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We shall see next election if you are right or not I guess. I have been a CPC member for many, many years and know a great deal of CPC members all of whom are very nice, upstanding, and conscientious people. But hey....paint everyone with the same brush.

When was the last time the right united to beat the Liberals? Not long ago the right united, elected Stephen Harper as their leader and creamed the Liberals into almost obliteration in the next 3 elections....and yes...the popular vote means little to seat count...but it destroys the narrative that the CPC doesn't have support in this country. The PPC doesn't even matter no matter how loudly you bang that drum. They are a party that swung some votes in a global pandemic. When actual policy and not protest returns post pandemic they will fade away into the ether and their votes will return to the CPC. Absolutely the CPC is rudderless right now or Trudeau would be in opposition. However, like all things the longer a cringe worthy prime minister stays in power the stronger his opposition is going to get. IF, and its a big IF, the CPC manages to get it right and elect a leader that can lead and can appeal to Ontario, Trudeau's days will be numbered. The CPC is not nearly as fractured as you think they are. They just know they got it wrong with O'Toole and are hitting the reset.

The thing about zealots is that they are the people most likely to show up and vote. In a country where voter apathy is a massive problem you are right to suggest they shouldn't be dismissed. Maybe...but it won't. The PPC will pick up that 1-2% of wingnuts. Not really a genius. He just ran a tight ship and had the benefit of a strong economy. It tends to soothe the right when that happens. A lot of people on the far right tend to settle down a lot when they've got their government. Same goes with the far left I suppose. I think pretty much everyone said that about Stronach.

Don't underestimate the rights ability to unite. They have done it before and the division was far greater back then. I could see a lot of CPC members returning to the fold under the right leader especially now that Trudeau fatigue has really set in for a lot of the voters that swing between CPC and Liberal. The left has tried to paint the narrative that the CPC has no chance anymore and is irrelevant but the CPC has won the popular vote the past two elections. A strong leader popular in the 905 and the Liberals will suddenly not be as entrenched as they think they are. The shine is off the Trudeau diamond and IF the CPC elect a leader that resonates a lot better than O'Toole or Scheer it could be a new government next time. Trudeau has made his own bed when it comes to trustworthiness. The Liberals need to move on from him, people just don't like him all that much anymore. Only thing saving his butt is that the CPC seems to be content to get leaders that are even less appealing thus far.

For sure. He may just have needed some seasoning too.

He didn't have his agent phone every team in the league to see if they would offer 21k more than the Bombers? Weird.....I was told that's how it works.

LMAO....Sure Gerald sure....James Moore is the guy keeping Liberals up at night. lol

Let's just for fun say that your 20k theory is correct, even though it probably is much too simplistic to put the same $ value on every FA....but this is for fun. We don't need to offer Lawler a 230k contract to beat the BC offer. BC offer...250k + 0 playoff dollars = 250k Winnipeg....200k + 30k playoff money = 230k 250k-230k = 20k ...and 3DN stated that they think playoff money is actually going up over that this year. There....you happy?

Who is Brad Bezan?

I checked his twitter....nothing there...but Booch seems pretty confident and he's been bang on so far this offseason.

Can't be a bad thing that's for sure. Hope it all works out.

I would do it just to not have to wear booger green sports gear the rest of my life. I mean really, rivallry aside, is their a jersey out there that assaults the senses less than Rider jerseys.

What did Woli sign for? Who offered him 20k more? From what I understand he signed as soon as we offered him a contract and that the deal was quite friendly to the club. Very likely he left more than 20k on the table. Couture got 200k. That's market value....but again....no offers by anyone. To say they stayed for exactly 20k less is 100% pure speculation on your part. I hope so.

I'm not seeing anything pro Bomber in those tweets. Nothing anti-Bomber either. One tweet commenting that a lot of FAs are coming off the board, and another between him and Natey Adjei with the latter telling him to come back to the Argos.

Letterman is a man of impeccable taste. Beard like a Rider fan, but the culture and brains of a Bomber fan.

I'm honestly willing to give Mourtada another shot. He has a huge leg, and maybe with a full offseason and TC he can get the accuracy. A wider field doesn't impact his accuracy but our hashmarks are further out than NFL hashes so it is a different angle. All that being said, I think his problem was mental and maybe he just needs a reset.

Well its a done deal. OToole is out. Bring on the leadership race. I feel bad for Erin, but he just has the charisma of a wet sponge.

Mackay has leadership aspirations. Has for a long time. The Reformers in the party have kept him out thus far and may continue to do so, but he is the party's only path to victory as I see it. Unless, Trudeau continues on his downward trajectory and is too stupid to see that he is now damaging the Liberal brand, Mackay and a moderate approach is the CPC's only path to victory. However, if Trudeau keeps gaffing at the rate he is doing so, the electorate may turn on him and elect virtually anyone to get rid of him....but that's a long shot. Pollievre is slick. I could see the CPC going with him. I know the Libs will say otherwise, but he is popular in Ontario.

He might have got the job on good faith but he is the one keeping it. No one gets a free pay check from Charlie Spiring....Bomber or not.

They should be. MODP at 160k is pretty tough place for any defensive player to negotiate from.

It might take 230k....it might not. It really is hard to say is all I'm getting at. Every player is different and what they are willing to leave on the table to stay in a stable situation is different for every player. You say Woli, Couture, and Bighill are special cases but that represents about 25% of our guys we have re-signed....so not that special at all. Also, I think Rose, and Bailey probably left a good chunk of change on the table too to re-sign here and I expect that Bryant and Yoshi did too. I know you wanna bang the drum that the Bombers can't get players for significantly cheaper than other teams but the proof is literally in the pudding.

20k is one guys number to stay. Bighill took about a 90k cut on what he could have made to stay here. Every player is different. Some guys won't take 5 cents less than a competing offer, other guys might take 50k. Pretty insane to say that 20k is the number when dealing with individuals. I would imagine we have an offer into Lawler at around the 200k mark. He either takes it or goes to play in a football crap hole. His choice. We will be fine either way.

Meh...they have gone in a thousand directions because they are leaderless. Mackay would be a serious threat to the Liberals but he would have to reign in the Albertans.

Wonder if Edmonton would even want him. Honestly, if I'm looking to rebuild a culture he is the last guy I am bringing in. He is a selfish player. Gainey needs to go somewhere that he will not be a locker room influencer.

In fairness to Ballsy, he's nothing if not consistent, he's been accusing us of circumventing the cap ever since we signed Jefferson.