Most irksome moment of GC 2024- Why did they Stray from Brady?

[HardCoreBlue]

49 minutes ago, Mike said:

I remember like probably about 15 years ago (christ I am old) I was at a social at Oak Park and Mike Richards was there. He went out to the parking lot and I walked by and said “hey Flyers suck!” and he called me and a buddy over and said yeah they do suck I hate it there I wanna get traded, gave me a Pabst Blue Ribbon and we shot the **** for five minutes before we grabbed a picture and went on our way.

He got traded like a month later.

Reading this I'm like why would a former Bomber care about a reference that Flyers suck?  What am I missing? Was he a Flyers fan back in the day?

Than I'm like well that's because it's Michael Richardson. Mike Richards is a former NHL'r. Ahhhhh.

How did you even recognize the guy? Oh and btw the Flyers continue to suck to this day!

[17to85]

The other aspect is that sometimes venting and grumbling is just that... as an example I'll go ***** about my workplace but I'm still overall happy here and no real designs on leaving.

Point? None I guess, just that context is everything and we all apply our own biases to all the information we are presented with.

[Bigblue204]

1 hour ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Reading this I'm like why would a former Bomber care about a reference that Flyers suck?  What am I missing? Was he a Flyers fan back in the day?

Than I'm like well that's because it's Michael Richardson. Mike Richards is a former NHL'r. Ahhhhh.

How did you even recognize the guy? Oh and btw the Flyers continue to suck to this day!

fun fact. Michael Richardson is the CEO of United Way Winnipeg.

Edited yesterday at 08:25 PM by Bigblue204

[HardCoreBlue]

28 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

fun fact. Michael Richardson is the CEO of United Way Winnipeg.

Yea I looked him up on the worldwide web after thinking about him and there you go. Nice.

[HardCoreBlue]

1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

The other aspect is that sometimes venting and grumbling is just that... as an example I'll go ***** about my workplace but I'm still overall happy here and no real designs on leaving.

Point? None I guess, just that context is everything and we all apply our own biases to all the information we are presented with.

Except me. I'm perfect at being unbiased and me writing this in response to the bolded part above proves that. 🙂

[Booch]

4 hours ago, bearpants said:

woah, woah, woah... a little bit too much information 😅

Lol....soon as I sent that I thought...damn hahaha

7 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

Sure...but it does happen to lets say trainers or even just friends in the city...who have other clients/friends who also like the bombers and they get chatting and things are talked about. I know this from personal experience.

A Joe Q public is essentially the poster with the gripe

1 hour ago, Bigblue204 said:

fun fact. Michael Richardson is the CEO of United Way Winnipeg.

He's a solid dude

[SpeedFlex27]

8 hours ago, GCn20 said:

Baloney. It's probable that players do all of that for sure but it ain't happening in the public gym for Joe Q Public to go run his gams about it online afterwards.

Twenty five years ago I was good friends with a CFL Head Coach & he gave me the dirt on the team. Players & coahes he liked, disliked & even trades coming down the pike. He trusted me to shut up & say nothing. I knew more about the team than the media guys covering it. I never said a word to anyone when he told me something. But I would have been the exception & not the rule. Others would have started rumours so I disagree with you. Players talk. Coaches talk.

[Brandon]

The only dirt I had was from nearly 20 years ago about how disgusting a certain french olineman was (i.e.  loved to blow snot rockets inside their apartment) all while not showering for days at a time leaving the place smelling rancid.   

 

[rebusrankin]

19 minutes ago, Brandon said:

The only dirt I had was from nearly 20 years ago about how disgusting a certain french olineman was (i.e.  loved to blow snot rockets inside their apartment) all while not showering for days at a time leaving the place smelling rancid.   

 

With the initials DP?

[SpeedFlex27]

20 minutes ago, Brandon said:

The only dirt I had was from nearly 20 years ago about how disgusting a certain french olineman was (i.e.  loved to blow snot rockets inside their apartment) all while not showering for days at a time leaving the place smelling rancid.   

 

That O Lineman was destined for a lonely life...

[Brandon]

2 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

With the initials DP?

Maybe  

[Bigblue204]

16 hours ago, Booch said:

He's a solid dude

He seems to be. Maybe a bit under qualified for his current position...but you didn't hear that from me lol

[GCn20]

15 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Twenty five years ago I was good friends with a CFL Head Coach & he gave me the dirt on the team. Players & coahes he liked, disliked & even trades coming down the pike. He trusted me to shut up & say nothing. I knew more about the team than the media guys covering it. I never said a word to anyone when he told me something. But I would have been the exception & not the rule. Others would have started rumours so I disagree with you. Players talk. Coaches talk.

Twenty five years ago there wasn't social media. Teams weren't coursing guys on shutting the hell up. They are now. I used to be one of the owners of a popular Bomber player watering hole until a few years ago. Had many great conversations with many of the players, they were very guarded as to what they would share and what they wouldn't share and NO ONE talked contract in public. NO ONE. They vented, they discussed a lot of things, but anything that belonged in the dressing room stayed in the dressing room. If someone looked like he was about to spill some beans after a few beers, he quickly got pulled aside by team mates or the subject was very quickly changed by another team mate.  Sure they would make little comments about being frustrated by this or that, or how they were hoping to get a better contract next time...but that's as far as any conversation ever went. 

[Mark H.]

It gets deeper and deeper....someone here is going to hit the water table...pretty soon

[bearpants]

17 hours ago, Brandon said:

The only dirt I had was from nearly 20 years ago about how disgusting a certain french olineman was (i.e.  loved to blow snot rockets inside their apartment) all while not showering for days at a time leaving the place smelling rancid.   

 

I met Matt Sheridan through a work conference the winter after the 2007 Grey Cup... and he was more than happy to throw said "mystery lineman" under the bus when talking about the play that led to the Kevin Glenn injury... 

[Booch]

3 hours ago, GCn20 said:

Twenty five years ago there wasn't social media. Teams weren't coursing guys on shutting the hell up. They are now. I used to be one of the owners of a popular Bomber player watering hole until a few years ago. Had many great conversations with many of the players, they were very guarded as to what they would share and what they wouldn't share and NO ONE talked contract in public. NO ONE. They vented, they discussed a lot of things, but anything that belonged in the dressing room stayed in the dressing room. If someone looked like he was about to spill some beans after a few beers, he quickly got pulled aside by team mates or the subject was very quickly changed by another team mate.  Sure they would make little comments about being frustrated by this or that, or how they were hoping to get a better contract next time...but that's as far as any conversation ever went. 

and thats cause you are...as you eloquently stated "John Q Public" as were likely your patrons

Times have changed since, but guys still talk to trusted people....and if you are in the fraternity of player/former/coach/off-season trainer you get just as much...if not more info....whether you wanna believe it or not

and here's something to much on...some people fraternize with current CFL players/execs/coaches outside of public venues...where there are no ears secretly trying to listen