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You guys don't remember the fires being linked to climate change in the news every day? I don't think I'm misremembering that. Edit: I conflated his wanting CC blamed for the media having blamed it. My bad.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/brian-pare-pleads-guilty-to-setting-quebec-wildfires-1.7084669 Helluva way to advocate for climate change.

Do you imagine that that has actually happened?

I think that the "Big Guy" said that line.

As God is my witness I thought turkeys could fly.

Others may yet head to the rectangle (or other places). Consider how any of these names could make an impact for virtually any other team: Bede. Brissett. Coxie. Daniel. Hendrix. Jones. Leake. Oakman. Ouellette. Peters. Pickett. Richards. Tate. I trust the group who build our roster to do the right thing for us.. but dang it's going to be a nervy few weeks.

That's about 5 veterans with significant contracts who have opted to re-structure this offseason. That's likely how we got Wynton McManis back for 2 more years. (still some very big decisions to go)

@SpeedFlex27 My dad (who we lost last year) always said "That's the thing about Father Time, he is undefeated." ...and also, those aren't grey hairs in my beard... they're f*****g blond, ok??

I was thinking the same. I've got nothing to back that up other than it just feels like a very Alouettes thing to do. And not everybody will be in for Schoen... My team has FA/Salary issues aplenty without trying for that sort of move.

The better half and I were staying at the Delta (near Scotiabank & Skydome) in August to make it easier to get to the game (1 train stop) and allow partaking in the festivities without worrying about how much we (I) drink. We come down the elevator and turn left to go to Union and not 20 second later a guy who was coming from the other direction, dressed in black from sneakers to hoodie stops his e-scooter in front of us, removes his headphones and says "Pardon me, I just wanted to ask who your favorite player on defence is?" We were wearing our Argo gear. Looking up to him (he had an extra 4 inches on his scooter) without even thinking I answer back "Pickett. He's everywhere." He says "Aw man, it isn't me?" Not recognizing his face and hating to have to ask I said "I'm sorry man, I don't recognize your face..." He introduces himself politely. It's Stiggers. Hands are shook. I tell him "Well 42, maybe I just didn't say it was you since I'm fairly sure that you'll be off to somewhere down south next year." He laughs and thanks us for the encouragement. Nice guy. We wish him all the best. He scoots off westward at 35kmh, we hop a train to the tailgate. We get there and everyone was telling us how bad we missed out because AJ, who wasn't playing that day, had been by to partake. I tell them about Qwan'tez. Laughs and beers were had. Argos win. I miss football season.

I feel attacked... 🤪

Or the Bills...

Not publicly.

I honestly expected him to be released. Especially after Daniels and Orimolade restructured their contracts, I figured that if KGJ didn't also restructure that he wouldn't be an Argo this season. Tough choices still to be made... Peters, McManis, Pickett, Hendrix, Ouellette... And naming whoever our replacement for Mace at DC is.

Just pointing out: the Argos have Brissett, Nield and Ungerer. We were stacked with Canadian receivers.

We just came through a season where our highest paid receiver was (by and large) not a factor in our 16-2 record. And he had a lingering hip injury. And his salary was comparable to the guy we got for him. Makes sense from our perspective. With Ceresna in, I suppose this means that either or both of Oakman or Hendrix won't be back. I wish KGJ a prosperous reunion with MBT.

Spoken like a true Wombat fan.

EDIT: tried to put the Argo's twitter video announcing our schedule in here (it's funny), it's a play on the general indifference to the CFL from many Torontonians. Thought you like the chuckle, but apparently I can't post imbed a twitter or a video. https://x.com/TorontoArgos/status/1735362695459680599?s=20

Say whatever we will about Bishop's deficiencies as a frontline QB, nobody would ever argue that some of his traits (arm strength, physicality, speed) weren't elite. Cody on the other hand, has a smattering of skills and attributes which (imo) are in the D+ to B- range.

I don't know if that is in evidence.

Some would suggest that Osh was the more risky pick with his Coordinator experience having been in STs.

So who would their ideal candidates have been?

Dinwiddie did it with Arbuckle.

Under the normal run of things, that's true. I think that two consecutive seasons of finishing with seven losses in a row would be more than enough to justify a hard reset and buy some growth time for a new regime. (and I think that O'Day will be counting on that as well)

Pay raise, plus it's sort of a free-hit, isn't it? Like, if they take a year or two to rebuild, nobody will be looking to fire them so long as there's a process in place that gives the Riders a chance to improve year-on-year. Bigger paycheque and lower expectations is a nice combo to offer a candidate.