Fatty Liver

Hall has the weakest arm of the bunch, the really windy days won't be his friend. I hope Brohm makes some kind of push now. Keeping a bunch of really good players will help this team get better. Discarding the crapiest players and keeping the guys who win jobs by default does not help this team get better. If Brohm can finally start forcing the issue OShea will have the good kind of hard choice to make. I've read this statement a lot here, and, as someone not to familar with levels of arm strength as a QB, I would tend to agree based on my observations of his play. For arguments sake, let's say this is true. So, in a passing league like the CFL, where it's standard to throw a forty-yard out with zip, does his other skills make-up for this limitation? Yes he's appears decisive but that becomes tempered on some plays with a weaker arm, no? He seems like a good guy who loves playing the game but I'm not feeling it with him. I hope, as I sometimes am, completley wrong and he plays at the level required to run the offense we employ this year. Weakest arm of the bunch is a relative statement. He gets some grief for that but I'm pretty sure he can put enough zip on the ball to knock a tooth out of my face while I'm standing 15 yards away from him and explaining his lack of arm strength to him. A strong arm allows a QB to force balls into tight coverage before the DB can react. That sounds like a good thing, and it can be, but it can also be a crutch for QBs who aren't good at reading coverage, or a problem for QBs who think they can throw the ball hard enough to beat any coverage. Known as a Bishop. When a QB understands the CFL better he knows which passes are available to him on any given play. Sometimes the out pass will be there for Hall, sometimes it won't. He has to be smart enough to see it. He seems pretty cerebral in his approach. Last year he was a CFL rookie. He had lot of NFL experience but history has shown that doesn't mean much. He picked it all up pretty quick and ended up as our best QB last year (not saying much) despite being a rookie and having a "weak arm". The goal is to win games this year, not accumulate the most project players. Odds are that Hall as our backup gives us a better chance to do that than the other two, at least in the short term. There is plenty of camp left to see what kind of challenge Brohm can put up. Sounds like he mounted one today. I agree with everything you said but I have to admit I'm disappointed in Max's performance so far in TC and the one pre-season game. His most obvious skill is his ability to move the ball down the field consistently making smart decisions but if that isn't happening... He came into camp as the underdog and does not seem to have progressed beyond what he showed us last year even though he had an off season to prepare for the challenge.

Just re-watched the Marve segment on TSN Video on Demand. What struck me was the first completion to Kemp wasn't thrown on a frozen rope as I expected but had a beautiful "Ricky Ray" arc to it that hit Kemp even though there were two Argos covering him. Without perfect placement and touch that completion was not there.

Don't think anybody picked up Josh Nieswander either.

I would like to know the context of this as it seems like overkill to be fired over consumption of a single beer unless he had a serious drinking problem. Did the club make beer available in the clubhouse or did he bring it in himself???....If they came off practice and it was hot or muggy and the guy doesn't drink pop but was reeeal thirsty...

Where do you get a good pop-up blocker? Naively trusted that link and lost all control! 2 hours and a system restore later I recovered.

The dogs from Regina will be howling with laughter if that's the case.

Haven't listened to Wpg. radio going on twenty years. I remember thinking Kurt Kielback was pretty good when he covered the Jets. Whatever happened to him?

So, you guys wanted us to pursue someone who …..didn't re-sign with his original club after no NFL offers, and …..it was reported he wanted to go 'home' to the east, most thought Montreal, turns out he wanted Austin and the Ti-Cats, and …..to throw huge sums of money at him to try and convince him to come here, meanwhile knowing full well that he wouldn't fit in the system we are running. Have I got that right? Don't care what the excuses for not trying to acquire him are, they're still excuses. Tantamount to Tim Burke choosing to kneel with time remaining on the clock to alleviate the fear of losing! Walters has done a good job of assembling new talent this year but there is no doubt in my mind he has been "schooled" by veteran GM's on numerous occasions. Hope he learns his lessons well and up's his game. That's funny! Didn't have time to put on my asbestos helmet! Perhaps my judgement of Walters was a little harsh but I don't yet consider him in the same league as Wally, Huf, Austin or Popp. Here are a few examples of his fails....probably not all his fault but often coming in second is as good as coming in last. Lost on Collaros Lost on Burris Lost on Butler Hufnagel "schooled" every other GM in the draft. Maybe didn't try to acquire Glenn but I consider that a loss! Same goes for Laurent. Nick Moore is good but import receivers are a dime a dozen why spend the big bucks in that department? As proven good Canuck players are the backbone of success in the CFL and the Bombers are in short supply. Telling me Laurent isn't good enough to play for the Bombers??? That guy ties opposition players in knots on every down and creates opportunities for other players to succeed...I think Etch could find a way to work with that talent. Best hope now is picking up other teams non-import cast offs after TC's close.

So, you guys wanted us to pursue someone who …..didn't re-sign with his original club after no NFL offers, and …..it was reported he wanted to go 'home' to the east, most thought Montreal, turns out he wanted Austin and the Ti-Cats, and …..to throw huge sums of money at him to try and convince him to come here, meanwhile knowing full well that he wouldn't fit in the system we are running. Have I got that right? Don't care what the excuses for not trying to acquire him are, they're still excuses. Tantamount to Tim Burke choosing to kneel with time remaining on the clock to alleviate the fear of losing! Walters has done a good job of assembling new talent this year but there is no doubt in my mind he has been "schooled" by veteran GM's on numerous occasions. Hope he learns his lessons well and up's his game.

Don't know if he'll be gone before next year but I predict Laurent is in Hamilton longer than Etch is in Winnipeg.

Good for Max. You don't need a strong arm if you've got a strong brain.

Lewis seems like a beast. We're going to have to wait till the end of training camp to see any non-imports pop loose. Excuse for not pursuing Laurent is ludicrous, I could care less if he can't sprint the length of the field. The guy has talent work with it, not a problem.

To be fair, MOS speaks glowingly of everyone. Yup. He's talking everyone up and hasn't said a bad word about anyone on the team, until they are cut that is. LOL I noticed that too! So far I like his style...everything is good until it's not.

I would prefer to see the Bombers manipulate the defensive backfield to fix the ratio problem. Screwing with the O-Line ratio has the potential to handicap a new offense with fledgling QB's which will be vulnerable. After the performance last year It would be a minor miracle if the same group of non-imports plus Goosen could meld to protect the QB sufficiently. Plus the non-import candidates for DB are all moderately talented CFL veterans so they should be able to fit into Etch scheme somewhere.

Is his first name Guy?

Except....Who the hell is Charbonneau? Is that like hiring Jack Nicklaus's caddy for golf lessons?

Don't neglect the angle of offering him six whores in a Cadillac as a signing bonus!

Again, why do the Bombers withhold this information so that the fans have to figure it out on their own months later. It speaks of a "we know best" attitude prevalent in football circles and epitomized by Mike Kelly.

It wouldn't surprise me much if he was making a lot more money from the coaching clinics than he's receiving from the Bombers.

All true enough but the Bombers should have had even more cap space to outbid the Ticats if Laurent was a priority. Could be that there were plenty of bids and Laurent just won the Henry Burris lottery. The CFL would be a much more interesting venture to follow if all it's dealings were not clothed in secrecy.

I figured as much when it took Wylie and the Bombers so long to reach a contract agreement. Wylie set the terms and the Bombers agreed to compromise their position in order to associate with his golden touch and reputation. As for his health, at his age and weight he is a ticking time bomb. Do the Bomber's really need another Richard Harris incident mid season to inspire them?

Riddle me this Batman. If there was a Laurent auction going on why weren't the Bombers in on the bidding? Or are there other reasons he chose Hamilton over every other team in the league interested in his services?

Just open it in a new incognito window, your number of read articles number goes back to zero. What do you mean by an incognito window?

Willy must still be playing on Sask. time. Max is used to Wpg. time.....hut..chuck and duck!

I remember when he started on CKND, man I feel old. Me too I remember when you watched CKND on channel 12 and the dial on the TV only went up to 13. And before that watching the "Chiller Thriller" on KCND out of North Dakota.