SpeedFlex27 Posted November 5, 2018 Report Posted November 5, 2018 2 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said: I think it was Dunning-Kruger actually. And who the hell is "Sam Clemens"? Lead singer for Booker T & The MG's?
WBBFanWest Posted November 5, 2018 Report Posted November 5, 2018 1 hour ago, kelownabomberfan said: I was in Saskatoon recently. Can't say that I felt all that safe downtown. When you say "not safe" do you mean "I hope I don't fall and break a hip" not safe, or "I hope I remember where I parked my car" not safe or "I hope those kids don't go on that lawn" not safe?
Tracker Posted November 5, 2018 Report Posted November 5, 2018 4 hours ago, baxter said: Either Mark Twain or Pinball's dad. Not sure which. Samuel Lenghorn Clemens' non de plume was Mark Twain. He took the name from the calls sounders would make as they threw out measuring weights on lines at the front of Mississippi steamboats to determine channel depth. The channels changed yearly so had to be re-marked every few months.
Mr Dee Posted November 5, 2018 Report Posted November 5, 2018 TORONTO — The Canadian Football League (CFL) has released the following statement on Monday regarding on-field celebrations: “We are amending our policy on on-field celebrations to prohibit the use of alcohol or drugs and the mimicking of the use of alcohol or drugs or acting like a Roughrider fan.” (OK, I may have added a word or two) GCJenks, Fred C Dobbs, M.O.A.B. and 5 others 3 5
Mr Dee Posted November 5, 2018 Report Posted November 5, 2018 Leaked footage of the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ film room. What could they be learning? BigBlueFanatic, Wanna-B-Fanboy, Rod Black and 3 others 2 1 3
Bomber_fanaddict Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 Riders just signed Simeon Rottiere......like what in the actual F*** are they doing? Signing another retired injury riddled player who hasnt played just before playoffs. Does Jones know they WONT be playing EDM in the playoffs and cant use him for anything of value like the Poop signing?
Booch Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 Yeah not sure reason for that was. Not sure what goes on with Jones' thought processes
Wanna-B-Fanboy Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 https://torontosun.com/sports/football/cfl/toronto-argonauts/simmons-argos-lacked-class-in-the-way-in-which-they-fired-trestman?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TorontoArgonautsTorontoSun+(Toronto+Sun+√) Damn... Argos totally classless. Trestman deserved better... Quote As Trestman held the phone to his ear, he was typically expressionless. Nobody knew he was being let go. He told nobody. Embarrassingly, he listened to a man he barely knew fire him for reasons that still don’t make a lot of sense. He was told not to be at wrap-up day to bid his players well later that morning and not to meet with his coaches. He essentially was escorted out of the building on the phone and was told not to return. Brandon 1
rebusrankin Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 Wait the Riders signed an OL who hasn't played all year, after signing a QB who hasn't played all year? WTF? blue_gold_84 1
USABomberfan Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 10 hours ago, wanna-b-fanboy said: https://torontosun.com/sports/football/cfl/toronto-argonauts/simmons-argos-lacked-class-in-the-way-in-which-they-fired-trestman?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TorontoArgonautsTorontoSun+(Toronto+Sun+√) Damn... Argos totally classless. Trestman deserved better... Yeah I figured it was not Popp who did it either. Popp may have gotten a little bad in his GM business, but no way would he treat his good old friend like this. If Toronto sucks for the next 10 years, they'll have deserved every bit of it.
M.O.A.B. Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 Maas/Reilly will go to BC Trestman will go to EDM me thinks.
USABomberfan Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 9 minutes ago, M.O.A.B. said: Maas/Reilly will go to BC Trestman will go to EDM me thinks. I'm not so sure about that https://edmontonsun.com/sports/football/cfl/edmonton-eskimos/jones-edmonton-eskimos-likely-to-keep-head-coach-and-gm-for-next-season
Tracker Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 2 hours ago, USABomberfan said: I'm not so sure about that https://edmontonsun.com/sports/football/cfl/edmonton-eskimos/jones-edmonton-eskimos-likely-to-keep-head-coach-and-gm-for-next-season Take that news with a pinch of salt.
USABomberfan Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 1 minute ago, Tracker said: Take that news with a pinch of salt. It could still happen sure, but it appears Mr Brock Sunderland is unwilling to pull the trigger and would have to be thrown out by the CEO first before Maas got dragged out by the chain he tied to him.
Tracker Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 2 hours ago, USABomberfan said: It could still happen sure, but it appears Mr Brock Sunderland is unwilling to pull the trigger and would have to be thrown out by the CEO first before Maas got dragged out by the chain he tied to him. You may well be right- the next week or two will tell.
kelownabomberfan Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 17 hours ago, WBBFanWest said: When you say "not safe" do you mean "I hope I don't fall and break a hip" not safe, or "I hope I remember where I parked my car" not safe or "I hope those kids don't go on that lawn" not safe? no It was more like "I hope that junkie doesn't stab me" not safe. My buddy there works downtown and now he carries a knife when he walks downtown.
USABomberfan Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 It's just one of those strange offseasons ... Well I mean offseasons for the teams not in the playoffs. So Trestman gets fired and not allowed the usual formalities of the situation. I mean, I can understand why they felt a change was necessary, and I get that not getting along with MLSE management was probably going to make it a done deal. But it really bothers me that a guy who at least got one more Cup for Ricky Ray, and then had family suffering from illnesses this season was not at least allowed to give a press conference. Meantime, that disgrace Kavis Reed still has a job, and so does Sherman in MTL. And then no changes in Edmonton as of yet either. I mean, I know there's still a long time to go before next season and all the offseason moves are made, but one would think if MTL and EDM's coaching jobs were going to be open, the coaches there would have been sent packing by now.
JCon Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 9 minutes ago, USABomberfan said: It's just one of those strange offseasons ... Well I mean offseasons for the teams not in the playoffs. So Trestman gets fired and not allowed the usual formalities of the situation. I mean, I can understand why they felt a change was necessary, and I get that not getting along with MLSE management was probably going to make it a done deal. But it really bothers me that a guy who at least got one more Cup for Ricky Ray, and then had family suffering from illnesses this season was not at least allowed to give a press conference. Meantime, that disgrace Kavis Reed still has a job, and so does Sherman in MTL. And then no changes in Edmonton as of yet either. I mean, I know there's still a long time to go before next season and all the offseason moves are made, but one would think if MTL and EDM's coaching jobs were going to be open, the coaches there would have been sent packing by now. RE: Trestman. They could have allowed him to do the exit interviews. I understand the need to move on but it seemed to be handled improperly. Classless. I agree that Reed should probably lose his job but that's conflating two separate issues.
GCn20 Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 56 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said: no It was more like "I hope that junkie doesn't stab me" not safe. My buddy there works downtown and now he carries a knife when he walks downtown. Your buddy is part of the problem now too.
WBBFanWest Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 37 minutes ago, USABomberfan said: It's just one of those strange offseasons ... Well I mean offseasons for the teams not in the playoffs. So Trestman gets fired and not allowed the usual formalities of the situation. I mean, I can understand why they felt a change was necessary, and I get that not getting along with MLSE management was probably going to make it a done deal. But it really bothers me that a guy who at least got one more Cup for Ricky Ray, and then had family suffering from illnesses this season was not at least allowed to give a press conference. Meantime, that disgrace Kavis Reed still has a job, and so does Sherman in MTL. And then no changes in Edmonton as of yet either. I mean, I know there's still a long time to go before next season and all the offseason moves are made, but one would think if MTL and EDM's coaching jobs were going to be open, the coaches there would have been sent packing by now. Firstly, it's not at all unusual to wait until after the Grey Cup to make changes. Secondly, why is it that in every other post you are screaming about somebody needing to be fired? It's almost fetish-like. Mark F and blue_gold_84 1 1
USABomberfan Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 46 minutes ago, WBBFanWest said: Firstly, it's not at all unusual to wait until after the Grey Cup to make changes. Secondly, why is it that in every other post you are screaming about somebody needing to be fired? It's almost fetish-like. Ridiculous, especially considering way more people here have wanted O'Shea fired and have been way more vocal about it than me. Ridiculous post is ridiculous. blue_gold_84 1
blue_gold_84 Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 22 minutes ago, USABomberfan said: Ridiculous, especially considering way more people here have wanted O'Shea fired and have been way more vocal about it than me. Ridiculous post is ridiculous. He isn't wrong, though. Teams do tend to wait until after the Grey Cup to make decisions based on how the chips fall around the league. The exception this year just happens to be the Argonauts, who crapped the bed by firing Trestman so recklessly.
trueBlue83 Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 39 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said: He isn't wrong, though. Teams do tend to wait until after the Grey Cup to make decisions based on how the chips fall around the league. The exception this year just happens to be the Argonauts, who crapped the bed by firing Trestman so recklessly. my immediate thought when I saw that headline.... 'oh geez... does Popp think he can coach again? this never works out...'
JuranBoldenRules Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 Teams make announcements before the playoffs all the time. There’s a moratorium the week of the Grey Cup. I wouldn’t treat Trestman as a victim quite yet. Sounds like he went a little tyrant this season and basically went against the wishes of the front office repeatedly in his roster decisions. He’s also yet to develop an even adequate QB in this league.
WBBFanWest Posted November 6, 2018 Report Posted November 6, 2018 9 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said: Teams make announcements before the playoffs all the time. There’s a moratorium the week of the Grey Cup. I wouldn’t treat Trestman as a victim quite yet. Sounds like he went a little tyrant this season and basically went against the wishes of the front office repeatedly in his roster decisions. He’s also yet to develop an even adequate QB in this league. They also make announcements after playoffs all the time too. The point is that you can't necessarily read anything into the fact that someone has or hasn't been fired yet. Some teams actually will think things through for a bit and wait to see how things shake out elsewhere before tipping their hand. JCon 1
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