Noeller

to hell with that guy for everything he did to us in the mid-2000s. I couldn't possibly be happier to hear he'll be gone...

Well Tibesar seems really interesting at any rate. Hell of a lot better option than Etch...

Frig.......... :s

Absolutelty NO WAY we get outbid by anyone. WBB vs NFL, end of story.

Really need St John's to start spitting more guys up (hopefully soon...) to provide depth, and then let the drafting provide the top end talent. Tanking this year would be real good for them, to give 'em a shot at a legit superstar.

the Jets have a solid NHL -level 2nd line in Scheiffle/Kane/Frolik, and Little/Ladd/Wheeler is a serviceable 2nd Line and pretty good 3rd Line. They do not have a legit top line right now. On D, Enstrom/Trouba is a serviceable top pairing, but they're not really legit yet...too young. Give it a couple years, and they'll be there. Bogo/?? is alright as a 2nd pairing, tho ZB is massively overrated based on his draft year. As for Pavelec, I think the guy is a lot better than people give him credit for. He gets so little help in front of him, it's a tough slog night in and night out. They just don't play well in front of him. Bottom line, Jets fans really tend to overrate the talent level on this team. Noel got far more out of guys like Ladd (ppg...seriously??!), Little and Wheeler than anyone has any right to. If people are patient and they let the drafting take its course, then things will get better. Need to remember that you basically inherited an expansion team. It was a complete shambles, save for a couple pieces, so it's going to take a long time to build this thing up to where it needs to be in order to be competitive. Going from the abhorrent SouthLeast Division to the ultra-competitive West/Central didn't help people's understanding of the situation...

the thing about Calgary is there's SO much private money, and because of this, a lot of stuff goes on under the table, and behind the scenes. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if there was a bunch of stuff happening that isn't being reported...

It's easy to make reasonable assumptions. Most of our coaching staff is set. We will have one of Collaros, Willy or Burris at QB. Likely sign a few free agents and bring in some new bodies from down south to compete. Looks like everyone wants to be difficult here so feel free to lock this thread. Honestly, and again I'm not trying to be difficult, I have no idea how to assume anything about this club right now. I have no idea if we'll see guys like Jovon or Stewart back. No clue if we're going to run with Will Ford or bring in a starter from college. Even the familiar faces are full of question marks right now so it's just so hard to have any idea. this....absolutely no clue right now, but I'm excited to find out more...

Seconded...

Noel's fine...good coach...that roster is the shits, period. He's got way more outta them than anybody had any right to.

Good riddance...I hope Stala retires.

Steinhauer really seems like someone that fits what we're trying to do in Wpg. If they can give him some kind of a token "upgrade" to bring him over on a lateral move, that would work, I think...

I don't think Howell can be judged properly by the mess that the entire team was. Need a better all-around offense to judge it properly...

seriously, if we could....would be super awesome...

We need another Al Ford era...thin out THEIR ranks a little...

It's all very interesting, and as a huge "rah rah Canada!" guy, there's part of me that loves being All Canadian and giving a giant F*** You to the idea that NCAA/NFL experience is oh-so-important. Thing is, tho.....that is important. Nobody here is naive enough to think that CIS football is anywhere near NCAA, both in quality of players and in quality of coaching. So have we gone TOO FAR in terms of being All Canadian on the coaching staff?

ahh my bad...that's what I get for not skimming the articles. #AintNobodyGotTimeForThat

Not sure how much I love a guy going from CIS co-ordinator to CFL co-ordinator, tho this guy sounds pretty well respected. It's one thing to go from CIS HC to CFL co-ordinator, but this is a really big jump for this guy. Hopefully it works out!

Getzlaf, Muamba, Laurent, Cornish, Harris But he's quite possibly 6. Cauchy ahead of Cornish? hmmm.... Your wit is AMAZING. Yeah..seriously...I don't understand the lame jokes. Is this like a Norm McDonald stand-up routine where it's on purpose, or.....??

Barron Miles signs a 2 year extension with the Riders......does this mean the road is clear for Greg Marshall to return?

Was an article a while back from Millions, I think, saying that there's rumblings behind the scenes among a bunch of private sector oil and gas types, who want to build a giant arena/stadium joint complex thing up at the site of the McMahon. Would mean the end of the arena's tie-in with Calgary Stampede but so be it. It's on the LRT line and an overall good location. Huge money and will have to be almost entirely private sector, but with Edmonton getting a new arena and both Saddledome/McMahon on last legs (especially after the flood damage!) they're going to need to do something soon..

Word from Madani and others today is that this is paving the way for MLSE to buy the Argos and operate them outta BMO. They apparently want to host a GC in there. They'd operate the Argos as a "boutique" franchise, which would allow an NFL franchise to be a "big time" show operating out of SkyDoom....

Merry Christmas and all the best in 2014 to everyone at MBB! Here's to a big playoff run for the Blue n Gold in 2014!!

So Tait is tweeting some Stubler quotes from the Calgary Herald. Basically sounds like Stubs and his new wife wanted to stay close to BC, so Calgary made more sense. Said it was a tough decision because he and MOS go back a long way, and he really feels like Walters/MOS have it figured out and will turn it around, but Calgary made more sense to them right now.

Are there people on here seriously unaware of Gary and Sam Etcheverry? Legendary CFL figures, the both of them...tho not necessarily for the right reasons all the time. I'd probably prefer going with an "up-and-comer" like a Barron Miles, as DC, rather than a wildcard like Etch...