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this is why we need that bye week already. Let some people get healthy. Cripes we were shallow on DL to start with, this is ridiculous.

To raise the IQ of your average friend by 50 points? No I'm quite comfortable with Noeller being a dumbass.

The ironing would be delicious. I'd almost like to see it just to see all the headlines/ story lines. It's always nice to have a crisp, clean shirt on but I'm not really sure how that applies here... and I wouldn't strongly advise against tasting the ironing to see how delicious it is... Dude it's a quote from The Simpson's. Never mind that it's one of the most used lines on the internet. God, I hate people... It just bottles the mind that people continually miss references.

I would rather trolls than the patronizing we get from this bunch. Why do I want to be friends with a rider fan?

And what does that tell your your qb that all these rider fans have been jerking off since Durant got hurt? "Sorry Tino but we don't have faith in you so we're going to bring in an old qb in the midst of a crappy season"

Why exactly have you been so chummy with franc then? well I wouldn't say I've been chummy, haven't we been arguing about the banjo bowl for days now? besides, it's a name that I've seen around other forums a lot, I feel like I have an understand of what kind of poster he is.

Which is pretty damning when it comes to the guys on the beat isn't it? When the guy who only covers them part time knows more about what's going on than the guys on the beat full time. This is why we complain about the papers so much.

I'd rather deal with Migs than the people who come around trying to kiss asses and sing kumbaya and pretend we're all friends here. At least with folks like that they know they're straight up homers and don't actually believe the superiority crap.

Do you think the respective fan bases have anything to do with that? They absolutely do. I wish nothing but pain and misery on Rider fans. Lions fans never show up let alone being the biggest pains in the ass out there so there's no reason to relish Lulay being hurt. When the hell is it ever ok to hope for injuries? I don't care if the fans are being shits. That's no reason to hope for or be happy for someone getting hurt. My god, some of you people. I just told you, when it involves a certain piece of **** fan base.

it gets hot for a while in the summer, but it's basically a desert so there's not much humidity and it's not the real muggy heat that you see in Manitoba, this also results in it getting quite cool when the sun goes down. Back in Manitoba you could wear shorts all night and never notice, but in Calgary if you're going to be outside all night chances are you better have a jacket and pants with you. It's not even the altitude that makes for the screwy weather we get, that's all because of the mountains being right there that screws things up for us. Does weird things to the air coming over them and you never know what you're going to get for weather.

I've driven through a snow storm in July in Saskatchewan before. This country of ours sometimes gets bizarre weather no matter what part of it you're in.

On the other hand its better to have them in the 2nd half. It would have been nice to have one about 2 weeks ago, that was kind of the peak time for having guys playing with some various hurts. Getting that week without playing to get some guys healed up likely would have led to less injuries since and maybe gotten some bodies back. That's the real issue with waiting so long, we got a lot of guys who are playing through injuries who would likely do well to get a week off and heal up a bit more.

Bullshit. Do you really expect me to believe that a city with the corporate clout like Calgary has doesn't have an amazing entrepreneurial spirit? The number of businesses here both big and small would probably blow your mind. Oil and gas is a huge industry that requires a hell of a lot of support services to run, that's not even getting into the businesses that serve the population in general. It's a big city here, much bigger than Winnipeg, lot of people need their services.

so like Noeller said, go with Tait.

The dream was never alive except in a few crazy peoples heads.

Did you read what I actually typed? Because that's the problem here. It's not good press vs. bad press, it's good writers vs. bad writers.

And Winnipeg is a **** hole too. Weren't you complaining about Calgary in another thread? Calgary has it's own problems, but as a city I like it a hell of a lot more than Winnipeg or Edmonton.

Actually most are okay with Sunseri. There is no replacing Durant but the Riders are a veteran team with a tonne of talent. Tino doesn't have to force anything.Is it really the case that "most are okay with Sunseri" or is it, You don't really have a choice other than to go with Sunseri.Well, we have no choice but most are confident that Tino will do "okay." He's not Darian but he'll do fine.His completion percentage this year is 52% (Sunseri) that's less than Alex Brink, only 5% better than Troy Smith.... That average sucks but how many balls has he thrown? A comparable number to Brink at least. Not like his job is going to get any easier either, he's got a lot of games against tough defenses to look forward to.

It's not about portraying things in a good way or a bad way, it's about the quality of the reporting or the quality of the opinions in the columns. Both are bad because Weicek doesn't care enough and because Lawless is a self important ******* who just likes to hear his own ramblings. He's basically a professional Nasty Nate.

How? Well Wild is injured, so if we cut Kuale then there is at least one defensive formation we can't run. Unlikely Kuale goes anywhere this year. You're better off hoping he gets less snaps once Wild is healthy, or that we go Wild-Kromah for the rest of the year. Given the apparent complexity of the defence, replacing a MLB would not be as simple as it would be in a Greg Marshall 4-3. That's almost plug and play. This requires familiarity. You can cut Kuale easily. Give his spot on the roster to Sears because despite Sears being smaller he does nothing but make plays. Kuale does nothing but take penalties and show up a second late to make a play. Good plan until Sears goes down which history tells us it will be sooner than later. I really like Sears to but not his dependability in being able to play. We have Wild and Kromah to play that position already though.... The fact that Kuale is on this roster and Sears isn't is criminal absolutely criminal. If he is healthy Sears is a guy you make room for.

And Winnipeg is a **** hole too.

It is a statistic. Nothing more. Sometimes it directly reflects what happened in a game, sometimes it does not. Might as well look at a passer rating and try to do play-by-play off of it. Where would you place the importance of establishing a run, i.e, usually one indicator being yards produced? My educated guess and a guess it is, is that usually when a QB throws for over 250/300 yds in a game, the run game has produced as well, say over 80 yds. Establishing the run is important, but being able to pass the ball is more important.If your passing game isn't effective you won't be able to consistently win. Big plays are very important. In some ways the Riders are Winning in the same way the Bomber were winning in 2011. Don't **** up by turning the ball over and count on the defense making enough big plays to win the game. We all saw how sustainable that was.

Wiecek not realizing how incredibly asinine this question is is the main reason they should have left him at the racetrack covering the ponies. He'd be happier. We'd be happier. Guaranteed the Sept 23 edition of the FP will re-visit the need to airlift in help. SOS, this is an SOS! I hate that the implication is that the only thing they should be looking for are star players. I want to see better depth here because that's what killing us. When they're healthy this team is pretty solid, but as soon as guys start going down with injury it predictably gets dicey.

How? Well Wild is injured, so if we cut Kuale then there is at least one defensive formation we can't run. Unlikely Kuale goes anywhere this year. You're better off hoping he gets less snaps once Wild is healthy, or that we go Wild-Kromah for the rest of the year. Given the apparent complexity of the defence, replacing a MLB would not be as simple as it would be in a Greg Marshall 4-3. That's almost plug and play. This requires familiarity. You can cut Kuale easily. Give his spot on the roster to Sears because despite Sears being smaller he does nothing but make plays. Kuale does nothing but take penalties and show up a second late to make a play.

Actually most are okay with Sunseri. There is no replacing Durant but the Riders are a veteran team with a tonne of talent. Tino doesn't have to force anything. Is it really the case that "most are okay with Sunseri" or is it, You don't really have a choice other than to go with Sunseri. Well, we have no choice but most are confident that Tino will do "okay." He's not Darian but he'll do fine. His completion percentage this year is 52% (Sunseri) that's less than Alex Brink, only 5% better than Troy Smith....