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[not sure what the penalty for blowing the front office $SMS]

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

Last post by Tecno - Today at 07:28:11 AM

not sure what the penalty for blowing the front office $SMS is, but we should do that and hire the best.  Is Lapo ready to return?

You have to give up your 2RDP in the Coaches Draft?   

[reports coming out about the Hogan/Mitchell feud are disturbing]

#22

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

Last post by Tecno - Today at 07:27:05 AM

The reports coming out about the Hogan/Mitchell feud are disturbing.

I looked and looked but couldn't find this info... do you have links?  Or the TL;DR Aards version?

#23

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

Last post by Tecno - Today at 07:25:38 AM

Bridges would be a solid pick-up.

But we don't need the fast WR type.  Pokey is that, Wheatie is that, Mitchell is that (though he's probably gone-zo), even Demski is that.  The big thing we lacked was the middle/crosser good-hands bruiser type.  Not sure who would best fit that role (and will be in FA), but that's what we need most.

[Saskatchewan's O and D line and ours is night and day. Post game Harris said he could have played this game without shoulder pads]

#24

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

Last post by Tecno - Today at 07:22:39 AM

The difference between Saskatchewan's O and D line and ours is night and day. Post game Harris said he could have played this game without shoulder pads—Zach gets **** near killed every game

It's astounding, isn't it!

Trevor got touched just once the whole game: early on when he took a little too long to get the ball out, they smacked him a little bit after the dump pass.  The rest of the night no one got to touch Trevor.  Yes they were short-mostly, but they did do 1 deep shot and 3 mid shots -- so a DL did have time to get there 4 times (but didn't).

Zach gets creamed every other play most of the season (but not the ESF to their credit) and half the time doesn't even get the magic 2.7s.  90% of snaps should give Zach 2.7s, and failing at that is why we sucked so bad.

[Eli is a C. He's been the next one for long enough]

#25

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

Last post by Tecno - Today at 07:20:01 AM

Eli is a C.  He's been the next one for long enough, its time for him to take the spot.

Never.  Eli can't even get to Ko-man levels.  He is low on the beef scale.  Eli is a great, very affordable NAT C backup though, and good at jumbo.  As such he is a keeper.

Brady almost spelled out that for him to re-sign he wants Stan/Neuf/Zach.  So the replacements will be at LG, C, RT -- if we go that route.  The "unloved" guys (that no one has said boo about) is Ko-man and Rand/Loft/whoever-is-at-RT -- those guys are on the bubble.

If we had a league top-3 C and a Yoshi level RT we may instantly be in the pound seats.

[moral of the story is--don't cheap out on an OC]

#26

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

Last post by Tecno - Today at 06:28:19 AM

If your theory is true, then the moral of the story is--don't cheap out on an OC, get a good one, as he can devise a scheme to make your schmoe recievers look like world beaters. And we all know our scheme HAS TO change.

I somewhat agree.  However, my hunch is the whole scheme was a Mace/ODay/Mueller trio-combo baby.  Why?  Mueller has been there for years and never had this much success.

I guess it could also be Mace/ODay decided to tailor the FA/DP precisely to what Mueller was already doing.  Might be impossible to ever know.  Whatever it is, it's working.

The problem with trying this with Hogan is what is Hogan trying to do?  Who knows.  We had no identity in '25.  So even if KW/MOS want to scheme around Hogan, no one knows what that scheme would be!  If no one can figure that out, then just stack the OL and let Zach figure it all out on the field!

#27

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Another Season. Another Re...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 06:19:53 AM

Ya, thanks all!  For me the absolute most helpful thing this season was the mods making the sticky Video Links thread, and everyone, but especially GoBombersgo, for posting the vids faster than Patterson can cough up a ball!

#28

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

Last post by Balticfox - Today at 06:12:07 AM

MLS does well as soccer's best north american league. Has a decent reputation generally. Ratio rules muted: for Canadian teams, three players on the entire 30 man roster must be Canadian. That's it. Valour 's league was atrocious for that and the quality of play sucked bad.

MLS? May the best play and being Canadian doesn't get you on the field.

That's one of the reasons I have zilch interest in MLS. I can't embrace any team composed of a bunch of foreign mercenaries as "my" team. There's no way I can identify with such teams. And before you ask me about the Toronto Blue Jays, no I can't identify with them either. I regard the Blue Jays with nothing but mild bemusement.

#29

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Bombers off-season news

Last post by gobombersgo - Today at 05:35:04 AM

Maybe NY Jets have a guy on the payroll just to sit in WPG and go to games / practices     

It's not just Winnipeg. Keep an eye on the CFL guys that will be getting looks during the try-out window. Most will probably play a visit to the Jets.

The Jets also like to bring CFL draft picks to their rookie mini-camps.

Very few ever get signed.

#30

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Another Season. Another Reason...

Last post by ModAdmin - Today at 04:43:17 AM

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