rebusrankin

Taman was an average GM, some good years, some bad years. Did some excellent work with those early 2000 teams, although how much of that was Ritchie and how much was him is up for debate. Some was luck, if I recall it was Ryland Wickman's Dad who pushed him to bring in Blink and don't forget who the QB was on that tape with Blink (who we didn't look at). Chose not to bring back Geroy in 2001 because the team was playing well and he didn't know where to fit him in (Taman has stated as much). However good trades for Dave Mudge, Doug Brown, Alex Gauthier among others. Shitty job building an OL in 2002, 2003, 2004 which led to Khari's short peak.

21 wins, 39 losses, winning percentage of .350. Horrible NI drafting. Taman has his flaws but Mack was terrible GM. I mean he was Pocchie level bad.

Is it fair to put Jade in with Addison Richards? Jade was a disappointment but he did have a 2 TD game. Richards had 1 catch and the most notable thing about him is his hair. Jade has a 2 TD game AND a Hot Mom!

Bon Jovi has got to be pissed.

Simonise

By most if not all accounts that I have read Desjarlais sounds like a kid who will compete to start right from the beginning of TC. For a team that lost 2 NI OL starters that's huge imo. Kongbo and Griffiths sound like they can be rotational players on the DL this year. Add them to Jake Thomas and potentially we can fill one NI Starting spot this year. To me that's a win. Oliviera sounds like he can be a great backup to Harris this year and should allow us to reduce the wear and tear on Harris this season. All of this alone makes me wonder how people can be upset or critical of our draft.

I'm going to sum up our draft: Wait, that's not too Riderfans a statement is it?

I am all for other teams making "idiot picks." helps us.

#32 to Edmonton. If you have the #1 overall going #32 in your draft, you need a new line of work.

One correct choice sorta, had us taking Desjarlais at 5, we took him at 4.

I'm going to predict WR in round 2.

Love it an OL for the pipeline and a potential stud DL. Think about it though, we traded Julian Laurent (#7 last year) and David Mackie (#16 last year) for Simonise and Desjarlais.

Like the pick. Sanchez proves the old saying about not being proven a fool till opening your mouth and removing all doubt.

Desjarlais and Kongbo works for me

Wow, even better than the legendary John Hodge.

OL and either Betts or Kongbo is my choice.

Hey, Jade has more than 1 catch. Compared to Vandervoot his production is Poplawskian.

Is Vaillacourt worth a look?

Well he is of above average height if you compare him to the greatest generation. Kind of old though for a prospect.

So is there a good chance Betts lasts until us? I'd like to first round of say Betts at #4 and an OL at #5.

Ah The Incredible Bulk.

Nope, you're bang on.

I'm not sure I can cheer for a guy with a topnot. This is a real haircut