Jesse

YES, thank you. I was actually incredibly disappointed by our banner this past season. I thought it would be a 2019 banner, like you'd see hung from the rafters of a hockey arena.

Oh, ****. Bringing the heat.

I just keep believing you and then they go out and win 13 games, lol. I'm trying to protect myself. In fairness, they're obviously not playing on the same field as we are.

Definitely going with Alexander now that he's locked up.

Every year, you predict the Riders are going to be bottom feeders, and every year they're among the top teams. Maybe this is your year!

It just seems limiting. But no gatekeeping here - you do you. As a similar - but very different - arbitrary rule, I never buy jerseys of people I never saw play or who isn't currently playing. I want the jersey I wear to represent the present. So I can see my fandom as I watched. My last jersey was Harris, who is a few months younger than me, so I guess my current jerseys would have ended with my Cory Watson jersey.

So you’re never going to buy another player jersey? Seems odd.

I agree with this.

I like getting current players. They serve as kind of a history of my fandom. I’m going to get a Blue jersey this year. I was pretty settled on Brandon Alexander, but then we found out he’s hurt. So now I’m trying to talk myself into/out of a Brady jersey.

You found that fast, lol.

I know absolutely nothing, but Willie definititely said in an interview this year that he negotiated his own contract and that he was his own agent.

He's kind of dumping on us, tbh.

That said, was anyone else given the chance to speak? Paul got his sound bites and clicked send.

Lots of contradictions in there, Andrew. Hate to see this kind of crap on the way out.

I think it was Mike who was talking about how Harris needs to play with a chip on his shoulder. He’s creating a “me against the world” narrative to drive himself. I really thought we wouldn’t get here. A few posters have talked about Harris leaving on bad terms and I scoffed. But it looks like this is going to get ugly - though I don’t expect Walters or MOS to say anything similar.

Well, this is gonna be rough.

He is absolutely sitting on some cash. He has to account for injuries, signing replacement players, potential returnees. The salary cap isn’t allocated until all is said and done at the end of the season, so it’s not really as simple as he doesn’t have money, things can always be manipulated. And if you think Walters doesn’t have that photo of Strev in his office, I don’t know what to tell you.

I’m not sure what you were expecting, tbh. We did our signings prior to FA.

That’s true too.

So, what do we think the difference was, 40k?

Nick was actaully listed as the back-up on the depth chart last season (not that it really means anything).

Technically, I think it's Rose, but we have Houston as the next man up for the other side as of now. Also interested to see Donovan Olumba compete.

My ideal 2022 season involves the second half return of Strev and Alexander, combined with the two-headed running attack getting rolling as the weather turns.

There's two things that need to happen: He needs to get no offers and hang ut around for half the CFL season before he gets restless and tells his agent that he needs to play. And he would need to really want to play for us and take an absurdly team friendly deal to come back to Winnipeg (according to Walters). Which is possible because we'll make him look good and he could hold out for a bigger deal the following seaosn.

I was hopeful too, but apparently his agent has told us not to hold our breath.