kelownabomberfan

Een the CFL, first you get da suger. Den you get de money. Den you get de power. Den you get de weemen.

He'll wind up as third string with the Lions and then have everyone here ***** and moan all next season about how great he was and wishing he were still here?

He's a pending free agent. I agree Calgary would not trade him but would they be able to resign him? He'd be a priority signing. Yes, I believe they would. Unless the Riders send in another female agent on a special mission to get pregnant. Then all bets are off.

Oakland sure could have used Christo against the Eagles. Yeesh that was an ugly game for Oakland's defence.

Based on how his season went do you forsee a lot of NFL interest in the guy? Yeah, I see more NFL interest in Muamba than Matthews, quite frankly. Matthews when he did play looked like he had gone to the Kamau Peterson school for dropping passes into your midriff during the off-season.

The next time I see Goltz I expect it to be as "guy in background" in a boner-pill commercial.

yeah with the way Burke generalizes I have no doubt he was referring to Tsoumpas. I also don't see how Burke saying they are interested in some free agents could be seen as tampering - unless they are contacting the players directly and talking to them, kind of like Edmonton was doing last year with Reilly.

http://www.cjob.com/audio-on-demand/ 21:30 point - you can go straight there. 3 FA NI O-linemen they are looking at, one guy that had a concussion all year.

great post Mike - thanks for taking the time to type that.

You totally contradicted yourself with those two sentences. First you say that Edmonton is one step ahead of us by firing Reed, then you say it's good that we are keeping Burke around for a few weeks. ????? I see your reading comprehension hasn't gotten any better. I'm not contradicting myself. LOL. Well then you should have been clearer in your statement. The poor writer always blames the audience/reader for why they are misunderstood.

He said one had a concussion all year...

Burke - five guys packed it in during the season and definitely by the end of the season and weren't earning their paycheques. He won't name them though.

Yeah sounds like Sims Walker has played his last game of pro football.

LOL - Burke can't remember if he has an option year on his contract...LOL

Kubie Kid gets the first call. I met Kubie at the Grey Cup in 2011. Cool dude.

Man....anyone who is suicidal or has some serious personality issues shouldn't listen in...man is this depressing. Burke actually admitted that "deep down" he knew that they were a bad team after the second game of the year. So he knew they were going to suck, and did nothing....sigh... Bob just said that Burke has one year left on his contract and has not heard from management as to what is going on.

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any hope of any reasoning as to why you select these people? Or is this just a random list? If random, then I'd like to see John Elway and Bill Belichick as GM and HC.

I'd like to see Khari at OC, but I don't think he's got the experience to be a HC just yet.

Joey Elliott still played better than Hall did. Higher peaks, lower valleys but even as a major Elliott guy I'd say Hall is more consistent. well do we put a factor in there for Crowton or not? Cause Hall didn't do **** all until well after Crowton was gone. The problem for both of them was a propensity to turn the ball over, to me Elliott was better at his best and that makes a big difference cause Hall had some pretty damned low lows himself. I can just see Dave and Cory on the couch in 2055, mixing in their rye with their Boost and Ensure energy drinks, going on about how "that Elliot guy would have won us a cup in 2013".

I don't think most people "want" this. We are just saying that this is what is currently happening, apparently. In answer to all the people who are asking why Burke is still at this moment at IGF in the coach's office, as opposed to doing something more in line with his talents, like learning how to run the hot dog machine.

Joey Elliott still played better than Hall did. yeah that 52-0 loss to the Riders was a great example of that too... Give it up already...

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/eskimos-give-coach-kavis-reed-contract-extension-1.1318715 This extension gives us stability going forward," Eskimos general manager Ed Hervey said in a release. "Leadership is critical to a young football team for success and I know our players work extremely hard for and are committed to coach Reed." Looks like we know who is taking over "Coach's Playbook" from Lapo on TSN when Lapo takes a job with Ottawa next year. There are going to be consequences....

Until you explain where you've heard that from, I guess there's not really much to discuss. I'm not sure where the idea came from but I heard the same thing from Burke's mouth, so it must be on audio somewhere. He did have the players slotted into which players can be starters on which teams and backups etc. I haven't heard of such a system but then, who am I to argue with Burke. I heard Burke say this on the post-game commentary after the last game on CJOB. Bizarre. I'd like to hear more of an explanation to this. I think it just is what it is. They want an evaluation from the coaches before they are all canned. They are getting paid anyway. Whether their evals just go into the dumpster is another discussion. I personally would keep everyone around until after the Ottawa draft, just so that you know what you are doing and are ready to handle any curve-balls. I know "Burke is an idiot and should be gone" etc etc but that kind of knee-jerk thinking is one of the reasons we're at 23 years and counting. Wait until Jan 1 for the axe to fall and meanwhile, at the Grey Cup, be pressing the flesh and interviewing coach and GM candidates.

I guess this would be a good time to mention that if Mack always listened to Walters, we'd have Edem and Pasztor over Mulumba and Pencer but we'd also have Mitchell over Muamba. Well we wouldn't really have Pasztor now would we, considering he's the starting right tackle for the Jaguars. wow starting Pasztor must really be messing with the Jaguars' ratio - aren't they only allowed to start 3 Canadians?