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[Sir Blue and Gold]

Zero, but I would take Sankey over Biggie in a heartbeat.

Who wouldn't? I feel bad saying that, by the way. But holding on too long is in part why we're 2-5.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Nice hair....couldnt make a woeful elks roster. Bombers are in trouble.

He didn't make the Elks roster in 2022 because he couldn't play on one leg.

[blue_gold_84]

Nice hair....couldnt make a woeful elks roster. Bombers are in trouble.

Liquid lunch is always a fun idea on a Friday.

[dd]

Zero, but I would take Sankey over Biggie in a heartbeat.

I still say that was a huge mistake.

[TBURGESS]

I still say that was a huge mistake.

You're allowed to have that opinion, wrong as it is.

[theaardvark]

I still say that was a huge mistake.

Not signing Sankey and sticking with Bighill was a gut call, and I get it, Biggie brings a lot more to the team than stats.  Keeping Collaros over Brown, same deal. The deciding factor in both was what has also built our dynamic team culture.

Many will say that there should be no loyalty in pro sports.  As long as you produce, you earn "loyalty".  In both those cases, the player was producing at the time of decision.  Monday Morning QB hindsight is an easy game.

[dd]

Not signing Sankey and sticking with Bighill was a gut call, and I get it, Biggie brings a lot more to the team than stats.  Keeping Collaros over Brown, same deal. The deciding factor in both was what has also built our dynamic team culture.

Many will say that there should be no loyalty in pro sports.  As long as you produce, you earn "loyalty".  In both those cases, the player was producing at the time of decision.  Monday Morning QB hindsight is an easy game.

We could have moved biggie to will to prolong his career and had a phenomenal LB corps plus transitioned biggie to retirement and had a plan moving forward. Right now, we have an old horse and no succession plan. Great call! For Collaros and brown, I would have traded Collaros and stuck with brown. You could see from last year's elk game who was the better Qb. Collaros would have had some trade value then, not so much now.

[BBRT]

We could have moved biggie to will to prolong his career and had a phenomenal LB corps plus transitioned biggie to retirement and had a plan moving forward. Right now, we have an old horse and no succession plan. Great call! For Collaros and brown, I would have traded Collaros and stuck with brown. You could see from last year's elk game who was the better Qb. Collaros would have had some trade value then, not so much now.

I have to reluctantly agree with your statement. However the past is the past and there is not much we can do about it today. However it is not too late to see what we can do to recover part of the season and also to plan for 2025. I am sure there are a number of discussions going on behind closed doors regarding what worked and did not work in 2024 and plans for how to reload for the 2025 season are probably well under way. Just who stays and who goes will probably not be known until post 2024 season end.

[theaardvark]

Moving Biggie to WIL means calling on him to drop into pass coverage more, which would be much harder for him.

Moving Biggie to WIL means taking Wilson off the starting DC.

Now, if you wanted to bring in Sankey, you could move to a 3-4 D front with Biggie and Sankey as MLB.

But still, it was unfortunate timing when Sankey came available.  But 7 other teams missed out on him as well...

[Blueforlife]

Biggie will have ups and downs, was like that last couple of years.  He was once one of the best players ever at his position and the sun is setting.

Zach will sort it out, imo.

[dd]

Moving Biggie to WIL means calling on him to drop into pass coverage more, which would be much harder for him.

Moving Biggie to WIL means taking Wilson off the starting DC.

Now, if you wanted to bring in Sankey, you could move to a 3-4 D front with Biggie and Sankey as MLB.

But still, it was unfortunate timing when Sankey came available.  But 7 other teams missed out on him as well...

Ya, but the other 7 teams didn't have an aging, slow, oft injured MLB in their lineup. It's water under the bridge but seems he is still fiercely loyal to in house players and doesn't like to admit that maybe, just maybe bringing someone new in just might upgrade our lineup. Not giving whitehead a shot proves that beyond a shadow of a doubt as Kase couldn't carry Luckys cleats to the field

[theaardvark]

Ya, but the other 7 teams didn't have an aging, slow, oft injured MLB in their lineup.

How many had 3x GC winner, 3x MODP, 6x CFL all star and future HOF MLB in thier lineups?

[dd]

How many had 3x GC winner, 3x MODP, 6x CFL all star and future HOF MLB in thier lineups?

So wouldn't bring Sankey in today if you could?? Nuff said.

[theaardvark]

So wouldn't bring Sankey in today if you could?? Nuff said.

If we had the $SMS, sure.  No brainer, especially with Wilson on the 6 game.

At that moment in time, we couldn't if we wanted to, no $SMS.  We went over that year as it was.

[Tecno]

So wouldn't bring Sankey in today if you could?? Nuff said.

I'm not sold on Sankey, never was.  I'm not sure he's a FIFO guy.  I'm not sure he's a MOS guy.  MLB is more than just physical talent, especially for our team.

Biggie is the team leader and the vet of vets.  He's the guy a C doing the coin toss every game.  You don't just dump such a player for Mr. Bruiser Of The Week.

I think what will happen is Biggie will tell us when Biggie feels he's harming the team more than helping, and on that day he'll hang up the cleats.  Biggie won't prolong things just to get a paycheck.  That's not who he is.