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Player scouting & recruiting is one area of the job. Just one. looks like Kyle Walters did contracts. Joe couldn't be bothered I guess.

KBF, why shouldn't the media from other cities put us down? We do it here at MBB all the time. It's normal. Bomber fans are doing it as are the Winnipeg media. Of the 2, Jock Wilson is more of a Gary Lawless & a Paul Friesen kind of guy. Mark Steven is the Stamps play by play announcer & knows the CFL very well & much more reserved. He just shuts up when Wilson goes on a roll because he talks at 80mph & just goes on & on & on. There's just no stopping him. Especially when every second sentence starts with, "I'm sorry, but..." . I'm sure 17to85 would concur about Wilson as he lives here as well. John Hufnagel got angry with Jock Wilson this past Monday night when Wilson asked Huff if he felt he should have benched Glenn in the 3rd quarter vs the Riders & play BLM. Huff nearly blew up saying that was a dumb question, unfair & disrespectful to Glenn himself. Just goes to prove there are media knobs in all cities. The Bombers get blasted routinely out here by The Fan 960, the Calgary Herald, Sun & 770AM CHQR. It's routine. I could go to Vancouver, Toronto, Saskatchewan & hear it as well. Just do me a favour. Don't shoot the messenger, here. I'm just giving all of you the perspective of a fan living in another CFL city. Don't be angry with me. if so, then talk to the hand.

Agree that just playing Goltz doesn't guarantee he'll get much better. I guess people just want to see him play a string of games to gauge the improvement.

I bet they feel his whining & "Who Me?" atitude is making them feel like it's the passer & not the catcher. AC is throwing his hands in the air to make the offense look bad except him. AC has become a real tool. A 20 year veteran is going to go out a loser, whiner & a cry baby.

Somewhere in the middle. Hall will make mistakes. Just hope they aren't killers like a Pick 6 or a fumble at a terrible time. I am hoping he plays well if if we win or lose & shows potential of being our qb of the future.

We are a laughing stock because of a number of things. One, we've had a losing record longer than a lot of teams, haven't won a Grey Cup in 23 years, the ongoing Buck Pierce fiasco since 2010, the merry go round of qbs, the ongoing questionable comments by Burke, the in fighting by management & coaches wanting their guy to play, negative player comments, LaPo firing after he was reupped, the feeling around the league Joe Mack wasn't any good as a GM, the leak by a Board member that Buchko recommended Mack be fired, the ultimate Mack canning as well as Buchko himself. Need I say more? Edmonton is becoming a joke as is Hamilton but because we've had more issues dating back to the Mike Kelly era with Lyle Bauer than those teams have had. The feeling around the CFL is we're a disaster. The team has no more credibility ledt. Mark Steven & Jock Wilson on CHQR just rip the Bombers every chance they get. The same goes on in other CFL cities as well. We may not like it, but it is what it is. One winning season won't change the perception too much. The Bombers have to go on a roll. Win one or two Grey Cups & have a winning record for 2, 3 or more seasons before the rest of the CFL thinks we are a well run organization making sound decisions. The one thing I took from that interview was just how sad Bob's voice sounds. The losing is killing him as well as we all know he loves the Blue Bombers & wants to call a Grey Cup victory on CJOB before he retires.

Looks great, Rich. Love the updates. You guys are doing a great job!!

Getting back to the HS player from Ontario... He may never play at Penn State or he could someday start. Who knows who they recruited? May not be top HS qbs because of the Bowl suspensions & sanctions they are suffering. So, the guys that will be ahead of him may be good or not. Time will tell.

Well, AC didn't do much to help his cause with his histrionics on the field & with the media. Yeah, we get you're unhappy Anthony. We don't have to see it with every incomplete pass you throw.

Well, when info comes out we didn't know then perceptions do change. Tursns out he was interfering quite a bit.

Why do the Als even bother with a backup qb? They never play any of them no matter what the score.

Nice how it's either/or with this team's coaches. Throwing Hall to the wolves & expecting a miracle. Not good.

Man, they both suck. Only Goltz sucks less because he's only had 2 starts. Don't want to be too hard on the kid so maybe we should have a suckage level. Like Pierce sucks at Level 9 & Goltz at Level 3. Of course, the other major suckage we aren't discussing is the fact the OL sucks. Shouldn't forget them because that would suck.

You can get the regs on buying used & new cars in the US & bringing them to Canada by contacting Customs. You'd have to probably pay GST at the border I'd think & then duty later within a specific time frame, I believe... But I don't know for sure. Just make sure YOU know everything you have to know before you buy down there.

Agreed.

If you bought a new Ford Fusion in Minneapolis there wouldn't be much to Canadianizeit as it would have a block heater as the winters down there are almost as cold as Winnipeg. Probably the only thing you'd have to do is get a speedometer/odometer with metric settings, I'd think. Can the dealer down there special order? And I'd be concerned about the warranty. Would it be honoured up here? This was a serious issue a few years ago with most of the auto manufacturing companies.

Made my picks.. Hamilton Saskabush Toronto Calgary

So five & I'm out?

You don't think this team is dysfunctional after everything that has happened? We're the laughing stock of the CFL, KBF. Maybe people in Kelowna don't care but If what they are saying in the media about the Bombers here in Calgary is any indication, I can only imagine what it's like in the 7 other CFL cities. Bob Irving was interviewed for about 20 minutes yesterday live on radio here & even though he tried to spin something positive about the Bombers even he felt the situation was circus like. He said it's about as bad as he's ever seen it in his nearly 40 years covering the team & said he wonders what is going to happen tomorrow with the Bombers next as he has no clue. If you want to hear what Bob thinks, Google CHQR, go to Audio & listen yesterday August 13th from about 8:06 pm on to the entire interview. It runs to 8:30 pm. And you can also hear the comments of the interviewers about the Bombers.

Plan did not work that's all I know.

Renaud & DeAngelis were teammates briefly in Calgary a few years ago.

Well, Kyle Walters claim that the lines of communication between the players & coaches would improve & having players not speak publicly about ny personnel moves lasted, what, 24 hours??? Another negative comment. These guys have to be fined heavily & by heavily, I mean in the thousands of dollars or outright released. This is getting stupid.

What do you guys think on Burke being luke warm to Vega coming back?

Because we are dysfunctional. We need someone who understands the Blue Bombers, the fans, the CFL & how to run a business probably more than any other team right now.. And we need someone like Wade Miller who has the credibility to bring the hammer down to malcontents if he has to. Maybe Buchko could have done that but it was pretty clear that under his leadership the team had become a train wreck.

Walters sounds impressive but then so did Joe Mack when he got hired. If Kyle is going to be kept around anyway & he knows others will be interviewed & he seems fine with that then why throw him into the fire when he could benefit from working under someone else for a few years yet? I'm tired of inexperienced people being hired because they're somebody's buddy, the powers that be like him or to save money. For once.... ONCE... hire the best experienced guy with the most solid track record available & be done with it. Don't take shortcuts.