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I think the Stamps are looking for Jeff Hecht to start at safety or they would have protected Eric Fraser in the expansion draft. McDougall's career has been marred by one injury after another since he joined the team 3 seasons ago. I don't think Huff knows how good he could be.

Since he believes in what the Bible says, is it WRONG for him to claim what his beliefs is teaching him ? Don't get me wrong: I'm not defending Price here. Trouble is the bible is full of contradictions which is why any reasonable Christian will remember one simple thing about their religion... they are followers of Christs teachings so if there's a contradiction in the Bible then the default question should be what would Jesus do? The answer to that of course is to love everyone and judge no one. That's probably the best answer I have read on any website in years. Well done, 17.

I hope we keep our pick. We need to upgrade our Canadian base.

I agree. Don't want to see a strike but what are the players supposed to do? $750 a week to be on the practice roster?? guys come out of college & can work & start a career for way more than that. Why would any kid, especially a Canadian want to do that? The CFL is such a Mom & Pop organization. The league is a joke.

Good God. Come on. You're smarter than that. "I dont hate you, just the way you were born". Its like KKK who now like the "We don't hate black people, we just love white people" BS. Price is the worst kind of coward. He's just religious enough to know his hick opinion is in the bible but too stupid to realise the bible is the worst source for supporting an opinion like this. And, worst kind of coward because he cant even own his opinion fully. Imagine if, in 2014, he tweeted "nothing personal. I like you as a person but my faith doesn't allow me to support black people (or women, or whatever)". Its the same thing. This is the human rights cause of our time like equal rights for minorities and women were previously. Should have cut him. I think Stamps cutting him is a little extreme. Especially when another team would pick him up in 5 minutes. He's been fined by the CFL. End of story.

It works on my phone but not at home. Quote function does not work for me on IE but does on Google Chrome. Go figure?

Once Henoc left, Cauchy was expendable... He was a real problem last year. Constantly out of position.

The Rams locker room is going to be an interesting place this season if Sam sticks around. The question is, how united will it be?

Tyler, I don't get that decorated quote either. Can you explain, please?

Obviously there was speculation otherwise there would have been no rumours since that is essentially what a rumour is - speculation. If you want to say the rumours weren't true, fine that's your opinion but to say there were no rumours or speculation is just being argumentative. I'm saying there was little or no speculation here in Calgary when Bauer left the Bombers that he had already been hired by the Stamps. Why can't you understand that? Sure there were stories in Winnipeg after Bauer left that he was walking into a new position in Calgary. Those stories have never been substantiated. When the hiring process for the Stamps actually got underway then we started hearing more about Bauer. On December 17, 2009 he wasn't being touted for anything. By the end of December & first week of January 2010 he was. Then he was hired mid January. Did he already have a job with the Stamps on December 17, 2009? Only Lyle Bauer, John Forzani & Ted Hellard know & they will never talk.

Now don't be condescending & rude 17, because some people here obviously have tender feelings & don't want to hurt anyone. #hugs

For once I agree. Who cares? Evidently...you do Holomon, I just care enough to know that there never was any speculation that Bauer was ever offered a job by the Stamps BEFORE they announced the hire. Stories, sure but leaving Winnipeg because he had a job offer in Calgary? That's all I'm saying. A couple of stories in a newspaper won't change that especially when the subject was never discussed in Calgary by the media when he was hired or during his time here. Evidently, Winnipeggers do care, though. His resignation from the Bombers had to be some kind of conspiracy thing. What else could it be, right??? He didn't quit because his hiring of Kelly blew up on him. Or that he fired three previous head coaches yet he wore teflon suits. That couldn't be it. Maybe the Board was ready to fire him, as well? That couldn't be it. No, he quit because the Stamps gave him a better offer while he was still under contract to the Bombers. That has to be it, then. Sure, conspiracy theories everywhere. Well, as it turned out.... he came to Calgary & was put strictly on the business side to run things. He had absolutely no say in the operations on the on the football side of the team as that was clearly John Hufnagel's baby. Lyle's main job was to sell season tickets & he didn't do it well. During his time here the numbers tumbled. He admitted when he was hired that he had very few business connections with Corporate Calgary in the skyscrapers downtown. Doing so would take time. When the Stamps bought the team they recreated the President position. The job may have been Bauer's to have but we don't know if the Flames wanted to keep him. We do know that he did not want to answer to Flames President Ken King so he resigned. At least that's how it played out here. Bauer never attained the power he had in Winnipeg. I don't know what John Forzani promised him as far as his responsibilities were ultimately going to be when they hired him but they were nowhere near what he had in Winnipeg & I am sure he was frustrated. When the Flames bought the team he would have been a subordinate under King had he been hired as the new Stampeder President.

Biden seemed like an arrogant politician in the last presidential election in the Vice President debates. If the Republicans hadn't let the far right Tea Party hijack them they might have a chance to beat the Democrats. I'm not sold on America totally loving Obama anymore like they seemed to back in 2008. But somehow such things as religion, gay rights & abortion always gets intertwined with that party. They push a lot of mainstream Conservative Americans who aren't social conservatives away. They either vote Democrat or don't vote at all. Their base is eroding, I believe.

For once I agree. Who cares?

Also, why must you make blanket statements like, "You just can't stand it when someone questions you, eh Jacquie?" It's rude and extremely condescending, even more so based on the fact that you weren't actually questioning her, but questioning the validity of the news articles she was presenting. She made up exactly 0% of what you're accusing her of making up. Why, because it is true. All that story from the Herald showed was that a reporter asked a question to former Stamps owner John Forzani about hiring Lyle Bauer who had just quit the Bombers. He was non committal saying he knew him & he has the qualifications for the job but that the hiring process was just beginning. He didn't say at all that he was going to hire him. Nothing in those 2 lines at the bottom of the story indicated he was already working for the Stamps at the time. I've said that I follow the Stamps quite closely. When that particular story came out those 2 lines caused barely a ripple of reaction in Calgary. It was only when it was becoming apparent that Bauer was indeed going to be hired by the Stamps a few weeks later did people start to take notice. I can tell you the reaction by Stamps fans on Bauer's hire was one of concern. Concern that Bauer would push Huff out & eventually run the Stampeders. I made a comment saying that there weren't many rumours of the Bauer hiring when he left the Bombers. There's Jacquie quoting Ed Tait & some reporter named Seth Myers. It feels like this is a competition with her.That I have to prove my point. I live here in Calgary. I post on CFL Horsemen. I talk to Stamps fans everyday & have for years. I recall the discussion when Bauer got hired. On December 17, 2009 there was virtually no talk of Bauer coming here. Maybe speculation was happening in Winnipeg but not here that day. I can tell you that local broadcasters & journalists here who have Stamps connections in the organization would have known if Bauer had already been hired or not if it had happened. They would have broken the story. All they said was that it looks like Bauer is under consideration for a senior executive position with the Stamps. Now, it turned out that he was eventually hired. Did he have a private handshake with Forzani when the story came out? Who knows as maybe he did. But 4 1/2 years later why is it so important to be right?

You just can't stand it when someone questions you, eh Jacquie? I don't care about the Herald story you quote as it was just speculation at the time by some guy named Sean Myers. I subscribe to the Herald & my response is, who the hell is Sean Myers? He doesn't write about the Stamps & never did. He probably is a junior reporter covering for Al Cameron the regular Stampeder beat writer at that time on that particular day. In the article, former Stamps owner John Forzani didn't say he talked with Bauer. He didn't say he hired him. All he said was he knew him & that he was a qualified candidate at the time the story was published & was interested in talking to him. There might have been 10 people that Forzani knew that he wanted to talk to that were also qualified. It was two lines at the very bottom of a story about Scott Ackles.There was no proof or anything Earth shattering in that story saying Lyle Bauer would be the next Stampeders President. Or that he resigned from the Bombers to go directly to the Stampeders. The guy resigned from the Bombers 3 days before under suspicious circumstances. He was a high profile CFL exec suddenly out on the street looking for a job so naturally his name would come up in a question by the reporter to Forzani. Like I said, the rumour mill started weeks later when the actual hiring process took place. That's when the real Lyle Bauer rumours started out here. Sure, the Stamps ultimately hired him to run the business side of the team but so what? Where in that story did it say Forzani had already hired Bauer? He was just another name "out there" under consideration at the time. But carry on Jacquie as you know sooooo much. Besides, who the hell cares? Bauer isn't even with the Stamps or in the CFL anymore. The reporter was out on a fishing trip that day throwing out a line to see what he could catch.

The problem lies with the cheap Winnipeggers. They'd still be wearing their white / blue jerseys that they bought when they were 22 years old. Rick House, Joe Poplawski, James West, and Bob Cameron jerseys: from the 80's, all worn out, and a size and a half too small. The team needs to sell merchandise. The best way to do so is to change the jerseys/symbols somewhat frequently. No, the best way to sell merch is to win a championship or two & give the fans some new heroes to cheer for.

You've complained about the media coverage of the Stamps in Calgary so is it surprising they didn't report it but the Winnipeg media did. Ed Tait said there were rumours so you can bet there were rumours. Sure Jacquie whatever you say.

I still think comparing the CFL to the NHL is not fair. The NHL is major league while the CFL may be major league in Canada it isn't a consideration in the US or around the world.

You know it probably sound just as dumb if you spoke French.

Home third jersey as our regular homes. The old whites away. That's what I'd love to see. Go back to Old School. Lots of teams have done that. The Argos went back to the old look. The Jets, Giants, 49ers all went back to their old looks. The Packers, Bears, Raiders & Chiefs have kept their old look for decades.

I was concerned with the corners, I'll admit I was one of those guys. But I didn't buy into the NFL field size though.

There was nothing in Calgary immediately before or after his resignation. The rumours started a few days before his actual hire. Not anytime before.

From the media stories in Calgary at the time of Bauer's resignation, when the Flames bought the Stamps they wanted a Team President who answered to Flames President Ken King. Bauer did not like that arrangement so he walked as he wanted total autonomy. I don't know if he left the Flames organization on good terms but from all accounts Lyle wasn't very happy.

Third jersey yes, absolutely. But the pinheads with the Bombers don't get it.