Noeller

More than fair - IMO there's nothing better.....

same with the fencing events in the summer Oly's.... real angry about that, apparently....

now THIS is the biggest issue.....TSN especially.

So, I've seen a TON of combine content online......not LIVE videos, but there's been a ton of pictures and vids from the various events that I've seen online. I'm not on TikTok (what in the **** is that even...??) but everything else has had stuff on it from the combine. Not articles, but pics and vids...... so it's not that they're doing NOTHING....it's just not LIVE COVERAGE....

You need representation for all people..... how can you accomplish that with a government that could fit in a box? We're a nation of nearly 40 million people. As we've learned, there are a great many differences between the populations of each province, and even WITHIN each province.... I don't understand how you can represent everyone's wishes with the government you propose......

Again, though, fellas...we're the diehards....of course we'd watch it. You're telling me though that it's a mistake to not stream it because they need to reach the people that they're not already reaching........ why would those people watch a CIS combine??

are there actually people (aside from the already-diehards) that would care to watch a live stream of this stuff??

Thank goodness.... that's what civilized society is about.

always, with him. Madani is just so angry at the CFL..... he and ISO/SF27 are cut from the same cloth. Irrationally angry. I've enjoyed the content on their website, regardless of whether or not events are streamed. There's been lots to read about.

I love that so very very much....

the only issue with the ratio....and I say this loosely because I don't know enough about CIS football.........is if we get a 10th team, and therefore need an extra-team's-worth of NI players, how diluted will the talent pool be? Again, I don't know enough about how good CIS is these days and maybe there's enough guys out there to fill a 10th team with quality NIs.......but I have a feeling we might need to reduce the ratio by one or something, just so we don't dilute the talent pool too thin.

as long as I live, I will never understand libertarianism.... it's a serious lifestyle choice in Alberta, but I do not get it. It's like people do not understand how to function as part of a society.

Sunny Ways!!

I can not figure out how an NHL PP can actually be this bad....it defies logic.

Ignoring all the truly awful takes in this thread....here's some great content from Our Man Tait ahead of the combine this week: https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/03/21/i-cant-wait-to-get-started-cfl-combine-preview/?fbclid=IwAR2QjeGYnWBcNE_J6OrNMqA3cfxs5fW4fR5psCqAuTuwP2VxKrUpenEubzI

especially athletes who talk about mental health issues.... of all the ******* things to be mad about, in this day and age.

https://www.cfl.ca/2023/03/21/oleary-combine-format-opens-evaluation-window/?tf_u[mailId]=aff37ae8e7&tf_u[team]=CFL When National and Global prospects make their way to Edmonton this week for the CFL Combine presented by New Era, they’ll head into a unique evaluation environment. Wednesday and Thursday will still consist of traditional combine elements like measurements, testing, the bench press and the 40-yard dash. Teams will still have time during the week to interview prospects to help inform their draft decisions. The Combine will take on a new look from Friday through Sunday, where the prospects will take part in practice sessions that involve individual drills, one-on-ones and new elements like the pass skeleton and inside run sessions. CFL coaches will lead positional groups and install offences and defences. The change takes the Combine in a new direction, one that Ryan Janzen, the CFL’s associate vice president of football operations, said stemmed from discussions with teams after last year’s Combine. “Where we ended up was let’s do live practices. Let’s end up having three days of practices where guys can go above and beyond their normal one-on-ones and individual period during Combine,” he said. “The thing was we were bringing (prospects) from Japan, from Europe, NCAA players in the States, from all over Canada. To give them the opportunity to truly showcase what they can do, we felt it was too quick to go in and out, do the drills and then they’re gone. Let’s keep these guys a little longer, put them through some more drills, see how they do and give the scouts more time to evaluate.” This follows a Kicking Showcase that the league held in San Diego in January — something that the teams had requested through those feedback sessions — and it was well received; something that got the new format rolling earlier in the year. The new format should also let the prospects show a more complete version of their football selves to the teams that are evaluating them. In every draft there are players that don’t run the fastest 40, or don’t put up a huge amount of reps on the bench press. Those that may have been lost in straight testing will have an extra three days to show how the practice, what their comprehension is on new schemes and how quickly they can adapt to working with new teammates and coaches. “It can really give the scouts a better opportunity to scout these guys. (The prospects are) already here, let’s have them stay a couple more days. Let’s bring in some CFL coaches to coach them up a bit,” Janzen said. “I think we’re all excited to see how it goes. I think based on feedback from the clubs, I think this will be really good. But again, we’ll get their feedback after after this and see what they thought of it and how they may may want to evolve it even more.” The new format has piqued the interest of a pair of CFL prospects. Southern Utah University defensive lineman Francis Bemiy and Western University running back Keon Edwards both said on a media call last week that they’re looking forward to seeing what the Combine offers them. “I’m really excited for the practice portion of it,” said Edwards, the top rusher in U SPORTS last season. “Be able to do inside run, actually showing scouts what I can do on the field. I know the Combine is also what they like to see from us, but from a football aspect I’m able to show the best of my ability there.” “That’s a different aspect,” Bemiy said. “They’ll do the testing aspect on one side and then the game aspect, so they really get to see how you play (and) what are your skill sets on the football field, instead of just doing the tests. (It’s) pretty cool just to go out there and show what you can do.” The new format should also be beneficial to the teams as they continue to evaluate the prospects ahead of the draft. Toronto Argonauts’ receivers coach and pass game coordinator Pete Costanza will be involved with the practice days of this year’s combine in Edmonton, working as the offensive coordinator and receivers’ coach. In addition to the film the Argos have on the prospects, he’ll get an up close look at the prospects on the offensive side of the ball through this coming week, which can only help as the team zeroes in on how to use its picks in the CFL Draft on May 2. “It does give you more knowledge and information about the guy, just to see how they learn, how they respond in a practice setting. And then how do they take it to the next practice period and apply it or not apply it,” Costanza said. “It’ll definitely give more information, especially for all the coaches that are hands on day-to-day for the three days of practice.” The changes made to this year’s Combine will be closely monitored and just like last year, the league will meet with teams in a couple of weeks’ time again to discuss what worked and what didn’t. As the league ventures into relatively unchartered waters in its pre-draft evaluation, it’s not opposed to letting the nature of the event evolve to the teams’ liking. “We’re excited about this,” Janzen said. “We felt (the previous setup for the Combine) it was too quick to go in and out, do the Combine, put them through a couple of drills and they’re gone. Let’s keep these guys a little bit longer, put them soon through some more drills and then really see how they do and obviously give the scouts more time to evaluate.” “You hear people in football say all the time, ‘Oh, that’s not what we do, we don’t do that.’ It doesn’t mean it’s not a good idea. I think we’re on to something,” Costanza said. “We just need to work our way through it here and have some flexibility this first go-round. Then when we’re done, we can reconvene and iron out the edges that need to be ironed out and make it better.”

this is an example of why PP's "popularity" was tanking according to the last national poll done. Grits once again ahead of the Tories, and PP's personal "favourability" falling every day...

You and Booch both.... least surprising thing.

I generally like most things this guy does, but man I really LOLed about this one....

and I would GUESS that being an Ivy League student, he's probably going to be pretty smart, which is always a bonus...

because it wasn't listed in the article - he's apparently 5'9" 180lbs...... so maybe more of a KR/PR than anything?

I agree with most that they'll make playoffs..... but likely will get punted hard and fast unless they somehow figure out how to score. I haven't seen an NHL PP this bad in forever.... they look like the Jr A team I cover.

I know Al is just being an ******* about this, but I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'd rather watch an All Canadian CFL than an All American CFL.

woof what a garbage draft year: https://www.cfl.ca/draft-tracker/2017/