BLUE BOMBERS ADD DEFENSIVE BACK AARON GRYMES TO PRACTICE ROSTER - NOW RELEASED

[dd]

I had my doubts about Grymes too but watching him in practice today I have to say he looked great. Wearing a giant knee brace but didn't seem to hinder his speed or reaction time at all. Ironically Alexander wears a smaller brace now, just the elastic kind I believe, and he was walking pretty tender on that side at times. How is he supposed to run?

Kind of sad when our 2 insurance players (Lucky the other) are better than what we are starting.

Grymes will be an asset for sure. If Alexander is out, I'd be inserting him into the lineup for sure. He's a vet and can help lead things out there, plus he's a very fast and physical player from what I remember. We need more of those!!

[Blue In BC]

Grymes will be an asset for sure. If Alexander is out, I'd be inserting him into the lineup for sure. He's a vet and can help lead things out there, plus he's a very fast and physical player from what I remember. We need more of those!!

That's a lot to ask for a player that hasn't played in over 2 years and only had 2 practices.

Alexander did practice today so he'll probably play.

[Blueforlife]

You realize that Lawler, Schoen and Oliveira are some of the highest paid players in the league, right?  And Zach is the highest paid.  And we have Willie and Biggie too?

We do not have money... except what little savings we might be getting from the 6 game.

Agree, lots of fake news floating around

[Jesse]

You realize that Lawler, Schoen and Oliveira are some of the highest paid players in the league, right?  And Zach is the highest paid.  And we have Willie and Biggie too?

We do not have money... except what little savings we might be getting from the 6 game.

No one available to bring in right now is coming in at a high price. The salary cap is pretty close to irrelevant right now.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

No one available to bring in right now is coming in at a high price. The salary cap is pretty close to irrelevant right now.

It's not irrelevant at all. Grey Cup in Winnipeg next year and we're going to likely be reloading in the off season. The more we can save the better. I hope we use IR money to front load some contracts prior to fee agency.

[winbear]

No one available to bring in right now is coming in at a high price. The salary cap is pretty close to irrelevant right now.

Because of the injuries we may be under the salary cap, however we still have to pay all the players on the roster, the injury list and the practice roster.  Where does that money come from, general revenue?  You can exempt injury costs, but the players still have to be paid.

[Blueforlife]

No one available to bring in right now is coming in at a high price. The salary cap is pretty close to irrelevant right now.

Disagree

It's not irrelevant at all. Grey Cup in Winnipeg next year and we're going to likely be reloading in the off season. The more we can save the better. I hope we use IR money to front load some contracts prior to fee agency.

Agree

[TecnoGenius]

Where does that money come from, general revenue?  You can exempt injury costs, but the players still have to be paid.

No one in WFC cares about "real" money for players.  It's all about the SMS.  We're the most-flush $$$ team in the CFL.  If there was no SMS we'd pull a Rocket Ishmael!!

When talking about money, to keep it simple, only talk in SMS terms, IMHO.

[TecnoGenius]

You realize that Lawler, Schoen and Oliveira are some of the highest paid players in the league, right?  And Zach is the highest paid.  And we have Willie and Biggie too?

Yup.  If you want to see where most of our SMS is, look in the hot tub.  In there you will find Scrooge McDuck swimming in dollar bills along with half our elite players.

KW spelled it out in TC: there. is. no. (sms.) money.  None.  (Just a tiny bit now because of 6GIR, but not as much as we "deserve", because of bonuses...)

[TecnoGenius]

MOS seems to think that our problem is not enough old vets way past their prime.

Ok, I'll revise my MOS quote:

MOS: I won't be satisfied until we start 18 Canadians and 6 players over 35!  Bwwwaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaa

(allegedly)

[blue_gold_84]

The Bombers have to have a ton of money available to sign guys

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[Blue In BC]

We're probably saving some SMS on 6 game IR but a lot of the players on the list are ELC guys. Hard to tell how much we're saving with Lawler, Schoen and Lawson due to early money.

OTOH, we've been lucky with very few players on the 1 game. A few but ELC guys for short periods so far.

[bluebeard]

No one in WFC cares about "real" money for players.  It's all about the SMS.  We're the most-flush $$$ team in the CFL.  If there was no SMS we'd pull a Rocket Ishmael!!

When talking about money, to keep it simple, only talk in SMS terms, IMHO.

It does not take long to burn threw money if the team starts losing.  Look at Sask and Edmonton.  Elks have to sell to private concerns.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

MOS seems to think that our problem is not enough old vets way past their prime.

I guess they shouldn't have parted ways with Nick Taylor, amazing athlete. he'd still be productive at 36.

[Jesse]

I guess they shouldn't have parted ways with Nick Taylor, amazing athlete. he'd still be productive at 36.

I wonder how many posts Tburg has saying we should have signed Sankey, Bowman, etc?