Fatty Liver

Dyce has been an interim HC so he's not going to accept a position as a receivers coach or offensive assistant. Apparently he is very good at scouting and evaluating Cdn. talent, so that would be a bonus he could add to the club.

What a load of crap. How do you uncover new coaches if you don't even give them a chance. If they deserve it of course. If everyone thought like you than we wouldn't have up an coming coaching talent like Jason Maas, Dave Dickenson or Marcus Brady. The same can be said for current coaches like John Hufnagel and Kent Austin. If Buck Pierce has the right aptitude and smarts. Why not? Same goes for Marcus Howell. A guy like Pierce has worked one on one with many different OC's over his college and pro career. I'm sure he's picked something up over those years. Absolutely right.The new guys that have been given chances, on both sides of the ball, (ex. Thorp, Maas, Brady, Condell) have shown well, either through an extension of their coaching staff, or completely on their own. How will we ever see new ideas besides the old X's and O's, if we don't seek out new thinking? Fresh offensive ideas, as yet not tried. The RedBlacks no huddle offence, as opposed to our stale no offence huddles. A "keep them guessing on D offence", as opposed to our "we know what you're going to do playbook". How about fresh and new as opposed to stale and re-cycled. I remember a quote from a defensive player when they were done thrashing our offence. He basically said "we knew exactly what they were going to do". That's basically been our Offensive scheme...for years. Unfortunately, O'Shea won't be able to go where no man has gone before, because he's got to hire that "name" and hopefully get it right this time. It's better to give rookie assistants a chance in a winning organization, the Bombers are in no position to gamble at this time.

The one good thing I take from O'Shea's end of season presser is that he fully understands that he gets the final say on his OC and that if he makes the wrong choice on this one it will eventually cost him his job. Hopefully a number of good candidates spring free from other teams after the GC as the list of well-qualified replacements is extremely small.

Turns out Harper wouldn't have been able to balance the budget after all. Wish somebody had the balls to put the GST back to 7% as originally calculated, that made economic sense at the time and still does. What the PBO report means for the Trudeau government's spending plans Just one week after taking over the ship of state, the new Liberal government has had its first peek in the engine room and there are signs of smoke. To judge by a report released Tuesday by the Parliamentary Budget Officer, the outgoing Harper government was unduly optimistic in its forecasts and estimates. The Canadian economy continues to face strong headwinds, from both sluggish global demand and stubbornly low oil prices. The PBO is now predicting the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude will increase slowly to about $59 by 2020. In the last estimates, produced in April, the same barrel of oil was forecast to be worth about 10 per cent more over that period. The low price of oil and other external factors have combined to slash the PBO's economic growth forecast for this year to 1.1 per cent from 2.1 per cent. The Canadian economy is now forecast to produce $32 billion less income next year than had been anticipated in the last forecast, published in April. National income for 2017 will be $43 billion less than expected. Surplus a mirage All of that suggests that the Conservatives' heralded return to a budgetary surplus was in fact a mirage that could not have been achieved without the one-time sale of government-held shares in General Motors early in the first quarter. For each of the next five years, the PBO projects fiscal deficits averaging $4.3 billion a year. However, those deficits don't include the Trudeau government's spending plans. They are the deficits that would have occurred under the budgeting of former prime minister Stephen Harper, if his government had remained in office. A crimp in Trudeau's plans? The Liberal government has committed to a major infrastructure spending program, designed in part to stimulate the economy. In its campaign platform, the party announced that "with the Liberal plan, the federal government will have a modest short-term deficit of less than $10 billion in each of the next two fiscal years." That plan was built on earlier estimates that saw the federal Conservative government returning to surplus in 2015 and staying in the black over the next few years. Under that scenario, the whole of the deficit the Liberals planned to run would have been available for new stimulus spending or other priorities. Under the new forecasts, it now seems that nearly half of that deficit is already spoken for, even before counting any new spending. For Liberal Finance Minister Bill Morneau, it suggests that if he wants to keep the deficit within the $10-billion bounds promised in the Liberal Party platform, the amount of money available for infrastructure spending has been cut almost in half. One reason for the government's worsening fiscal situation is that the PBO based its forecast on the Conservative government's commitment to cut Employment Insurance premiums starting next year from $1.88 per $100 earned to $1.44. The Liberal government also plans to cut EI premiums, but by only about half as much. That means the loss of revenues will not be as great as it would have been under the Harper plan. Still, there will be less money available than the incoming government believed based on previous estimates. Options include bigger deficits What to do about that reality now becomes a political question on which the Liberals have two options. One is to shrink their spending plans, in order to keep the deficit under $10 billion. That will mean fewer new bridges, fewer new green jobs and fewer dollars for transit and housing projects. The other option is to declare that the economy and budget they inherited from the Harper government are in worse shape than they thought and that their deficits will therefore need to be bigger. Conservative MP Tony Clement, who served as Treasury Board president in the previous government, said in a statement Tuesday that the Liberals need to tell Canadians how they will respond to the downturn. "We want to know how the Liberals will avoid falling deeper into the fiscal hole," Clement said in the release. "Our concern as Official Opposition remains that the shortfall will be made up through the pocketbooks of hard-working Canadians using tax hikes on their paycheques, removal of benefits they rely on and cutting services they need." Morneau acknowledged the PBO report Tuesday, but said he he couldn't say much more until he's more fully briefed, noting he has been in the job for just six days. However, he did say that the more pessimistic numbers in the PBO report reinforced the government's view that the spending outlined in the party's election platform is needed. "Our platform talked about significant investments and infrastructure, investments that we believe will help us to enhance growth, investments that we see will have the possibility of creating jobs, and investments that will enable us to improve the lives of Canadians across the country," Morneau told reporters. "So, this really does reinforce for us the need for our platform, one that we think will make an enormous difference." Morneau said he expects to deliver a fiscal update before the end of the year.

Condell follows Austin wherever he is. Cant see him leaving the Ti-Cats. Actually, Brady kinda the same thing with Millanovich. Condell isn't that young and his chances of getting Austin's job anytime soon are slim. He's definitely worth an inquiry. He was a ST for Wpg. in '97 so he obviously knows and loves the city and all of it's fans.

Marcel has himself a long track record in the CFL and it's not that pretty. Mediocre at best and consider this, when he was OC in Montreal people thought Calvillo was washed up because he was taking an awful lot of sacks... Marcel gets canned and Montreal is giving up less sacks and Calvillo goes on to have several more highly productive years. Bellefeuille is not a good offensive coordinator and yes there is likely more wrong than just him, but he's a big problem and probably the biggest problem. Just to be sure they get rid of all possible causes I would be happy if Bob Wylie also shuffled off into the sunset along with his assistant.

Rocks and trees and any other natural resource we can provide them with that will feed their manufacturing sectors. There is nothing we can manufacture that they could afford or would ever need.

I think Chapdelaine can be stolen from Sask., with a new regime coming in Sask. at least the Bombers can offer him more stability in the short term. His O was in the upper half of the league in most categories and that speaks volumes considering what he was working with.

Bass deserved to be on that list.

Chapdelaine hasn't done half bad in Sask considering what he's working with but I would be surprised if they didn't retain him even with a new HC and GM coming in. Their O put up pretty decent numbers even with a QB circus going on.

One day later then expected, but I can deal with it.

Hopefully the Liberals examine the fine print of the TPP and act in the best interest of Canada. Throughout our history we have ended up under the thumb of the Uncle Sam on too many trade deals. Jim Balsillie fears TPP could cost Canada billions and become worst-ever policy move Jim Balsillie warns that provisions tucked into the Trans-Pacific Partnership could cost Canada hundreds of billions of dollars — and eventually make signing it the worst public policy decision in the country's history. After poring over the treaty's final text, the businessman who helped build Research In Motion into a $20-billion global player said the deal contains "troubling" rules on intellectual property that threaten to make Canada a "permanent underclass" in the economy of selling ideas. Last month, in the middle of the election campaign, the Conservative government put Canada's signature on the controversial 12-country pact. The Pacific Rim agreement, which includes the massive American and Japanese economies, has been described as the world's largest-ever trade zone. But Balsillie said parts of the deal will harm Canadian innovators by forcing them to play by rules set by the treaty's most-dominant partner: the United States. The fallout could prove costly for Canada because technologies created by these entrepreneurs have the potential to create huge amounts of wealth for the economy, he says. "I'm not a partisan actor, but I actually think this is the worst thing that the Harper government has done for Canada," the former co-chief executive of RIM said in an interview after studying large sections of the 6,000-page document, released to the public last week. "I think in 10 years from now, we'll call that the signature worst thing in policy that Canada's ever done... "It's a treaty that structures everything forever — and we can't get out of it." Balsillie's concerns about the deal include how it would impose intellectual property standards set by the U.S., the biggest partner in the treaty. He fears it would give American firms an edge and cost Canadian companies more money because they would have to pay for someone else's ideas instead of using their own. On top of that, Balsillie believes the structure could prevent Canadian firms from growing as it would also limit how much money they can make from their own products and services. Balsillie, who spent much of his time building RIM by negotiating agreements around the world, called the comprehensive final text a "brilliant piece of literature." "It's such brilliantly systemic encirclement. I'm just in awe at its powerful purity by the Americans... "We've been outfoxed." Negotiators 'failed Canadians,' says Balsillie And unlike legislation passed in Parliament, he noted treaties like this one set rules that must be followed forever. This deal, he added, also features "iron-clad" dispute mechanisms. "I'm worried and I don't know how we can get out of this," said Balsillie, who's also helping guide the creation of a lobby group that would press for the needs of Canada's innovation sector. "I think our trade negotiators have profoundly failed Canadians and our future innovators. I really lament it." He said the government should have dispatched a more-sophisticated negotiating team. Harper had hailed the agreement as a means of ensuring Canadian access to a market of nearly 800 million people and before it was signed, warned Canada couldn't afford not to take part. The deal must be ratified by all 12 countries, and then it would come into force six months later. It would require a parliamentary vote in Canada. Alternatively, the treaty can also take effect if it's ratified by half the countries representing 85 per cent of the zone's economy. A country can withdraw any time, on six months' notice. The Liberal government has yet to say how it will proceed. International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, named to cabinet a day before the finalized treaty was made public, reiterated that the Liberals believe in trade, but she was careful to note the deal was negotiated by the Conservative government. After the text was released, Freeland told reporters she wanted Canadians to send her comments about it. "I'm going to take that seriously — we're going to review it," she said Thursday. The government, she added, is committed to a full parliamentary debate on the deal and a vote in the House of Commons, though she had yet to set a deadline.\ She declined to answer questions whether the Liberals would be prepared to walk away from the deal. Balsillie warned that the Liberals' plan to run budgetary deficits of up to $10 billion in each of the next three years could pale in comparison to what could be lost in the country's ideas economy because of the TPP. "These provisions are more important by far — times 10 — than anything else in the agreement," he said. "But we're having no discussion on it."

This drives me bonkers. How long does it take them to digest the reality that they lost 13 of their 18 football games! If those stubble jumpers in Sask. scoop the best coaching candidates while the Bombers ponder their rectums I'll burn IGF to the ground!

Oh right, that too.

You know many blind people who drive? Other then Ray Charles and a Ferrari, I haven't heard of any.

Is there any other kind??? I blame you for bringing up bears....but then "bears" is a synonym for "cops" or "pigs" and the bear is a member of the boar family which is really just a hairy pig...and I've seen some really hairy pigs in my time...but whether hairy or not best keep to a safe distance as they're nasty beasts....all sorts of tie ins to the original story. Keep on bifurcating!

I can't believe it hasn't happened already. Why wait? I assume they don't want to take any attention away from the Grey Cup and want all local and any "national" sport media to focus on the event. It does make sense to me. Not like firing MB is going to cast a funk over the Grey Cup party, it's yesterday's news and will follow the words "as expected".

Too many people learn about wild life from watching the mad-cap antics of Yogi and Boo Boo.

Yep, lot of idiots out there but the police have a few of their own and have done a bad job of self-policing their actions in the past, so these videos are a bit of karmic payback for a long history of past infractions. Cameras are everywhere, the police must adjust their behaviour to this new reality. Without a cell phone video that created public awareness of the Robert Dziekanski tazer death in Vancouver Airport, every officer would have gotten off scot-free. Not only do the police often ignore their own procedures but covering up and lying to protect fellow officers who break the law is standard operating procedure in most departments.

I think that's unfair if it's injuries with Richards that's bad luck.Now we could of had both which with our thin Cdn Rec would of made sense. I wouldn't doubt it was a concussion that took him out as I remember the hit, but an entire season? I wonder if he hasn't thrown in the towel after suffering a serious concussion and doesn't want to risk another. Till and if we get a report it's all just wild speculation.

Either was hurt or he just was awful.... either way I would assume all fans should give up any kind of hope on the guy and just assume it's a wasted pick and hope they do better next draft. If that's the case then he didn't even live up to the laughable hype that he was the next Jade Etienne.

I'm anticipating Monday's announcement of MB's release like a kid looking forward to Christmas morning. Hope they don't pull off a lame Orthodox Christmas stunt and delay my present until after the GC.

I think Messam is going to have a huge impact in the playoffs and if Cornish manages to get back in time, I'm betting Cgy. all the way.

Is it now okay for some member of the Bomber staff to tell us exactly what ails Addison Richards? Talk about a disappointing contribution from a second pick, I don't think he was on the field for more then two plays.

Mo Leggett made an interesting comment on the Post Game Show, maybe the only interesting comment heard all year. Irving asked what this team needs to change going into next year and to paraphrase Mo replied "We need to get some real jerks on this team". Pretty obvious that he is referring to is players that do not necessarily fit in with the current "good attitude" concept O'Shea has envisioned for this team and the willingness to accept some bad attitudes that bad dudes often carry along with them. Greg Peach is the poster boy for this locker room, nice but ineffectual. Players the likes of Tyrone Jones, James West, Odell Willis, Mike Pringle, Jerome Messam, Khalif Mitchell, Kyries Hebert and countless others of ill character may not have been welcome. O'Shea has to start worrying less about chemistry and pay more attention to on-field performance.