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Kelly was good for a play or two a game and doesn't have much of an all-around game. Hardly a cornerstone player that should stop the Bombers from looking at other prospects. Denmark's guaranteed himself a job somewhere next season, great receiver that can play every spot.

I don't think they can afford to keep Burke, even if keeping him seems like a way to save money. Say goodbye to 10,000 season ticket holders, although many will be gone regardless you might be able to salvage some with the promise of a halfway competent coach and manager. That said, it wouldn't shock me if they kept the core of this staff together, mostly due to cost.

He did use one time out on the play after Foster took a knee. It was the same play where the command centre reviewed a catch. Isn't that a forced timeout when there is an injury, or is that NFL I'm thinking of? NFL. The only way to lose a timeout in the CFL is by losing a 2nd challenge.

And he's not interested in any position where he doesn't have final say, so he's basically guaranteed that he never will manage a CFL team.

Can the Football Club afford all the comp'd meals...Wade Miller CEO, Duane Forde GM?

Obviously we're talking base salary though. Yes, but to be honest, other than Muamba, Edem and Heenan, most of the recent 1st rounders aren't hitting the jackpot on their incentives. The potential is there, but they aren't producing or playing enough to meet them. They are hitting roster bonuses which leave them at still below average CFL salaries. It's not like the NFL before the rookie cap where high picks were handed the biggest contract on their team.

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.

Kohlert's the player we sign of the 2 (Etienne & Kohlert). If I was going to gamble, I'd protect Kohlert then make sure he gets signed but leave Etienne exposed to Ottawa. If Etienne isn't selected & wants to come back here then he has to take a significant pay cut to do so based on his numbers the past 3 seasons. All first rounders get paid $85-95,000 a season. He then takes a 25-35% pay cut on a new contract. If he balks then sayonara, kid. Best of luck as he won't get any better offers even in his beloved home land. No they don't. None of them do. If they are lucky they can make that if they reach performance bonuses. Muamba isn't making close to that in base salary on his current deal.

Is Robocop a free agent to play QB? Parenteau and Morley won't be back for sure. It is really too soon to speculate on anything...let's figure out who will be managing the team. If we have a sane coach/management, we won't be starting 4 NI's on the OL from this current group.

Edmonton's competitive. Our team hasn't been competitive for months, and has steadily declined. The lack of effort put forward by the players should put more than enough nails in Burke's coffin. I probably won't be renewing my season tickets just out of my general disgust for the Football Club as a whole and my terrible experience as a customer this past off-season before this 2013 team even stepped on the field, but if Burke is retained there is a less than 0% chance that I will keep my tickets.

I'll give you a chance to go through that list and actually think before you make a fool of yourself.

Neufeld is a fine addition, a prospect. The problem for him here, and will be from the first day he sets foot on the field for practice, is that he's been labelled a "starting Canadian offensive lineman" by the fans and media, which he isn't. The Riders tossed him in last season because they had ratio issues and he performed a little better than a speed bump. He can't play inside, so he is going to have to make it at a position where it is tougher for NI's to make it over the long term. Depending on the philosophy of the management and coach next season, Neufeld might be completely useless to us. Trading for someone's 7th OL who is a fairly limited player on a 6 figure deal isn't a miracle.

So any NI who started some games at tackle is a "starting NI tackle?" There's no variability in quality? Paul Swiston is therefore a NI starting tackle now. That's about the level of player we're getting, so don't get your hopes up too high. Neufeld has much to prove. The only reason this trade isn't a total fleecing is because we dumped a 14 pick for a 15 one when there will be a full draft pool, but there's no way we should have had to give up 2 rounds in that swap. Neufeld isn't a top 6 OL for the Riders and had very little chance of making their team next season regardless of Ottawa. Should have been no need to sweeten the pot, and if it was insisted upon, play hardball. Neufeld started 13 of 17 games in 2012 and the West-Semi...Pretty different from Paul Swiston's situation. He occasionally breaks into our terrible starting line. Steve Morley was a starting tackle for Calgary and started all of 2009 at tackle for us. Not an indicator of ability, nor an indicator of current ability.

So any NI who started some games at tackle is a "starting NI tackle?" There's no variability in quality? Paul Swiston is therefore a NI starting tackle now. That's about the level of player we're getting, so don't get your hopes up too high. Neufeld has much to prove. The only reason this trade isn't a total fleecing is because we dumped a 14 pick for a 15 one when there will be a full draft pool, but there's no way we should have had to give up 2 rounds in that swap. Neufeld isn't a top 6 OL for the Riders and had very little chance of making their team next season regardless of Ottawa. Should have been no need to sweeten the pot, and if it was insisted upon, play hardball.

Neufeld is a marginal starting OL. He's shown no ability to play guard (see Banjo Bowl), he's a pure tackle, and he's struggled at that spot this season too coming off of injury.

I'm not impressed at all. Saskatchewan is the desperate team. Hall for Neufeld straight up would have been fine. Any pick exchange should have resulted in us getting a higher pick or more picks. The only good thing with the picks is that the one we're getting back is in 2015 when it will be a full draft, the 2014 draft pool will be shallower with the eligibility changes.

Still blinded by your hate of a certain individual eh... This is the worst team in my lifetime. Daley's teams were not close to being this bad, although those secondaries were all-time bad. Kelly's team won 7 games without a QB, they were a decent football team. The only teams that come close to this are 97-98, 98 particularly.

You mean the recess offense? Best part of that is our coach telling the entire world that we're cutting the playbook in half. Should make film study a lot easier for the Stamps. The guy just can't control himself.

It's actually 2017 before they start fully paying off the loan co-signed by the province. 5 years behind schedule.

How does any community organization function? A lot of Castro fans in this thread.

Or his agent was in negotiations with the redskins and he was trying to influence those negotiations with social media? That's usually a pretty solid strategy.

A pre-selected pool of candidates chosen by whom? Someone who actually knows what the hell they're talking about (ie - not fans) -- Whether it's the government, or whatever. Fans are morons and can't be left in charge... I wouldn't let any government agents near these selections. You may as well keep the board the way it is if that's the case. The city and province both appoint board members currently. Some strong arguments for communist dictatorship here from some of the most conservative posters.

The fact that they needed Asper to write a cheque for $350,000 to finish the press box tells us everything about the financial situation. That's about a quarter of one game's gate receipts, and the Bombers can't afford it.

Well, if you want real confirmation that the organization is a mess... http://scratchingpost.thespec.com/2013/10/ticats-to-play-post-season-game-in-guelph-should-they-host-one-that-is.html

I envision some kind of "option-year", where the player can try out for the NFL while a CFL team maintains his CFL rights. No kidding. This situation and the ones we've had recently with new imports could have been avoided if the league could have just left well enough alone. The number of players the league lost to the option year window paled in comparison to the number of guys who came up here thinking "I'll play a year up there and be back in the NFL next year" but ended up playing several seasons in the CFL. The fact that guys have to lock themselves in for at least 2 seasons is a disincentive.