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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Bluebomber OC position dis...

Last post by gobombersgo - Today at 09:31:35 AM

There were 2 Greg Marshall's coaching in the CFL. One (dlineman ) is currently with the Argos, the other  (running back) is HC of the Western Mustangs.

[MLS is the best soccer league]

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: New rules / commissioner's...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 08:50:23 AM

The MLS is the best soccer league in North America. The league the Valour played in, is several levels below. It would be like comparing the league the Goldeyes play in, with the MLB.

Oh, I didn't know that.  I thought all this Canada soccer was all in the same league.  I would have never dreamed that Canada could support 1 soccer leagues, let alone 2!  I guess that explains why the Whitecaps had more sales and better pricing power.

[totally CFL thing to happen]

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Bluebomber OC position dis...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 08:46:24 AM

What a totally CFL thing to happen.

Our OC and STC both named Mike Miller?

And when '19 and '21 cups had Mike Jones covering Mike Jones?

The moral of the story: DON'T NAME YOUR KIDS MIKE!  Voila, problem solved.

[Tommy Condell is in the mix for the OC position]

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Bluebomber OC position dis...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 08:45:30 AM

Farhan reporting that Tommy Condell is in the mix for the OC position

Uh, didn't we all learn our lesson about not trusting the pundits?  Remember how they swore MOS was gonzo to TOR?

Oh ya, hard pass on Condell -- the dual GC loser of '19 and '21.  He might get you to the cup, but he'll choke in the big game.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: CFL (Non-Bombers) off-seas...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 08:36:40 AM

Keon Hatcher expects big raise, can BC afford him??

He deserves it.  If I was forced to pick right now between Kenny and Keon at the same price... I might go with Keon.  Keon is more versatile and can take more punishment.  Kenny has slightly better hands and more circus.  But as we saw, circus won't always win you games.

I don't see how BC can afford McInnis AND Keon though.  McInnis didn't earn his huge $ this season.  Trade him away and sign Keon.  Some team in ratio heck will do it.

My new philosophy for WFC is no overpriced RECs -- so I don't want him.  Spend all the $ on OL -- that's the key to winning.  BC OL almost lost the WSF because of porous OL, then they lost the WDF partially because of it.  Having 2 superstar RECs didn't help Rourke much when he didn't have time to throw.

[Pretty clear every team spent to the max]

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: CFL (Non-Bombers) off-seas...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 08:32:28 AM

Pretty clear every team spent to the max and some likely went over, no carry over so no sense hanging onto it for next year. Walters said himself

I think it's a KW bluff.  I seriously doubt we spent to the +$400k cap -- even with the extra 1GIR usage.  And if we did then it's almost criminal that we overspent on mediocre players.

My bet is KW was $200k away from original cap, then spent ~$200k on 1GIR, and thus has the whole +$400k left to dole out to pre-2026 re-signings.  Assuming he now believes that the $400k is FOR REALZ.

[Harvard Media]

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: CFL (Non-Bombers) off-seas...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 08:29:40 AM

Harvard Media expands national footprint by acquiring 3DownNation.

Wow!  Fringe outfit in some dude's basement just made bank then.  That'll keep the founders in gravy for quite a while.

Now... expect 3down to start having a huge green bias, assuming your guess about this group is correct.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Kyle Walters extension pre...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 08:25:01 AM

I think you're wrong on Willie.  He can still get to the QB.  He's tasked with NOT.  How often did we give Willie a legit, stout 4 man pass rush to work with, with no contain duty in '25?  Ya, basically never.

All of these "running QBs" compound the situation.  You can't just rush into Rourke, Alexander, VAJ -- they'll slip away.  Trevor & BLM are sitting ducks, but their teams got them the best OLs, and so you still can't get to them.

I have no doubt that if Willie was on a "traditional D" scheme team that he'd be able to get to the QB.  I would say maybe he's "wasted here", but we do gain from all of his batdowns and occasional FF.  We'll just have to wait and see if our D will alter scheme or improve the DL this season.

[Demski has steadily improved since coming over from the Riders]

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Bomber Free Agents

Last post by Tecno - Today at 08:20:23 AM

I certainly don't want to be overbearing on this topic but Demski has steadily improved since coming over from the Riders.  I honestly don't know what more people could expect from him.  The "floundering" offence is not on him.  His production has been stellar.

Ya, and Demski has really never missed wide swathes of games like most RECs go through a couple/few times in their long careers.  I can't recall Demski ever having a season-ender in the summer, for instance.  He's a bit like the Fatboi of RECs -- mostly always available.

Ya, he gets some nicks & dings, and yes he's usually playing only 60% come GC time, but at least he's there for most of it.

I think '25 is the first time he's been absent for the post-season.

#10

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 2026 CFL Schedule Planned ...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 08:14:12 AM

Please, this time gives us the 2 extra games against the weakest in the W instead of the strongest like '25!  Of course, who the heck knows who that will be ahead of time!  I thought the extra game vs '24-suckage CGY in '25 was going to be great... in reality, not so much.

The worst case is if there's no 1 or 2 teams that are "weak" in the W.