2023/2024 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread (BRADY’S BACK! DALTON’S BACK!)

[JuranBoldenRules]

  On 2024-04-11 at 9:58 PM, Pete said:

In reading up about combines, the thing is combine results  do appear to have a correlation to how players get drafted, but are very limited in usefulness in regards to actual on field success.

the forty yard dash is mostly relevant to running backs, and actually the first 10 yards of the forty are the most relevant. (which makes sense when you think of dline linebackers etc). The vertical jump is more relevant but even so isn't a good indicator of success.

Teams really should rely on their scouting of games, and game film versus being overly swayed by the combine.

 

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All the combine testing does is show who is serious about moving to the next level.

If you're an OL walking into a combine where you can't do 20 reps of 225....you're showing that you're not willing (or able) to do the work to be a pro.  Now if you have tremendous film you'll probably get a chance to prove that wrong.  If the film is meh, the testing is meh, the on field stuff is meh, you're done.

[Noeller]

record for a CFL club (likely) according to Naylor..... hey Gappers: Eat ****. 

 

[Tracker]

  On 2024-04-11 at 6:30 PM, Super Duper Negatron said:

Free Valour tickets for every purchase of a Bomber ticket. Get people to show up, buy some food, and hopefully fall in love with soccer?

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Nothing better than a nil-nil ending with players writhing on the ground all over the field in response to a gust of wind.

Edited April 11, 2024 by Tracker

[Booch]

  On 2024-04-11 at 11:35 PM, Tracker said:

Nothing better than a nil-nil ending with players writhing on the ground all over the field in response to a gust of wind.

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Don't get the soccer love either....boring as all heck...like living in Sask...and the images of guys flopping to the ground like a sniper drilled them from the nose bleeds is more than I can stomach...only reason it's considered most pop sport in world is because it's the cheapest to play and costs are minimal...hard pass for me

[Tracker]

  On 2024-04-11 at 11:58 PM, Booch said:

Don't get the soccer love either....boring as all heck...like living in Sask...and the images of guys flopping to the ground like a sniper drilled them from the nose bleeds is more than I can stomach...only reason it's considered most pop sport in world is because it's the cheapest to play and costs are minimal...hard pass for me

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McDonalds is the biggest restaurant chain in the world but not haute cuisine.

[TrueBlue4ever]

  On 2024-04-11 at 11:19 PM, Noeller said:

record for a CFL club (likely) according to Naylor..... hey Gappers: Eat ****. 

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FYI the Riders posted at $10.1 million profit in 2013. 

[JCon]

  On 2024-04-12 at 12:18 AM, Tracker said:

McDonalds is the biggest restaurant chain in the world but not haute cuisine.

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And opinions are like a-holes...

[Geebrr]

  On 2024-04-12 at 8:16 AM, TrueBlue4ever said:

 

FYI the Riders posted at $10.1 million profit in 2013. 

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Naylor didn’t specify  but maybe he meant for a non Cup hosting year. 

[bigg jay]

  On 2024-04-12 at 2:10 PM, Geebrr said:

Naylor didn’t specify  but maybe he meant for a non Cup hosting year. 

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Must be because that profit for the Riders was very much inflated by the Grey Cup.

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"Craig Reynolds, the Roughriders’ Chief Financial Officer, noted the figure includes "a net profit of $9.3 million from hosting the 2013 Grey Cup."

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/roughriders-profit-reaches-all-time-high-of-10-4m-agm-hears-1.2671668

[Geebrr]

  On 2024-04-12 at 2:18 PM, bigg jay said:

Must be because that profit for the Riders was very much inflated by the Grey Cup.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/roughriders-profit-reaches-all-time-high-of-10-4m-agm-hears-1.2671668

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Yeah, so seems likely then. 

[Stickem]

  On 2024-04-12 at 8:16 AM, TrueBlue4ever said:

 

FYI the Riders posted at $10.1 million profit in 2013. 

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Are you sure the math was correct......................that no 13 in the year might be a dead give away

[wbbfan]

  On 2024-04-11 at 11:58 PM, Booch said:

Don't get the soccer love either....boring as all heck...like living in Sask...and the images of guys flopping to the ground like a sniper drilled them from the nose bleeds is more than I can stomach...only reason it's considered most pop sport in world is because it's the cheapest to play and costs are minimal...hard pass for me

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It’s like the worst parts of basketball and track combined with all the fun of watching paint dry, with the worst time keeping in history. 
 If kids are playing it that’s great, sports give a lot to those who play it. It’s a decent sport for cross training. But I can’t understand people who enjoy it. 
 

Good for the gappers making a nice profit. They’re gonna need that money if they aren’t a play off team (and I don’t think they will be). The worm has turned in Regina and people will be as happy to see oday fired as they would be to win a bjb. More and more the sea of green is turning into browns fans with paper bags. Apathy is the most dangerous thing for a sports team. This generation has seen the riders win and it has no novelty any more. They aren’t gonna keep coming out to watch a crap team. 
 

 

  On 2024-04-11 at 10:27 PM, JuranBoldenRules said:

All the combine testing does is show who is serious about moving to the next level.

If you're an OL walking into a combine where you can't do 20 reps of 225....you're showing that you're not willing (or able) to do the work to be a pro.  Now if you have tremendous film you'll probably get a chance to prove that wrong.  If the film is meh, the testing is meh, the on field stuff is meh, you're done.

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True. Especially since guys have started training to excel in just the tests. 

[Tracker]

  On 2024-04-12 at 2:04 PM, JCon said:

And opinions are like a-holes...

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Which may be the secret ingredient in McRibs.

[kelownabomberfan]

  On 2024-04-12 at 8:58 PM, Tracker said:

Which may be the secret ingredient in McRibs.

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Secret?

[Tracker]

  On 2024-04-12 at 11:43 PM, kelownabomberfan said:

Secret?

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You don't hear anyone talking about it, do you?

[kelownabomberfan]

  On 2024-04-13 at 1:12 AM, Tracker said:

You don't hear anyone talking about it, do you?

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oh I thought it was just something that was well known lol...my bad...

[Mark H.]

  On 2024-04-12 at 11:43 PM, kelownabomberfan said:

Secret?

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Pork butt is a high end cut.

[CodyT]

Will be very interesting to see the Bombers profit for next year if the team continues to be successful on the field 

[kelownabomberfan]

  On 2024-04-14 at 3:04 PM, Mark H. said:

Pork butt is a high end cut.

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I lived on pork butt steak for a year after I graduated university...it was the cheapest meat I could find.

[Mark H.]

  On 2024-04-14 at 5:10 PM, kelownabomberfan said:

I lived on pork butt steak for a year after I graduated university...it was the cheapest meat I could find.

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Not to derail the thread - but I suspect we're talking about two different things. 

[kelownabomberfan]

  On 2024-04-14 at 6:59 PM, Mark H. said:

Not to derail the thread - but I suspect we're talking about two different things. 

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[rebusrankin]

  On 2024-04-14 at 5:10 PM, kelownabomberfan said:

I lived on pork butt steak for a year after I graduated university...it was the cheapest meat I could find.

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You eat McRibs all the time for a year? You're still alive after that?

[kelownabomberfan]

  On 2024-04-14 at 9:47 PM, rebusrankin said:

You eat McRibs all the time for a year? You're still alive after that?

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I would have had they been available!  I just remember going to Safeway and buying pork butt steak at around $3.50 for like two or three meals, grilled up.

[Tracker]

  On 2024-04-14 at 5:10 PM, kelownabomberfan said:

I lived on pork butt steak for a year after I graduated university...it was the cheapest meat I could find.

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I wouldn't admit that even if waterboarded. 

[JCon]

  On 2024-04-14 at 10:50 PM, Tracker said:

I wouldn't admit that even if waterboarded. 

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Humble brag, no doubt.