Booch

I wasn't reffereing to what Jones finally implemented...sadly tho probably having to be slapped upside the head to wake up and realize...I was referring to many other totally arbitrary things...articles on 3down-nation..league runours..etc...where the idiots over there spin the conspiracy stuff...tho it is amusement and funny...it's getting pretty old...

Man you just don't get the seriousness of this...maybe if you had lost someone...or almost lost (such as myself) you may feel different...and just because others have done/do it...does that make it acceptable?..hardly Times have changed now, and seeing as everything is known in an instant with social media/internet etc...yeah it becomes news..In the past a lot of things were never brought to light due to never having the access to hear/find out about it...so many a putz (public figure) and average Joe got to slither away..to likely do it again... The fact too though that a team stands behind an anit-drunk driving campaign...and at first showed no course of action in regard to it is almost as bad as the incident itself...and as a public figure in the new millennium...you are under the microscope and scrutinized and as much as you may not want to be a role model in the public eye...you are and have to conduct yourself accordingly...just the way it is.

yeah....most likely Dunk and Walters set Hughes up...that seems to be their response to most things...what an idiotic fan base

Well they are pretty hooped for this next game now....even more than before this...wonder tho how long he will be off the roster...I don't think 1 game really makes up for what he went against in their values and expectations..

Well for one...he signed a actual 3 year deal right out of the gate....and two...he lasted a year in the NFL and had some options this year which he decided to not chase, to get his career going here Shepley didn't make it through a camp...nor get a PR spot offered anywhere....somewhat of a difference ...no?

No **** sherlock...he doesn't have an opportunity in states.. is hoping for maybe one. And he is tied to Ruders for 2 years initially.. Doesnt mean he wants to stay there.. we will see when his 1st contract expires where he goes.. I bet he bolts. That being said.. he may amount to nothing much as well..just dont know. For all the tire pumping he didnt last long down there.. nor get nabbed by anyone else like other oline prospects who went to NFL originally but ended back up here

all clubs know of it....been around forever....It's more Shepley calling the shots and not wanting to get tied to them right now just yet...Most likely as well it's because he doesn't wanna really be there and will bolt as soon as he is able to after first contract

I think he knows if to extend his career he's gonna be taking a pretty good shave...he doesn't have much of a leg to stand on to support big bucks now with 2 years straight of significant time missed each year

He would be a nice guy to keep if we have the ratio ability to have him on the roster as a back-up...used in packages and to rotate in to keep guys fresh...

Oh I agree...I got one as well back in the Early 90's and never have even risked it again...as well my son was T-boned by a drunk blowing a red light in 2016 and had to have emergency brain surgery due to it and was off work for a year...so it hits close to home for me. I was just wondering the optics though of what the Riders stand behind, and playing a player who went against that doesn't leave good optics

things have changed in that time tho... Also wouldn't the fact that the Riders are a strong supporter and back the Saferide program in Saskatchewan be very hypocritical and send the wrong message if they just do nothing about this and let it slide? Not saying that he should be let go...but a team imposed suspension of some type would be the right thing...no?....if not...they shouldn't be backing a program such as that when their own employees don't stand by it, nor are disciplined in some matter for totally going against it....they in a bit of a pickle there when you think about it

I hope our successor to Harris is an import...we just are lucky to have a National of his calibre play that spot..so we adjusted our roster accordingly.. but it's not ideal...you see when he gets dinged or goes out how the drop off is...severe. Also if we want to keep that ratio if he is out extended time..well it would affect us in several positions to make it work..and most likely making us we weaker as a whole. I hope our next feature back is an import

yeah..only kind of addressing it now at heir post practice presser yesterday because it was reported in papers...prob would have never knew..and noting done about it if not for that

We have a glut right now..say we resign them all..Thats Neuf..Chungh..Goosen..Gray..Spooner..Speller..Couture..French dude.(thats 8)..we start 3..have one on roster as a 6th..and you prob want 2 on PR/IR So of that 8 we technically need 6 readily available...drafting another 1 or 2 again would be a waste and very redundant as we have 2 extra as it is where really we have no room to stash and hold basically no trade value as they are not gonna start anywhere and if a team really wants one..they know we would be cutting a couple anyway. We can go a year..possibly 2 without drafting a o-lineman and should be focusing on defense guys if you ask me...load up on d-line/lb types...that or more depth, or guys that can push our national receivers...thats the smart move in immediate future

well he fit in this year at 185k...and will prob take only an additional 25..30k to resign him...so you don't resign Dressler at his 130k or more he is making and use the remaining 100k or so to re-up Chungh..Goose and Bryant..and still have a bit left...easy peasy fits just nicely

they already tossed around the excuses...was a meaningless game....a garbage game...short week and we had more time to prepare...list goes on and on..

they will...when do you ever see quality Canadian O-lineman hit open market??...very rare...they may wait till last minute to sign, but they will...Unless they really want to go home for whatever reason...ala Labatte...but he is a Flatlander so he didn't know any better

certainly happens everywhere all the time...doesn't make it acceptable or right...and everyone who is dumb enough to do it now still in my eyes is a P.O.S regardless if it's joe nobody or most famous person walking this earth....the fact he was gassed that bad prior to a big game itself just reeks of how much the team lacks leadership and character guys..noting wrong with drinks and some fun, but generally before a game you tend to back off a bit as it will effect you days after from peak performance...

Yes..I meant too many Canadian olineman..why draft more when u already have 3..4..in reserve you cant even roster.. wasted picks if you ask me

It's a pretty good draft this year..I would keep em both

I'd look for a dlineman or linebacker/db We have too many canadians now even with depth Neufeld..Gray..CHinhg..Goosen..Spooner..Speller ..Couture..and that big French kid who went back to school..

I want Bennet to start a game and light it up and shut up all this nonsense and create new nonesense

Seeing as we have 2 firsts..I'd take him with one if he still there after we take the best player available regardless of position with our first one..feel we are in a position to do so...even more so if we sign chungh and Goosen..which I doubt even get to free agency.

Sadly he will have to sign there for 2 years..but pretty sure once that contract is up he will leave that stank hole in his rear view

Went to that game as well as a teenager...drove in out of province to see it...damn I need a shirt!