'
And refusing to acknowledge the concerns of fans by saying "I don't care what you guys say, the guys making these decisions have way more CFL experience than any of you" is not an example of one.
This statement is completely fine in my books...
Buzz around the league suggests Collaros-to-Winnipeg is a done deal and they just can't announce it yet. High draft pick involved, tho not sure HOW high...
There's absolutely nothing to back this statement up. I dunno which one of 'em will be better or if either of 'em will be worth anything at all, but at this point....nobody knows anything.
If he never opened his mouth.......ever......
''Nobody touches the Quarterback but me''
''The Shotgun formation is for Pee-wee football''
that's the absolute tender side of what he said. All the embarrassing things he did/said both publicly and, apparently, in the room to the players.......God almighty. What a sad state ever since Berry's time...
Southern Alberta.......life here is tough when the Riders are doing well. Praying for Burris to somehow find a way to absolutely bend the Priders over and give it to 'em raw.
Want nothing more than for the Riders to be heroically embarrassed in front of their heavy mouth breathing moron "fans", but unfortunately, Burris is the ultimate fair-weather QB. He's gonna go 5/30 next week in the cold. Undeserved cake-walk for the Riders...
...so apparently the Stamps asked Doug Brown to come play for the Stamps after they lost some guys to injury late in the year. He told 'em no, 'cause Winnipeggers would kill him, essentially.
Attaboy, Big Bird....that woulda been BRUTAL...
Crowton's deal's up
Buchko resigned, not fired (no money needed)
Burke is still technically around, so not being paid to do nothing
Lapo's deal is up
Mack might be still getting money going into next year, but other than that........??
Hootie Ray J is the ****...love that guy.
Y'know what my biggest concern would be with Khari as HC?? My memory of him is the king of this town. He was a GREAT quarterback until we ****** up his career with a terrible OL that got him killed out there after too many hits. My biggest fear is tarnishing his legacy if he comes in here and just bombs as an HC. You know how quickly the idiots around here like to tar and feather a guy and run him outta town. It was painful enough the first time...I don't wanna go through it again.
Too bad there couldn't be some other role for him, but he made his bed by firing Berry and bringing in the Kelly **** show. And to top it off, has said publicly that he'd do it all over again. Sorry...you had your chance...
I'm not as angry about the coaching as some, but one thing I do know: All this talk about the roster being SO bad, and Burke had nothing to work with.....bullshit. Mack brought the roster leaps and bounds from where Kelly left it. By no means were we a GREAT team, but it's not like Burke had absolutely nothing there. I'm not gonna throw Mack under the bus for this one.
there's so much rampant speculation going on. I'm not gonna get all freaked out over what may or may not happen, 'cause it's all just unnecessary stress. When everything goes down, which will be shortly after the GC, then I'm gonna get all freaked out, one way or the other (ha ha)...
Gary Lawless tweets that the Free Press can confirm Dave Dickenson is not interested in the Bombers HC gig at all (...I assume he called to check...) So no real big surprise there, but still a shame.
Agreed that it's always shitty to see a nice guy lose his job, but in this case, it had to happen. Still not sure how I feel about this "keeping Burke as DC" stuff, unless everyone really does buy in. I'd rather have a completely uninhibited GM come in and hire a completely uninhibited HC to hire his own coordinators. If, after all that, they decide Burke is the best guy, then by all means, I'm in...