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  1. Doug Brown's column from Aug 30/12 that was posted in this thread was the first time the centre issue came up publicly that I recall. In that column Labatte told DB that it was discussed in a meeting between LaPolice and LaBatte in Jan/12. By discussed I mean LaPolice talked and LaBatte said nothing.As well, I believe the lack of a support system for his pregnant girlfriend was given as a reason at some point. I'm not sure how trying to sign LaBatte for a year and a half and offering a contract that would make him the highest paid olineman in the league translates to not valuing LaBatte.
  2. There was a PI call on the original 2 point convert attempt.
  3. Almost halftime. Some good plays by both teams - pretty good, albeit low scoring, game so far.
  4. Blindsiding a guy when the play is over is the definition of stupidity, especially since it was made a point of emphasis for officials, which players are well aware of. It's a pointless, selfish act, and that kind of crap is continually costing our team field position and points. Maybe Kuale should take up MMA, cause team sports sure aren't his thing. At least there his selfish stupidity will only hurt himself. He didn't blindside anyone on the play. They went face-to-face and neither player got the better of the other. Kuale has taken a number of stupid penalties but that penalty shouldn't have been called.
  5. TSN didn't show an angle from the view of the official which was the angle needed to see a push off and Watkins was pretty much admitting he did it so how could you tell it wasn't PI? Watkins admits it but Jones throws the challenge flag...those two things don't quite jive. I think Watkins would know better than the spotters whether he pushed off.
  6. The first UR penalty was pretty suspect. He and a RedBlack hit each other at the same time and then patted each other on the head and laughed and Kuale was flagged.
  7. yepYou're agreeing with your own post. smh
  8. TSN didn't show an angle from the view of the official which was the angle needed to see a push off and Watkins was pretty much admitting he did it so how could you tell it wasn't PI?
  9. Owens is killing the Esks so far.
  10. They have a popular song "radio active" you'd probably know it if you heard it I am pretty sure it was even used in a commercial for something... I got nothing against them but based on the little I know about them it's not a good half time show pick. It was used for Assassin's Creed III and a Lebron James commercial for earbuds. Another song called "New Age" was used for a commercial for the Defiance video game.
  11. Situation is that we needed a DL... Pall was cut by Montreal and has barely played, Adebayo was on PR and has CFL experience Both were available. Except you can't simply claim a player off of a practice roster, that player has to agree to sign with the team attempting to claim him. Adebayo is from Edmonton, and he's played even less than Pall. He hasn't played less than Pall... Edmonton wasn't looking for DL depth when we were - Adebayo would not have said 'no thanks, waiting for someone to get injured in Edmonton...' How do you know what he would have said. Are you related to Abebayo?
  12. Situation is that we needed a DL... Pall was cut by Montreal and has barely played, Adebayo was on PR and has CFL experience Both were available. You have no idea whether Adebayo would have agreed to come here.
  13. Different situations. Pall was a FA, Adebayo was not.
  14. Adebayo has already changed his header pick on Twitter to an Eskimos logo so it would seem to be true. Guess so. Maybe someone can show Walters how it works sometime? And the 8 other GMs in the league. Isn't Adebayo the first PR player this season to change teams.
  15. Rashad Lawrence at Northwestern's pro day: Justin Wilson 2012 Delaware State highlights:
  16. Presumably the separation of the bones in the ankle.
  17. I don't stick up for officials until the accusations being made against them starting bordering on the ridiculous. Are there times when I get really frustrated and angry with the officiating (in any sport I watch) - yeah, of course. The thing is officials get bashed for making the correct calls/non-calls more often than they are bashed when making a legitimate mistake. Before this season started, the officials were instructed to call certain infractions more closely and then they get bashed for doing it. It's the players themselves who should be taking a lot of blame for the increase, not the officials. Penalties are up but the ones that have seen the biggest increases are ones that the players can control. Objectionable conduct penalties are up 45% and procedural penalties (Offside, Procedure, Time count, Delay, Too many men, Illegal participation/substitution are grouped together) are up 44% - that's on the players, not the officials. Procedural penalties are up 15% not 44%, not sure where you got that from. Objectionable conduct penalties going up isn't a good thing in my mind either, the referees need to put their flags away on a lot of those. I find it very interesting that objectionable conduct calls are seeing such a huge increase while major fouls such as face masking, roughing the passer, horse collar tackling, etc are seeing a small increase if any. In fact, when you isolate just face masking calls, they're actually down nearly 20% this year. Don't you think that is because in many cases the players know they were victimized by a bad call or by a non call? Why so much this year? I just find it interesting that face masks, RTP, horse collars, etc saw a minimal increase (or in some cases a decrease) but penalties for objectionable conduct (i.e. things like unsportsmanlike conduct) are WAY up. You're right with what you thought I was implying - it doesn't seem like the players are getting heated with eachother on the field because of dirty play ... so if they are getting heated ... who is left? If players were being flagged for saying things to the officials, wouldn't there be more fines? I think one of the reasons why there has been an increase is due to the crackdown on player safety issues (which was pushed by the CFLPA). I was watching a replay of the RedBlacks/Bomber game on YouTube and there were 3 objectionable conduct penalties called for things like players taking shots against other players after the play was over. I might check out some other games to see what was called.
  18. It's funny that you accuse Madani of being a franchises media mouthpiece and then quote Rob Vanstone of all people as your source for Durants health.Vanstone provided his source, Durant & the team.No bias there.Who would you rather have as a source for Durant's health? Not the point, the point here is spin, you know, what you are doing. They're putting a shiny happy face on things so the fans and team don't panic. "Don't worry Durant will be back soon and it'll all get better" any thing to take the minds off the shut out loss. That conspiracy theory makes no sense. Are you suggesting that the Riders medical staff are being dishonest so they can give Riders fans false hope? Sorry but that is tinfoil hat material as that is the last thing you want to do if Durant can't come back. The team saying it doesn't mean it's what the doctors say. Teams in all sports give optimistic recovery times constantly.
  19. I don't stick up for officials until the accusations being made against them starting bordering on the ridiculous. Are there times when I get really frustrated and angry with the officiating (in any sport I watch) - yeah, of course. The thing is officials get bashed for making the correct calls/non-calls more often than they are bashed when making a legitimate mistake. Before this season started, the officials were instructed to call certain infractions more closely and then they get bashed for doing it. It's the players themselves who should be taking a lot of blame for the increase, not the officials. Penalties are up but the ones that have seen the biggest increases are ones that the players can control. Objectionable conduct penalties are up 45% and procedural penalties (Offside, Procedure, Time count, Delay, Too many men, Illegal participation/substitution are grouped together) are up 44% - that's on the players, not the officials. Procedural penalties are up 15% not 44%, not sure where you got that from. Objectionable conduct penalties going up isn't a good thing in my mind either, the referees need to put their flags away on a lot of those. I find it very interesting that objectionable conduct calls are seeing such a huge increase while major fouls such as face masking, roughing the passer, horse collar tackling, etc are seeing a small increase if any. In fact, when you isolate just face masking calls, they're actually down nearly 20% this year. Sorry I had the wrong column. It's Offensive holding, Illegal blocks that are up 44% which is actually rather funny when you consider how much people complain about holding not being called enough. I'll edit my original post with the correction. But in many cases, objectionable conduct is a penalty we can't judge whether a flag should be thrown or not. Players know what they can and can't say when they are on the field and if they are still running their mouths then they deserve the penalties. I find it interesting that you go on to say "they deserve the penalties" after initially saying we as fans cannot judge. Why do you automatically side with the referee instead of the player? I said "if they keep running their mouths". Players talk smack to each other all the time with no penalties called - it's the player who doesn't know when to stop who will get the flag in a lot of situations. And in those cases he deserves it.
  20. I don't stick up for officials until the accusations being made against them starting bordering on the ridiculous. Are there times when I get really frustrated and angry with the officiating (in any sport I watch) - yeah, of course. The thing is officials get bashed for making the correct calls/non-calls more often than they are bashed when making a legitimate mistake. Before this season started, the officials were instructed to call certain infractions more closely and then they get bashed for doing it. It's the players themselves who should be taking a lot of blame for the increase, not the officials. Penalties are up but the ones that have seen the biggest increases are ones that the players can control. Objectionable conduct penalties are up 45% and procedural penalties (Offside, Procedure, Time count, Delay, Too many men, Illegal participation/substitution are grouped together) are up 44% - that's on the players, not the officials. Procedural penalties are up 15% not 44%, not sure where you got that from. Objectionable conduct penalties going up isn't a good thing in my mind either, the referees need to put their flags away on a lot of those. I find it very interesting that objectionable conduct calls are seeing such a huge increase while major fouls such as face masking, roughing the passer, horse collar tackling, etc are seeing a small increase if any. In fact, when you isolate just face masking calls, they're actually down nearly 20% this year. Sorry I had the wrong column. It's Offensive holding, Illegal blocks that are up 44% which is actually rather funny when you consider how much people complain about holding not being called enough. I'll edit my original post with the correction. But in many cases, objectionable conduct is a penalty we can't judge whether a flag should be thrown or not. Players know what they can and can't say when they are on the field and if they are still running their mouths then they deserve the penalties.
  21. I don't stick up for officials until the accusations being made against them starting bordering on the ridiculous. Are there times when I get really frustrated and angry with the officiating (in any sport I watch) - yeah, of course. The thing is officials get bashed for making the correct calls/non-calls more often than they are bashed when making a legitimate mistake. Before this season started, the officials were instructed to call certain infractions more closely and then they get bashed for doing it. It's the players themselves who should be taking a lot of blame for the increase, not the officials. Penalties are up but the ones that have seen the biggest increases are ones that the players can control. Objectionable conduct penalties are up 45% and Offensive holding, Illegal blocks are up 44% - that's on the players.
  22. I noticed that in Edmonton v. Sask. Several big plays by Edmonton, taken back by calls, one a hold half the width of the field away from the actual run. It does ruin the fun of watching the game. These referees don't understand, we aren't watching the game to see them throw flags, and have meetings on national TV. The penalty call was for unnecessary roughness and it was deserved. Put the blame where it belongs - on the player who made a boneheaded play, not the official.
  23. And if they had done that everyone would be bitching about O'Shea not being able to challenge the play where it was ruled on the field that Grigsby had fumbled which was overturned upon review.
  24. 1) How did that play affect the outcome of the game? 2) I bet if it had been a Bomber receiver, people would be saying it was the correct call. Even Irving and Currier thought the correct call was made.
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