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#21

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: NFL Option Clause

Last post by Blue In BC - December 25, 2025, 01:30:54 PM

I don't think it's as random as you think.  Grant had a big glaring "he's a FUMBLER" on his NFL scouting reports.  Vaval does not.  They both look somewhat similar in their rookie year.  The edge of the "not a fumbler" thing gets Vaval a look and Grant a lump of coal.

That said, I still have no idea why Strev stuck so long when Rourke got not much of anything.

Players have to be in the right place at the right time with a team that needs that skill set. Grant was released by the TiCats. NFL draft choices don't always make the right assessments.

#22

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers announce coac...

Last post by Blue In BC - December 25, 2025, 01:26:09 PM

- The Condell thing is exactly what we needed last year. Better late than never to get a bona fide, experienced OC for Zach

- Fine with retaining Hogan as RB coach. The chatter on him improving and eventually getting promoted or not is all inconsequential to me. Also, I think some are underestimating the jump from assistant to managing the entire phase of the team

- Fatboi becoming DL coach is chef's kiss. He's aged out of playing after one of the longest Bomber careers I can even remember. Creates continuity and succession planning for culture/FIFO. Begins the grooming of a 'true blue' potential future coach. Opens the door to finally properly address our DL interior. So many reasons to love this move.

Thomas might do well as a DL coach. He knows all the players in the league and has watched 1,000's of hours of game film and watched defences change over the past decade.

#23

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Merry Christmas to Members...

Last post by Blue In BC - December 25, 2025, 01:22:58 PM

Merry Christmas to all. I hope 2026 brings good luck and health.

#24

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Merry Christmas to Members...

Last post by blue_or_die - December 25, 2025, 10:32:33 AM

Merry Christmas guys!

#25

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers announce coac...

Last post by blue_or_die - December 25, 2025, 10:25:28 AM

- The Condell thing is exactly what we needed last year. Better late than never to get a bona fide, experienced OC for Zach

- Fine with retaining Hogan as RB coach. The chatter on him improving and eventually getting promoted or not is all inconsequential to me. Also, I think some are underestimating the jump from assistant to managing the entire phase of the team

- Fatboi becoming DL coach is chef's kiss. He's aged out of playing after one of the longest Bomber careers I can even remember. Creates continuity and succession planning for culture/FIFO. Begins the grooming of a 'true blue' potential future coach. Opens the door to finally properly address our DL interior. So many reasons to love this move.

#26

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Merry Christmas to Members...

Last post by Tecno - December 25, 2025, 07:12:21 AM

It's officially a Merry Christmas now!  Best wishes and a happy day to everyone.  Don't gain too much weight from dinner.

I've asked Santa for a GC in '26.  We'll see if my wish comes true in 11 months!

[think he said he doesn't see that]

#27

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Tommy Condell to be the ne...

Last post by Tecno - December 25, 2025, 04:28:41 AM

I had to listen to it a handful of times, but I think he said he doesn't see that.

He literally says he "doesn't see diminished arm strength", if that's what you're counting as acknowledgement.

Listen again.  You're not taking into account the entire run-on sentence and what he's trying to get out.  It's ambiguous at best and can be taken either way:

"I don't see his diminishment of arm strength I don't see it as a diminish of of talent and be able to move the pocket"

To me he may have been trying to say:

I don't see his diminished arm strength as a sign of diminished talent and being able to move the pocket

Because the "it" is referring to the prior subject of "diminished arm stength".

Besides, the whole world knows by watching film that Zach's "effortless" range is 45Y, 50Y if he gives it welly, and 55Y if he goes all in and likely gets a sore muscle for his trouble.

Compare that to Evans, who Condell had in HAM, who could chuck it 60 with a tiny flick.

You wouldn't want Condell coming in blind thinking Zach can chuck it like Evans could and planning around 65Y bombs.  Surely Zach and MOS and Hogan told Condell what the reality is.  Or Condell just watched Zach play against him the last 2 seasons...

[guys show very quickly if they are going to be good or not]

#28

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 1st & 10 | The Complete Bl...

Last post by Tecno - December 25, 2025, 04:19:04 AM

He's been here for two years and hasn't earned any reps over a shell of Chris Streveler. I'm of the opinion that guys show very quickly if they are going to be good or not.

Except as everyone always brings up: Calvillo says hi.  I wasn't watching when he was starting out or getting good, but people tell me he was pretty bad for many, many years.  Then he was the best.

That said, I think it would take a miracle for Wilson to be the next Calvillo.  Clearly Calvillo has a lot going on upstairs (he's now a very good OC!) -- Wilson sounds like he has as much upstairs as Kenny does.

[Keeping a quarterback for several years, who you know isn't good enough to actually play quarterback in a game, is not very smart]

#29

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 1st & 10 | The Complete Bl...

Last post by Tecno - December 25, 2025, 04:16:32 AM

Keeping a quarterback for several years, who you know isn't good enough to actually play quarterback in a game, is not very smart.

Dom Davis says hi.  Another WFC waste of time.  Man they tried hard to make him a #1, then at the very end a SY.  He stunk at both.

Wilson is like Dom Redux.  Sad.

[Grant]

#30

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: NFL Option Clause

Last post by Tecno - December 25, 2025, 04:05:37 AM

J. Grant didn't get a  new opportunity in the NFL IIRC. Vaval is currently exploring one. The process is random. Did Vaval show more than Grant early in his career?

I don't think it's as random as you think.  Grant had a big glaring "he's a FUMBLER" on his NFL scouting reports.  Vaval does not.  They both look somewhat similar in their rookie year.  The edge of the "not a fumbler" thing gets Vaval a look and Grant a lump of coal.

That said, I still have no idea why Strev stuck so long when Rourke got not much of anything.