Bomber Free Agents

[Pigskin]

Patty signed today.

Calendar has turned over. People are back in the office. Contracts can get signed now.

Good start to the New Year.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Patty signed today.

Calendar has turned over. People are back in the office. Contracts can get signed now.

We'll see, but I suspect Walters has made a bundle of signings already and just wants to parcel the announcements out slowly one at a time to build up interest in the upcoming season.  He's probably figured out by now announcements made in mid-late Dec. just get lost in the year end holiday season and have less impact. 

[Jesse]

We'll see, but I suspect Walters has made a bundle of signings already and just wants to parcel the announcements out slowly one at a time to build up interest in the upcoming season.  He's probably figured out by now announcements made in mid-late Dec. just get lost in the year end holiday season and have less impact. 

Makes zero difference.

[TecnoGenius]

We'll see, but I suspect Walters has made a bundle of signings already and just wants to parcel the announcements out slowly one at a time to build up interest in the upcoming season.

That may work in theory from KW's end, but how do you keep the players from spilling the beans on Twatter in this day and age?  I'm not sold on this theory.

That said, I'm not worried at all.  KW has the richest bank account to work with (well, maybe shy of Doman's "cheating" ways) and we get good overall "marks" and are a good destination that is perennially GC-bound... I think we'll have no trouble stocking the player shelves.

[theaardvark]

That may work in theory from KW's end, but how do you keep the players from spilling the beans on Twatter in this day and age?  I'm not sold on this theory.

That said, I'm not worried at all.  KW has the richest bank account to work with (well, maybe shy of Doman's "cheating" ways) and we get good overall "marks" and are a good destination that is perennially GC-bound... I think we'll have no trouble stocking the player shelves.

You can't keep a player's twitter silent if he wants to crow about it, but I can't ever see a player sign a deal, get asked not to announce it until the team does, and then go ahead and announce it. 

Maybe an accidental hint "Hey, anyone got a line on a nice apartment in Winnipeg for the season?" but until the team files with the league, I'm sure the player will gladly keep it hush hush.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Makes zero difference.

Maybe, but the 3 people in charge have been in place for a decade now and tend to do things in a methodical way based on what's worked best for them in the past, instead of haphazardly treating each new season as if it's a new experience. You have to give them full credit for the experience they've gained and the organization they've built which makes it difficult to believe they're not following a well established game-plan.

[Jesse]

Maybe, but the 3 people in charge have been in place for a decade now and tend to do things in a methodical way based on what worked best for them in the past, instead of haphazardly treating each new season as if it's a new experience. You have to give them full credit for the experience they've gained and the organization they've built which makes it difficult to suggest they follow no set game-plan.

Not sure what you're reading into, but I never said any of that, lol.

[Pete]

Maybe, but the 3 people in charge have been in place for a decade now and tend to do things in a methodical way based on what's worked best for them in the past, instead of haphazardly treating each new season as if it's a new experience. You have to give them full credit for the experience they've gained and the organization they've built which makes it difficult to believe they're not following a well established game-plan.

Hey its part of our dna to question what the heck mgmt is doing, otherwise what would we have to post about? If we hadn't lost the last 3 grey cups maybe we would .be on the bandwagon and things would get boring quickly

[TecnoGenius]

Maybe an accidental hint "Hey, anyone got a line on a nice apartment in Winnipeg for the season?"

That's precisely what I'm talking about.  So many times over the years we get these not-so-coy bean-spillings.  Those are basically the same thing as KW doing a press release.

And yet we haven't heard a single peep...

[theaardvark]

That's precisely what I'm talking about.  So many times over the years we get these not-so-coy bean-spillings.  Those are basically the same thing as KW doing a press release.

And yet we haven't heard a single peep...

Maybe the memo's have paid off, and players aren't dumb?

[TecnoGenius]

Maybe the memo's have paid off, and players aren't dumb?

It could be.  Our players seem to be able to handle things like this better than the other teams.  But still, we've seen chatter from Bombers / potential-Bombers in the past.

[Waffler]

Happy 30th birthday to Chris Streveler (Jan 6).  His rehab is looking impressive.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DEgOQg-hvJj?img_index=2

[theaardvark]

So, until we get a new OC, I'm guessing Streveler's future here is in limbo.  If the new OC isn't going to create a package for him, not much sense in having $SMS and a roster spot used for a SY QB.

I really wonder if there is any way to get Lapo back.  No "soft money" in the front office $SMS as far as I know. 

I guess the biggest question in that is "Does MOS want Lapo back?"  Did they work well together, and does the chain of command work?

[Ridermania]

Lapo is not getting back into coaching, he has a sweet gig with TSN.

[Blue In BC]

So, until we get a new OC, I'm guessing Streveler's future here is in limbo.  If the new OC isn't going to create a package for him, not much sense in having $SMS and a roster spot used for a SY QB.

I really wonder if there is any way to get Lapo back.  No "soft money" in the front office $SMS as far as I know. 

I guess the biggest question in that is "Does MOS want Lapo back?"  Did they work well together, and does the chain of command work?

I don't think a new OC is the determining factor for Streveler. IMO he won't be re-signed. He's not the future at # 2 and a rookie can be the short yardage QB.