Fatty Liver

Toronto has a multi-cultural population chock full of soccer fanatics from around the world and it's a hub for 15 million people close at hand. Hold games in Edmonton and it'll be a curiosity that draws farmers from Lacombe and Leduc, the vast majority of Calgarians wouldn't bother driving that far to watch a soccer game.

Renting 15,000 seats from the Riders for a season? Win/win, they won't be needing them.

Never miss a day.

Can't find any mention of it now, but I believe Ouellette was also a pro wrestler in the off-season, could be he's thinking more about extending that career than football as the end of his playing days draws near.

To be fair Ouellette is a gym rat, when he was with the Argos he started the "5 AM Weight Lifting Club" and there are many videos of him on FB and IG lifting enormous weights, such as squatting 700 lbs. Andrew Harris even chided him jokingly for focusing too much on strength and not enough on flexibility.

The Bombers are currently the most successful franchise in the CFL, they sellout multiple games in a row, the stands are always full, people are having a fantastic time, food, beverage and merchandise sales are up and they've had a winning record finishing first in the West the last 4 seasons and going to the GC the last 5. I believe Wade Miller is happy with all the measurables. What are you hoping to accomplish by firing O'Shea, achieve one move victory per season? In what way is he damaging the brand or the franchise?

I recall O'Shea saying a number of years ago how he no longer suggests plays after making an error overriding a defensive formation onetime and now trusts his coordinators to call all plays. After that he focused on managing the clock and general game time decisions such as when to punt and when to gamble. Probably not normal but than not very normal for a STC to become a HC.

Hogan mentioned keeping his offence simple, which probably reflects how much trouble they had with rookie receivers not understanding the playbook well last season.

The commercials were top shelf, put the Super Bowl ads to shame.

NFL Canada awards youth football programs $75,000 through inaugural Forward Pass contribution https://3downnation.com/2025/02/25/nfl-canada-awards-youth-football-programs-75000-through-inaugural-program/ Notta lotta money, can't see why the CFL can't do things like this. $75k split 3 ways, one of the teams that received a $25k donation was the North Winnipeg Nomads Football Club.

Be honest, most of em can't even spell that word.

Got a link?

Please list them, the only one I can recall from last season is Lucky coming in to fill a need. They bring players in later in the season for a tryout for next season but rarely give them any playing time. Edit: Add Tony Jones who they picked up when the Elks cut him in early June. I didn't realize Tony came into the CFL with the Argos in 2022 and he's already 29, may be a placeholder for a couple of seasons and he's already peaked as adequate but not exceptional.

Keep your eye on Mike Miller, he may not know it, but he's being groomed.

O'Shea's MO is to hold onto the guys that make it through TC and dance with them all the way through to the end of the season, only if desperate will he request extra bodies be brought in mid-season to help out. Air-lift is not in his vocabulary and he doesn't like to upset his apple cart by giving late arrivals a fair shot at stealing somebody else's job. Which begs the question what is Walters going to do with the $450k bonus he received during free agency?

I have a hard time believing Miller would spend much time on player evaluations or roster decisions, he might oversee and drop in once in awhile, but he has enough on his plate to worry about small details. If the subject is hiring a coach or paying Brady to stay, he'd likely get involved because those decisions could have a significant effect on financials and promotion of the product.

Judge for yourself, I think Ed has been replaced by a cheap AI construct that spits out 17 words per week.

We'll see what MCI becomes but not the greatest rookie debut, zero touches and they brought in Bailey Feltmate to help out at FB.

Change of scenery, less pressure to be the guy, no Dave D to criticize, might have lost his confidence, I wouldn't write Maier off yet.

You're ignoring the move they made to acquire Jake Maier for an 8th round draft pick, which was a great deal I wish Walters would have jumped on. He easily qualifies as the 2nd or 3rd best seasoned backup in the league behind Fajardo and MBT but at only 27 it remains a mystery whether he will emerge as a QB that can lead a team or not. It's fair to say he's a superior backup option than anything the Bombers can roll out this season, and if Harris goes down in game 2, they won't be in a state of panic or despair.

Seems like Mace knows what he'd doing, starting to put together a number of solid positional groups.

That would be a Sask. sized task to accomplish in a short period of time, which could land them in the gutter for 3-5 years until they recover, especially with a QB search on the near horizon. Replacement of the O-line has to be calculated and gradual, Stanley done after this year out of principle, Neuf done after next year, Eli steps up this year and takes a spot or likely remains 6th man for the duration of his career. The cupboard is now almost bare of upcoming Natl. O-linemen and if they get behind the 8 ball in drafting solid replacements they could end up in a scramble like the Riders have the past 4-5 years. Grabbing every washed up Natl. that gets cut by another team or overpaying in FA to get a year or 2 of adequate performance from a vet. before moving on again. It be a difficult path to tread.

DE, I'd be surprised if Vaughters stays healthy the entire season, if he goes down, don't know who they'll have to plug into his spot. Rotation wise it would be nice to have 4 solid DE's on the roster to start the season.

Seems like they've maybe had a change of philosophy from previous years, almost acting like they got their hands slapped for overspending last season. Playing with analytics maybe they're taking a Moneyball approach, pay less, get more, especially from the receiving corps. I think they have a belief in paying their core of star players high to initially attract and retain them, and not valuing the grunt workers that play in between anything more than league average salaries. For ex. If a player like Neufeld is being paid $130-$140k, they can't justify paying someone like Dobson anywhere near $200k, which would also be more than Stanley is making, it would throw their salary structure out of whack.

You're justifying poor business practices, maybe Walters didn't feel it was worth the effort to get out of bed that day so he let Kenny slide.