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In fairness, you're looking for an excuse to become a Stamps fan, because your brother is... I would hardly call him a fan at all. casual observer at best.

funny how when Taman has a budget and support staff in Saskatchewan he looks like a pretty good GM eh? Imagine if Bauer hadn't pinched so many pennies here?

Durant is a giant baby about his coaches.

ugh just say no to Burris. That would make it very, very hard to cheer for this team. Plus a guy who always chokes in the cold? Doesn't seem like the kind of player to have in Winnipeg.

Ottawa has failed so many times you can be damned sure that they want an experienced veteran qb just so they at least have something to point to the fans and say "See we're better this time!"

With all the talk from everywhere about how much the Bombers want the guy I don't think it matters if anyone else is interested or not, I think they can get the guy signed if they want him too cause they've pretty much flat out said they'll do what it takes to get the guy here.

I'm happy for the ex bombers on that team like Taman and KJ and the others (except Labatte, **** that guy) and I'm happy for the diehard rider fans who have been there all along but to hell with all the bandwagon jumpers who started crawling out of the woodwork circa 2003 when TSN started this whole campaign about the best fans ever!!!1!! those people can go to hell.

Well he also played like **** after those first 2 drives. (though his receivers let him down too) He's not a winner, he fluked out the one grey cup in 08 but other than that all he's done is choke in important games every bit as much as Kevin Glenn who gets that negative rap. Throw in that Austin was already unhappy with the guy and I think the ticats try and move on.

Worst CFL season ever!

I was at least hoping for a good game to watch, apparently not even getting that. What a turd.

There's the fair weather burris. it's cold and there's adversity, better pack it in.

They're playing all their hit! Seriously do they have anything other than the 2 songs that hit the radio?

well as the day has gone on I've come to the realization that Burris winning the game MVP and Fantuz the top canadian awards to go along with actually winning the game (obviously) and having Kent Austin as the ticats head coach would be a giant **** you to all of Saskatchewan so here's hoping!

I don't take it that way at all. There isn't a better fit in the entire league, Collaros knows that. He just wants to get paid.Why is Winnipeg a better fit over Ottawa ? Because most people assume Ottawa will take Kevin Glenn in the expansion draft. It makes a lot of sense for them to do it. Gives them a veteran qb that is a safe pick to lead their team for a few years rather than relying on an unproven qb. Remember when Crowley was supposed to be the up and coming qb to lead the Renegades?

Anyone but Burris and I'd care a lot more. I just pray to god he never ends up as a Bomber cause I'd have a real hard time cheering for the team with that douchebag on it.

You really think so? You think it's not just about Collaros wanting to find out what the market will bear? Ottawa and Winnipeg need starting QBs in 2014. Hamilton, too -- Burris and LeFevour are both free agents. Unless Burris absolutely craps his pants today how does Hamilton not bring the guy back? No this is between Ottawa and Winnipeg and I get the impression that Walters doesn't give a **** about tampering so I think there's a good chance that Collaros knows how much interest there is in Winnipeg for him. Why would he sign with Toronto now? He knows he's not staying there so why sign just so Barker can try and get more from where ever he is going to wind up?

Well this is the only good thing to happen to the ticats in ages so yeah I'd expect that, but that don't make me hate Henry Burris any less. The fact that he's playing the riders in saskatchewan is the only thing that makes me want to see the riders lose. As much as I hate Burris I hate the ******** mob in saskatchewan even more. My absolute favourite Grey Cup moment was sitting in the stands in Calgary seeing and feeling every single rider fan in attendance have their soul absolutely destroyed by the too many men penalty. I am hoping for a similar result here.

This is the least interest I have had in a Grey Cup since I don't even know when. Burris is my absolute least favourite player in the entire league and everything about rider fans just absolutely disgusts me. It is the very worst possible Grey Cup game and I just have a hard time caring. I haven't watched any of the coverage leading up to it. I'll throw the game on sure but that won't make me care.

In classic WInnipeg fashion it's bitching for the sake of bitching.

i always wonder just how good Roberts might have been if he had the same kind of work ethic a guy like Stegall had.

Maybe but image is everything. Unsubstantiated and completely unfair to the young wizard, Mr. Walters Maybe but optics are everything. results are everything not optics.

I had the exact same thought.

on the other hand Cortez woulda hired Creehan right? Red flag. Creehan was coming off of a pretty good stint in Winnipeg where he was thought pretty highly of. sounds like he'd have the option of having Tim Burke as DC this year. It's Cortez for me, he would still be working in Hamilton had Obie not stepped aside and Kent Austin come in. He's got a pretty good track record and experience as an HC. Cortez working with the offence (maybe with Khari as OC) Burke as DC Dickenson as STC You could do worse. And who would be the HC then? We've had oh so much success with HCs trying to be coordinators lately right? The concerning thing with Cortez is how he went out and hired a poor choice at DC in his try as a HC. We've seen enough of that here when coaches bring in poor assistant coaches. Gotta hire someone who knows how to surround themselves with good people. Yeah he'd likely improve the offense a whole pile, but would the team as a whole get better? I dunno. The idea here is to hire a coach who can stay here for 6 or 7 years. No but Cortez seemed to do a pretty good job of it in hamilton. It's been successful elsewhere. Don't let the bombers incompetence cloud your opinion of Cortez. you call finishing last in the league successful? Cause that's what I'm talking about, not the offense, his ability to head coach. Guy is a hell of a coordinator but as a head coach he led a team that was worse than the Bombers.

I don't mind Walters getting a shot, I just think that right now given what this team has gone through since 2009 a more experienced person would have looked better. Now granted there maybe aren't a lot of those guys available, the optics of this looks kinda iffy.

The hilarious part is that it was rider fans who screamed the loudest about how unfair it was when the Esks would spend their way to championships, now that the shoe is on the other foot it seems that there's nothing wrong with it.