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I'm not excited, because it doesn't necessarily mean we landed Wylie.
Makes me a bit nervous, to be honest.
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Guys, I'm just sayin'. Tired of losing. Tired of always being "years away" from having a good team. Miller promised us we'd be aggressive signing free agent players. Walters toned it down before FA started by saying we'd be active which had me concerned. There always seems to be a ready excuse for as to why we didn't sign someone. Hank was classic. He signed with Ottawa because he wanted his cousins to come watch him play. What a bunch of bullshit. Typical Hank.
Same thing every time with you. Why aren't you ripping BC? They struck out on every player they wanted. Rip Saskatchewan for losing Sanders, Butler and Schmitt.
Every time someone signs in this league, another team or more loess out. Get used to it. No team gets everybody they want.
Rip Wally? Winningest coach in CFL history & uber successful GM? Walters & O'Shea only hope to win half as many games as Buono has the past 25 years. Sask built their team to win a GC at home & now they're up against the cap. Their 1 year gamble paid off. Somehow I knew you'd come after me even though everyone else kept the discussion civil. Why don't you just hit ignore if you find peoples comments not to your liking all the time? I won't miss you. You won't miss me. So,please, go ahead.. You're always getting PO'd about something.
Not uncivil at it. Just suggesting you would benefit by tempering your expectations. The thing people often forget when free agency comes up is that the teams don't decide who they sign. The players do. It's not up to us. You could have a free agent that 6 teams want and they all handle everything properly with the negotations. He's still only going to sign one contract.
The players decide where they sign, but the teams decide what they are offering. ISO's simply suggesting that we offer more, because we have to, to get more of the players we want. Personally, McCune isn't where I'd spend a lot. I'd save it for the Laurent sweepstakes, but ISO's point remains. To get players to ignore the 3-15 season and the rookie GM/HC and the poor O line and the first time starting QB, we are going to have to pay them more than other teams.
And when we offer that, but they still elect to go somewhere else because of a million other factors -- compatibility with coaches, location, role on the team, etc -- then what?
I agree with you and Iso when you say we need to offer more money. It's obvious that's what Walters thinks too because we outbid anybody on Nick Moore AND Craig Butler. But as you can see, it's just not all about the money.
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Second and 10...A Winnipeg Blue Bomber Blog: Mid-February Roster Analysis http://2ndand10.blogspot.com/2014/02/mid-february-roster-analysis-winnipeg_20.html?spref=tw … #Bombers #CFL
Nice to see this Analysis making the rounds.
I posted it on Twitter yesterday through our site account and I plan to do the same thing every time he posts a new entry. CFL_News is a good account to spread the word too, they have over 10k followers.
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Guys, I'm just sayin'. Tired of losing. Tired of always being "years away" from having a good team. Miller promised us we'd be aggressive signing free agent players. Walters toned it down before FA started by saying we'd be active which had me concerned. There always seems to be a ready excuse for as to why we didn't sign someone. Hank was classic. He signed with Ottawa because he wanted his cousins to come watch him play. What a bunch of bullshit. Typical Hank.
Same thing every time with you. Why aren't you ripping BC? They struck out on every player they wanted. Rip Saskatchewan for losing Sanders, Butler and Schmitt.
Every time someone signs in this league, another team or more loess out. Get used to it. No team gets everybody they want.
Rip Wally? Winningest coach in CFL history & uber successful GM? Walters & O'Shea only hope to win half as many games as Buono has the past 25 years. Sask built their team to win a GC at home & now they're up against the cap. Their 1 year gamble paid off. Somehow I knew you'd come after me even though everyone else kept the discussion civil. Why don't you just hit ignore if you find peoples comments not to your liking all the time? I won't miss you. You won't miss me. So,please, go ahead.. You're always getting PO'd about something.
Not uncivil at it. Just suggesting you would benefit by tempering your expectations. The thing people often forget when free agency comes up is that the teams don't decide who they sign. The players do. It's not up to us. You could have a free agent that 6 teams want and they all handle everything properly with the negotations. He's still only going to sign one contract.
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Guys, I'm just sayin'. Tired of losing. Tired of always being "years away" from having a good team. Miller promised us we'd be aggressive signing free agent players. Walters toned it down before FA started by saying we'd be active which had me concerned. There always seems to be a ready excuse for as to why we didn't sign someone. Hank was classic. He signed with Ottawa because he wanted his cousins to come watch him play. What a bunch of bullshit. Typical Hank.
Same thing every time with you. Why aren't you ripping BC? They struck out on every player they wanted. Rip Saskatchewan for losing Sanders, Butler and Schmitt.
Every time someone signs in this league, another team or more loess out. Get used to it. No team gets everybody they want.
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Yep saw your reply on twitter. You are definitely correct there. Gotta respect Bauming for trying to support a colleague though. I like Bauming.
The "2012 highlights" video that was uploaded in December 2011. No doubt it's full of clips from the future.@DarrinBauming: @MorningBigBlue @PaulWiecek I was watching his 2012 highlight tape from McPherson earlier today.
I like Bauming too. But it's just one more example of how much fact checking they go through as professionals. I just feel like fans in Winnipeg deserve a bit more responsibility from our writers.
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@DarrinBauming: @MorningBigBlue @PaulWiecek I was watching his 2012 highlight tape from McPherson earlier today.
The "2012 highlights" video that was uploaded in December 2011. No doubt it's full of clips from the future.
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I'm well aware.
That was also 4-5 years ago. And he wasn't much beyond average at it then.
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I'm still wondering why we re-signed Dan West.We now have 7 NI Safety's on the roster. Possible trade coming?
It's either a trade coming or the plan is to start 2 NI DBs, which I suggested might happen in a previous thread and got laughed at.
... It could be (and probably is) neither of those things. Newman, West, Bucknor, Muamba, Alexander and Sherman boils down to 6 guys under contract. I'm assuming you're counting Robertson as well. You could easily play 1 Canadian safety, 1 Canadian nickel (which is what my best guess is) and a backup on the 42. Practice roster another one, maybe two and there you go. Maybe they attempt to trade one, I'm sure they'd exhaust all those options before cutting a guy outright but there's no way I can see us starting 2 Canadians in the secondary when we have the import talent that we have there.
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Any scouting reports on how he performs at pass blocking?
I wouldn't expect to find any accurate or relevant scouting reports, this guy is 27 years old and hasn't played meaningful football in almost 7 years. I'm not even 100% convinced that he's signed a contract.
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lol it just annoys me. If you're going to steal information I've tweeted out hours ago, you could at least either a) give credit where credit is due or b ) get your facts straight.
I wouldn't expect credit if I was posting it on my personal account, but posted on our website's Twitter? Come on now.
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Here comes the Winnipeg media to butcher the facts on this guy as usual.
No investigative efforts whatsoever.
Careful, you'll get blocked
Seriously. Is this real life right now? How bad can a reporter be?
Paul Wiecek @PaulWiecek 12m
RB Travon Jones (5-8, 171), who played for Sacramento State in 2012, has tweeted the Bombers have invited him to training camp. #bn
MorningBigBlue @MorningBigBlue 8m
@PaulWiecek he hasn't played for Sac State since 2007, Paul
Paul Wiecek @PaulWiecek 3m
Check that earlier tweet -- RB Travon Jones played for Sacramento State in 2007, more recently with McPherson College in 2012. #bn
MorningBigBlue @MorningBigBlue 1m
@PaulWiecek He left McPherson in 2011, Paul
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Here comes the Winnipeg media to butcher the facts on this guy as usual.
No investigative efforts whatsoever.
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If I had to guess regarding DI spots, I'd guess we use one on a guy who can be an offensive skill player / returner, one on a DL and one on a hybrid LB/DB type.
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Don't mind the additional competition at NI Safety, or a depth DB, but just wish Alexander was more of a special teams ace. Depth DB's need to be special teams aces.
That's exactly my concern about it. How does he fit on the roster? I don't expect him to end up starting at safety for us and if he's not starting, why put him on the 42 if he's not a solid ST guy?
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I'm glad we have a QB coach, but I'd have prefered one who is a little younger and who has some CFL experience.
Just curious ... who did you have in mind?
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I'm not sure how I feel about that ... but it sure is interesting.
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He worked the last number of years as a "special consultant" ... sounds familiar
He's a prep coach for QBs entering college or the NFL. A lot like what Marc Trestman does during his offseasons. He just does it all year round.
Dahlquist has worked with recent QBs like Marcus Mariota, Zach Mettenberger and Tajh Boyd. He also helped prep Terrell Pryor for the NFL.
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Ted Laurent telling teams he won't make a decision until after the NFL Draft ... so 3 months.
as long as, Walters is willing to engage in bidding when that happens, thats ok
It will be tough ... he lives in Montreal, so they have a leg up. He'll have lots of interested teams.
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Ted Laurent telling teams he won't make a decision until after the NFL Draft ... so 3 months.
Free Agency - 2014...
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You really think Andrew Jones or Myddelton would be an improvement here? I don't.