Mike
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Why evaluate FAs for the expansion draft? We won't be protecting them and for good reasonMaybe the BB know what they have in Etienne and want to evaluate Foster at game speed so they can make an Etienne vs. Foster expansion draft decision?
You keep saying that but it's not necessarily true.
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Khari Jones for OC
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my wish list
GM: Kyle Walters
HC: Rich Campbell
Asst HC/Receivers: Bob Dyce
OC: Khari Jones
QB: Buck Pierce
OL: Bob Wylie
DC/DB: Kavis Reed
LB: Casey Creehan
DL: Mark Nelson
ST: Craig Dickenson
Asst ST: Markus Howell
seems like a hodgepodge of nice guys, bomber alumni and question marks.
so of course, this will be the final staff.
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If Calvillo doesn't retire, he's nuts.
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I don't know I think he is being properly used. You look at his success in BC and he was always catching the ball over his shoulder on the run. He's more of a deep threat guy, and we're getting him to run 5-10 yard hitch patterns.
Plus it's a new offence for him. I don't think he is a bust, just yet.
yeah the new offence excuse doesn't fly when you have trouble hanging onto the ball. If you can't catch then you're not much of a receiver.
That's what they said about Adarius Bowman.
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I just don't understand why we'd play him in the slot either.
Foster should be at the wideout spot opposite MSW/Kelly, instead they do exactly what we did to Bowman a couple years ago and play him in a spot that accentuates his inabilities. He's not more than average as a wideout either, but he's doing far below average in the slot.
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Mike Kelly?
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Foster over Jade Etienne is just another Tim Burke decision that I do not understand.
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Worth pointing out re: Hall, he is also coming off a year out of football as a player.
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Burke throws Ford need the bus on the post game show it out mni
I'm curious to hear more about this once you translate it back into English.
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I am surprised at how sensitive some people are. But whatever... I said I'd try to be better. To be the man you have to beat the man? WTF does that mean? Yeah, I can beat a mod & admin, sure.
do or do not ... there is no try
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How was my post so bad?
If you can't figure out how your words in that post made you come across a bit rude AND you're going to backtrack on what you actually said (re: all this "middle ground" crap) then I don't know what to tell ya.
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Do you not see the possibility of there being middle ground between 35-45K & 85-95k?
Why do you get so angry about everything?
And why do you have to always get personal? I wasn't mad, dude.
I always get personal? Alright...
Anyways, how about that middle ground?
Why would there be a middle ground? On what basis? Rids knows his stuff when it comes to salaries. He's worked with other CFL teams at arms length. Knows scouts on various CFL teams. Has had discussions with them about players. He attends the Senior Bowl every year & is on the field with the NFL & CFL scouts. He attends the E Camp the CFL holds in March. He is on a first name basis with most CIS head coaches across Canada. He talks to these guys & they all give him the scoop on what their former players are making. He is an equal partner with CFL player Shomari Williams in a college recruiting company. He has set up combines all across Canada. I didn't just pick those numbers out of the blue that I quoted. It was Rids who first told me what CFL first rounders make just a few days ago in a private discussion about this very thing.
What a bizarre comment.
You said "first round picks make 85-95k" and JBR said "no they don't" and you replied with "so what are you saying, they make 40-45k" and not only that, but you're extremely confrontational about it.
How in the world can you not see yourself ignoring the possibility of a middle ground in that exchange?
Truly a weird dude. If you honestly weren't mad, you need to take a long hard look at the way you talk to people because for a guy who was just engaging in a conversation and wasn't at all upset, you sure came across as a bit of a d-bag. Not attacking you, just being honest. I trust you when you say you weren't mad, but damn man ... you sure sound like it. A lot.
And you don't? You make it very clear who you like or dislike here everyday just by the way you say things & treat people yourself. This place is small but is becoming very cliqueish. If some people want respect then they have to treat others the same way. Including yourself. It's easy to preach. Maybe you should follow your advice. When this place first opened, people seemed happy to be here. We all got along. There weren't many arguments. Then little disagreements became spats which became feuds, then grudges & seem to now becoming wars. A lot of times, I have to come here & put on a suit of armour knowing whatever I say will be attacked. So, I guess I'm defensive. I expect to be attacked so therefore I get the first shot in. Is it because the team sucks so we're grouchy? If we were 12-3 would this be a happy place? I don't know anymore. I know it's not as much fun coming here as it used to be.
Maybe you just take everything a wee bit too serious. There are no "cliques" here. I don't dislike any posters here on a personal level.
And what is all this about spats turning into feuds into grudges into wars? Wars? Really? Really?
You talk about coming here knowing whatever you say will be attacked. And then you say you expect to be attacked. Which is it? Are your opinions being attacked (i.e. debated) or do you legitimately feel like you are personally being verbally abused?
Honestly, you just take this place a bit too serious. It's supposed to be a casual place for a group of fans to talk shop, not a place that involves itself in "wars", as you put it. I don't mean to be rude, but there are very few posters here that I would not be interested in sitting down with and grabbing a beer over some Bomber talk. Unfortunately, your constantly combative attitude makes you one of them. I'd love to be able to say that it wasn't true, but you just don't seem to be able to separate yourself from this idea that people who don't agree with you are attacking you. In case you have not noticed, you have a strong personality. Because of that, when people disagree with your strong opinion, they're going to come back at you the same way. Above all else, I think you need to understand that this is an internet fan site. People seek out and participate in the discussions here because they enjoy analyzing and over analyzing opinions about this football team. If you are not thick-skinned enough to subject your opinion to debate from other participants on this website, perhaps this is not the site for you. It is not a blog where you are free to share your opinion for casual reading without room for debate. It is not the Free Press comments section where nobody has any accountability for what they write. This is a forum full of intelligent members who are interested in discussion and debate and if they see something written by you, me or anyone else that they do not agree with or believe in, it is not wrong of them to debate it. It's not wrong of them, nor is it wrong of you when you do the same thing. What is wrong is when you get your back up and come across rudely towards other members simply because you don't like that they dare challenge your opinion.
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Nasty Nate numbers aside, the highest contract ever signed by a #1 pick is for 70k a year. That contract wasn't signed by Jade Etienne. Keep digging.
Obviously we're talking base salary though.
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Also as a side note, I find it quite humorous that you say Etienne wouldn't get a sniff anywhere unless he took a paycut from his projected 85-95k a year and then in the very same post, you're quoted saying that Chris Bauman rakes in 135k a year.
Maybe you should think about that one for a bit.
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Do you not see the possibility of there being middle ground between 35-45K & 85-95k?
Why do you get so angry about everything?
And why do you have to always get personal? I wasn't mad, dude.
I always get personal? Alright...
Anyways, how about that middle ground?
Why would there be a middle ground? On what basis? Rids knows his stuff when it comes to salaries. He's worked with other CFL teams at arms length. Knows scouts on various CFL teams. Has had discussions with them about players. He attends the Senior Bowl every year & is on the field with the NFL & CFL scouts. He attends the E Camp the CFL holds in March. He is on a first name basis with most CIS head coaches across Canada. He talks to these guys & they all give him the scoop on what their former players are making. He is an equal partner with CFL player Shomari Williams in a college recruiting company. He has set up combines all across Canada. I didn't just pick those numbers out of the blue that I quoted. It was Rids who first told me what CFL first rounders make just a few days ago in a private discussion about this very thing.
What a bizarre comment.
You said "first round picks make 85-95k" and JBR said "no they don't" and you replied with "so what are you saying, they make 40-45k" and not only that, but you're extremely confrontational about it.
How in the world can you not see yourself ignoring the possibility of a middle ground in that exchange?
Truly a weird dude. If you honestly weren't mad, you need to take a long hard look at the way you talk to people because for a guy who was just engaging in a conversation and wasn't at all upset, you sure came across as a bit of a d-bag. Not attacking you, just being honest. I trust you when you say you weren't mad, but damn man ... you sure sound like it. A lot.
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Gee # 3 is Goltz, how is that plan working for you? And Boltus is the heir apparent in the current master plan. How many other teams do you think would take any of these guys as their QB? Right...none.
My favorite part is how you're acting as if any of us are saying the way the Bombers have been doing things is a good way to do them
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Even if Collaros inevitably does not pan out, we can't afford to not be the team that finds out.
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Collaros isn't going to command veteran starter money.
He's going to command starter money.
And to those who ask "why would we pay it", why wouldn't we? He absolutely deserves starter money. He'd be signing here to be our starter, no sense in pissing around and trying to play the nickel and dime game. Pay the man and get him here. We can't afford not to.
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I'd trust Atomic.
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The fact that Goltz isn't doing short yardage is an absolute joke.
Boltus looks like he's got concrete blocks for shoes when he's out there.
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And I swear to god if I hear Iso make that "we should have picked him in the fourth round where he was projected to go" comment one more time, I'm going to lose it lol
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I don't see how anyone can blame Etienne for his lack of production.
Every time he's been thrown the ball, he's done something with it. Whenever he plays, I constantly notice comments on how much separation he can create for himself.
It's not exactly his fault he's been saddled with awful quarterbacks and a brutal staff. Besides, his numbers over an 18 game season this year extrapolate to a 700 yard receiver. Really worth complaining about?
Who do the Bombers protect?
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Does this really surprise you?
He also suggested we protect Poblah and mentions the likes of James Green over Etienne.