Brandon

Other teams don't seem to have issues with getting around no trade clauses. Why can't we do the same?

Elliott had 5 TD passes and like 15 interceptions with his time with us... he wasn't good. He just looked "decent" because Pierce was a shell of himself and our other back ups were terrible. Brink played scared , Boltus had 3 ints and multiple fumbles while connecting on only 8 completions with us, and Goltz was in a commercial.

Hell no, Boltus was only ever spoken about being the bottom of the long list of mediocre qbs that came and left post Mike Kelly era. Joey Elliott was the guy that was beloved and a few people who are still on these boards used to preach about him on a frequent basis.

You contradicted yourself... Bottom line is the Moose is a great experience for younger children and seniors, the experience is fun and the on ice product is at a higher level then what we watch in the CFL. Sorry to burst the bubble but at one point in time Kyle Connor, Connor Hellebuyck, Gab Vilardi, Adam Lowry, Josh Morrissey and others were playing in the AHL and those guys are current superstars playing at the highest levels. The CFL just doesn't have that same level of talent. It doesn't mean that the CFL is boring and not a great watch. But to suggest that the AHL is more of a minor league being further from "the big league" is silly. I've watched the Moose numerous times over the years and never once have I attended a game and thought "Wow these guys are so amateurish and this is such a sloppy game where everyone is making mistakes and looks like ****". I've always thought the opposite where I'm impressed at just how good these guys are and just how tough it must be to crack an NHL line up considering how sharp these guys play. I've also watched plenty of CFL and seen a guy like Jason Boltus line up and me questioning what the hell am I watching? I'll place the odds of any current Moose player cracking an NHL line up as a higher chance then Jake Thomas ever signing with an NFL team.

In fairness Moose games are great for the kids and are much cheaper and on par or possibly a higher level then the CFL would be skill wise. Blue Bombers games offer much more then just watching the game , it has various things that can appeal to any age from the youngest of kids to the crustiest of old fans. At the old stadium my memories of "entertainment" was watching a dog run from end zone to end zone or having kids ride goats and then getting kicked in the head by them. Sitting in a very uncomfortable seat and eating the most stale food and warming up during those late season games by enjoying a hot cup of water with brown powder sprinkled in proclaiming that it was a "hot chocolate". Pre game and post game entertainment consisted of only drunk people getting into fights, cougars with bouffants that were flammable from all the hairspray walking back and forth hunting for victims, and if lucky a small fireworks show. It's night and day different in how much better the gameday experience is these days.

My turn for complaining/warning about Sunwing & Westjet. A warning for anyone who plans on travelling to Riviera Maya / Playa Del Carmen. We have gone a total of 5 times. The first three times pre COVID we would arrive at the airport in Cancun. Walk outside and would be directed to stand in a line in front of a large charter bus and within 30 minutes would be sitting comfortably inside the bus and driving down the highway to our resort making stops along the way dropping people off at various resorts. Same goes with the travel back from the resort to the airport. These buses used to have a tour guide who would entertain everyone, offer drinks, talk about the area and it was always a great time. Last year when we travelled with West Jet, they no longer had any large buses. We waited over 2 hours for a Cargo van with no AC to take us to our resort. He ended up getting lost, my kid ended up getting sick from the heat and lack of food/drink and we arrived at 10:00 pm and wasted the day. The ride from the resort back to the airport was in a large bus. This past Monday... we travelled with Sunwing. They use a company called Nexus tours for your shuttle rides. We go through the airport and this time the "waiting area" for the shuttles is insanely packed. Nearly no room to stand on any of the sidewalks. It's pure chaos and trying to find what shuttle and where we need to go to be picked up is like a free for all and you HAVE to be rude and push people out of the way to find out where to go. We are directed to stand in an area... similar to last year their was very little charter buses and now it's mostly 6 seater vans. We waited 90 minutes this time.... I should of taken a video because it was pure chaos with tonnes of furious people, kids crying, and complete confusion. People are extremely angry, some give up waiting and end up paying the $100 - $150 USD taxi ride to Playa Del Carmen. Most people who were waiting for a shuttle to a Cancun resort just jump into a taxi and pay the $30 USD fee. I was just pulling my wallet out to pay the $110 cab ride when our name is finally called. We hop into a cramped 6 person van and find out that one couple waited an hour... the other elderly couple waited over 3 hours for a shuttle ride!!! Those other couples also had to pay an extra $20 for god knows what reason? We didn't. We make it to our resort and have a great time during our week at the resort. Now leaving the resort , I check my Sunwing / Nexas Tours app and it confirms shuttle pick up at 11:55 AM. So we check out and sit down at 11:30 AM just in case they come early and anxiously await for our ride. We see the dinky little vans come and go , come and go. Still our name is not called. 2 other families also are waiting next to us and are getting anxious. After waiting 2.5 hours , a resort staff member comes to me and says that the Nexus bus had came to the other lobby and picked up some people. The resort staff told the bus driver that they have 8 other people waiting at our lobby... the bus driver refused to drive the 60 seconds it would take to get to our lobby and drove off. I call Nexas and said I was waiting for 2.5 hours and nobody has picked us up, he gets back to me and says that they can't find anyone to pick us up so I'll have to take a taxi and for me to speak with Sunwing to get a refund. Luckily I had cash and that a taxi was nearby and we ended up making out flight back home. Apparently my cousin had the exact same experience a month ago, different resort but same issues getting back and forth from the airport. Moral of the story... If you go to Cancun or Riviera Maya... budget a taxi ride. The system they use these days is god awful and you end up wasting so much time waiting. I'm guessing they are trying to cut costs and that the taxi drivers are ignoring these "free shuttle rides" because it doesn't pay out like a full price fee that they can pull from a tourist directly with no middle man. All I know is that what used to be an A+ experience has changed to a F- and it's extremely disappointing because it really takes away from a great week in Mexico.

We had a muscle rb and he ended up being cast off to Hamilton... big muscles doesn't mean anything. I'll take speed, flexibility, and endurance over power for that position any day.

Shiny new stadium.... or is it a much much better game day experience on top of a shiny new stadium with way better food/drink offerings and overall comfort?

Well the stats backed up my arguments also. Nobody was considering Zach an MOP candidate last season.

3 to 4 times per game. Lawler and others bailed him out. Are you forgetting his TD to Int ratio up until the end of the year? The amount of times in the game day threads where people OMG'd or brought up that Zach made a bad choice shot up considerably last season. Throwing a ball in an area full of db's is the choice of a QB. I hope for next season Hogan drills into Zachs head that he has the permission to check down and throw short when read 1 and 2 are tightly covered.

So we can blame Buck for Zach throwing it into double coverage on a frequent basis?

Well he was not the brightest player and tended to shoot himself in the leg when given opportunities.

Ummm I seem to remember the versatility of Jake Thomas being able to play on the o-line also back in the day. No need to sign anyone else!

Many (not all) Americans are very simple folks. I saw a video from the game where someone was holding a sign saying that Canada will welcome the States as the 11th province and that "triggered" some Americans into wanting to get into a fight. Yet the President and more recently the press secretary continue to "joke" about Canada being a new State and for those same simple folks they find nothing wrong with that same message coming from their side.

If I'm a Hamilton fan I'm very concerned on how much they brought in from our team. I'd be worried that the new GM doesn't actually have a Mike Kelly approved database full of players and that he only does have a few Subway napkins with names he is familiar with.