Pete Catan's Ghost

We can agree to disagree, except I remember their running backs eating our lunch a few weeks ago (even without using the bulldozer-Declan Cross), so there is that.

Who do you replace from the existing staff to fit him in?

What is your definition of contend? Make the playoffs? GC? Because I know of a third place team that wasn't supposed to contend (their away record was 3-6). They won 2 road playoff games + a GC with a broken down QB who hadn't played all season. Also, tell me about Vernon Adams' stellar background that makes him the better choice than Arby + Tinfoil at backup. Now it starts to make sense.

1) No way you can say they won't contend. 2) Fire Pinball ?!?

Absolutely. 99% of the fans who he thrilled, either don't know or don't care about his private life. The fact that so many people became fans because of him speaks volumes.

There's got to be more to it than them just firing Young to get Jones unless there was some bad off field exploits by Glen.. It makes no sense really. Besides, would MLSE really have a hot clue about the inner workings of the team?

I took McGuire last week, but then I apparently started cranking meth and decided this would be a brilliant pick.

Damn right he should get paid. Not only is he playing lights out, he is doing so after voluntarily taking an enormous financial haircut in the off season to help out the club.* If this team has the integrity I believe they have, he will be compensated very fairly. *He’s also a financial strategist, so I’m sure there might also be something cooking behind the scenes.

No player has ever provided me more joy watching him play.

It could also depend on how many different panels you are using (types of drug groups you are testing for), because very broad testing can be quite expensive. Cocaine, Cannabis, Benzos, Amphetamines, and Opiates are types of panels. For example, I would not be testing all football players across the board for opiate use as many would come back positive due to the Rx pain killers that many are on. (There are many types of opiates and certain panels could show up positive for opiates whether the individual shot Heroin, ate too much poppeyseed loaf, or used Rx oxycontin) I also may not test for Cannabis if it wasn't explicitly prohibited as a PED because I may not want to open that can of worms (since many players smoke weed and it is now legal.) Different companies/groups have different rules. The CFL, addictions treatment centres, and even the Federal Dept. of Transport have different dos and don'ts. for their employees. I have no idea what type or number of panels you would need for PEDs. I'm guessing it is quite extensive.

I've tested hundreds of individuals through my workplace over the years. Invariably they are dirty when they use the can't pee defence. What they don't mention in the article is whether the CFL mandates that the player be witnessed while urinating (to eliminate using a concealed sample in a eyedrop bottle or "Whizzinator" for example).... which can lead to the "shy bladder" argument. Of course this only flys for so long before nature insists. You also don't need that much pee to test. It's still a bizarre situation, as any adulterant in the sample won't disappear in the short number of hours that would pass before any healthy individual would need to urinate. Its almost as if they think the tester will forget about the test. Ha

I'd love to put a * beside Warren Moon's name because of the way Edmonton was able to abuse the way they paid their players vs. the rest of the league, but he was the prototype. He was that good.

Suitor - "I just have to say Keith...I'm a big big fan." Urban - "Thank you Glen, thank you very much." PA Announcer - Clean-up in aisle three.

Lol at gitch, and more importantly: how does it differ from gotch?

Charles Nelson

However, when he said that he bought a new tie in Regina…well you couldn’t have pulled me away from the tv with the jaws of life. Deeply saddened that it didn’t look like the rolled up Ponderosa steakhouse bib I was hoping it would be.

Next stop - Glue factory

Oh to dangle a dink from row 1

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but TSN looked to be having trouble with their score bug at the bottom of the TV screen. Downs and distance was dramatically wrong on at least two occasions.

This article isn't new, but it's a fine representation of the great BB coach, Dave "drink the sweet water" Ritchie. https://www.americanfootballinternational.com/winning-is-a-universal-language-cfl-legend-dave-ritchies-european-adventure/amp/

There was this wistful, optimistic feeling about Mack's hiring, because he was the director of player personnel during the Cal Murphy/Mike Riley years and did some scouting in the NFL. When hired, there might have been the belief that he had some valuable NFL connections, but that's still over 20 years between CFL gigs.

Can I get you drunk and take you to demonstrations?

Sean McGuire

I briefly watched him play on the weekend and saw him break up two consecutive pass plays in their loss to Miami

Absolutely. I wanted the camera to pan to Dickenson and watch him meltdown, knowing he didn't have a time out left to challenge the no-call.