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They got rid of the 10 day window? jeebus...that's stupid.

And the fact the Riders had spectacular field position to start just about every drive.

Pretty quick review then

They weren't as up for the game as you have to be for the LDC

I stand corrected then. Thought we had no challenges left

I agree. They took to many risks.

I thought we did? If I'm wrong then I concede that Osh should have challenged

Once your challenges are gone they are gone. You don't get new challenge flags in ot.

There are no challenges in OT

No..but that wasn't my point.

Yep. Return coverage was an abomination.

No doubt. Handed the game to the Riders.

There are no challenges in OT

No they weren't. They were outplayed.

I'd be shocked if Harris is brought back.

For sure we can up Schoen if we want to, but it means our recruitment will need to be top notch and some vets will need to effectively moved on from. I find a FA spend highly unlikely. You've named 8 guys. That's still 560k to replace them at rookie salary.

We pushed him out the door. We offered him 3rd string money and told him he would have to jump through hoops to get it. How can I make that claim? My calculator tells me so. Add up the salaries. I did it at the beginning of this year and couldn't find enough left over for even regular PR based on reported salaries. While some of those are probably off by a few thousand here or there, it still doesn't allow for the type of spending you guys suggest is happening on the PR. Maybe at one time we did that but our wiggle room is very narrow now. Maybe Richmond at double pay or something like that, but not game cheque. Of course, envelopes of cash do happen in this league...we all know that but that doesn't count against SMS anyway.

Your math is correct. I stated 120 but am sticking to 115 as being his salary as reported on 3DN. They could pay a guy a million to sit on the PR....but no team does it. The Bombers definitely do not. Name me the player on our PR making 71k right now. No way. They might get paid more than the 500 bucks a week but zero chance any of them are making league min on our PR. Our current 45 man SMS would not allow for such spending on the PR. We would 6 game IR them if that was the case.

This is quite obviously true based on the contracts handed out to Harris this offseason, and to Kelly today. I would put Kelly at a hair above average for sure...but highest paid in the CFL? He has looked pretty average in many games this season. Wonder what 5-6 big name players will be shown the door this offseason to fit the extra 500k into the SMS? I value QBs a lot but making a game manager QB a 600k man is gonna hurt them. He is not a QB that can carry a team on his back.

Wow....this seems awfully premature to me. I think Kelly is a good QB, but he has 10 starts under his belt. True...but the discrepancy at QB can be waaaaay more. No position players in the CFL making Collaros/Kelly bank.

Agreed....add country music singers while the freaking Grey Cup is going on to that list as well.

A QB can make far more in the CFL if they are good than in either of those leagues. A lot more. I'm thinking Kelly's new contract has to be in the 600k per range and that's more than he could make in the XFL or USFL in 3 years.

You get no argument from me on that. The Bombers were totally justified in how they approached it.

PR guys get paid PR pay. Once they are on the active roster they get paid league minimum. You take 120k guy off the AR, you MUST replace him with a guy making a minimum of 71k. That could be 18 different guys theoretically all getting one game cheque coming up from the PR but SMS hit is still 71k minimum. Therefore the very best you can do when taking a guy off the AR is to lower the salary to league minimum. No matter what EVERY team will have 45 men each week making at least 71k. If one of those guys from the year before was making 120k and you replace that roster spot with a rookie making 71k the SMS savings are 44k and that is the best you can hope for. Unless, of course, we had guys sitting on the PR making 71k a year anyway...which no team does.

The Bombers were clearly ACTING suprised when signed in TO imo. They pushed him out. Imo, the evidence is very clear on that. Actions speak louder than words on that. Andrew Harris agrees with your interpretation. Said so himself.