Mike

Micah Johnson isn’t a huge loss, but Purifoy leaving creates a void. They’re going to be a very young team next year, they’ve got some pieces here and there but they’ve having trouble retaining guys and you don’t hear them in on a lot of players either. One of two things is happening. Either the machine in Regina is doing a very good job of making sure their plans don’t leak to the media or the Riders aren’t a desirable team to play for anymore. Money still talks but they used to be able to sell players on the atmosphere, the fans, the building, the program and it looks like a lot of that goodwill is gone.

They’re not going to be able to afford to do that.

This is laughable. Come on man. I’m a huge Andrew Harris guy. Turned this whole franchise around for us. Ring of Honour, Hall of Fame, statue out front of IGF, do it all for the guy. He deserves that and so much more. He’s also more or less finished. He’s at the end of a great career. Does he have something left in the tank? I don’t doubt it for a second, but there’s a reason the great teams are the teams that are a year early on these decisions instead of a year late. Harris is going to be 35 at the start of camp, he could barely practice last year, he’s becoming progressively more and more beat up and he can’t really be a full time back anymore. Had a hell of a run in the playoffs after taking a huge chunk of the year off and having a year off before that to heal up. How is it going to work for him when he doesn’t have the benefit of those variables? I hope we find a way to keep him, but he’s not the pulse of this offence anymore. He didn’t suit up for us for more than 4 games in a row last year. His playoff run was extraordinary, but let’s be honest with what it was. Those are conditions where you have to pound the rock and Hamilton/Saskatchewan were both missing good pieces of their run stopping D. He was coming off a ton of rest. That can’t be a long term solution for us and we have to look to keep this team together in ways where it leads to sustainable success. A 35 year old running back who probably doesn’t want to take the pay cut we’d need him to take may just not be an answer for us.

What was this in reference to? Tweet seems gone

It’s inefficient spending to bring back all three, if you ask me. Unless Harris takes a HUGE shave.

Pleasant surprise but I would assume this must mean a pending Harris retirement or Oliviera signing elsewhere.

Bailey signed, as per Dunk HUGE

Who is Argula If we don’t keep Lawler (which I don’t expect us to), I hope we get Weineke or Acklin.

People around the CFL really just have no grasp of the salary cap. At all. Especially when it comes to positions like the OL. “How can the Bombers keep Couture?!”, meanwhile he’s not even being paid like a top 2 center in the league. They also seem to think every single guy league wide gets a huge raise, as if every veteran out there played for league minimum last year or something.

Wolitarsky is the man. Such a good dude in general.

I get it, he’s fantastic and a great fit for them.

Lawler is gone and honestly, 250k isn’t even an offer I would entertain. I would dread paying him 200k, never mind 250k.

Burnham back to BC

Not sure if it’s been mentioned yet but Bombers signed former NFL corner 6’2” Donovan Olumba been with the Ticats before as well

This all sounds good until you realize there’s absolute nothing gained by the players in this proposal

I miss Hootie

That’s it?

Gbill

It’s fun to reminisce I think I started posting on OB when I was … 13? Crazy to think how it shapes your life. I’m 32 now, married to a former Bomber cheerleader I only ever met because of the Bombers. We had mutual friends and were all gathering for a lake weekend 9 years ago. My obsession with the Bombers meant I was the guy not driving out to Kenora until after the Friday night home game, she was the girl who had never been there before and didn’t want to make the drive out after the game alone through the night. We bought a house together less than a year and a half later. I made friends with a poster on OB after asking questions about the Labour Day bus tours. 11 years later, we’ve gone to every single one since together. We’ve gone on trips to Florida, Arizona, Minnesota, countless trips to Fargo and I could go on and on. We crashed at our friends house together to be there in the stands to see the Grey Cup win in Calgary. He was one of my groomsmen on my wedding day. We crush beers almost every weekend. Not only that - he’s also married now and met his wife on OB. Who knew becoming obsessed with getting into arguments with Morris Bay at the age of 15 would have such an impact on the rest of my life. Where the hell is SPuDS

I may be reading the transactions page wrong, but it looks like we don’t have many guys who are under contract next year. Is the option year still a thing? If it is, it looks like we exercised our option on Nichols, Demski, Wilson, Alford, Liegghio and a handful of others today. If it’s not and that’s all we have under contract for 2022 well then my god we are in trouble lol Also worth mentioning because I saw someone mention Mourtada hasn’t been cut yet: he’s not under contract, he ended the year on the PR. Also worth mentioning: we apparently signed a DB named Marwin Evans today.

I’m shocked at the idea of being “okay that we lose Desjarlais” He’s probably a top 2-3 priority for us to sign. Massive hit if he leaves.

Yeah that 0-0 record against Ottawa this year really set the tone for us.

Imagine being Thiadric Hansen and just thinking winning the Grey Cup is the easiest thing in the world 😂

Don’t really think it’s Jeffcoat per se, I just think that’s where we could probably lose a big piece and absorb it the best (with Kongbo) but I just think it’s realistic to expect we lose somebody

I’ve also started to mentally prepare myself for the remote possibility Collaros walks away from football. I don’t expect it but it wouldn’t shock me. The guy looked so beaten and finished when he was in a rough situation, I wouldn’t be surprised if he decides he wants to just go out on top. It may be further in the rear view mirror than it once was, but the reality is he still could be a hit away from a rough life after football. Man do I ever want him back though.