2026 Main Training Camp - News & Views

[Waffler]

Everybody loves Wilson now that he's gone? Pave paradise and put up a parking lot. My view was that he was just as inconsistent now as he was was in 2024. I saw no progress.  He had a good exhibition season and played himself on to the roster. He never delivered on the promise of that though.

My ranking based on the camp sessions I saw: Zach, Elgersma, Perkins, Wilson, Thorne. Maybe Condell got their noses out of joint with some tough love. He doesn't seem shy to say what he's thinking on the field.

[tlf]

Everybody loves Wilson now that he's gone? Pave paradise and put up a parking lot. My view was that he was just as inconsistent now as he was was in 2024. I saw no progress.  He had a good exhibition season and played himself on to the roster. He never delivered on the promise of that though.

My ranking based on the camp sessions I saw: Zach, Elgersma, Perkins, Wilson, Thorne. Maybe Condell got their noses out of joint with some tough love. He doesn't seem shy to say what he's thinking on the field.

I personally don't think he got enough reps to show us much.  When he went in he was cold and prob not much practice time either.  I would have given him some reps over Strev last year, but I'm not a coach..just a fan that wanted to see him play and throw a ball over a  running qb. Movin on..

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

I personally don't think he got enough reps to show us much.  When he went in he was cold and prob not much practice time either.  I would have given him some reps over Strev last year, but I'm not a coach..just a fan that wanted to see him play and throw a ball over a  running qb. Movin on..

You're not wrong, he saw Strev. handed the backup job before TC last season and he sees the same thing happening with Elgersma this season, stalling his progression. What he maybe fails to realize is the marketability an extremely popular player has on a fanbase and the impact a decent CDN QB could have on the team's future plans. Unfortunately he ran into a couple of hurdles he could not clear.

[Tecno]

Except they didnt cut him. They lost him in FA to his home town team. Odd argument to make that the rider fans didnt like him...i guess thats something?
I bet he was 100k over...I mean if we're just making stuff why not right?

Uh, I read the Rider forum religiously whenever we play them.  Every time Demski rips them a new one (which is basically every match) there's like 5 guys there that have to chime in with "Demski never did X when he was with us", "Demski was never Y when he was with us".

Not a single guy ever chimes in with "you're wrong, Demski was da bomb in green".  Ever.

[Tecno]

Except they didnt cut him. They lost him in FA

A non-re-up of a NAT is the same as a "cut" in my books.  They decided to let him walk, that's undisputed.  They could have kept him if they wanted to.

I think they decided on LaFrance instead that year?