Logan007

You have got to be kidding me. TUP...what is up with your man crush on Buck? Are you his personal stalker? Do you have 5000 pictures of him posted on your wall in your room....all pictures taken by you with a zoom camera of course.

Don't really get how it's Porter. He's not really a "vet" considering he's never been a starter in this league and didn't Burke say he was bringing in a Vet? Maybe he's bringing in Porter as well as another Vet QB?

When teams are blitzing 8 guys, someone is not going to be blocked. That's not going to change until we put in a QB who can make a throw. We need hot routes. We need hot players too.

So pay them GM/HC money and surround them with player personnel guys, assistant GM,s and experienced coordinators....no problem, which what many of us have been saying since day one. Something I finally agree with you on. Higgins would be the perfect GM/HC IMO.

I would take Doug Berry over Cortez personally. Higgins would be my first choice though. Dunigan? Really? Maybe as a QB coach.

Are you talking about Firstrowsports.eu? It's been kind of crappy lately actually.

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The point I was trying to make actually was that having a strong arm doesn't mean a guy will be a top QB. Yes Bishop and Jackson had more success that Dinwiddie but there are also QBs who weren't overly blessed with arm strength who have had a lot more success than Bishop and Jackson. Doug Flutie immediately comes to mind. That's the exact name that came to my mind when I read Jacquie's post. But he was also magic...don't forget that. Magic and dreamy. ...sorry what were we talking about?

I don't think it's that ISO. I'm not a Joe Mack supporter but I think he made the right move. Reilly wanted Edmonton and Mack stated the facts. Even if we got him, he'd have big leverage and could leave anyway. It would have been stupid for him to even try to go after him. Now Glenn on the other hand...that's another story. In any case Blitzmore is right...we're just beating a dead horse here. We don't have Reilly or Glenn, so there's no point arguing over why they aren't here. The question is, what can we do now.

You should be our HC.

The Lions didn't offer Reilly to anyone. They offered the rights to Reilly with the ability to negotiate prior to a deal to Edmonton. They offered the rights to Reilly with no ability to negotiate prior to a deal to Winnipeg. There is a HUGE difference. Ah Mike you are correct. I remembered wrong. It was that they wouldn't let Mack speak to him. Here's the link in the FREEP. I agree with Mack on his decision in this case, and I was never a Mack fan. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/bombers/Reilly-never-seriously-considered-playing-for-Bombers-Mack-189254001.html

Again, we really don't know that to be true. An offer was made by Wally to get Reilly to Joe Mack. Mack refused. So Reilly was traded to Edmonton. If he would have been traded to Winnipeg then he could have done the deal as Reilly wasn't a free agent yet & still under contract to the Bombers. Was it a risk? Yes, surely. A HUGE risk & making that trade would have been ballsy because of it but considering where our first round pick is now, I'd have done it. And made bloody sure I signed him. We absolutely do not know if Reilly preferred Edmonton over Winnipeg. They traded for him & got the deal done. We weren't privy & never will be to the discussions in Mack's office, so all total speculation about that. We don't know what was said. Bottom line, that Reilly was the best opportunity to try & fix the mess at qb we have now. Not doing anything has resulted in a losing team as well as a scorcehed Earth battlefield with Bomber managemnt & coaching.... So, maybe the risk Mack took was really standing pat. In the end, doing the deal or not doing the deal cost people their jobs. The repercussions are still going on. I'd like to believe that it was out of Joe's hands but c'mon.... Looking at how he's done business in the past, I find that hard to believe. So then please explain why the following two things occurred ... a ) Wally refused to let Winnipeg talk shop with Reilly prior to a trade, but allowed Edmonton to b ) Reilly did not opt to wait until free agency before signing a deal in order to maximize his earnings According to what we know it came down to two things... One, the Lions wanted a first rounder from us but a second rounder from Edmonton. And he signed with the Esks virtually minutes after he was obtained in a trade from the Lions. To me, it came down to Mack not believing that fixing the qb mess was worth a first rounder which I find unbelievable. He overvalued Buck & Goltz & undervalued Elliott & Brink which was a mistake. He also dod not want to pay & therefore take a risk on Reilly. According to the way it supposedly went down, Wally offered Mack Reilly & he said no. His choice. Look what has happened since. Are you turning a blind eye to the facts in this story on purpose or are you just doing it to frustrate me? The single biggest thing about the difference in negotiations between BC/WPG and BC/EDM is that Edmonton had permission to talk to Reilly and we didn't. But you keep ignoring that every single time. Why? Mike, c'mon dude. The Lions offered Reilly to Winnipeg. Mack said no. Yes, the conditions were different than Edmonton, I'll grant you that but Mack didn't want to give up a first rounder. No that's wrong. The Lions did not offer Reilly to Winnipeg for the first round pick. They offered that Mack could TALK to Reilly for the first round pick. So Mack would have had to give a first round just to talk to Reilly and he still may have gone to Edmonton. Mack said no.

What else would you call him? He's a walking injury waiting to happen that they made into the starter. So instead of grooming someone who's not a walking concussion and giving them the reps (I won't even go into the fact that I think his numbers suck considering he is a vet), they started him off at the beginning of the season and he takes reps away from someone they could have started grooming right away.

Woah dude, what are YOU talking about??!?!

So you think there will be consequences?

Well if you say so then it must be true. We'll just forget the fact that both LaPolice, and now Crowton, have both stated that LaPo hired him.

East Hastings is beautiful compared to downtown Winnipeg. I'D live on East Hastings.

The defense fell apart the day Coach Harris passed away. Ever since then our D has sucked.

He's either waiting to try out for the NFL or waiting to see what happens with the Bombers. If we start winning I bet he stays, if we don't he'll probably jump ship. He wants to be on a Grey cup contender team just like everyone else. ...OR Bluto went and ruined our chances by convincing his mom and dad that they should talk him into joining the Ti-Cats or Argo's. Bastid!

Exactly. Wade is a businessman. He doesn't have time to stick his nose into everything and micro manage. So if someone isn't doing their job, it's adios to them, and he'll replace them with someone who can. Most good managers don't like to micro manage, and if they do have to stick their noses in stuff, then they get very irritable...and Wade looks like he can get irritable fast. I thought he was going to pound some of those reporters in that press conference they had with the stupid questions they were asking.

Thank you! When he said Jim I was thinking, no way. Totally looks like Ed Helms.

Simpson

Trolling or Sarcasm...

Exactly, and put a decent Oline in front of him. I think he will pan out. I think he's just making some rookie mistakes right now, but with experience that will go way. He's got a nice strong arm and and is really mobile. He's got the tools, he just needs some coaching and experience.