Geebrr Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 This team needs to put up banners for all 11 Grey Cup winning teams inside the stadium. There is nothing really recognizing those teams in the stadium common areas Stickem, HardCoreBlue, blue_gold_84 and 7 others 7 1 2
GCJenks Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 43 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said: https://globalnews.ca/video/6245010/we-are-the-champions-winnipeg-celebrates-bombers-grey-cup-win/ I hope, if Bud Grant is capable of traveling, that they bring him out for the first game this year with the Cup. That would mean a lot to the long-term Bomber fans who gutted it out those 29 long years. Just a thought. I would love a chance to meet the man himself. His autobiography is my favourite sports related book and one of my all time favourite reads. kelownabomberfan and wbbfan 2
Fatty Liver Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 21 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said: When the Vikings opened their new stadium a few years ago, Bud Grant was the first guy to blow the new horn. The Vikings honor their past, and the Blue should honor theirs too. He's been immortalized in bronze, but you want more??? Maybe they can bring back Kenny.... .... to see if he can still play both ways. J5V 1
Stickem Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 22 minutes ago, Geebrr said: This team needs to put up banners for all 11 Grey Cup winning teams inside the stadium. There is nothing really recognizing those teams in the stadium common areas Should have done that years ago when IG first opened....Third best among Cup winners of all time...c'mon Fred C Dobbs and Geebrr 1 1
MOBomberFan Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 Until this year's championship win, those banners would have served as little more than a reminder of our seemingly endless drought. Now that we have a new banner... let's start hanging some fabric Rod Black, bigg jay, Wanna-B-Fanboy and 5 others 2 6
Geebrr Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, MOBomberFan said: Until this year's championship win, those banners would have served as little more than a reminder of our seemingly endless drought. Now that we have a new banner... let's start hanging some fabric I assumed that was always the logic of it. I hope they give it proper due now.
MOBomberFan Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 I'm picturing a crisp new banner hanging next to the 1990 banner.. stained yellow with age
Geebrr Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 I hope we do I individual banners, and not so.e group thing wbbfan 1
Wanna-B-Fanboy Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 1 hour ago, WBBFanWest said: Not dying on any hill that I know of. Just tired of "remember when we were good?" We're good now. Let's celebrate that instead. We can do both... while throwing a blind eye to those fugly years... *shudders* MIke Kelly.. SLeepy Joe..
kelownabomberfan Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 They have 4 Grey Cup Championship banners at Mosaic. When I see them on TV all I can think is - only 4? So pathetic... rebusrankin, blue_or_die, GCJenks and 1 other 4
kelownabomberfan Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said: He's been immortalized in bronze, but you want more??? Just asking the question if he can appear one last time in Winnipeg before he shuffles off this mortal coil, to appear with the Cup. If Cal were still alive, I'd be more focused on bringing him in for a ceremony with the Cup, but he's not. Maybe I'm just a nostalgia guy, I don't know. What I didn't realize was that it would cause this weird backlash. http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/0ap3000000705305/Hall-of-Fame-coach-Bud-Grant-blows-horn-at-Vikings-new-stadium Edited December 9, 2019 by kelownabomberfan bearpants and GCJenks 2
Eternal optimist Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 On 2019-12-07 at 11:37 PM, kelownabomberfan said: 1939 Grey Cup Champs. With the score tied 7-7 Jeff Nicklin recovered a fumbled punt for the Bombers at the Ottawa 34 to change field position. A subsequent Bombers punt into the end zone was kicked out by the Rough Riders, but shanked out of bounds only to their eight-yard line. And with 45 seconds remaining, Winnipeg’s Art Stevenson crushed a kick into the stands for a single and an 8-7 victory. Guy was also a war hero, and the trophy for MVP for the Western Conference is named after him (Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy): https://www.bluebombers.com/2016/11/11/lest-we-forget-the-jeff-nicklin-story/ It's a shame Fajardo won it this year - would've been a nice tribute if a Blue Bomber (Harris?) would've won it to go along with the Grey Cup. rebusrankin 1
Geebrr Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said: He's been immortalized in bronze, but you want more??? Maybe they can bring back Kenny.... .... to see if he can still play both ways. Honestly, this 2019 team deserves the shine. Bud Grant had nothing to do with it.
kelownabomberfan Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 7 minutes ago, Eternal optimist said: Guy was also a war hero, and the trophy for MVP for the Western Conference is named after him (Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy): https://www.bluebombers.com/2016/11/11/lest-we-forget-the-jeff-nicklin-story/ It's a shame Fajardo won it this year - would've been a nice tribute if a Blue Bomber (Harris?) would've won it to go along with the Grey Cup. I think I've posted this before, but looking back now, that parachute jump seems totally unnecessary. The Germans were already beat by that point in the war and were only a few weeks from surrendering completely. Senseless waste of human life to do parachute jumps with high casualty rates, with an enemy on the verge of giving up anyway. That's really a sad story. Fred C Dobbs, Eternal optimist, Tracker and 1 other 1 3
Fatty Liver Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 1 minute ago, kelownabomberfan said: I think I've posted this before, but looking back now, that parachute jump seems totally unnecessary. The Germans were already beat by that point in the war and were only a few weeks from surrendering completely. Senseless waste of human life to do parachute jumps with high casualty rates, with an enemy on the verge of giving up anyway. That's really a sad story. Wanna-B-Fanboy, blue_gold_84, kelownabomberfan and 1 other 1 3
kelownabomberfan Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said: MOBomberFan, BigBlueFanatic, bearpants and 1 other 4
Eternal optimist Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 2 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said: I think I've posted this before, but looking back now, that parachute jump seems totally unnecessary. The Germans were already beat by that point in the war and were only a few weeks from surrendering completely. Senseless waste of human life to do parachute jumps with high casualty rates, with an enemy on the verge of giving up anyway. That's really a sad story. It's easy to look back on this with hindsight and see things that way, fact of the matter was that Hitler was hellbent on causing as much destruction as possible, even in retreat. Their K2 missiles were still within range of many allied civilian cities, and Britain as a whole. I agree a parachute jump seems the wrong approach now, air superiority by the Allies at that point made such parachute deployments possible. Hitler always seemed crazy but at that point in the war had completely lost his mind, sacking the few generals he had left, and implementing a blanket "no retreat" policy for all German defensive positions made it very tough going advancing troops along the ground. kelownabomberfan 1
Tracker Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 30 minutes ago, Eternal optimist said: It's easy to look back on this with hindsight and see things that way, fact of the matter was that Hitler was hellbent on causing as much destruction as possible, even in retreat. Their K2 missiles were still within range of many allied civilian cities, and Britain as a whole. I agree a parachute jump seems the wrong approach now, air superiority by the Allies at that point made such parachute deployments possible. Hitler always seemed crazy but at that point in the war had completely lost his mind, sacking the few generals he had left, and implementing a blanket "no retreat" policy for all German defensive positions made it very tough going advancing troops along the ground. At that point in the war, was in the grip of amphetamine psychosis and totally irrational. Any general or advisor who dared suggest a surrender was shot or dismissed (if they were lucky).
Rod Black Posted December 9, 2019 Report Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said: I think I've posted this before, but looking back now, that parachute jump seems totally unnecessary. The Germans were already beat by that point in the war and were only a few weeks from surrendering completely. Senseless waste of human life to do parachute jumps with high casualty rates, with an enemy on the verge of giving up anyway. That's really a sad story. Who won the war anyways? The Germans started it. They invaded Poland. Edited December 9, 2019 by Rod Black
Eternal optimist Posted December 10, 2019 Report Posted December 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Rod Black said: Who won the war anyways? The Germans started it. They invaded Poland. Nobody wins in war. kelownabomberfan, blue_gold_84, Mark H. and 1 other 1 3
kelownabomberfan Posted December 10, 2019 Report Posted December 10, 2019 19 hours ago, Eternal optimist said: Nobody wins in war. Defence contractors do. wbbfan and Tracker 1 1
Tracker Posted December 10, 2019 Report Posted December 10, 2019 38 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said: Defence contractors do. And mercenaries.
Stickem Posted December 10, 2019 Report Posted December 10, 2019 WAR...WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR....................ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN.....say it again
Noeller Posted December 10, 2019 Report Posted December 10, 2019 1 minute ago, Stickem said: WAR...WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR....................ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN.....say it again You know, I heard that was the original title for "War And Peace"...... bearpants, Pete Catan's Ghost, rebusrankin and 1 other 1 1 2
wbbfan Posted December 10, 2019 Report Posted December 10, 2019 1 hour ago, kelownabomberfan said: Defence contractors do. Lockheed martin doesnt likes this comment.
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