2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread

[Bigblue204]

Maybe it's a 1 day so he can retire....

[bigg jay]

12 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Ya... Listen... I defend our management to the death.... But I can't defend this. It's inexcusable. Even if you say that Lawson is going to take the bulk of the reps or whatever....what's the point of even bringing him to camp at this point? It's a waste of roster spot and if there was even a penny of guaranteed money, then it's a waste. 

 

Unless it's Jake paying them to keep him around... 

[Goalie]

Just now, Bigblue204 said:

Maybe it's a 1 day so he can retire....

Maybe he sees all the comments and decides to retire. Ppl need to flood the post they posted with comments. 

[Arnold_Palmer]

10 minutes ago, Mike said:

Honestly, you can really sell me on the move IF a few things change. The problem is, I don’t believe even a single one of these would ever be true, nevermind all of them.

IF he’s a gameday backup to Lawson only, IF he takes maybe 20% of the reps he did last year, IF we adjust our ratio for a fresh week in case of a Lawson injury and IF this comes at the cost of reps for Schmekel, then I’m fine with this move.

Problem is, none of that will be the case.

100 percent agreed. IF they used him like they did in 2019 I would have less problems with this. I guess the silver lining is hopefully Lawson is back and healthy and Thomas is regulated to a rotational role but even when it’s all said and done If the Bombers we’re serious about change guys like Thomas and Gauthier would be long gone. 

[bigg jay]

6 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Sorry that I pissed on everyone's Corn Flakes this morning

I was having a pretty good morning...

[Bigblue204]

4 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

100 percent agreed. IF they used him like they did in 2019 I would have less problems with this. I guess the silver lining is hopefully Lawson is back and healthy and Thomas is regulated to a rotational role but even when it’s all said and done If the Bombers we’re serious about change guys like Thomas and Gauthier would be long gone. 

Gauthier is still a solid Special teamer though. He does bring value and can fill in at LB in emergency in game situations. 

[Pete]

Thomas may not be an everyday. Dlineman but he certainly can get the job done as a backup. At least until we find someone better  ) 

Besides if we really thought OShea wasn't going to not reup him in a home grey cup year we were dreaming

 If we draft a better dt then perhaps we relook at it

[Super Duper Negatron]

52 minutes ago, bustamente said:

 

JFC. They have learned nothing.

[HardCoreBlue]

25 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

Maybe it's a 1 day so he can retire....

We're literally at the point where he's taking a job away from a more suited candidate.

Sends mixed messages in the locker room. 

Edited Thursday at 03:34 PM by HardCoreBlue

[bigg jay]

15 minutes ago, Pete said:

Thomas may not be an everyday. Dlineman but he certainly can get the job done as a backup. At least until we find someone better  ) 

Besides if we really thought OShea wasn't going to not reup him in a home grey cup year we were dreaming

 If we draft a better dt then perhaps we relook at it

The CFL's draft rankings (for whatever they are worth) do show more DL than usual this year.  Maybe it's a possibility we can find some one who can take that spot in their 1st year.

The fall rankings had 8 of the top 20 being DL (only 2 OL this year and one of them has retired). 

https://www.cfl.ca/2024/08/22/kurtis-rourke-leads-the-way-in-cfl-scouting-bureau-fall-rankings/

[Goalie]

27 minutes ago, Pete said:

Thomas may not be an everyday. Dlineman but he certainly can get the job done as a backup. At least until we find someone better  ) 

Besides if we really thought OShea wasn't going to not reup him in a home grey cup year we were dreaming

 If we draft a better dt then perhaps we relook at it

Walters is GM. He’s the guy signing guys. If he didn’t want him back he wouldn’t be. 

Edited Thursday at 03:44 PM by Goalie

[M.Silverback]

It's baffling to me not just because it reeks of being a "one of Osh's guys" type of signing. It also says that Walters and Osh evaluated the talent they currently have, what's out there as FA's, draft, and think Jake is a better option, starter or rotational. Based on talent he was barely a rotational option compared to who we had on the roster last year. This is really disappointing. 

[Brandon]

Watch him win the job out of camp 😫

[BomberBall.]

3 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Watch him win the job out of camp 😫

‘Win’?  There’s no way he could win anything.  ‘Handed’ is a strong possibility.

This signing is a real kick in the nuts.

[Goalie]

Jake isn’t one of O’Shea guys tho. Jake has been here longer. He’s 5th all time on the games played as a bomber list and if healthy will end the year 4th behind Cameron westwood and Walby. Let that sink in. 
 

I would love to know the why here tho. Truly. We signed Jake because…..  

dude hasn’t been hurt in 7 seasons either and last year was a career year with 24 tackles and 2 sacks. Do they think there’s upside still. ? Out their damn minds. How much $$$ did Thomas get? That’s an important factor here. 

Edited Thursday at 04:03 PM by Goalie

[Atomic]

I'd say we're trying to "Run it Back" but I'm not sure these old boys have the stamina. "Walk it Back"?

[TBURGESS]

Jake? Yuk!

[bigg jay]

Season schedule has been released.

[HardCoreBlue]

17 minutes ago, BomberBall. said:

‘Win’?  There’s no way he could win anything.  ‘Handed’ is a strong possibility.

This signing is a real kick in the nuts.

We've seen in BB land that training camp has different meanings depending on the player who you are talking about.

In JT's case, training camp is more 'try out my new comedy material' while some players work their ass showing they're ready for prime time but with no chance of winning that starting/rotational position cuz that funny guy over there has earned whatever he wants to do regardless of anything else..

Edited Thursday at 04:15 PM by HardCoreBlue

[Arnold_Palmer]

2 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

Season schedule has been released.

I absolutely hate having a week one bye!!

[Dr Zaius]

This organization doesn't learn.

Brutal.

[wbbfan]

29 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Watch him win the job out of camp 😫

He just won the starting job. 

[Bigblue204]

2 bye weeks in the first 6 weeks....that's brutal

[Super Duper Negatron]

For everyone saying its fine if he is a backup. No! We can do better for a backup. If we can't, what are we even doing?

[wbbfan]

17 minutes ago, Atomic said:

I'd say we're trying to "Run it Back" but I'm not sure these old boys have the stamina. "Walk it Back"?

Waddle back 

Just now, Bigblue204 said:

2 bye weeks in the first 6 weeks....that's brutal

Boy if we soft foot the starters through camp that first 1/3rd is gonna be worse than last year.