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Boogeyman politics have been in play against every acting government and opposition for many years. Conspiracy theories are nothing new. The NDP in this province has been telling us their is a secret agenda to sell Manitoba Hydro for 30 years now. I find it humorous that the same people who complain Trudeau, or the NDP, are victims of right wing conspiracy theories are often the same ones telling us that the CPC or their provincial counterparts will set up private insurance based health care, and will sell off crown corporations and privatize the public sector services. Let's face it, while political ideologies differ between the right and left most of each sides supporters are a lot closer to centre than either side is willing to admit and neither side is as extreme as what the diehard supporters and back room political strategists will repeatedly tell us. That would be awesome for sure.

That's likely the best case scenario anyway is that he is available mid season. Guy is a stud, doesn't matter what his replacement is doing. In that scenario we can offer him a fair contract and not have to blow our brains out though.

If it came down to that someone would get an apple and a road map and we would bring back Desjarlais. Whether it is Eli, Gray, perhaps even Neufeld or a high priced vet somewhere else...if Desjarlais is available, and wants to sign the contract we offer him we will make it happen.

For where we picked him it was well worth whatever risk we took, his upside is big.

I think my prized 8 track collection agrees tends to place me in the same boat as you.

Tor/Van/Mtl is where we desperately need the growth though. Yes. The offseason officially became too long today. For sure. I agree with whoever said let's get a bit of diversity happening and attract them all. All ages, all genres.

No...but had he stayed longer he probably would have. Different time and different era too. Athletes these days are a little more, how shall i put it...spoiled.

Hip Hop just isn't nearly as popular in Canada as it is in the USA, but I agree with Jackson...time to put a little edge into our theme music. The Reklaws traditional audience are the ones that currently make up a lot of the existing CFL fan base, and while there is nothing wrong with the CFL playing to it's traditional audience it doesn't help it grow.

I am looking for the link. I was browsing around looking for more info on him and came across those measurables and I was like holy crap how have i not heard of this guy before. Saw his CFL,ca measures afterwards, I would go with that.

I would think the odds of getting Dobson have increased significantly. 6'5 - 330 lbs....Jeebus....guy is a load. One of his four games last year was against us, so we must have seen something we liked.

I trust the Bombers on this. Looks like they didn't think 9 would yield them a whole lot so get a rotational DE out of the deal and probably go with an OL at 13....or maybe they are not done and we trade back into the 1st round.

I personally think Chevy has done a good job so far. His next move will be make it or break it for him though. Paul Maurice was an excellent hire but he was here a bit too long and the players started ruling the roost and now the locker room needs a coach that can reign that back in. Who he hires will be a big factor as to whether Chevy gets to finish his contract imo. We have an excellent team on paper, but Maurice let the players sort too much stuff out on their own without intervention and it went off the rails. Especially after a particularly locker room dividing incident took place he did nothing and now the locker room is in disarray.

Exactly. That being said he got great value out of many extensions he signed players too. For sure. A lot of people hated the style of Maurice's coaching but he was an effective HC of a small market team. Hi KBF, I can't get into the incidents on a public forum but I'd be glad to PM you.

According to Hufnagel, the league was putting forth ideas to improve the game to be fleshed out for further discussion/consideration by the rules committee. Somebody suggested the league consider advancing 4 downs for further discussion. It was voted down 7-2. Hufnagel himself said he would have likely voted against a change to 4 downs if it had ever gotten to that point but thought it was something that should at least be discussed. Pinball loves the CFL but he loves his paycheque more and his bosses want 4 downs....preferably NFL if a team is granted to Canada someday.

There was a vote on whether to advance 4 downs as a possible discussion point. It was voted down. Therefore, the league did not even discuss 4 downs as being an option, they voted against even talking about it Arash.

That's right. 7th in career wins in NHL history, youngest coach ever to 500 wins. If you are judging coaching strictly by Stanley Cup wins you are going to label a LOT of very good coaches as being poor. This isn't the CFL where you have 9 teams and you're bound to win one if you are a good coach. Tons of good coaches never win a Stanley Cup. It is very difficult to do so...just ask the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Paul Maurice lost the room, but when he had it he was as good as any coach in the NHL. It is revisionist history to base his entire tenure on his last season and a half. EVERY coach loses their room eventually. Even O'Shea will.

Totally agree. Getting the vast majority of our star players to sign extensions at reasonable contract levels is yeoman's work on his part. There is a culture problem in the locker room and it is 100% on the players. There were incidents that took place a couple years ago that shook that room to the core and it is 100% in the locker room and involving players.

I am not sure why anyone thinks Chevy hasn't done a good job on the coaching front? Chipman hired Noel basically and then when that turned out to be a poor decision Chevy brought in Maurice. who was an excellent coach for many years, but like EVERY coach ever hired had a shelf life. That shelf life expired and he had to put in an interim HC. Could he have gone outside the organization? Sure he could have but then you are settling for leftovers. I see nothing wrong with the way Chevy has conducted business in a hockey market that very few players want to come to and stay in. Winnipeg is not a desirable location for any player or coach if they have a choice. Let's all remember that.

I agree that Pollievre engages in dog whistle politics. Dog whistle politics is not exclusive to the alt right, nor is it an indicator of being one. Most people would suggest that the Democrats in the US engaged in them for the entirety of Trump's term. That's is crazy. I don't defend the truckers way of protesting. It was wrong and misguided, but to call them white supremacist terrorists is batshit nuts.

Meeting with a trucker is alt right behavior? Who knew? You guys are reaching like a drowning child. This might be the most stupid leap of logic I have ever seen. You are seriously suggesting that every trucker in Ottawa was an alt-right white supremacist terrorist. Honestly...holy **** that's scary.

Please do me a favor and look up the definition of alt right and tell me what policies he has announced he would pursue that would make him classified as one. Oh no...she was a Trump supporter you know before she actually spoke out against him....burn the witch. You guys are comical.

No it most certainly is not no matter how much you jump up and down and say it is. That's just you carrying in US style politics of painting the other party as extreme into this debate. It is absolute nonsense to suggest that the entire CPC party is alt-right. Laughable really....but you keep doing you on this. I don't disagree that Pierre is further to the right than the other candidates, but to suggest he is alt-right is the same as those who call Trudeau a communist. It is a gross exaggeration. I mean really....you think Pierre Pollievre is a white supremacist who wishes to replace democracy with a white nationalist state...or do you just not know what the definition of alt right is?

Never have believed in the alt-right. Not every CPC member, in fact the vast majority of CPC members, do not either. That's just the Liberal way of trying to minimize those who think differently than them and it is kind of gross really. That's US style politics and I thought we were better than that here in Canada. BTW, the CONS haven't had a leader since Harper. They've had guys in the role that were completely out of place being there. Trudeau managed to capitalize to thin minorities against no opposition really. But yeah....he's your man. I never said he wasn't in power, I said he underperformed badly because his popularity is waning. Kind of hard to refute that.

For sure. He has narrowly won the last two elections, and given the state of his opposition, is seriously underperforming. Keep on believing though. If you think that the last two elections is an endorsement of him than you are drinking the Liberal koolaid way too heavily. People plugged their nose and voted for him (and he did lose the popular vote) because no party emerged with any kind of alternative to him. Trudeau will not win another election.