Around The League Off Season Discussion

[Jimmy Pop]

6 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Based on everything the Riders did last year and this offseason, there should have been WAY more penalties, whether through fines or loss of draft picks. **** Chris Jones and all his bullshit...

Best punishment: league needs to keep Riders running business as usual.   Force them to continue to live & work in Regina. Make them "proudly" display their 4 Cup titles.  Have your social media crew continue to pump Jones as the second coming of Lomardi. 

....it's Sask.  It's the Riders. It's Jones. <<  They punish themselves just fine. 

 

[Taynted_Fayth]

6 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

 

The Riders new motto, with Chris Jones at the helm..."Everything's a fine"

fixed it for you

[Mr Dee]

21 minutes ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

fixed it for you

Fine. 

Have it your way. But that WAS my very point...?

[Bigblue204]

36 minutes ago, TrueBlue said:

This year's Grey Cup ticket prices for those that haven't seen them yet. 

 

Well it's good to know they haven't learned any lessons.

[Taynted_Fayth]

i totally forgot the riders were fined $60K as well as the 26K deduction to their sms last year,  so in 1 year Jones has cost the club over $100K in fines.  I might not be a fancy big city lawyer,  but even in a profitable company losing $100K due to gross negligence to the rules and STILL sucking balls on the field would normally be grounds for immediate dismissal... i think the axe is being sharpened as we speak. might not swing till labour day tho

Edited April 28, 2017 by Taynted_Fayth

[Bigblue204]

3 minutes ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

i totally forgot the riders were fined $60K as well as the 26K deduction to their sms last year,  so in 1 year Jones has cost the club over $100K in fines.  I might not be a fancy big city lawyer,  but even in a profitable company losing $100K due to gross negligence to the rules and STILL sucking balls on the field would normally be grounds for immediate dismissal... i think the axe is being sharpened as we speak. might not swing till labour day tho

I sure hope not. I'm enjoying the ride too much.

[GCn20]

I think that at the next BOG meeting that Reynolds will be dressed down by the other governors and told to keep his boy in check.

[Mr Dee]

Reporting from the recent Rider Camp...

The top quarterback on Day 3 was @B_BENNETT03 This was borne out by the numbers, and coaches' assessments. - @rodpedersen #CFL #Riders

2 things about this statement:

1) It would bother me if the Riders benefitted from getting a QB from us. And

2) It's Rod Pedersen reporting this, and that is no benefit to anyone...

[Floyd]

One of Bennett or Bridge will be PR'd...  really hope Walters takes a serious look at either of these guys - both are five years younger than LeFevour

I'm sure you could PR LeFevour and no one would pick him up

[Taynted_Fayth]

8 minutes ago, Floyd said:

One of Bennett or Bridge will be PR'd...  really hope Walters takes a serious look at either of these guys - both are five years younger than LeFevour

I'm sure you could PR LeFevour and no one would pick him up

tough to say who will be PR'd. Apparently Jones has been on record as saying Bridge doesn't do well in practices but when the lights come on he's a gamer so how well he does at these camps might not mean much. I think they'll release Heaps and PR bennett imo

[Floyd]

4 minutes ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

tough to say who will be PR'd. Apparently Jones has been on record as saying Bridge doesn't do well in practices but when the lights come on he's a gamer so how well he does at these camps might not mean much. I think they'll release Heaps and PR bennett imo

Is Kinne still there too?

[Taynted_Fayth]

Just now, Floyd said:

Is Kinne still there too?

nope when asked at minicamp why kinne wasn't rostered jones told the reporters he was no longer with the team. I think it was similar circumstances to Jake Waters,  recently married and other job opportunities down south

[Floyd]

1 minute ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

nope when asked at minicamp why kinne wasn't rostered jones told the reporters he was no longer with the team. I think it was similar circumstances to Jake Waters,  recently married and other job opportunities down south

Quite the merry-go-round over there.  Can't wait until Mitch Gale becomes the 'next' big FA QB after two years with the Stamps...

[Jpan85]

1 hour ago, TrueBlue said:

This year's Grey Cup ticket prices for those that haven't seen them yet. 

 

Pretty sure 85 dollar ones are sold out. Could not get any with my season ticket holder presage.

[Taynted_Fayth]

looks like they are getting all secretive over on RF. A poster alluded to the roster violations being in part from Jones and Steve Macaulay of the Regina Thunder being buddy buddy and they've been flying in junior players from all over the country to try and get them in the exempt classification.  Guess some of these kids were already exempt for someone else prior

[Fatty Liver]

1 hour ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

i totally forgot the riders were fined $60K as well as the 26K deduction to their sms last year,  so in 1 year Jones has cost the club over $100K in fines.  I might not be a fancy big city lawyer,  but even in a profitable company losing $100K due to gross negligence to the rules and STILL sucking balls on the field would normally be grounds for immediate dismissal... i think the axe is being sharpened as we speak. might not swing till labour day tho

Running tally is $110,000 in fines since Jones took over but as they say, to have the best, you must pay the most.

[TrueBlue]

19 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

Pretty sure 85 dollar ones are sold out. Could not get any with my season ticket holder presage.

Judging by the size of that section it may have only had 700-800 seats at that price.

[Brandon]

1 hour ago, Floyd said:

One of Bennett or Bridge will be PR'd...  really hope Walters takes a serious look at either of these guys - both are five years younger than LeFevour

I'm sure you could PR LeFevour and no one would pick him up

Why?   LeFevour at this point would be way better coming in off the bench to help us win a game then Bridge/Bennett.    You would think after years of throwing guys who are not ready onto the field with crap results that the fans would want someone who at least has a slight clue on how to move the ball in the CFL.

[GCn20]

Stronson is in full on backpedal at Riderfans right now. Posts questioning Jones are disappearing so fast right now that the page count is going backwards...lol.

[Fatty Liver]

• Farhan Lalji‏Verified account @FarhanLaljiTSN 2h2 hours ago

#BCLions getting close on a trade involving S Mike Edem. Buono also listening to offers on trading one of teams 1st round picks. #CFL

[rebusrankin]

I for one prefer Lefevour to a guy who's never taken a live snap in Bennett or a guy like Bridge who hasn't shown much. Especially as a vet bomber fan.

[rebusrankin]

They need to just suspend Jones for a year and fine the Riders a ton. This crap is getting out of hand.

[Fatty Liver]

BC fine explained.

http://3downnation.com/2017/04/28/honesty-costly-cfl-fines-lions-bighill-exit/

[SpeedFlex27]

7 hours ago, Noeller said:

http://www.cfl.ca/2017/04/28/riders-lions-issued-fines-violating-cfl-laws/

Based on additional audit and CFL By-Laws governance activities conducted by the League, the following fines have been levied:

• The Saskatchewan Roughriders Football Club have been fined $31,500 for two CFL By-Laws violations which included players attending practice while on the CFL suspension list and violations related to the recruitment of a junior player.
• The CFL has also fined Chris Jones $5,000 for meeting with Johnny Manziel’s publicist, which constitutes tampering and is in violation of CFL By-Laws. Based on evidence to date, there is nothing that concludes that Saskatchewan held any workouts involving Mr. Manziel.
• The BC Lions Football Club have been fined $2,500 for violating the CFL By-Laws as it relates to matters concerning the contract of Adam Bighill.

League announces "NO ONE WENT OVER THE CAP"........................................................!!!!!!!!!!!  How in the actual **** could the Riders have not gone over based on their bullshit from last year??? Thankfully they did get fined over the Manziel thing...

 

 

Pretty much a joke, right Noeller? Sask & MTl were supposed to be way over. In Montreal's case a half mill according to Herb Zurkowsky of the Montreal Gazette. The Riders had a taxi squad for their taxi squad. Just total BS. This audit is done in house, I believe. It should be done by an outside source in the interests of transparency & truth.

Edited April 28, 2017 by SpeedFlex27

[Jacquie]