Fatty Liver

Here's the interview with H+L on TSN. http://www.tsn.ca/radio/winnipeg-1290/bryant-beefing-up-bombers-o-line-1.232648

You know what,I'll take a stand and say residential schools were a not terrible idea that was just handled really poorly. Should a just assimilated everyone from the start then there'd be a lot less problems with reserves Clearly, you're not too familiar with the stated aim of the Residential Schools either. Their primary purpose was to eradicate First Nations culture, to get rid of "indians" once and for all. Explain to me how that can ever be "not a terrible idea"?Because assimilation is not a bad thing. Could have had just a whole bunch of Canadians rather than the government protected racism that currently exists. Signing treaties hundreds of years ago was an easy solution at the time but they have long lasting negative effects that manifest themselves in this day and age Seems to me the best thing would be for people to stop being pieces of **** and treating people differently based on cultural background. Assimilation is just the people at the top saying "you should all be like me". It's like Nazi-ism lite. no assimilation isn't a one way street, it goes two ways. Stop separating people into different groups and we can just all be Canadian and treat everyone equally. Treaties however just make sure racism and different groups being treated differently continues to exist. You are trying to grossly oversimplify the situation. You can't say "just stop separating people into groups" when people naturally self-identify already. Furthermore, the treaties were a legal document. This wasn't a bill of sale for a used BBQ written on a napkin -- it was legal title to land we now live on, land that is now Canada. The government has a moral obligation as society built upon laws to uphold the treaties; or at least the spirit behind them. No I'm not over simplifying. This is how the problem gets solved. I know full well what the treaties that were signed were and what the intent was. The problem is that they are legal documents that are guaranteed by the constitution of this country, and that's a huge problem and the #1 reason why most of these problems exist. When they were signed it was seen as the easy solution, put the natives out of the way and throw them a few trinkets every now and then and let them live their traditional lifestyle. Problem is that in todays society it is a terrible solution and completely unworkable. The best solution IS to stop treating them differently and make them all Canadian and treat everyone equally. When you have such a skewed number of impoverished people on reserves it is safe to say that the system is broken, but where's the push to change a broken system? You even bring it up and you're labelled a racist. Too much blame gets thrown at the feet of the government of Canada and they're expected to fix it, but they can't fix it unilaterally, self determination and all that, so basically it's just "give us more money because residential schools! abuse! ugly history! white guilt!" It's those treaties that are holding things back. LOL Well that doesnt seem right. The natives are native to this land.... that about as Canadian as you can get. Do i have this right? The white man comes here and brings their traditions and pretty much just throws the natives and their traditions away and now you want to make them Canadian? Odd but alrighty then. The list of "peoples" that have been treated well and not violated by an invading conqueror is extremely short. Human history is a non-stop bloodbath from the apes on up and is likely doomed to carry forth until the last of the species perishes. Nature of the beast is pretty ugly when viewed through a politically corrected lens.

You know what,I'll take a stand and say residential schools were a not terrible idea that was just handled really poorly. Should a just assimilated everyone from the start then there'd be a lot less problems with reserves This is true. People back in the day were observing the same "Indian problem" we have to this very day, that is how best to make them into productive/happy citizens of Canada. Unfortunately the residential school solution was misguided and can now be judged in hindsight as an abject failure. Not sure evil intentions were what they had in mind at the time as they viewed the American solution of mass genocide with distaste. Because of common British roots the same residential school solution was tried in Australia and New Zealand with the aboriginal population with similar poor results. Finding workable solutions is not always as easy as identifying a perceived problem.

Forget Sheets, if the Bombers want to take a flyer on an old running back they can wait until Martell Malett kicks loose from the Stamps roster as they have about 7 imports competing at that position. Even better if Keith Toston ends up being cut. Regardless the Bombers need at least two import RB's on the game day roster this year and I pray to God that Marcel is smart enough to utilize both of them and not play favourites AGAIN!

Eeet is Russia???

Wowsers. Landing anywhere other than BC seems unexpected. I guess after missing out on Glenn, Lefevour was the best option available for the Als. Hard to comprehend what Wally has up his sleeve but this is a good move for the Als.

"likely"? When has there been even a hint that the Bombers are interested in re-signing him.SMH. IDK what SMH means. Silly Meat Hat???

Exactly. Walters offers $150k. Desjardins probably counters at $350k. Aside from reading Rider forum's why do people have this impression of Desjardins? The Bomber's won 5 free agent auctions, did they pay too much? After all they beat Ottawa all 5 times. Taman has the highest paid Canadian receiver by a mile, Popp has highest paid receiver and Wally is paying huge for a pair of LB's yet Desjardins is the only GM ruining the league with out of this world contracts? I don't get it. Can't say for sure as there's no evidence that Desjardins was after any of the players that the Bombers signed. Ottawa signed SirVincent Rogers before the Bombers signed Bryant so it looks like he was their priority for Import O-lineman. Some comments from Walters suggested that this was also the Bombers grading of the two. Anyone know what $$ Rogers signed for?

My guess is yes, he's won a lot of contests. lol ....and scared a lot of children.

Seems Cameron missed the part about how Miller kicked in the door than broke a chair over Walters head....too much drama???

Do you mean Migs was incorrect when he said that Durant would be ready to go for the playoffs last year? Can't believe it, blasphemy! He was throwing in the dressing room! He was ready!!! Do you mean Migs was incorrect when he said that Durant would be ready to go for the playoffs last year? Can't believe it, blasphemy! He was throwing in the dressing room! He was ready!!! He was throwing darts....DARTS....40 yards downfield hitting receivers in stride. I wish the Bomber stadium came with glory holes that we could see what we want to see on game day. I'll admit that I don't know what glory holes are and I'll also admit that I don't want to think about what they could be.

God forbid that Willy and the Bombers can have another "down year". "I'm so down, I don't know where is up". Even if Willy does under perform this year I'd bet that the better teams will recognize his potential as a plug in to get them to the Cup and offer him in excess of $250,000. The timing would be perfect for the next master-stroke by Desjardins, that is if he's still employed this time next year.

Ain't no way Willy is signing his next paper with $250,000 printed on it.

One thing that Willy did not do particularly well last year was throw on the run. Hopefully he has upgraded that skill in the off-season and is able to use roll-outs to buy more time. In lieu of this ability Willy took to running more in the second half of the season which did not go particularly well and may have contributed to his on-going injury problems. Improving the O-line will help but it will not alleviate the pressure placed on a pure pocket passer (see Tino Sunseri) as pressure is exerted from multiple sources to counter better protection. Upgraded receivers will also help if they can find space quickly and add YAC yards to their receptions. The more I think about it the better I see Willy fitting into a Ricky Ray style offence. Wonder if that's the plan?

Do you mean Migs was incorrect when he said that Durant would be ready to go for the playoffs last year? Can't believe it, blasphemy!

@FarhanLaljiTSN Khari Jones will be interviewing for the @SFUFootball job on Fri. #CFL #BCLions

Why? Lots of American RB's that come up here on their first CFL contract aren't making anywhere near league minimum. Chad Simpson for example. Brought him in from the States and he was making well above league minimum. Sure, some RBs that arrive might be making league minimum or close to it, but I wouldn't just assume that a guy like Toston (who wouldn't be coming in as a starter), will be making a whole boat load of cash or really any more than Joe NFL-Cut. Every contract is different. It's not about the money, it's about the fact that we should be able to recruit a decent running back and not pick up a retread like Toston who's proven that he isn't a starter. Toston didn't get much of a chance to prove anything last year in Chamblins' "shuffle and bench" RB system. The few times that I saw him play indicated that he was elusive, had good power and was hard to bring down. In such a small sample size better to look at his game film from previous performances which I'm sure Walters has done. Here are some NFL highlights. College.

I like bringing in Toston as a second RB but hope they bring in a bucket load of recruits to compete for TC as well. Khalif can be a handful when motivated much like Willis, not a bad pickup for the Als. if they brought him in at a good price and he's in good physical shape..

Underpopulated as well, I question this location, some place deeper in the mid-west like Michigan or even Iowa would attract more under-employed football players IMO.

Yeah! They've finally paid heed to my ceaseless complaints about the non-diversified running attack! Thank you Kyle Walters.

Anybody know if Chic had any tryouts with NFL teams and how they went? Obviously wasn't offered any kind of commitment if he signed back with the Riders.

Kind of indicates that Desjardins is getting smarter with his spending and wants to put out the minimum needed to acquire Curran. Still I don't have much optimism that Walters will outspend that maniac at the poker table. Walters got Bryant but it looks like Desjardin preferred Rogers and didn't bid on Bryant or at least realized he wasn't going to be able to afford both.

Based on what information?

How can they afford Chick and Alex Hall and continue in the bidding for Curran and Glenn??? Should be noted that the Rider's bookkeeper lives in Balgonie, Sask....or is it Balognie?

You can't develop a QB without giving him playing time. If it wasn't for Brohm getting injured last year, Marve probably wouldn't have seen the field at all. I was not overly impressed with O'Shea's management of resources last year, especially during the 7 game skid. Backup QB's should have gained more playing time during this period. Cotton/Grigsby took too long to resolve and Romby should have remained parked on the PR roster throughout IMO. Hopefully O'Shea acquires more flexibility in his thinking than he exhibited in his rookie year.