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He's got a cold? That's keeping him off the field? I was scared it was a hang-nail, feel better now. JK Tyson - please don't hurt me!! LOL hey man, those colds going around here are pretty vicious. I had one for a good week, it was awful. not fun. Couldn't imagine playing football or honestly doing anything really if you get one of these new ones. No bs, rumors are these vicious flu's are more awful than normal due to all the immigrants coming over here. (not saying i dislike that, just saying, i did read something that mentioned that being a cause)

the real story is he had other interests outside of football, why is that hard to believe? The NFL im sure didn't come calling, no other CFL team did... the guy has been out of football for a year, obviously he was doing other things for that year... Sometimes what happens is life happens, your priorities change. He was humble IMO on the radio interview i heard, of course that was several days b4 actually getting here. Part of me believes that he thought the job was his to lose, even had people telling him that, the media speculated quite hard on him, we did too. He's here to be the starter if he can stay healthy. I'm sure he has a nice little nest egg, maybe nothing too ridiculous but... he's doing ok. Probably came here, expected to be named starter, saw that there is some competition here, got hurt, perhaps not as bad as they are saying, decided, you know what, i'm hurt already why bother.. i'm done and let's move on to life after football. Who knows, maybe it will turn out smith asked to be released cuz his heart just wasn't in to football anymore. I mean think about it, out of a football for a year due to injury, get a chance up north, get injured.. i'd be frustrated, maybe smith knew his body just wouldn't let him play football anymore.

Too bad for Lucas, this is probably the end of his career here though. He got injured last season too. Up there in age too isn't he? wont be easy coming back from an ACL injury.

Ouch. Ryan Lucas done for the season already with a torn ACL, there goes starting a canadian at defensive tackle.

IIRC, the jets might have a very good chance of landing richards if he is bought out, he spends his summers in kenora and his girlfriend is from winnipeg and is doing her residency here.

I understand i responded earlier but in a way, im angry at myself for doing that. 4 pages here now, that's exactly what this article was intended to do. The better thing in the future, unless some people like stirring the pot, is to not have topics based on friesen articles. Don't read the article. Don't have 4 pages plus on a message board about it. The only time anyone talks about Paul Friesen is when he makes crap articles like this, if nobody talked about him and his garbage articles then eventually he would go away. It's almost like we are egging him on. Do i think he reads these forums? he probably knows they exist and the other forums too, what he sees is people going on and on about it and the sun site getting cliks and boom, bam,bang, zing, pow... Friesen did his job. I hate it but.. 4 pages probably more to come = we all fell for it again. Don't post future friesen articles is the moral of this thread.

did you watch O'sheas press conference yesterday? He specifically said that Special Teams is going to be a very important part. Especially for backups, they can't just be average really, they have to be good and have to make the team that way, especially canadian back ups. Special teams has been emphasized as being a very important part of the team by O'shea several times. Not you here bro but.. i also see things talking about depth charts and who the starters are, i guess nobody watched the PC? cuz o'shea said again to not look to far into what the depth chart is as of today, people seem to be thinking that the "starters" are the guys who get the first reps, but they arent according to o'shea, O'shea said that all the depth chart is at this time is to get guys some reps. Nothing more nothing less.

I don't like the guy, i'm not sure how anyone who is a fan of teams in this city can, he does way more harm than good. You can see it, i saw it with the Jets coach maurice a bit too, you see it with O'shea, when certain members of the media ask them questions, you can almost see them rolling their eyes at them. Guys like Friesen and even Lawless with the Jets ask the stupidest most uninformed questions around. Anyone hear friesen ask the question? He sounds scared when he does, intimidated, afraid really. He is what i'd call a keyboard warrior, doesn't really say much to guys faces, just asks questions where he can spin the answer in to whatever he wants really but writes articles that basically crap on the team, Friesen is no different than what we call "trolls" on here, getting a rise out of people for the sake of it. No substance no nothing, just pure and utter BS. I remember in another thread, Mike was going on about a blogger in the states arguing with him and being pretty adamant that the riders made 150 million last season, Hey Mike, you sure it was a blogger in the states and not Paul Friesen cuz this is the type of crap we always get from him. Living in this city, i'm not sure (yes there is the internet) but i'm not sure if people who don't or haven't lived here in a while (17 to 85 not withstanding) understand the crap that some of these guys pull, friesen more often than not. The guy is a grade A pile of steaming crap and so are his opinion articles. It sickens me that there are people out there who live and die on what Paul Friesen says. I said it another thread, i'll say it here, In Real Life, when talking to people, random people, guys girls kids even, they can't stand paul friesen, he is a joke. I have yet to actually meet one person who actually likes friesen, They exist but i have yet to meet one. People wonder sometimes why coaches don't want to come here, you'd have to be naive to think that articles like this and guys like friesen aren't one of the reasons. Was there not a rumour about was it millanovich? bombers wanted to talk to him about their head coaching job a while back and he said No thanks, and one of the main reasons was he didn't want to have to deal with slimeballs like friesen every day? Be naive to think these guys are helping, they aren't. Friesen is a joke, always has been, always will be. There is a reason the sun is free in most every area of this city.. It's cuz it's completely crap that nobody in their right mind would pay for.

Maybe someone like Gord Miller if he is staying works. Personally, i agree with the Farhan Lalji opinion of a few on here but i'd rather see farhan actually become a play by play guy instead. Maybe replace Miller and give Farhan and Matt D some more games to call. Rob Black is terrible and i couldn't stand to watch the pregame if he was on it. Hate when he calls our games, which happens too much. Maybe we'd get cuthbert though on thursdays? it's highly possible but.. I'd honestly say anyone but Rod Black.

Bauming is good .Tait is Fantastic. Penton is ok too. Friesen is just terrible. Really really really piss poor excuse for a "journalist" but really, he's not a journalist, he's an opinion writer and unfortunately, i'm honestly not sure how many of them there are, hence why the sun is free in most areas there are some real people out there somewhere (i've never met one though to be honest) who do think friesen isn't awful. It's sad they exist... i'm sure if you talk to any of them about football, you would quickly find out they know jack squat. lol

i dunno why eh paul friesen Went to #Bombers camp today, and had a Mike Kelly flashback. Column on Coach O'Shea's rookie mistake, up later at http://winnipegsun.com Wonder why most constantly *****.. cuz of crap like this. Exactly. How can people not comment about ignorant stuff like that? Most of our media deserve all slings and arrows launched at them. i would go as far as to say that our local sports media does more harm than good for our local sports teams, jets included actually but bombers for sure. But there is some hope with guys like Bauming and even Penton, seems to be quite balanced most times recently at least.

Mike O'shea today on his PC, up on the official site, said to not look to far into depth charts at this place and time, they are just really trying to get guys reps. So with t hat being said, don't probably need to worry about guys like anderson washington wild. They will more than likely be on the team.

i dunno why eh paul friesen Went to #Bombers camp today, and had a Mike Kelly flashback. Column on Coach O'Shea's rookie mistake, up later at http://winnipegsun.com Wonder why most constantly *****.. cuz of crap like this.

Good luck getting to 500, hope it happens.

Just saying, but another guy on the growing very long list of former NFL guys who come up here and think they are the be all and end all, sure im speculating as to what "attitude problem" means but... it's safe to say, it's probably got something to do with the fact that he thought he was just the cats meow.

carter was working out with milt stegall this off season, along with several other cfl players. Good move bring him in, thought he showed some skills last year in practice. Always wondered why he didn't get a shot in a game.

This topic was never really about football, it was about the park and ride/ transit deal the city pulled. I don't see the problem, if you don't like it, don't have to read it or comment right? Sure it has degenerated lol into a bit of hodge podge of everything, from the actual topic to the politics stuff to ripping on sam katz but... the topic itself, never really was about football.. was about politicians really so obviously, gonna get some talk about politics in a thread where politics is the main reason the thread exists really.

Penton on the twitter feed there says smith had an attitude problem too. He seemed pretty humble on the radio interview but i guess, maybe he thought he was better than anyone else out there. It is what it is. Don't need guys with attitude issues, just got rid of a bunch in the off season.

http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=453766 Guess we can put this here, Not our property but property of the als... vaughn martin released by the detroit lions. Might have lost out on laurent but if the als could get this guy to come up here, look out.

Im hoping that those 4 councillors who wont be back turns in to more, i really do feel its time for fresh new ideas across the board at city hall. I'm not convinced that the eventual mayor has yet to announce their name yet, talked to a few people and most are quite disgusted with everyone at city hall. Hopefully a guy like harvey smith (the guy is so old its crazy) and whats her face, the anti everything, ahh yes gerbasi, they need to go too. I think people are catching on to the fact that new blood is needed and i hope this is just the start.. I dont think people will vote for Paula H, not the ones i have talked too at least, she has that stigma and sure she left but... at one time she was one of sammys inner circle buddies. Honestly i think that teacher has a good chance right now, none of the actual candidates have said anything of substance just yet though so gotta see what they say first and then decide. I will vote in this next civic election and i hope everyone who does doesn't vote in the same councilor and mayor for that matter who is currently serving. It's time for change. Big time. Thomas Steen, very familiar with him, up until last year, he was my city councilor, i recently moved out of my parents house to just outside the city but.. steen is another that needs to go also. Has no business representing ek/elmwood. Lives in river heights and has no idea what the heck is going on over in this area, im close enough to ek still that i know what's going on there and thomas steen has no clue.

im not sure how much some of those used buses cost but what the bombers should look at, is getting a few of them (if costs arent ridiculous, i hear those electric buses are ultra cheap and great to ride) (or even the accordian style bus) and just buy a few of them, again if costs aren't too ridiculous. Make it into a blue n gold type bus specifically used for the park and rides. If you have to charge people a buck or 2 to use it, so be it. what's an extra buck or 2 really in the big picture.

yeah the one thing i definitely noticed on his twitter feed, this is definitely not the first time he has been going on about the bombers and letting them know he' ready and waiting for the call basically. Makes you wonder if maybe the bombers told him if an injury happened or if one of the backs werent as good as they thought, that he would be next in line? i dunno but.. the guy is definitely all over the place it seems. This one does appear to be a bit different than the other tweets though. either he's paying attention to what's going on here or.. he was told something by the team.

I wonder if the reason wild and washington are being given "2nd team reps" is because they know what they have with them, they know you will get effort play in play out with these guys, they know what they got in them, they dont know what they have in the rookies though, i dunno maybe its just me, but every year there seems to be guys who stand out in practice and then a game comes around and those guys dont look so good any more. I don't know if i can put a lot of stock in to how a rookie is doing at training camp, the real test for the rookies will be the pre-season games. I've seen many a rookie look good in camp but, well, crap the bed when the games begin. I mean sure training camp matters, otherwise, whats the point in bringing in all these guys all the time, but... if the guy sucks in the pre-season game(s), i think that plays a bigger factor. The other thing is.. we kind of sucked last year, not kind of, we were actually terrible.. sure guys like wild and washington stood out as not being terrible but were they really that good or was the rest of the team really that bad? Personally, i like them both and would be pissed if they weren't starting but.... when you are coming off a 3-15 season, is anyone from last years team considered safe? should they be considered safe even? Just a side note here but took a drive out to U of M last night with the girlfriend, and drove by IGF.. while driving by buck pierce was just leaving. on the way back, marcus howell was leaving.

the guys twitter certainly does make it seem like that is a high probability. Quite the twitter feed actually. Entertaining to say the least.

It's just something I noticed that we don't have. Everyone else does so it makes me wonder why. That's all. What good s a forum if you can't pose these kinds of questions? i agree with what you are saying but at the same time, i wonder if maybe directing your questions to the bombers would be the better move, it seems like nobody on the forum here really knows, the people who do though are the people on chancelor matheson road. What i'd suggest is to email someone from the bombers or even pick up the phone and give them a call and ask them about it, i'm sure they would be happy to tell you.