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Why is there a thread quota or limit? Nah, it's just not deserving of a separate thread. But it's allowed. Sorry but Rider fans don't get to talk about what's allowed to be posted here or not. + 1000000 likes fer this... I mean seriously... you've not even put in the time like others and you feel the need to tell us how to run our board? Smh. oh but don't criticise him for his posting, he'll get such a pout going on. Nothing more annoying than the rider fan who oh so desperately wants to be liked by the rival teams fans. Sorry but it's not going to happen.

Classic Grigsby. Guess the Hamilton OL sucks too? Damned shame that it took so long for the Bombers to give up on an obviously not good enough running back.

Why is there a thread quota or limit? Nah, it's just not deserving of a separate thread. But it's allowed. Sorry but Rider fans don't get to talk about what's allowed to be posted here or not.

Don't worry about the playoff race, just win this game. Then you can worry about winning next week and hoping you get the help you need. Bottom line just win. Remember what Vince Lombardi said... If you lose, you're out of the family.

Is that the Taman effect?Do you mean the Grey Cup championship win at home effect? Most teams will never enjoy that feat in their lifetimes. IMO he deserves a mulligan considering we are without our marquee QB.It's all about the playoffs. Nope it doesn't work that way. No mulligan given for not having your marquee qb. Sask needs to find a QB who can at least manage a game allowing other players to step up. To date, that has not been achieved Taman and group. As much as it pains me to say this, see Calgary as a perfect example of what needs to happen when a 'marquee' player goes down.Agreed that our backups haven't stepped up at all this season but to say this is typical Taman is nonsense as our backup last year is Winnipeg's new saviour. Taman can't win em all, a lot of folks thought Sunseri had what it takes to step in, too Jekyll & Hyde however.It'll be very interesting to see what happens in playoffs when hopefully we get all of Durant, Labatte, Best, Dressler, Allen, Taj, etc back in the lineup. Looks like Riders vs Ticats in ESF. No typical Taman is to pay a premium for starters and star players and save money by neglecting the depth. How is this not exactly what is going on in Saskatchewan? Trust us, we watched Taman GM our team longer than he's been in Saskatchewan. There's a certain way he operates and that really hasn't changed.Other than QB & MLB I don't think our depth has been that bad. I'd like to see someone other than Rod Williams on the corner.And even if your evaluation of Taman is true, I'll take a year or two of rebuilding to pay for a championship. It's the year after & we still made the playoffs & it looks like alot of our injured starters will be back in time for the playoff run. It's anyones to win this year. but the point you're not seeing is that the team had some good depth but it's starting to erode and that's a Taman MO. Worry about the starters more than the backups, worry about today more than tomorrow. Now the thing that might save him in Saskatchewan is the complete and utter disregard for the salary cap but so far he's operating exactly like he always has.

Is that the Taman effect?Do you mean the Grey Cup championship win at home effect? Most teams will never enjoy that feat in their lifetimes. IMO he deserves a mulligan considering we are without our marquee QB.It's all about the playoffs. Nope it doesn't work that way. No mulligan given for not having your marquee qb. Sask needs to find a QB who can at least manage a game allowing other players to step up. To date, that has not been achieved Taman and group. As much as it pains me to say this, see Calgary as a perfect example of what needs to happen when a 'marquee' player goes down.Agreed that our backups haven't stepped up at all this season but to say this is typical Taman is nonsense as our backup last year is Winnipeg's new saviour. Taman can't win em all, a lot of folks thought Sunseri had what it takes to step in, too Jekyll & Hyde however.It'll be very interesting to see what happens in playoffs when hopefully we get all of Durant, Labatte, Best, Dressler, Allen, Taj, etc back in the lineup. Looks like Riders vs Ticats in ESF. No typical Taman is to pay a premium for starters and star players and save money by neglecting the depth. How is this not exactly what is going on in Saskatchewan? Trust us, we watched Taman GM our team longer than he's been in Saskatchewan. There's a certain way he operates and that really hasn't changed.

Statistics are like a bikini, what they reveal is suggestive but what they conceal is vital

100% of the games this season have been won by the team that scored the most points! That's a nice little stat to throw on a graphic but it really just amounts to saying the same thing. The team that plays better and accumulates more stats wins the game.

Yeah if only that ***** hadn't been so stubborn and stopped calling for the qb to throw interceptions. I tell you what I even saw a touchdown pass from Joseph that with a better angle by the DB could have been a pick. When the qb is turning the ball over like that you really can't blame the OC. That's all on the qb not taking care of the football. Riders got desperate and botched their qb situation badly when Durant got hurt no point making excuses for it because that's what it is plain and simple. They ruined the confidence of Sunseri and Doege and hitched their wagon to a retired qb who was never that good to start with.

oh please, get over yourself, I treat everyone the same, you say stupid **** you get called on it. You want to come to a Bomber message board as a rider fan you better expect to have that target painted on your chest though, and if you can't take the shots why are you even here?

gee if only there were people who said rushing Joseph into the lineup was a mistake....

Every top pick in the Mulumba draft was going to the NFL though so that's an unfair criticism. There was a belief that even with his commitment Mulumba would be back sooner rather than later. That one is hard to hold against them when everyone was going to the NFL.

the #1 problem with that regime was hiring loser head coaches. I wish Mack had hired someone like O'Shea, would have been night and day.

Josh Portis wears #6 now. I think they first gave it out to Brett Cameron in training camp last year and now it seems it's just another number. I think the only other QB-ish number we have available right now is #10. Strange they didn't give Portis #10 instead of #6. I did not know that, cut portis immediately!

and hey if Kyle Walters was our GM back then we'd have drafted Bust Mitchell #1 overall rather than Henoc Muamba. No Gm gets every pick in a draft right.

I blame Noeller for me not seeing the Washington injury during the game. He took the only seat at the pub that could see the TV properly. I got distracted by some tasty beer.

What the hell are you even talking about? Who are you getting that from? Blanket statement. I am talking about facts here. The Rider backups played and Taman had to rush to drag Joseph out of the retirement home and rush him into the starting line up. How is what I said not 100% true? You paid absolutely no attention to the bolding in the quote. Think before hitting the post button. I understand what Taman did. EDIT: Unless the bolded statement is in fact referring to Taman and not the fans. Then I understand what you're getting at. yeah take your own advice and read before spouting off. Good lord, chill out. I did read everything. I just misunderstood the context, that's all. Oh no, you put yourself out there misunderstanding the content, if you're going to put yourself out there, especially on a rival teams message board you have to be prepared to take **** for it. If you can't do that then what the hell are you even here for?

Injury prone and it really hampered his development.

Well I dunno which specific charity the CFL is associated with but one of those breast cancer foundations is actually worse than cancer. Something stupid like only 10% of their funds raised go to fighting cancer, the rest goes into the hands of the people running the charity. That's a real bullshit way to run a charitable organization.

we gave up more than just a 2nd round pick. We also gave up a player who was one of the best at his positions who helped the Riders win the Grey Cup. People need to stop pretending that Hall had 0 value and shouldn't be counted as part of the trade. We gave up a star player AND a 2nd round pick to get an injury prone OL. That trade stank from day 1. Could have used those assets to get something more worthwhile. Yer Fkn delusional if you thought we could get more then a starting canadian lineman for a rent a player for x amount of games... Especially knowing the NFL was his goal for next season... What, you think we coulda got ray or bourke or Cornish? Give yer head a shake man.. If we had traded Hall for Neufeld straight up my tune would be entirely different. The fact that we had to throw in a 2nd round pick is what makes the trade poor. A starting NI Olineman for a second round pick is a good move any day of the week. Hall was leaving anyway, nothing to discuss there. Neufeld was going to be lost in the Ottawa draft, and that is 100% the only reason we traded him. We have too many quality NI Olineman, and someone was going to be unprotected. Neufeld is a starter on your line no question about it. Paddy is strong as a bull, and can stand his ground when called upon, also good in run blocking. Still needs time to develop in other areas. He would still be starting here if it hadn't been for Heenan being so good so young. How could Walters have known he was going to get hurt? Neufeld had also just signed a 2 year deal with the riders so you also knew he would be there for that long which sweetens the trade. I'd welcome him back here gladly, and to be honest I hope the riders are going after him when his contract expires. But that's exactly it... we didn't get Neufeld for either Hall or a 2nd round pick, it was both. You nicely illustrate the reasoning for the Riders to trade him to the Bombers, they were faced with a situation where they were likely to lose him for nothing in the expansion draft so get something for him. In that case why did the Bombers pay a premium for him? Riders were looking to get an asset for the player why did we have to give them a player to help their playoff drive AND a draft pick? Considering the situation the Riders were in with the guy Walters to my mind paid too high a price for a guy who had some question marks in his game. He got his heart set on Neufeld when he was a pending free agent earlier and he didn't even try and haggle, he just paid the price that was asked. Sticker price is sucker price.

This has been out for a while right? And it might as well be called "Lapo makes excuses for his own failures as HC"

seems really odd to release a guy at this point when you've kept him around all season.

hey it's not my fault the place has become too green to really see the important news.

washington is out because???? did he get hurt or something?

I don't really buy that... Nenshi is focussed on getting the massive sprawl this city has gone through under control, there is a lot of things that the burbs need taken care of and rightly so before they can put too much energy into a new stadium. It's just part of the reality of this city growing as fast as it has. Someone in the private sector needs to take the bull by the horns to get a new stadium in this city. They do need one, and before too long they'll need one badly. Mcmahon is really showing its age. I just really think the focus is going to be on the arena first because Edmonton is getting a fancy new arena and Edmonton can NOT have anything better than Calgary.