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Bombers interested in Jasper Simmons, UPDATE: Signed to PR
GCn20 replied to gbill2004's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
I like the Simmons signing but I don't love it. He's a good player don't get me wrong but I worry that this may mean we don't go hard after Wild when he is released. -
It's time for the Riders to start sucking ...
GCn20 replied to IC Khari's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
Rider sympathizer....or Rider fan? Hmmm..... Neither. I just find it comical (and pretty hypocritical) that Bomber fans on this site get so bent about how popular the Riders are nationwide and how boisterous their fans are about their allegiances, and feel they have to shout it down and de-cry it as a "myth". Sucks for them to be 0-7 and be so close in every game, certainly given the injury issues they have had, but I don't feel sorry for them. No one would feel sorry for the Bombers in the same situation. But I feel no overt need to throw it in their faces unless a fan fires the first shot directly at me (and to my face, not over a message board). But I find it sillier that people feel the need to be bothered by how supportive the Rider fans are, both at home and on the road, and the fact that the media comments on it, and the massive need to say "that's a lie!", or "it just gets soooo annoying" when the most ardent Bomber fans do EXACTLY the same thing, like it's OK for us to do it, but a crime for another fan base to. The perception of a strong Rider national fan base is not inaccurate - come to any Banjo Bowl and see how well their fans travel. This is just my opinion, but it smacks of sour grapes and a massive inferiority complex, like it takes away from how good Bomber fans are if we don't get the same props, or if another team gets any credit. And it is so predictable around here, when we do well we can revel in their failure, but when we have a struggling team that we can't puff our chests out about, we revert to the "well they suck too" and "they are in your face about it (like we aren't?). Just funny how childish it seems, and to me, this petty attitude and classlessness DOES reflect badly on our fanbase (and I don't expect anyone to adopt that last line of thinking). I am sure I am overreacting to most, but it is a pet peeve of mine. I don't need to tear down other anonymous people to make me feel better about myself - I don't want to give that kind power to others to determine my life happiness, especially fans of a competing sports team. Anyway, just my observation and opinion, no Rider flag waving intended. So....Rider fan it is then. -
It's time for the Riders to start sucking ...
GCn20 replied to IC Khari's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
No kidding. Save us the "I'm a superior fan" schtick. We hate the RIders....plain and simple. It's not a need for any of us or any of your other psychological babble TB4E. It's just good old fashioned fun to make comments at the Rider's expense. If you don't like it, I recommend you don't come back to this thread as it is likely destined to be a front pager for ever. -
It's time for the Riders to start sucking ...
GCn20 replied to IC Khari's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
Let me be clear about this. They must have overpaid to get him to sign. Yea...why else would he sign in Regina. Surely not for the RCMP museum. What's ironic is that knowing Taman's spending habits they probably did overpay to get him to sign. Phone rings: RING RING "Hello Don, this is Brendan Taman from the RoughRIders" "Hi Brendan...can I call you back in 5 minutes? My boss Apu says I need to clean the squishee machine." "This will only take a second Don. Would you be interested in coming to play for the Riders?" (Long Pause where Don Unamba resigns himself to the fact that this is what it's come down too) "Well Brendan I'm open to offers." "Well then how does league minimum sound Don?" (Don literally has no time to respond whatsoever) "Ok...OK...you're playing hardball...I get it...how about 60k a year?" 'Well that's an interesting offer Brendan...give me a moment to think it over" (2 seconds later) " Alright...you win 75k...but that's my final offer until my next final offer." " In that case I acc...." (Gets cut off by Brendan mid-sentence) " 80k .....I mean it that's how high I can go. Take it or leave it." " I'll take it." "Great stay on the line and my assistant will make preparations for you to get here." (Taman hangs up, looks at himself in the mirror and giggles with delight. " Hee hee....I could have gone as high as 100k." -
Bombers interested in Jasper Simmons, UPDATE: Signed to PR
GCn20 replied to gbill2004's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
He's hitting - he's just not tackling. I think that's Macho "the human torpedo" Harris imo. However, you could be right. -
Bombers interested in Jasper Simmons, UPDATE: Signed to PR
GCn20 replied to gbill2004's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
Has Brackenridge even hit anyone this year? Seen a lot of near misses but not too many collisions. -
It's time for the Riders to start sucking ...
GCn20 replied to IC Khari's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
Rider sympathizer....or Rider fan? Hmmm..... -
It's time for the Riders to start sucking ...
GCn20 replied to IC Khari's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
I'm sure a big chunk of those fans are driving in from Calgary for the game. Considering it's only half Stampeder fans at McMahon for games against the Riders, not even a chance. Obviously some, but not many. That's total bullshit. That's why I hate & totally disrespect the Rider fanbase when they post total garbage like this. The Stamps have 24,000 season tickets in a 35.000 seat stadium. So how do nearly 20,000 Rider fans get in? Most of the fans there cheering for the Riders are drunken douchebags. Give me a frigging break. Ok sorry, that was an exaggeration, but they still fill it up a decent bit. Anyhow, there aren't going to be that many Stamps fans in Regina. There will obviously be a few as always, but not "a big chunk". Yeah but when you go to a game in Calgary vs. the Bombers there's a ton of Bomber fans in there too, when the Lions are in town there's a ton of Lions fans. That's just what happens when you are in a city with a large population that has moved there from out of province. The Riders aren't some unique fanbase, especially when it comes to Calgary. Kind of like when the Habs play in Edmonton, it's a sea of red, and when the Maple Leafs play in Edmonton, it's a sea of blue. Not even remotely the same. You are trying to compare the two oldest Canadian NHL franchises to the Riders?! This is what makes other teams fan bases take issue with Rider fans. The gall to think they are somehow at the level of franchise as the Habs and Leafs is laughable. The Habs and the Leafs fill buildings with their fans across Canada because until NHL expansion there were only two Canadian NHL teams to cheer for. You were either a Habs or Leafs fans. Unlike the Riders, there presence across Canada transcends provincial boundaries. They truly were Canada's teams for generations. What the hell are you talking about? I'm making my comparison to what 17 said. I made no mention or comparison to the Roughriders. Maybe read what's going on before going off on a tangent. I used Edmonton as a comparison because a lot of people out of province moved there for work; many of whom don't cheer for the Oilers. Just like with Calgary. The point is that rider fans are displaced gappers, habs and leaf fans aren't usually displaced fans. Prior to expansion leafs or habs were the teams people were fans of and those loyalties were passed down from fathers to sons and when the NHL expanded people didn't up and change their loyalties. Look at a guy like Noeller, proud Manitoban for whatever reason, also a Leaf fan cause that's how he was raised. Yep. Pretty much exactly what I was saying. I am glad reading comprehension is still taught in one prairie province. -
Bombers interested in Jasper Simmons, UPDATE: Signed to PR
GCn20 replied to gbill2004's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
It's better to be the hammer than the nail for a change. We've had so many soft players come through here in the past several years it's refreshing to get one that pounds opponents. I haven't liked a LBer this much in their rookie season since Joe Lobendahn. -
Bombers interested in Jasper Simmons, UPDATE: Signed to PR
GCn20 replied to gbill2004's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
Leggett was a Cornerback before he came here... I mean why did we think Randle would be any good at SAM - anyway, doesn't matter - I'm just saying I'd take a Cdn safety if it meant we had two lockdown cornerbacks. Because we'd rather have a shut down SAM (dime back) than a shut down field corner that sees less action. As much as I'd like to see Bucknor upgraded, our defence seems to be coming along rather nicely. They have been pretty solid the past few games and Simmons will, at worst, seem to upgrade our depth. If he is as awesome as he makes himself out to be, he could be a serious weapon. I still see the real weak link of our defence as our DL. Westerman can't do it all himself and Bilikudi and Mulumba seem like they're sticking around the NFL a for another season. For sure Mulumba is sticking with the Packers. He has had a great camp thus far. However, Bilikudi is becoming more of a certainty to be cut day by day. By ALL media and NFL report sites he is having an awful camp and is projected to be a cut. Not sure if that would facilitate him ending up here this year, but his NFL career is almost certainly coming to a close. Also, for the first time since he left, I am hearing some real noise in various media reports that Henoc may be in jeopardy of losing his spot (although they would almost certainly PR him). Ian Wild is TCF. He will be available very soon to the highest bidder. I am wondering if that will be us or not. The signing of Simmons makes it seem unlikely. -
Bombers interested in Jasper Simmons, UPDATE: Signed to PR
GCn20 replied to gbill2004's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
I'd suggest you are probably right. They will probably use him in a rotation to keep everyone fresh. -
Bombers interested in Jasper Simmons, UPDATE: Signed to PR
GCn20 replied to gbill2004's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
I think the Bombers will use Simmons as a rotational/platoon player. Doubt he displaces Hurl in most situations. Everyone is thinking he is a Mike, in Ottawa last year he played primarily WIL. -
It's time for the Riders to start sucking ...
GCn20 replied to IC Khari's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
I'm sure a big chunk of those fans are driving in from Calgary for the game. Considering it's only half Stampeder fans at McMahon for games against the Riders, not even a chance. Obviously some, but not many. That's total bullshit. That's why I hate & totally disrespect the Rider fanbase when they post total garbage like this. The Stamps have 24,000 season tickets in a 35.000 seat stadium. So how do nearly 20,000 Rider fans get in? Most of the fans there cheering for the Riders are drunken douchebags. Give me a frigging break. Ok sorry, that was an exaggeration, but they still fill it up a decent bit. Anyhow, there aren't going to be that many Stamps fans in Regina. There will obviously be a few as always, but not "a big chunk". Yeah but when you go to a game in Calgary vs. the Bombers there's a ton of Bomber fans in there too, when the Lions are in town there's a ton of Lions fans. That's just what happens when you are in a city with a large population that has moved there from out of province. The Riders aren't some unique fanbase, especially when it comes to Calgary. Kind of like when the Habs play in Edmonton, it's a sea of red, and when the Maple Leafs play in Edmonton, it's a sea of blue. Not even remotely the same. You are trying to compare the two oldest Canadian NHL franchises to the Riders?! This is what makes other teams fan bases take issue with Rider fans. The gall to think they are somehow at the level of franchise as the Habs and Leafs is laughable. The Habs and the Leafs fill buildings with their fans across Canada because until NHL expansion there were only two Canadian NHL teams to cheer for. You were either a Habs or Leafs fans. Unlike the Riders, there presence across Canada transcends provincial boundaries. They truly were Canada's teams for generations. -
It's time for the Riders to start sucking ...
GCn20 replied to IC Khari's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
I'm sure a big chunk of those fans are driving in from Calgary for the game. Considering it's only half Stampeder fans at McMahon for games against the Riders, not even a chance. Obviously some, but not many. That's total bullshit. That's why I hate & totally disrespect the Rider fanbase when they post total garbage like this. The Stamps have 24,000 season tickets in a 35.000 seat stadium. So how do nearly 20,000 Rider fans get in? Most of the fans there cheering for the Riders are drunken douchebags. Give me a frigging break. Ok sorry, that was an exaggeration, but they still fill it up a decent bit. Anyhow, there aren't going to be that many Stamps fans in Regina. There will obviously be a few as always, but not "a big chunk". Yeah but when you go to a game in Calgary vs. the Bombers there's a ton of Bomber fans in there too, when the Lions are in town there's a ton of Lions fans. That's just what happens when you are in a city with a large population that has moved there from out of province. The Riders aren't some unique fanbase, especially when it comes to Calgary. Exactly. Through many decades the youth of Saskatchewan fled their family farms to other provinces to gain employment in other provinces. Saskatchewan teetered on the brink of insolvency for the better part of 50 years prior to the last decade. With no other major economy other than farming and no prospect of employment other than driving tractor for minimum wage, Saskatchewanites spread out across the country at a rate only rivaled by Newfoundland. Once in their new homes, they developed a kind of survivor's guilt for leaving and the only sports team from "back home" they could rally their survival guilt around was the Riders. The success of the Rider brand across Canada has more to do with that than anything else. Not wanting to be seen as turncoats by the province that raised them but they ultimately abandoned, they don green and go to games in the hopes that somehow it will rectify the damage that was done by the mass exodus they were a part of. Sad really. In short the Rider's success around the league speaks more to the former sad state of affairs of their home province than it actually does about their football team. Same could probably be said about the high number of Bomber fans that attend games in Alberta. Although, there are far fewer of us, the reasons for attending are about trying to keep allegiances with the provinces left behind. -
Bombers interested in Jasper Simmons, UPDATE: Signed to PR
GCn20 replied to gbill2004's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
If he comes cheap...sure why not. Not a priority signing though. As for the Riders interest?? Emry is what exactly? Done? Going to be released? Not coming back this season? Thing with Jasper is that you gotta play him at MLBer. He wouldn't make a very good WIL. -
I've been told by someone who coaches football that it was a read option play, and that Marve did make the wrong read. But still.....why a shotgun snap play that has us starting so far behind the line?? That's more wrong than anything Marve did. We've all seen that shotgun play on third and short described on TV as the wrong call, because you've made it third and medium instead. It was a read option play. But with that amount of time left. I don't like the idea of giving a new starting QB an option....run it or throw it. AS in hand the ball off or drop back and toss it. No play action, no read option. The only thing that makes me hesitate calling a run play there is the amount of time left in the game. Otherwise it's a fine call. You need to give your QB options pretty much all the time, but particularly in those late game situations because defenses often guess as to what the offense will do based on their tendencies in that game and defend heavily against certain plays. You also want to call a play that your QB is very comfortable with. It was all kind of a scramble and who knows how it would have played out if Marve had more prep time that week. Probably run a similar option play with a read on one or two receivers pre-snap to see how much cushion they are being given, allowing for a quick hitter to get the first down, or if there is press coverage allowing for a deep shot. The reason for the playcall, as I see it was the following. 1. If the QB gets the edge there is a potential for big yardage. With 24 seconds left it was a short yardage play call with a chance of gaining a big chunk of yardage that was needed due to clock concerns. 2. It is one of our most utilized plays in Marve's short yardage package so he should have had familiarity with the playcall. 3. The Argos had been holding Marshall at bay for most of the 2nd half. 4. Marve has above average running ability. 5. If executed properly it is a high percentage play both ways.
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Agree with this... his last few plays you could see that nerves got the best of him. After bye week and some real first team practice, hopefully this changes. Still driving me nuts that we have Marshall and Scott and the ratio flexibility to use both of them and still don't... no ones going to tell me that Pontbriand is a better blocker than Scott. To be expected in his first game. It may not have been the absolute best play call in the world, but it wasn't as bad as some people here are trying to make it sound. We have run out of this formation near the goal line all season with great success.
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Bombers interested in Jasper Simmons, UPDATE: Signed to PR
GCn20 replied to gbill2004's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
Hurl has been very good the past 2 games. He struggled to start the season but has really pulled up his socks. Seems to me that our defence is starting to gel as a unit now....that to me was the biggest problem early on this year. -
Starting the play under centre gives it no chance to succeed, as Marve was supposed to check on whether the DE crashes to the middle or comes to the backfield. It was Marve's responsibility to choose the option based on what Foley did at the snap. His choice was grossly incorrect. It was not a bad play call...just very poorly executed. If he hands off to Marshall (based on the replay) we get about 3 yards. If Foley crashes to the middle, Marve goes for distance. However, as the ball is snapped Marve needed to make the right decision. Foley did not fake him out, Marve clearly panicked or just disregarded what his eyes should have been telling him.
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Bombers interested in Jasper Simmons, UPDATE: Signed to PR
GCn20 replied to gbill2004's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
I don't see Simmons being a player that we shouldn't be able to recruit equally as well for. However, if we were to trade for Simmons, I wouldn't give up more than a neg list prospect for him. He will be released soon and is in the final year of his contract. -
The Day Early Game Day Thread - TOR @ WPG
GCn20 replied to voodoochylde's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
Veltung is hurt. -
I'm not a big fan of crack back blocks. Lots of careers have been ended on the receiving end of them. However, in Laing's case...he is reaping what he sows. Not many guys around that I wish would have their careers ended on a dirty play but Laing is one of them. Poetic justice. Ed Philion and Kuale were the other two that I wouldn't have cried about if it happened to them.
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hahaha...hey hey hey....I actually was a quarterback in highschool so I can sling it! I always have to laugh thinking back one night when a bunch of us were drinking at Scandals, and for whatever reason I had my alma mater high school leather football jacket on, which said Q.Back on the sleeve. Quincy Williams looks at it and says "wtf you were a QB in highschool?!?!..damn would have hated to see the size of the rest of your team!" ahhh memories Ha ha Scandals. What a dive. Good times, good times. Oh yes...used to jump between there and strawberry's on many a night...Had some good times there with the likes of Williams, West and Jones, Bovell..David Black..among others Strawberry's....that's where I met my wife.....that's where I met a lot of wives. Did I just go there...I think I did.
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I hope they do bring blitz after blitz against Marve and that Bellefeuille moves the pocket.
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It's time for the Riders to start sucking ...
GCn20 replied to IC Khari's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
Did you know something at the time that we didn't?!? Nothing other than knowing that 42 pages of gloating would eventually come back to bite us in the ass .. if it wasn't an embarrassing loss to the "Owen" Riders .. it was going to be something .. karma (it seems) is a *****. Even with a sore Willy we will beat em.