2024/2025 CFL (non-Bomber) Off-Season Thread

[bluto]

Just now, 17to85 said:

Can you blame them? Toronto sucks.

I can't blame anyone for trying to get paid what they believe they're worth. We had the best players and they all deserve a raise. They just can't all have it in The Big Smoke.

[Fatty Liver]

31 minutes ago, bluto said:

I can't blame anyone for trying to get paid what they believe they're worth. We had the best players and they all deserve a raise. They just can't all have it in The Big Smoke.

Can any of the Argos afford to own homes in T.O. or do they all rent apartments?

[bluto]

40 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:

Can any of the Argos afford to own homes in T.O. or do they all rent apartments?

Home ownership in this city would be a tough one for most of them.

[wbbfan]

23 minutes ago, bluto said:

Home ownership in this city would be a tough one for most of them.

Wonder how many people from the front office to roster could afford a house. 4-5? 

[Goalie]

24 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Wonder how many people from the front office to roster could afford a house. 4-5? 

Kelly could. Pinball. Dinwiddie. Prob guys like MCMANIS could. Arbuckle. They got a few. I mean I’d imagine most rent tho. 

[Noeller]

 

[Booch]

What would bode well for us...even not factoring in who may or may not sign in FA or re-up from our current FA's is that going into camp....Positions are all up for grabs, and the best players, and ones who also show nice upside on top of it, get the spots....and That goes for all positions...you have some key vets that obviously stay..WJ...Lawson...Nichols...Holm...Griffen...Bonds...Ayers...Wilson...Adams...Woods...Bryant..Neuf..Wallace...Eli..BO...Demski...Mitchel....not Myron...Castilla...ZC...Clercius...Lawler and or Schoen if signed....MCI...QB Wilson...after that....take the cream of the crop....best of the best....sort out who and where you designate Nats and Imps when you have your 46 main guys....

When is last time we have done that?....not in this run we havnt...and we now on the backside of the success...and teetering

[Stickem]

11 minutes ago, Booch said:

 

When is last time we have done that?....not in this run we havnt...and we now on the backside of the success...and teetering

AND we can't afford to be pushed or over we go.....Can't lose any key guys in fa...We could sraighten out one position and that would be to bring back Janarion....Have to pay him ...Walters can see what the results were in our return game last year when we didn't....Wasn't pretty

[Noeller]

 

 

[Booch]

2 minutes ago, Stickem said:

AND we can't afford to be pushed or over we go.....Can't lose any key guys in fa...We could sraighten out one position and that would be to bring back Janarion....Have to pay him ...Walters can see what the results were in our return game last year when we didn't....Wasn't pretty

and really...what he make last yr?....friggin peanuts too....total head scratcher what we were doing there...hardly a spot that ate up big bucks and we needed to cut cost...There were multiple other spots making a lot more...and giving us cacka for it

[rebusrankin]

Hollins dropped off last year. Great first 5 games or so and then pretty meh production. Guessing they need the $ to try to keep McInnis.

[JuranBoldenRules]

17 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Hollins dropped off last year. Great first 5 games or so and then pretty meh production. Guessing they need the $ to try to keep McInnis.

I could see him here.  They seem to be collecting that type of receiver.  Hollins is a real technician but he's small and not the kind of guy to get too dirty.  They brought in about 20 guys they hoped would be a Hollins here last year.  Wilson was good and the rest looked surprised somebody would think about paying them to play football.

[Booch]

I dont want Hollins..we can do better

Walters should just buck up and go all in.....Sign Lawler and Lewis for 225..245k....give em incentive to grab some hellacious bonus cash for leading league in receiving, and TD's.....sort it out later...even tho he says he doesnt like to do that or whatever yip yapin he did....only 1 will obtain it anyway...so have at er

Lewis..Mitchell..Lawler...Demksi and Clercius and some unknown yet rookie backing up....out in front of B.O...hell yes and if ZC cant produce with that he's toast

Let slugs like JT and Kolo come to camp...as fodder and purge them for youth and upside...frees up about 300k for elsewhere....shave 140k off to fill their spots with entry level guys and you still have a nice 140...150k to use

We had B.O...Lawler and Schoen all last yr...no reason why we cant swap Lewis for Schoen to make it work....If you aint cheating you aint trying.....there's ways to circumvent the cap....abuse the bejesus outta that marketing money before the league eliminates or caps that.

Too much belief is allocatted that you need all these vets to be sucessful...no...you need ballers...surround them with a solid 10 or so 4-5yr+ guys and a smattering of 2nd and 3rd yr guys and you will be just fine if you play your best talent...and actually coach them and not go thru the country club atmosphere admiring how you did it 5 yrs agao

 

Edited Thursday at 11:44 PM by Booch

[Tracker]

FROM FACEBOOK:

Some pretty decent O Line available thru free agency. Michael Couture (B.C.) is a free agent as well as The Edmonton Elks have released Canadian offensive lineman Brett Boyko who was due a bonus. We need one or both of them. BC Also released Hollins too today. Hope the Bombers consider one of them or all three of them.

[wbbfan]

https://3downnation.com/2025/01/30/hamilton-tiger-cats-release-dl-dewayne-hendrix-ahead-of-offseason-bonus/
 

Hendrix or ceresna would be fantastic. 

[Fatty Liver]

3 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

I could see him here.  They seem to be collecting that type of receiver.  Hollins is a real technician but he's small and not the kind of guy to get too dirty.  They brought in about 20 guys they hoped would be a Hollins here last year.  Wilson was good and the rest looked surprised somebody would think about paying them to play football.

Sure pick up Hollins if you want to bring dissension into the locker room, he's one of the guys that voted for Adams over Rourke and lost, not smart enough to keep his big mouth shut.

[Saudade]

17 hours ago, Fatty Liver said:

Can any of the Argos afford to own homes in T.O. or do they all rent apartments?

Very few players on any CFL team buy homes in the city where they play. Why would they? Most contracts are only 1 or 2 years in length. This has nothing to do with affordability. The only exceptions might be the local guys, like Picton in Regina or Oliviera in Winnipeg. Heck, even Collaros is not a home owner in Winnipeg, he owns a home near Barrie, Ontario.

10 hours ago, Fatty Liver said:

Sure pick up Hollins if you want to bring dissension into the locker room, he's one of the guys that voted for Adams over Rourke and lost, not smart enough to keep his big mouth shut.

I agree with this, the guy is a hothead and likes to yap about everything. I would take McInnis over Hollins in a heartbeat ....

Edited Friday at 01:46 PM by Saudade

[SpeedFlex27]

16 hours ago, Stickem said:

AND we can't afford to be pushed or over we go.....Can't lose any key guys in fa...We could sraighten out one position and that would be to bring back Janarion....Have to pay him ...Walters can see what the results were in our return game last year when we didn't....Wasn't pretty

That's on the scouting dept for not finding anyone. Other teams can yet we struggle for a legit returner. So bad was it last year we used a backup rookie running back who dressed for 3 or 4 games as a returner.

[Goalie]

13 hours ago, Tracker said:

FROM FACEBOOK:

Some pretty decent O Line available thru free agency. Michael Couture (B.C.) is a free agent as well as The Edmonton Elks have released Canadian offensive lineman Brett Boyko who was due a bonus. We need one or both of them. BC Also released Hollins too today. Hope the Bombers consider one of them or all three of them.

Fakebook. Dude. Stop using Facebook as a source. It’s literally 13 year olds in moms basement 

[Noeller]

1 minute ago, Goalie said:

Fakebook. Dude. Stop using Facebook as a source. It’s literally 13 year olds in moms basement 

And angry old men yelling into the void...trading conspiracy theories...

Edited Friday at 04:08 PM by Noeller

[Goalie]

26 minutes ago, Noeller said:

And angry old men yelling into the void...trading conspiracy theories...

It’s so bad now without the fact checking. 

[bearpants]

42 minutes ago, Noeller said:

And angry old men yelling into the void...trading conspiracy theories...

Funny story... I was in a waiting room a few weeks ago and these two older fellows (in their 60s probably) were talking about the Bombers... one was asking if they should try to get Vernon Adams (this was already AFTER he was traded to and sign an extension with Cgy) and the other guy was explaining that they need to make sure they have cap room first, which they won't know until FA opens... then he started talking about contracts with option windows... I kinda just chuckled to myself... I don't think he got one thing right in the entire 5-10 min convo those two dudes had... I would've been there for a long time if I wanted to correct them... anyways, that the kind of info you'll find on Facebook chats

[wbbfan]

20 minutes ago, Goalie said:

It’s so bad now without the fact checking. 

It was bad before as some political groups basically bought in to being fact checkers. Fb has been trash for a long while. 
 

49 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Fakebook. Dude. Stop using Facebook as a source. It’s literally 13 year olds in moms basement 

Tbh the average sports fan in the primary target demographic knows next to nothing out side of their roster and what the color/Pbp guys say. 

[blue85gold]

51 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Fakebook. Dude. Stop using Facebook as a source. It’s literally 13 year olds in moms basement 

Haha Facebook is for the olds now. I don't think the kids are even on there anymore. 

Definitely agree don't use it as a source though. 

[17to85]

5 minutes ago, bearpants said:

Funny story... I was in a waiting room a few weeks ago and these two older fellows (in their 60s probably) were talking about the Bombers... one was asking if they should try to get Vernon Adams (this was already AFTER he was traded to and sign an extension with Cgy) and the other guy was explaining that they need to make sure they have cap room first, which they won't know until FA opens... then he started talking about contracts with option windows... I kinda just chuckled to myself... I don't think he got one thing right in the entire 5-10 min convo those two dudes had... I would've been there for a long time if I wanted to correct them... anyways, that the kind of info you'll find on Facebook chats

This is why I have a hard time discussing sports with normies in real life... we got the die hards here who hang on every piece of news so trying to talk to people who get their info from tsn during games only.... aye yi yi....

1 minute ago, blue85gold said:

Haha Facebook is for the olds now. I don't think the kids are even on there anymore. 

Definitely agree don't use it as a source though. 

Yeah Facebook exists to have a group chat with people where we can dump whatever random thoughts we have out there and share pictures of kids so grandparents can pretend to be involved in their activities.