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Just for fun I'll go... Edmonton 28 Hamilton 20 MVP Mike Reilly MOC Hugh O'Neill (mostly beard-related)

Whoever has the tie-break btwn those two... by my research: W3 BC 26 Sask 13 = BC+13 W9 BC 16 Sask 20 = BC+9 So I believe Sask would cross-over unless div record is the tie breaker... in which case: BC 4-5 vs West Sask 4-5 vs West and both play a west opponent this week... so I guess it still be Sask that crosses if they both win/both lose...

Most of your analysis is pretty good... except for the one thing I highlighted... McManus is here as a scout and assistant GM... not as a coach.... I assume his career arc has him becoming a GM someday, not a HC... As for Ian Wild at MLB... he was BY FAR the best we had playing there this season... normally I don't worry too much about the size of a guy but 6'0 208 is a little small for MLB IMO... if he can keep his speed up and play around 220-225 that would be ideal... Henoc played at 6'0 230, so I see no reason why Wild couldn't be that size too...

I'd agree with this... if that list is accurate... I think I'd like to have Dunn and January back competing for spots

I think Lirim is probably our most outstanding rookie, Canadian, and special teamer.... save some of the nominations for the rest of the guys!

Here is a breakdown of Willy's performance in 6 game intervals. 1662 yards 7 TD 4 INT - 6 GAMES PLAYED 1315 yards 5 TD 7 INT - 5.5 GAMES PLAYED 770 yards 2 TD 5 INT - 3.5 GAMES PLAYED Clearly regression is a word that could be used to describe these stats. kinda silly to ignore that important aspect of those stats... If those were actual 6 game intervals you would have a stronger point...

You are correct. Potential riders to go if push comes to shove would include Picard, Fulton or maybe Best. Bottom line is we have way too much cap space tied up in this group. At this point Labatte is the only untouchable on that line followed by Heenan. I'll take Picard &/or Best. That's an upgrade. Think I'd rather have Best... he would be an upgrade at guard... I think Picard is only a centre... either Goossen is ready to start there next year or Morley continues to keep the spot warm for him... no need for Picard...

I guess the call is legit... although it's incredibly marginal.... but I can see Young having a beef with Barker being right over the ref's shoulder...

Personally, I wanted to see Marve in the 4th quarter... not because I think he's the better QB or should be the starter... but it was plainly obvious to anywhere there that the offense, as a whole, was not getting it done... our only hope was that Marve could use his mobility to try and conjure up some miracle plays... maybe open up the running game too... which was mysteriously abandoned... also, IMO, Willy had ample time to throw on most of the sacks...

IMO our o-line looked better this year with Greaves-Morley-Goossen/Neufeld in the middle than any scenario that had 3 imports... Ideally you get a starting Canadian o-lineman with the 2nd overall pick... but a starting Canadian anywhere is an upgrade for us right now...

2014 situation without the trade: No Hall, No Neufeld, 2nd rounder, 1 4th rounder in 2015 2014 situation with the trade: No Hall, Neufeld, no 3rd round pick (cuz we traded up to get a 2nd), 2 4th rounders in 2015 Not much difference except that with the trade we have a potential Cdn O-lineman that's ONLY 26 years old... to write him off already is just ridiculous... if these injury concerns continue next year... and there's still no plan to replace him... then there's some concern about Neufeld's future... still has nothing to do with the trade.. Also... anyone who doesn't realize the CFL draft is a crap-shoot after the first few picks hasn't been paying close enough attention...

I think Bauming tweeted something to that effect recently too... That would be nice to see for the final game...

Love the optimism.... yeah it's a stretch... but this post is a nice change from the usual negativity and pessimism...

2015 TC - this plus a new draft pick or two and maybe a NI FA if we're lucky... and Howard, Jones, and Knapp can be added to the gone list... Swiston can come back too... I guess he's stuck around this long for a reason...

Consider that with Reilly EE already have the QB mobility that we witnessed for the first time tonight. This makes the O-lines job easier and the attacking D's job harder. Reilly isn't running for his life or getting hit like he was last season, so what the difference between this and last season in Edmonton ? Consequences?

C'mon guys, this is Winnipeg... I blame the media!

You mean if Trestman is fired from the Bears?... then he gets another job as an NFL OC or QB coach...

The only good thing about this picture is the number in the bottom right corner...

Nice to see a bit of a shake up... jobs are on the line... hopefully there's a diamond or two out there...

The one and only reason the media is so gung-ho about talking to assistants... is because they were told they can't...

Friesen is trolling the club hard though .. so there's always yin to the yan .. Anyone with half a brain knows Friesen has zero credibility as a football reporter.... unfortunately there's a lot of people who respect his opinion simply cuz he has a forum to present it...

just scrolled through twitter real quick and I was quite surprised to see Lawless supporting the team for this move.... he tweeted this "Grigsby quit with 3 games to go. easy way out. tough guys stick it out to the end."

Anyone who thinks trading him was a possibility knows nothing about the CFL... that being said, I'm sure at least a couple members of our brilliant media have suggested it already...

I'll repost what I had in another thread.... these are the only untouchables IMO O: Willy, Moore, Goossen, Greaves D: Turner, Anderson, Wild, Leggett, Randle ST: Hijrullahu* Hajrullahu** *I forgot about LH in my orignial post... also completely guessed on the spelling... I'll look it up now to see how close I was ** EDIT: so close... had an i indetad of a at the beginning...

Costanza would be nice just so we can start calling him "Can't-stand-ya" if he doesn't work out... Barron MIles seems to be an up-and-comer many people are talking about... wasn't he even in the conversation before this season? I'd be interested in seeing what he can do...