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Yea, bad example. Willy had agreed to terms with Jones just prior to him bolting to the NFL. No ink on paper and Willy's coach leaving and a better contract offer and he was in Winnipeg.

Does it count when he turns a receiver into a DE? If so, then yea....I guess he has done it more than I thought...lol. My point was Ceresna is his golden boy....he never trades his faves.

In fairness, Prukop has only been here a couple weeks and who knows maybe Pigrome just couldn't execute the package we wanted from him. Are you suggesting Prukop is not good at short yardage?

I do agree that SY QB is a head scratcher. Always was to me. It's worked out for us but I would rather have a 3rd QB in development instead. Find a bonafide number 3 that is worthy of developing. We are one hit away from him being our backup. That being said, I honestly don't think the Bombers saw Pigrome in that way. We know he can run. Can he read a defence? Does he understand our game? Does he seem to be learning it? Does he have the arm? He hasn't answered a single question on my list and we are grousing about him as the one who got away. Seems very premature to me.

Perhaps...or maybe he was a locker room cancer causing trouble because he didn't like his role? Can you say for sure that wasn't the case? Maybe, he was an ill fit in the QB room. All I'm saying is that we don't know. Pigrome and Prukop are probably about equal in ability. Maybe it was just that Prukop was a way better fit. Maybe, the Bombers coaches just saw something in Pigrome that leads them to believe his ceiling is a lot lower than what many think. Who knows. Certainly not you or I when it comes to something like that. It is not drinking the koolaid to know that there is more to football than straight up skill evaluation. Gimme a break with that cock and bull. Don't lecture about drinking the koolaid when someone points out that Pigrome might be nothing more than a shiny bauble. You got a hate on for MOS roster management right now...I get that....but drinking the koolaid. FFS...smh. Or maybe that 'upside" just isn't there.

Jones does not trade away great defensive players. If he played offence....maybe....but he doesn't.

Wacky? I guess from the outside looking in. A lot of decisions seem wacky to fans but we shouldn't assume we have the information available that the HC does. Pigrome and Prukop are a saw off in terms of talent as 3rd down specialists. Therefore, I will assume that there must have been other flies in the ointment that led to the decision. I do not think MOS cuts seemingly promising QBs without being confident he has done the right thing for the club. Could be Pigrome wasn't happy with his role, could be he was going off script, could be he wasn't meshing in the QB room, could be a lot of things that the fans wouldn't know. I'd love for MOS to come out and air dirty laundry and put our minds at ease sometimes, but it is something he has not and will never do. 3 straight GC championships/appearances. Guess I will give him the benefit of the doubt.

Yes, and in that podcast he stated pretty clearly that he would come back to the CFL IF no NFL interest came about but he wanted to exhaust every NFL opportunity first. He also stated he would prefer a chance to be a starter. That does not necessarily mean that he would not consider a back up role if a team laid out a very clear path to becoming the starter.

. Sure, if things dry up for him he would come back. That wasn't the conversation though was it. The conversation was would he immediately want to start. Paying attention goes both ways my friend. If things dry up for him in the NFL, undoubtedly he would likely come back to the CFL and would love a path to becoming a starter. Nowhere in that interview did he say he would ONLY come back as an immediate starter.

Crum will get figured out. He's a one trick pony. Fun to watch right now though.

That's for sure. That Rider/Lions game was some ugly football. I can't imagine the shock and awe and American first time viewer would have had to watch that game and then find out that both these teams came into the game with winning records.

Usher is a hot-headed...not our style I would think

Didn't know there was a book..don't care. For once let us tell our own history. Sorry if that sounds harsh but the white man's version just doesn't appeal to many aboriginals anymore. Book or not...it's probably not the story my people would tell.

For sure. Giving up points, AND not scoring on opportunities are always big factors in a loss. I am all in favor of replacing Kola with Eli after the bye. I just think that is when you make the change.

I agree to some extent with this. However, I still don't think it's a factor in the loss. A pick 6, and Schoen not dropping 6 points were far larger factors and I didn't see a team that was winded so much as a team that was surprised and dumbfounded to be in that situation.

Not buying into the interior OL is bad line of thought. They have had their bad moments, but are still miles better than most of the league. Could they be better? Sure could. I, also, agree that Dobson and Eli may improve things. However, you as well as anyone knows, that the time to make these kind of changes is over the bye week, not on a short week. I mean people are seriously going to suggest that not changing up 40% of our OL on a short week is roster mismanagement? Just the opposite. It would be monumentally stupid to do so this week.

Not defending the roster management, just not seeing it as a reason we have lost 2 games this year. Could it still be a factor? Sure.

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What games have we lost because of roster management? I agree with your premise that opinions shouldn't be automatically **** on, but I see no proof that your's is correct yet. At the one third point of the season, yes Toronto appears to be a better team...although we haven't played them yet and I see nothing to suggest roster management has cost us a game? I'm not defending the roster management at all, as it could be better. However, my eyeballs have seen other reasons for our two losses. One of them, and I'm surprised you haven't mentioned this todaso, being some of our vets not playing well.

Holy crap did this thread degenerate! Yes, there is a couple head scratching moves on defence, but get off the sauce people. ZC is not going to get hurt behind this "porous" OL. This "porous OL" is still one of the top OLs in the league. Get off the sauce.

My theory is that the vets have been settling in after getting a big lead because they simply don't have the same incentive to keep making plays as the younger guys do. The young guys still have NFL stars in their eyes and will play the full 60. We have seen teams come back on us this year and I feel it's because some of the vets on our team took the foot off the gas pedal and started trying to preserve themselves for next week. Not consciously, but subconsciously. The adrenaline drops off because the pressure lessens and then you start feeling all the aches and pains and it effects performance. Just my opinion. Can't prove it or anything, just what I feel may be going on. Might be time for the Bombers leaders to get in that room and make sure everyone goes full 60 every game because we aren't seeing that level of effort this year.

Eli, along with superior centre skills, would also bring some nasty back to our OL that has been missing lately.

Focus is the problem with the Bombers right now..not talent. If Zac doesn't throw a pick 6 and Shoen doesn't drop a sure thing TD..we are 5-1. However, the boys aren't capitalizing on chances or playing mistake free like they normally would. That's focus not talent.

I go from 9 pm daily to around 1 pm. Just coffee and water in between. If I feel my blood sugar is too low I will break fast at 9am. It takes a couple weeks but you will find that you won't even be hungry and when you are in your eating window you will reduce portions.

Yea, staying mentally sharp is a roll of the dice once you get to an advanced age. However, it is a chance I am willing to take. Not everyone loses it. I've seen a lot of elderly people who are extremely sharp in their 90's. Some...not so much. I can tell you that poor fitness in old age will result in memory loss/dementia at a far greater rate than those with physical health...but nothing is foolproof. I tried everyday and I was getting hypoglycemic at times so I had to cut it back. However, if you are able to do it...hell yea.