2024 Blue Bomber Training Camp

[Mike]

The lack of coverage in training camp is truly so frustrating. The human interest stories are great fluff and I can’t blame Ed Tait because that’s what the club wants but come on …

Bighill out to start the year and not a peep about any of the new linebackers.

Two offensive line spots open and no clue who is out in front of the competiton.

A full draft class and no idea how they’re slotting in yet.

Is Haba/Fox starting just a closed case already? Does anyone want to talk about it?

KJ Hill cut and as per the reporters, he was “a hyped rookie” but absolutely no mention of who may lock that spot down now.

 

It gets worse every year. @DTonOB explain yourself 

[Mark H.]

Years ago in the freep, Ed Tait used to analyze a different position every day.  

[SpeedFlex27]

On 2024-05-16 at 7:25 AM, JohnnyAbonny said:

Like @Mike said. If a 32 year old career STer becomes the starting middle linebacker for 6 weeks or more, somebody ****** up really bad. 

Where's Sam Hurl when you need him?

3 hours ago, Mike said:

The lack of coverage in training camp is truly so frustrating. The human interest stories are great fluff and I can’t blame Ed Tait because that’s what the club wants but come on …

Bighill out to start the year and not a peep about any of the new linebackers.

Two offensive line spots open and no clue who is out in front of the competiton.

A full draft class and no idea how they’re slotting in yet.

Is Haba/Fox starting just a closed case already? Does anyone want to talk about it?

KJ Hill cut and as per the reporters, he was “a hyped rookie” but absolutely no mention of who may lock that spot down now.

 

It gets worse every year. @DTonOB explain yourself 

The local press used to cover the Bombers like a blanket. We had award winning writers covering the team everyday at practice on the road & at home. Budget cuts, Postmedia layoffs over the last two decades has left us with just a couple of reporters covering the team gives us what we have now. The one league that relies on media coverage was the CFL. Now, it's virtually gone & this is what we get. 

Edited May 19 by SpeedFlex27

[Booch]

yeah nothing of substance at all...or any actual insight/thought....just regurgetation of echoing some of what the coaches say in any media scrum...and even at that at times some of what they say is not realy a good indiation of anything, andd they will pump tires of whatever player they are asked about....so you don't get a true sense of anything.....Not like you are going to get a "we don't think he has the stength to play pro"....we like player X's hands way better"....."Too slow at this level"...."Player Y is a much better option"....sometimes you need the coach to say things to light a fire under a guy, or give a returning player who may too comfy in the thought he is good.....to really get best out of the best.....

Even some of the pre-season "camp battles" basically focused on returning guys, as guys with the inside track for a spot....which is garbage and sad if the case.....I also still don't 100 percent trust in our HC going with the actually best player abvailable, or one with the best ceiling, but still some of this loyalty/favorites thing going down...Hope I am wrong.,but we will soon see.

 

Edited May 19 by Booch

[Jesse]

8 hours ago, Mike said:

The lack of coverage in training camp is truly so frustrating. The human interest stories are great fluff and I can’t blame Ed Tait because that’s what the club wants but come on …

Bighill out to start the year and not a peep about any of the new linebackers.

Two offensive line spots open and no clue who is out in front of the competiton.

A full draft class and no idea how they’re slotting in yet.

Is Haba/Fox starting just a closed case already? Does anyone want to talk about it?

KJ Hill cut and as per the reporters, he was “a hyped rookie” but absolutely no mention of who may lock that spot down now.

 

It gets worse every year. @DTonOB explain yourself 

Paywall, but Ken Weibe has been putting out some good stuff in the freep.

But I certainly miss when The Athletic briefly covered the CFL.

[JohnnyAbonny]

6 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Where's Sam Hurl when you need him?

The local press used to cover the Bombers like a blanket. We had award winning writers covering the team everyday at practice on the road & at home. Budget cuts, Postmedia layoffs over the last two decades has left us with just a couple of reporters covering the team gives us what we have now. The one league that relies on media coverage was the CFL. Now, it's virtually gone & this is what we get. 

Exactly.
My Dad used write for the old Winnipeg Tribune. I grew up hearing about Jack Mathison, Vince Leah and Jim Coleman. My time had hacks like Friesen, Paul Wiececk, Randy Turner. 

We’ve had great Bomber reporters in my lifetime, but they’ve  worked directly for the club (Irving, Tait)

I could go off about Postmedia but I’ll keep it relatively on topic. 

If it were a full-time job,  I think Doug Brown could be the investigative/thorough type of reporter we all want. 

Edited May 19 by JohnnyAbonny

[Booch]

20 minutes ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

Exactly.
My Dad used write for the old Winnipeg Tribune. I grew up hearing about Jack Mathison, Vince Leah and Jim Coleman. My time had hacks like Friesen, Paul Wiececk, Randy Turner. 

We’ve had great Bomber reporters in my lifetime, but they’ve  worked directly for the club (Irving, Tait)

I could go off about Postmedia but I’ll keep it relatively on topic. 

If it was a full-time job,  I think Doug Brown could be the investigative/thorough type of reporter we all want. 

Awesome....and I hear ya...sadly those days are in the rearview

[Fatty Liver]

11 hours ago, Mike said:

The lack of coverage in training camp is truly so frustrating. The human interest stories are great fluff and I can’t blame Ed Tait because that’s what the club wants but come on …

Bighill out to start the year and not a peep about any of the new linebackers.

Two offensive line spots open and no clue who is out in front of the competiton.

A full draft class and no idea how they’re slotting in yet.

Is Haba/Fox starting just a closed case already? Does anyone want to talk about it?

KJ Hill cut and as per the reporters, he was “a hyped rookie” but absolutely no mention of who may lock that spot down now.

 

It gets worse every year. @DTonOB explain yourself 

This is why pre-season games still hold interest, it remains the only occasion to see many of these players compete, once cut they're gone for good.

[Stickem]

Gets worse every year for sure.....Grant has departed and not a word on how his replacement is coming along.....AND oh yeah, do we even have a replacement...The CFL sure knows how to shoot itself in the foot...Maybe we'll get a glimpse of a returner in the pre-seasoner tomorrow...A lot of positions need critiquing as well and it sure is sloooow in coming

[Mike]

11 minutes ago, Stickem said:

Gets worse every year for sure.....Grant has departed and not a word on how his replacement is coming along.....AND oh yeah, do we even have a replacement...The CFL sure knows how to shoot itself in the foot...Maybe we'll get a glimpse of a returner in the pre-seasoner tomorrow...A lot of positions need critiquing as well and it sure is sloooow in coming

Forgot about the KR spot, but yeah … I don’t even know who’s been fielding kicks in camp so far 

[wbbfan]

At this point we have week 1 question marks for starting roster jobs at dt, de, lber, 2-3dbs, 1-2ol, kr, wr and possibly db. 

With ba, biggie, neuf, and Brady all banged up. Even Demski too. 
 

Despite all that we get 1 written article, and 2 videos that are all player interview fluff pieces.  I’m just waiting to find out some one important isn’t even at camp again. 

[Arnold_Palmer]

I know it’s frustrating but to those who are complaining, no one is stoping you from going down to training camp yourself, especially if it’s on a Saturday or Sunday, you can see all the position battles you want, and god forbid even bring that info back to MBB. I get it we live in a era where we want our information spoon fed to us and I get frustrated with the fact that it’s hard to get info but then I remember if I wanted to know bad enough I’d be there myself..

[wbbfan]

22 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

I know it’s frustrating but to those who are complaining, no one is stoping you from going down to training camp yourself, especially if it’s on a Saturday or Sunday, you can see all the position battles you want, and god forbid even bring that info back to MBB. I get it we live in a era where we want our information spoon fed to us and I get frustrated with the fact that it’s hard to get info but then I remember if I wanted to know bad enough I’d be there myself..

If only some sort of media existed to report on such events, that could really be a key part of sports. 

[Mike]

35 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

I know it’s frustrating but to those who are complaining, no one is stoping you from going down to training camp yourself, especially if it’s on a Saturday or Sunday, you can see all the position battles you want, and god forbid even bring that info back to MBB. I get it we live in a era where we want our information spoon fed to us and I get frustrated with the fact that it’s hard to get info but then I remember if I wanted to know bad enough I’d be there myself..

Ok cool can you pay me my lost wages for the day so I can go do the media’s job for them?

[Fatty Liver]

10 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

If only some sort of media existed to report on such events, that could really be a key part of sports. 

I'd settle for a few unmonitored streaming cameras fixed on location like they have in the streets.  The Bombers and the CFL in general has to change their attitude about limiting access and encourage open coverage, it's not like they're protecting vital state secrets from CFL spies. 

[kelownabomberfan]

1 hour ago, wbbfan said:

At this point we have week 1 question marks for starting roster jobs at dt, de, lber, 2-3dbs, 1-2ol, kr, wr and possibly db. 

With ba, biggie, neuf, and Brady all banged up. Even Demski too. 
 

Despite all that we get 1 written article, and 2 videos that are all player interview fluff pieces.  I’m just waiting to find out some one important isn’t even at camp again. 

waiting to hear from Paul Friesen that Manase Foketi is having a fantastic camp...lol...ok I do that joke every year but man...frustrating...

[Arnold_Palmer]

20 minutes ago, Mike said:

Ok cool can you pay me my lost wages for the day so I can go do the media’s job for them?

The media coverage is pathetic I didn’t deny that but you said you were curious about training camp battles? Get your butt out there on a day when you’re not working and see for yourself. It’s not a difficult concept, you’re a fan, you don’t work seven days a week, go see for yourself. 

Edited May 19 by Arnold_Palmer

[rebusrankin]

6 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

waiting to hear from Paul Friesen that Manase Foketi is having a fantastic camp...lol...ok I do that joke every year but man...frustrating...

How is Tony Ortiz doing?

[kelownabomberfan]

2 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

The media coverage is pathetic I didn’t deny that but you said you were curious about training camp battles? Get your butt out there on a day when you’re not working and see for yourself. It’s not a difficult concept, you’re a fan, you don’t work seven days a week, go see for yourself. 

a little harder for us guys out here in the hinterlands tho...

[Bigblue204]

59 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

I know it’s frustrating but to those who are complaining, no one is stoping you from going down to training camp yourself, especially if it’s on a Saturday or Sunday, you can see all the position battles you want, and god forbid even bring that info back to MBB. I get it we live in a era where we want our information spoon fed to us and I get frustrated with the fact that it’s hard to get info but then I remember if I wanted to know bad enough I’d be there myself..

I'd like to introduce you to my wife and after that, my boss. Who you may think are one and the same. But I assure they are not.

[Noeller]

 

 

[rebusrankin]

Curious that Eli is not on the roster.

Curious that Vanterpool is at guard not Tackle.

Wish I knew more about Hackett and Witherstone who are starting at HB tomorrow.

I hope Gemmel or Moses takes the reigns at MLB.

 

[Mike]

46 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

The media coverage is pathetic I didn’t deny that but you said you were curious about training camp battles? Get your butt out there on a day when you’re not working and see for yourself. It’s not a difficult concept, you’re a fan, you don’t work seven days a week, go see for yourself. 

I actually do work seven days a week but thank you

[Arnold_Palmer]

14 minutes ago, Mike said:

I actually do work seven days a week but thank you

You get Holliday time? You get time off? No one to blame but yourself. If you wanted to do it bad enough you would. But you spend your time complaining about it on here instead. 

[wbbfan]

5 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

You get Holliday time? You get time off? No one to blame but yourself. If you wanted to do it bad enough you would. But you spend your time complaining about it on here instead. 

Yeah damn it Mike, it’s your fault entirely that the local reporting industry is failing to do its job! As soon as you’re done taking your vacation time to leave work, (dont bother with the family you would normally commit that to they aren’t important) go and scout camp then fill in for the failed reporters, report to each emergency room and start working on knocking down that lead time. Then any other system that has failed you and led to complaints will need to be fixed. Too much to expect accountability and professionalism with in the respective industries the onus is on the people let down to fix every thing!