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Interesting how Randle said he is happy to go to the Bombers where he's wanted. I wonder what that means? Far as I know the Stamps wanted him pretty badly. I relate that comment to Huff not offering him the money he thinks he's worth & knowing they'd lose him for nothing traded him to the Bombers for a fourth round pick

Yeah, but... 23, 24 & 25. This is the CIS not the NCAA. Hit & miss. After the Top 10 it gets sketchy.

It'll be nice to kick the RedBlack's ass as soon as possible. They're going to have an older team that initially will probably be competitive so we may not be able to do it in 2015. But as that team ages & they're handicapped by bloated contracts, I can't wait. Eff you Desjardins.

Jovon Johnson's days are over with the Bombers but he was a soldier with us. I just want to say thank you & wish him well.

To be fair though, Pontbriand would have been an improvement over Cauchy... Justin Sorensen would have been better than Cauchy last year, at safety. In Etcheverry's defense he just may be.

Forzani is hurt. He can't play.... His recovery is not going very well. It may be months before he plays, if ever. Sounds like Marcellus Bowman. Forzani had some kind of a last ditch, radical surgery having to do with the tendons in his injured foot last year. He is okay to run on his foot after a long rest. Where the problem comes is when he has been running for any length of time then the pain & swelling come up again... So, basically he is unable to do any long term running on it like at a practice or a game. Doesn't look good. If he was healthy, he'd be a good pickup but not the condition he's in now.

Can't see Rider fans staying away. Still, how do you market that game if it isn't part of the season ticket package???

Forzani is hurt. He can't play.... His recovery is not going very well. It may be months before he plays, if ever.

Hamilton is way behind schedule. Checked on it today. They haven't even got all the steel in on the upper deck on one deck. I can see the bleachers going back into Guelph again. Glad we're past that nightmare. At least we had Canad Inns Stadium as a fall back.

Who gets the revenue for the game, Ottawa or Saskatchewan? The game will be a sellout. Unless it's not part of the Riders home games which I can't see.

Ottawa's going to be driving up salaries.

Hank will be much loved in his first home game.

You sure have an interesting viewpoint on those who don't agree with you. It seems like you don't actually read what people are saying once you figure out they are disagreeing with you, you just assume they are being rude and "shouting you down". I've never said anything different about Etienne. I've always said people just need to be patient and that when he actually got a chance in 2013, he started to show why he was worth being drafted. Certain people just weren't willing to be patient because of their expectations due to his draft position. Anyways, that's all I'll try and say to you on the subject. I don't want to be accused of "shouting you down" just because I explain my opinion. Yeah, maybe I was bit harsh on you, sorry. My apologies.

Hey 17, Etienne is gone. You can always memorialize him in a Rider jersey.

I don't hate the player per se. I hate the fact Joe Mack drafted him so high to begin with which amounted to a waste of a pick. He was a late third round or early fourth round projection. Mack set him up to fail. What bothered me is every other Canadian player has to play special teams except him. He was incapable of being on a CFL field doing anything relating to special teams & helping the team win. So, the first 2 years the Bombers would dress the kid & he'd never play & just took up a roster spot. Had he been a fourth rounder he never would have stuck around. He was given more than enough chances to play so Mack could save face & he never lived up to it. Not Etienne's fault. So, I don't hate Etienne. I hate the pick. Besides, the Bombers weren't looking to re-sign him anyway. He was gone Tuesday had we not traded him. But Mike & especially 17 know that already. They just want to shout down anyone who has a dissenting opinion to theirs about this kid. Now that he's gone, I don't care about him. He's Saskatchewan's problem now.

Ralph is Dieter Brock. Dieter was the name he preferred to use a few years after he got here when he became a starter. I think it's actually his middle name.

What is it you don't understand? I don't care. He's a bust. JBR summed it up completely. Except that JBR has always displayed a different attitude than you two. You guys have hated Etienne moreso than slagging on the pick. JBR actually does focus on use of the draft pick, you guys are too busy trying to run down Etienne any chance you get. Again, I don't care.

It's just a list. Besides a few players we already know, these players are ? marks. Hopefully,more than a few guys pan out.

Be great if True North could own the Bombers but with the stadium debt, it probably won't happen.

Wiecek is a wiener. Wiener Wiecek, good name for him.

What is it you don't understand? I don't care. He's a bust. JBR summed it up completely.

I wonder what animals were Dieter's favourites?

Nope, won't be crying. If it does happen I'll be happy for him to the extent he's a Rider so it'll be with just passing interest. You think he's the first player to go somewhere & have success if he does? Won't really make a difference to me one way or the other. The guy is going into his fourth year so if he doesn't get better at least a little bit then why is he even playing so he better improve. More important to me that the Bombers find other receivers & develop them now. So if Etienne does have success it won't matter. But to suggest I'll be crying about it? No,I won't. What if on February 11th Etienne had walked away & signed with the Riders & we got nothing? Would that have been any better? At least he was still an asset we could use to trade for a qb. We couldn't have done that in 2 more days.

Bah, Etienne's a Rider so good for him. Local boy comes home. I have about as much interest in him now as I do in Robb Bagg or any other Rider player. He was leaving anyway so good we got Willy for him.

I have three things to say,iso: And fourth... I mean four things, I have four things to say: I didn't realize there was a minimum sentence rule at these forums. Why Jacquie, I've not known you to be so …fourthright. I'm a little disappointed. I had you all set up for a Spanish Inquisition comment. In the words of Speedy Gonzalez, "Si, senior, I theenk she mad." Hey Jacquie, didn't mean to offend you if I did, sorry.