MOBomberFan

The 2009 Banjo Bowl was the worst thing I've ever seen as a Bomber fan. The Boltus game would be #2. As least with the Boltus game we didn't have to watch thousands of the other teams fans mock us in our own stadium. It got even worse when the Sasquatches around us actually started feeling sorry for us and eventually eased up on us. Instead, they started to share their own Michael Bishop facepalm moments. It was a sad sad day.

Traffic/transit concerns on day 1 set aside, my sole issue with the stadium was with the concessions. There was never really any way to tell where the line started, or how many lines there were on the go, unless you were at a place like Schwarma Khan or the Mini-Donuts where they had ropes in place. Then when you finally placed your order, you weren't given an order number or receipt or anything like that... you were simply asked to go stand to the side with a throng of other hungry impatient people. As orders came up, the first people to get served were whoever was the pushiest/most bastardy. The concession employees would just take your word that the food you grabbed out of their hands was the food you paid for... I bet there were plenty of people walking away with someone else's food. Honestly, it couldn't get much worse. I wish I could say it only happened once. Fortunately, several times through the offseason the Bombers called me directly, and I was able to pass this feedback along to an actual human being rather than a suggestion box. We'll soon see if there is any improvement this year.

Never change, RG

That's the night before the draft. Too bad it wasn't planned for the night after the draft, I'm sure some fans would have liked to ask about the picks we made.

Yes, these are intriguing numbers I'd like to see more of...

LOL! Perhaps we the fans are holding out for Walters to deal for Glenn, then watch the ST sales go through the roof!

Indeed, he was my clear choice for the Bomber ROTY candidate. Does anyone recall who was our ROTY candidate last year? Zach Anderson? Or was it actually Wild? eidt: Pardon, 'Most Outstanding Rookie'

Ian Wild was solid as a rookie last season. I can't imagine anyone will push him out of his starting spot, but I guess an injury could.

Mike made an excellent blog post at http://www.morningbigblue.com/community/blog/7/entry-25-2014-cfl-mock-draft-version-20/ that should answer a few of your questions.

Slaton was a Heisman nominee the year that Troy Smith won the top prize. Pat White and Steve Slaton played together in West Virginia; they are one of the few QB/RB college duos to have rushed for 1000 yards each in consecutive seasons. Wouldn't it be something if they get reunited in the CFL at some point?

I gotta say that just because you were ranked highly throughout the evaluation process doesn't make you a 'sure thing' by any means. Just look at Scott Mitchell who played in all of a dozen games over 3 seasons after being ranked the consensus top pick in 2011; he was ranked the #2 player in Fall and Winter rankings, and the #1 player when final rankings came out. Meanwhile players like Shawn Gore, Marco Ianuzzi, and Jabar Westerman, who have all contributed about as much as you can hope for from a first rounder, only made it into the top 15 following ecamp. The draft is always a gamble, no matter who you draft and where they were ranked. Luc Brodeur-Jourdain is a CFL all star, and he was the very last player drafted in 2008; Justin Sorensen was the 5th overall pick in the very same draft.

He sure was, but I don't think he is anymore. I seem to recall last year during the offseason somebody listed our neg list QBs at the time and he wasn't one of them. Chase Clement etc.

It's nice to have someone from 'the outside' come along and tell us we might not be as bad as we think. Even if it's Bluto I'm sure Burke will resume being a top notch DC, so I believe the reshaped D in Toronto will be in good hands. Winnipeg just has so many ?s. Our D could be dominant - I'm confident our DL will hold up it's end at least - but It feels like we've been forced to gamble on guys like Etcheverry and to some extent Willy for one reason or another. We could be dynamite. It's too early to say, and probably too much to hope for.

Every year around this time I'm planning the Grey Cup parade in my head. Realistically, we will be in tough to make the playoffs, but it depends a lot on how things shake down for the other western teams. As gbill2004 said, BC and Sask likely aren't the powerful teams we're used to seeing anymore. EDM has almost as many question marks as we do, but even they have the luxury of an established starter at QB. CGY should be able to pick up where they left off last year, they just better hope BLM is all that; I doubt they want to see Tate as their starter with his injuries and general eccentricity.

First Pat White in EDM and now Terrell Pryor in MTL. Both athletic players with speed to burn. It will be interesting to see if either one comes North.

A very good friend of mine and top guy in my promotion. He and Steve Corino just lost the tag team championship on our last show. He is a quality human being. We worked together for a short time a few years ago. I remember seeing him wrasslin at the Osborne street festival one year, it was lots of fun to see live even years after I stopped watching wrestling much (Tatanka ftw). I understand he recently published a fiction series as well. Quite an interesting guy.

Unknown Poster, you must have crossed paths with 'The Outlaw' Adam Knight?

Easy, Goalie, easy. I'm pretty sure only 1 guy here actually wants Marve to start, and it's the guy who watched him play ball since he was a teen; I'd be a believer too in that case. Willy is the starter, no question.

Not having the sort of experience with the Canadian game that Willy has puts Marvelous Marve at a serious disadvantage, at least as far as starting is concerned. Max Hall is going into his second season and looked like he was picking up the game more and more every time he stepped on the field. Marve is in tough to even be #2 out of camp. It doesn't mean for a second he isn't a good/talented QB, it just means he's going to have to work his way up the ranks like virtually everyone else.

Don't worry, I'll even the score a bit and prove that 'lefties' can be just as disrespectful to people with disabilities. And anyone who's gonna go and get hurt feelings should skip this part, you've been warned, this is just some harmless dark humor in very bad taste... Q: What's black and crispy and sits at the top of the stairs? A: Steven Fletcher in a house-fire.

Not really a head scratcher at all...he didn't perform well enough! Forgive me if I don't quite agree with Mack and Burke's assessment of talent last year... How about Craig Dickenson? As much as I want someone to push Renaud out, they need to do so convincingly... and Cameron didn't convince anyone unfortunately. We'll see how things go in Sasks camp. I'm pulling for him, but... if he does find success I would hate to see him do it in Green and White.

I would be shocked if anyone uses a first rounder on LDT considering he is practically a lock for at least a couple years in the NFL.

Do they really? with an economic life of about 25 years (http://info.cat.org.uk/questions/pv/life-expectancy-solar-PV-panels) do they really save you any money when you factor in the up front and ongoing maintenance costs? In fact they do (or can/should). Barring a catastrophe involving damage to the panels or a sudden drop in average peak hours of sunlight (approx 3.5 hours/day) a 100sq ft panel system costing less than $11,000 (before rebates) will pay for itself in 15 years. If it lives to be 25 then 10 years of power is gravy. Add in all the crazy rebates (upwards of 30%) and it would pay for itself even faster with a reduced upfront cost. Different households have different power consumption needs. The setup described above would eliminate my household reliance on hydro-electricity with a little energy to spare. However, this setup is nowhere near capable of heating my home. As is, I would never be able to give up natural gas. Now, give me an ICF home with a greenroof (naturally cooling in the summer, naturally insulating in the winter) and the heating costs come way down - within striking distance of being able to heat your home with electricity, or at least far less gas. Someone mentioned that we are not currently paying the real cost of a solar panel, or something to that effect. The same can be said for many things. Raj Patel wrote a very interesting book called 'The Value of Nothing' where he explores the idea of including the social/environmental costs in the price-tag of many things we take for granted. Coffee would be a drink exclusively for the rich. Most of us wouldn't be able to eat exotic fruits or vegetables. Is the environmental impact of every oil spill factored in the cost of plastics or gasoline? Is the human cost of mining for cassiterite in the Congo included in the price of every cell phone or circuit board? I think not.

Holy mistaken identity Batman, I meant Sorrentos. It took me 3 weeks to realize this.

I'd think twice about geo-thermal. The powers that be here in Kelowna suckered a lot of higher-end home owners to switch to geo-thermal from natural gas heating, promoting it as "cheaper" and of course the thing that appeals to all those who want to feel like they are "making a difference", that geo-thermal was much more "environmentally friendly". All of those people that switched are now crying their eyes out, as gas is cheap while electricity costs here are going up substantially. My brother in law was one of the suckers and he now pays almost $500 a month in electricity while I am still paying $150 a month for my gas bill and our houses are roughly the same size. The problem is that the idiots here went to a "two-tier" system to encourage people to use less electricity (bullshit excuse, it's a revenue grab) and so if you don't use much electricity, your bill stays low, but if you go above the low tier you get screwed. All the people on geothermal HAVE to use electricity to heat their houses, and they are being bent over right now. And good luck trying to sell your house, not too many people want to get raped like that for their utilities. Gas is the way to go baby. Thanks for the heads up. Of all of the green options we're looking into, geo-thermal is certainly one we are willing to budge on. It's pretty easy to do for people on huge lots, but with a relatively smaller city lot the upfront cost is through the roof. We are fortunate in Manitoba to have such cheap electricity, but Manitoba hydro is also pushing people to use less... not because it's 'green' but because they can turn around and sell it to the states for a lot more than they sell it to me. Hence the solar panels. Even if they only generate enough power to run my fridge and stove, they pay for themselves on a long enough timeline. As for selling the house... geo-thermal or not... if I were to build this dream house, it's the house I plan to retire in!