CFL (Non-Bombers) off-season news

[Ridermania]

Maybe Brady to the Riders to be coached by AH33. 

[blue_gold_84]

Maybe Brady to the Riders to be coached by AH33. 

This would make sense in the event Oliveira wants to be disowned by an entire province.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Maybe Brady to the Riders to be coached by AH33. 

The Riders will have trouble re-signing their own guys, don't think they will be players in FA.  The shoe is now on the other foot, you are about to experience the pain of losing players you really want to keep.

[Ridermania]

Just trying to keep up on all the comments during the off season.

I know Brady won't be coming over to the Riders.

Honestly hope him and Demski stay with the Bombers. 

[Waffler]

Maybe Brady to the Riders to be coached by AH33. 

Even if they let AJ Ouellette walk that's only a $160k saving, well short of Brady's price tag.

[Blue In BC]

Riders re-signing of Harris was on team friendly deal. $190K signing bonus ( 2025 SMS money ). That gives them a low SMS hit in 2026. Who said no teams have any SMS left?

[Tecno]

Maybe Brady to the Riders to be coached by AH33.

I know you said you're joking, but the reason that can't happen (whether in the green city or the b&g city) is the bridges were burnt.  AH & Brady are now like oil & water.  That's why AH could have never been retained or come back to WPG as our RB coach (even beyond the burnt bridges with KW & MOS).

The decision was made to make this "Brady's team", and the "old" had to be disposed of.  I hope Brady realizes a lot of this is due to him, and he got what he wanted, and was left unobstructed, he was given the keys to the team... he better remember this when he makes his final decision.

That and the fact he's not that good... The CFL NAT RB talent from top down is Cornish, AH, Brady.  He'd good, but he's not Cornish.

[Ridermania]

Good explanation Techno!  Thanks

[Waffler]

 'They are supposed to know the rules like me.'

https://3downnation.com/2025/12/06/they-are-supposed-to-know-the-rules-andre-proulx-admits-cfl-replay-centre-blew-call-in-elks-stampeders-finale/

Surprised Proulx would say it out loud.

[markf]

'They are supposed to know the rules like me.'

https://3downnation.com/2025/12/06/they-are-supposed-to-know-the-rules-andre-proulx-admits-cfl-replay-centre-blew-call-in-elks-stampeders-finale/

Surprised Proulx would say it out loud.

Interesting isn't it?will he be fined?

More importantly, It's not a complicated rule.

[dd]

I know you said you're joking, but the reason that can't happen (whether in the green city or the b&g city) is the bridges were burnt.  AH & Brady are now like oil & water.  That's why AH could have never been retained or come back to WPG as our RB coach (even beyond the burnt bridges with KW & MOS).

The decision was made to make this "Brady's team", and the "old" had to be disposed of.  I hope Brady realizes a lot of this is due to him, and he got what he wanted, and was left unobstructed, he was given the keys to the team... he better remember this when he makes his final decision.

That and the fact he's not that good... The CFL NAT RB talent from top down is Cornish, AH, Brady.  He'd good, but he's not Cornish.

I agree, he's not THAT good. He gets a ton of reps so he puts up the stats. Peterson could do the same thing at a fraction of the cost. You can't tell me Brady is worth $160k+ more than Oulette, no way. I'd take Stevie Scott in a heartbeat and his entry level contract anyday.

[bunker]

I'd pay Brady what it takes, and use marketing money to make the salary cap structure work. We are the most financially successful franchise in the league. Brady is a hometown star who is an excellent running back, generally pretty durable, has good hands as a receiver, and is also a good blocker, which is crucial in a passing league. It would be a crime to lose him. Especially if we end up paying the money saved by letting him go, to players similar to Logan, J. Jones and Mitchell.

[Tecno]

'They are supposed to know the rules like me.'

Uh, so Proulx says the rules say it should have remained a TD?  Where do the rules say that?

It sounds like the problem isn't the TD/no-TD, the problem is awarding CGY the ball and moving it to the 30.

I think we can all agree that giving someone a TD that wasn't a TD is pretty criminal.  Yet so is giving CGY the ball at the 30.  What I propose is that a rule carve out should be in place for overturned fumbled TDs just like when other whistled-dead fumbles occur in the middle of the field -- team B gets the ball but zero forward progress.  In that case CGY should have gotten the ball, but at their 1, not their 30.

If the rules don't say this, change them.  And if you don't like the "something after the whistle affected the outcome" problem with this, then make it so that NOTHING after the whistle counts.  In which case Rankin is DBC at the 1YL and EDM gets to punch it in with a sneak.  Just pick one and write it as an unambiguous rule.

Also, part of the blame is on Rankin, who should know by now that he needs to go get that ball.  Whistles be darned.  How many of us were screaming at the screen -- GET THAT BALL!  Instead he starts making faces and looking away even though he's right there next to it.  This isn't rocket science.  Even if you're sure you got the TD, you recover any ambiguous ball.  He was REALLY stupid in this case.  Criminally stupid.  The CGY player was smart.

[blue_gold_84]

Dickenson has never been the biggest spender, it goes against the Stamps philosophy of being cheap.

His approach could change now that Hufnagel's left the organization: https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/article/hufnagel-joins-argonauts-as-adviser-following-successful-run-in-calgary/

That's a big addition to the Argonaut's front office.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

'They are supposed to know the rules like me.'

https://3downnation.com/2025/12/06/they-are-supposed-to-know-the-rules-andre-proulx-admits-cfl-replay-centre-blew-call-in-elks-stampeders-finale/

Surprised Proulx would say it out loud.

Poor Andre, I bet this is the first time someone from the media ever contacted him for an interview and being an honest guy he's going to talk.  The league will slap his wrist and Andre won't talk no more.