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8 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:
Oh I’m sorry. Did I disparage the character of this fine upstanding Bomber fan? How dare I!
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/fans-turn-on-officers-69638302.html
I have my personal reasons for disliking and thinking less of fans I consider drunken hooligans. If you feel that you are owed a public explanation for “why I am the way I am” on this topic I can get into it on the board here.
Please no.
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Best Hogan the Bombers have had since the old man in Section S
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CFL contracts aren’t guaranteed and a dude who hasn’t played since 2018 and was in a serious car accident isn’t going to command a large sum of guaranteed dollars.
I would love to see Saunders in camp.
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DL is pretty solid this year as far as depth goes but this might be a year we look to go outside the box and look at somebody like Enock Makonzo or a similar DB we may be high on. Could look at it as an opportunity to start a Canadian in the secondary, we’ve got quite a bit of depth with the Halletts and Patrice Rene if he comes up
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8 hours ago, Noeller said:
we will absolutely be taking an OL with our first pick....I have zero doubts about this. Especially with Desjarlais gone and Dobson likely down south as well. Walters has taken an OL first in every single draft, right? Why would he change that now when we actually do need to stock the cupboards....?
Because this draft is incredibly thin on OL. I could see Zack Fry being an option in the first round but he’s probably gone by the time our pick comes around. Other than that, it’s futures or reaches if we wanna go OL. I’d rather we go OL with our second rounder and see if there’s someone we can coach up from a raw talent perspective.
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9 minutes ago, Bubba Zanetti said:
Youre just upset he spewed Rider drivel over the airwaves to the unwashed green masses for 3 years.
Honestly, that was my excuse to dislike him even more. I didn’t care for him before that either. 🤣
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12 minutes ago, Booch said:
I think we still have probably 150-185k sitting there unused for what was offered to Lawler...I think that Adams was not in plans from get go, so bulk of Ellingson money came from what Adams made....Walters is doing his usual we tight to cap spin, but sitting on money for that out of nowhere signing (Bryant Mitchell....Tristan Opaloga) and if they don't find a guy they want...then theres money later in yr for a Kongbo return, or some other NFL cut who is free, and who wouldnt want to come to the Bombers with a realistic chance for a cup, or at the least a deep playoff run
I mean, we were “cap tight” last year and were still all over Reggie Begelton when he came loose - we actually offered more cash than Calgary did
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Honestly maybe it’s just me, but I’m really not a big fan of this.
Never really cared for DT’s style. Also drives me nuts how he looks at the game (who cares who leads the CFL in passes caught for 7.5 yards or more without getting a first down after 8 pm on Fridays) but hey, I’ll give him a chance.
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2 hours ago, TBURGESS said:
If the player is one of ours then a DUI or getting caught with PED's in your system is fine. Players from other teams with similar situations are pieces of crap with low moral character who would never be welcome on a MOS team and should be suspended right away. It is known. It is the way.
Now that you mention it, I think it’s about time Harris is banned from the league for his PED issue.
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Let’s just be generous here with some dollar amounts to speculate.
Darvin Adams out (150k), replaced by minimum salary (65k)
Steven Richardson out (100k), replaced by minimum salary (65k)
Mike Jones out (85k), replaced by Tyqwan Glass (85k)
Alden Darby out (100k), replaced by minimum salary (65k)
Kenny Lawler out (100k), replaced by minimum salary (65k)
Andrew Harris out (175k), replaced by minimum salary (65k)
Drew Desjarlais out (100k), replaced by Dobson or equivalent (85k)
Jonathan Kongbo out (125k), replaced by minimum salary (65k)
Even speculating on what is probably the very high end for most guys there, that’s 390k. And we gave out raises to Bighill, Jefferson, Jeffcoat, Oliviera, Bailey and Collaros.
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11 hours ago, Bubba Zanetti said:
IWWT, but im really curious about what he's doing with our cap space. Weve probably shed damn near 1 million dollars in cap space with all our recent departures. Since then he's brought in exactly 1 free agent(Ellingson), and handed out a handful of raises. I understand we need to keep some aside for BA and a couple of guys like that but he should still have a good chunk left to play with. Not happy to see guys like Darby leave.
Where do you think we’ve shed “damn near 1 million dollars”? People really need to gain an understanding of what a salary cap is before throwing out ridiculous numbers like this.
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13 minutes ago, Stickem said:
We're broke according to Walters.....Says we haven't the cash even IF Streveler shakes loose down south....IF that's the case I guess we'll be looking at Brown as the backup orrrr Watford or whichever near do well is out there.....Do not like the sounds of that unless Brown has really upped his game...we could be in back-up probs....As well it looks like McGuire is calling it a day as football goes
We’re not broke. Walters always says this. So does Hufnagel.
Nobody needs to know we have money to spend until we spend it.
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1 minute ago, Stickem said:
What we couldn' t make fit was the fact he says about being disrespected....I don't know the tone of how the conversation went between Harris and management....he obviously felt slighted.....Water under the bridge now and we continue on....I hope it hasn't caused a rift with the club that can't be fixed...That looks poorly on everyone
I mean, let’s just call it what it is. Harris didn’t just develop this chip on his shoulder when he became a Bomber, he’s been like that his entire career and for the most part, it’s served to work for him and not against him.
In this case, it may have worked against him. There’s nothing wrong with expressing some doubt in a 35 year old who plays a position 35 year olds don’t play, especially when you’ve seen a history of ongoing issues related to your concerns. He wasn’t coming to camp in shape, the team was a bit put off because they expected more and they asked to try and meet in a middle ground. “If you’re telling us your commitment to staying in shape isn’t going to be an issue, show us” isn’t an unreasonable request. Quite honestly, this isn’t meant to shine negatively upon anyone but we all know if this was anyone BUT Harris, we’d all be in the corner of Walters and O’Shea.
Wade is in the business of promoting the team. Walters and O’Shea are not. Hometown kid or not, they’re in the business of winning football games and while I may or may not agree with their choice, I understand the thought process that went into it.
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Harris got 165k, 40k of it upfront.
Not an astronomical amount but I can’t see a way we could’ve made that fit, to be honest.
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Think it’s impossible to say any team is the best team on paper at this point, too much turnover and changing of key people in key spots.
Not to say it won’t get fixed up, but we’ve currently got major kicking questions (which were a massive issue prior to Sergio last year), no returner and some issues in the defensive secondary plus our Canadian depth took a hit.
On the bright side, we have some good pieces in the pipeline in Dobson (to replace Eli) and Patrice Rene (to replace some Canadian D depth) but they’ve gotta sign.
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1 minute ago, GCn20 said:
Really bad move by Lawler to not secure some of that money. At 300k if he gets off to a slow start he could be toast at that salary and be in a position where he has to take scraps because no one has any money left. Or worse, an injury in camp and he gets nothing.
They can’t cut him in camp if he’s hurt.
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6 minutes ago, Booch said:
Ellingson is proven...Lawler not so much yet....i sure wanted him to prove it here, but that ship sailed....wasnt worth 300k tho....lets see 2..3 years of that to anoint him the best
I bet combined you get 2000 yards and 12 TDS minumum from Bailey/Ellingson.....I bet you dont see that with lawler/adams combined
Factor in last year....Ellingson and Bailey combined for 24 games...99 receptions and 1366 yards...and Lawler /Adams 24 games 90 receptions and 1455 yards...if anything its a wash, but I think 2022 our duo out produces
You literally were talking yesterday about how production isn’t everything when I said Duke was on a 1200 yard pace last year.
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3 minutes ago, camper_2 said:
I see a receiver in Sask with the highest percentage completion stat, 12 yds/catch, 27 years old, that probably could be gotten on an affordable salary... and replace Davin .. JWL...
No thanks lol slow plodder with injury issues
2022 Off Season - Back 2 Back Champs Edition
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My dad and I used to sit section S in the first row in front of that guardrail before the stairs up to the top. Had a front row seat to the show that day. Good times.