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

[Mark H.]

42 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

It’s interesting the poopkup is gonna be the stamps qb coach. Glad we won’t go back to him again in the future. 

It could be a sign of the times for their organization 

[Brandon]

We had a muscle rb and he ended up being cast off to Hamilton...  big muscles doesn't mean anything.  I'll take speed, flexibility, and endurance over power for that position any day.   

 

[SpeedFlex27]

7 hours ago, Mark H. said:

It could be a sign of the times for their organization 

That has to be a headscratcher of a choice to coach qbs. Nothing Prukop does as a qb has anything in common with Vernon Adams. That team is going to be a shitshow this season. 

[Booch]

12 hours ago, wbbfan said:

Great stuff thanks. 
 

225 reps is soo silly. Grant did like 12 or some thing at 180lbs. That’s impressive. Should be some thing like body weight bench press reps done in 30 seconds or some measure of time. That’d be much better to measure explosive strength. 
 Or maybe instead of body weight, average body weight at the position. 
 

Some guys are built different. Big Kev is like that. Even next to mci, who is marginally bigger, Kevens looks like he has the frame where he could’ve played any position if he had bulked at a younger age. 

It’s interesting the poopkup is gonna be the stamps qb coach. Glad we won’t go back to him again in the future. 
 Sucks that Baldwin has had to step down due to health issues. Hopefully he can get healthy and come back to the league. 

Actually I believe grant did 20...or 22....and that was at 177 pounds....He did more at Rutgers pro day than some lineman and linebackers....Gus Edwards their RB as well...Grant is crazy strong...Agudosi told me that in training he would just amaze the strength and conditining staff and players...and was so ow key about *** too

8 hours ago, Brandon said:

We had a muscle rb and he ended up being cast off to Hamilton...  big muscles doesn't mean anything.  I'll take speed, flexibility, and endurance over power for that position any day.   

 

he actually is very flexible and quick.....worked out with him a lot...he actually in season does a ton of plyometric style lifts...and static holds against resistance in a squat rack with no actual weight on the bar but maintains force against the pins...part odf reason he has never really been hurt

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, Booch said:

Actually I believe grant did 20...or 22....and that was at 177 pounds....He did more at Rutgers pro day than some lineman and linebackers....Gus Edwards their RB as well...Grant is crazy strong...Agudosi told me that in training he would just amaze the strength and conditining staff and players...and was so ow key about *** too

he actually is very flexible and quick.....worked out with him a lot...he actually in season does a ton of plyometric style lifts...and static holds against resistance in a squat rack with no actual weight on the bar but maintains force against the pins...part odf reason he has never really been hurt

You’re right I just looked it up, 22 reps at 177 lbs. such a beast. Wish we kept him. 
 
Augustine did a ton of hard work to make him self fit the pro style of rb better. Not many guys make them self quicker/faster as a pro. That guy has future coach written all over him. SnC, RBs, or out side of football. 

10 hours ago, Brandon said:

We had a muscle rb and he ended up being cast off to Hamilton...  big muscles doesn't mean anything.  I'll take speed, flexibility, and endurance over power for that position any day.   

 

we’ve had guys like blink excel and guys chiseled out of granite fail. But that’s the same at every position in every league. 
 

Leg power is key, but I think you see a lot of that projecting well from 10 yard splits and agility drills  

 For RBs it’s more about having the right mind set for the physical tools they have then refining the running style to work with both. I see soo many big backs run away from contact where as smaller backs understand how to offset impact by not letting guys square up rather than trying to avoid contact all together.

 What was once considered the balanced back, is now the go to. Not too big they struggled to get through holes or get small, big enough to bounce off blocks and push the pile.  

Quickness has always been the biggest value for a rb imo. Change of direction, explosive acceleration, pile pushing soo much comes from quickness. Flexibility, balance, and toughness are what unleash the potential of a quick player. Grant showed that in spades. As much as we saw him stiff arm guys, we saw him just keep his base under him and fight off tackles while running at cover teams. 
 

I still think he could’ve been soo much more on offense too. He’s better all around skill wise than Chad Owens was. 

[M.O.A.B.]

10 hours ago, Brandon said:

We had a muscle rb and he ended up being cast off to Hamilton...  big muscles doesn't mean anything.  I'll take speed, flexibility, and endurance over power for that position any day.   

 

That was Bloi-Dei Dorzon. He is a chef now. 

Tobias Dorzon - Wikipedia

Edited Tuesday at 04:46 PM by M.O.A.B.

[Goalie]

8 hours ago, M.O.A.B. said:

That was Bloi-Dei Dorzon. He is a chef now. 

Tobias Dorzon - Wikipedia

He’s been on the food network a few times also. First time I saw him I’m like is that the former bomber and sure enough.  
 

good guy. Fan friendly. Remember meeting him and was very friendly and then gone not long after. 

Edited Wednesday at 01:02 AM by Goalie