL Western University Draft Eligible

Craig Woloshyn OL Saskatchewan Free Agent

Tchissakid Player OL Northwestern State Draft Eligible

Tyson Carter OL Dubuque Draft Eligible Receiver

 

Quincy Van De Cruize WR Bishop's Draft Eligible

Scott MacDonell WR Queen's Draft Eligible

Austin Kennedy WR Windsor Draft Eligible

Paul de Pass WR Toronto Free Agent

Andrew Thibaudeau WR Western University Draft Eligible

Nick Anapolsky WR Waterloo Free Agent

Bryce Lawrence WR Western University Draft Eligible

Alex Carroll WR Queen's Draft Eligible

Nick Downey WR Langly Rams Free Agent

Will Austin WR York Free Agent

Saxon Lindsey WR Guelph Free Agent Kicker

 

Zackary Medeiros K London Beefeaters Draft Eligible

[CFL releases Combine info (including participant list)]

Montreal Regional Combine Participants

 

Brett Backman DB Acadia Free Agent

Matthew Bond-Lapointe DB Ottawa Free Agent

Alexandre Branco DB Sherbrooke Draft Eligible

Soonbum Cha DB Ottawa Free Agent

O'Shane Daley DB Bishop's Free Agent

Charlton Elliott DB St. Francis Xavier Draft Eligible

Demetrius Ferguson DB St. Francis Xavier Draft Eligible

El-Hadj N'Doye DB McGill Draft Eligible

Mattey Ossom DB McGill Draft Eligible

Jamie Symianick DB Western University Free Agent

Alex Graham DB Acadia Free Agent Running Back

 

Jean-Christophe Beaulieu RB Sherbrooke Draft Eligible

Sean Murphy RB McGill Draft Eligible

Alexandre Dupuis RB/TE Montreal Draft Eligible

Guillaume G. Bourassa RB Laval Draft Eligible

Ronlee King-Fileen RB Bishop's Free Agent Linebacker

 

Omar Smith-Jackson LB Bishop's Draft Eligible

Travis Bent LB Concordia Draft Eligible

Matt Lalande LB Saint Mary's Draft Eligible

Stephan Osman LB McGill Draft Eligible

Pier-Yves Lavergne LB Montreal Draft Eligible

Alex Lemire LS/LB Concordia Free Agent

Eric Noivo LB/DE Concordia Draft Eligible Defensive Line

 

Sanmi Adereti DE St. Francis Xavier Draft Eligible

Shaquille Armstrong DL Concordia Draft Eligible

Vincent Desloges DL Laval Draft Eligible

Jonathan Langma DL Concordia Free Agent

Steve McCollum DL Bishop's Free Agent Offensive Line

 

Quinn Everett OL Mount Allison Draft Eligible

Kyle Handy OL Bishop's Free Agent

Tyler Harding OL Bishop's Free Agent

Adam Hughes OL Bishop's Free Agent

Frederik Landry-Simard OL Concordia Draft Eligible

Devon Millar OL/LS Ottawa Free Agent Receiver

 

Nathan Heather WR Bishop's Draft Eligible

Troy Trentham WR Mount Allison Draft Eligible

Bill Nyantakyi WR/RB Bishop's Free Agent

Francis Lapointe WR Sherbrooke Draft Eligible

Ryon McCalla WR Bishop's Free Agent

Michael Harrington WR Concordia Draft Eligible

Marc Etienne-Villeneuve WR Montreal Free Agent

[CFL releases Combine info (including participant list)]

Edmonton Regional Combine Participants

 

Eric Dzwilewski QB Calgary Import

Jahlani Gilbert-Knorren QB Langley Rams Draft Eligible

Cayman Shutter QB Regina Free Agent Defensive Back

 

Raymond Cornish DB Saint Mary's Draft Eligible

Braxton Lawrence DB Saskatchewan Free Agent Running Back

 

Cuong Thai-Lieu RB Calgary Free Agent

Jeremy Andrew RB Saskatchewan Draft Eligible Linebacker

 

Richard Zacharias LB Saskatchewan Draft Eligible

Doctor Cassama LB Calgary Free Agent

Tyler Lavin LB McGill Free Agent

Thomas Miles LB Manitoba Draft Eligible

Tom Harris LB UBC Free Agent Defensive Line

 

Zach Hart DL Saskatchewan Free Agent

Steven Giang DL Alberta Draft Eligible

Dylan Roper DL Simon Fraser Draft Eligible

Michael Dadzie DL Regina Draft Eligible

Joel Suetter DL Saskatchewan Free Agent

Pacome Matulu DL Manitoba Draft Eligible

Ranji Atwall DL Manitoba Draft Eligible Offensive Line

 

Keegan Schneider OL Winona State Draft Eligible

Tyler Fabbri OL Manitoba Draft Eligible

Kyle Paterson OL Regina Draft Eligible

Lane Bryksa OL Saskatchewan Draft Eligible

Tristain Hoath OL Saskatoon Hilltops Free Agent Receiver

 

Mitch Stevens WR Saskatchewan Free Agent

Kolten Solomon WR Regina Free Agent

Brett Carter WR Winnipeg Rifles Free Agent

Brad Quartel WR Edmonton Wildcats Draft Eligible

Landon Buch WR Regina Draft Eligible

Andrew Smith WR Manitoba Draft Eligible

Tore Corrado WR Simon Fraser Draft Eligible

Micha Theil WR UBC Free Agent

Jared Jonatta WR Regina Free Agent

Ryley Richardson WR Alberta Free Agent

Matt LaRiviere WR Manitoba (WPG Rifles) Draft Eligible Kicker/Punter

 

Denton Kolodzinski P Saskatchewan Draft Eligible

John Mark K Calgary Draft Eligible

 

Little surprised to see Carter there. Wonder what the deal with him is.

[CFL releases Combine info (including participant list)]

They've expanded to 3 regional combines now, leading up to the National Combine.

 

http://www.cfl.ca/article/first-step-top-talent-to-be-on-display-at-2014-combines

 

Edmonton - March 17th

Montreal - March 19th

Toronto - March 20th

 

National Combine in Toronto - March 21-23

 

Participant lists to follow in next post.

[I want to talk about something that really grinds my gears]

 

Do you guys think this is a game or something?

 

This is a legitimate concern.

 

Ranks right up there with not enough raisins in Raisin Brand and the lack of cashews in mixed nuts.

 

 

Welcome to a day in my life.

[I want to talk about something that really grinds my gears]

You have me curious now Mike, I'll have to get a box and a bag of BBQ chips after work. Does the bag flavour have less of a kick than the box?

 

It's an entirely different taste altogether.

 

The box flavor is an original, unique, rich, appetizing, glorious flavor.

 

The bag tastes like ...  generic BBQ flavor

[I want to talk about something that really grinds my gears]

Do you guys think this is a game or something?

 

This is a legitimate concern.