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At this point Wilson is one minor injury away from me wanting to cut him loose and try someone else who isn't falling apart. I'm less concerned about safety/corner since we have seemed to have done a good job over the last 5+ years of finding guys who can jump in and play well right away.

I understand loyalty and giving your vets the benefit of the doubt etc... etc... I can understand this with your star players who may need to work out of a slump or coming off injury issues. I can somewhat comprehend guys who have shown flashes. I do not understand the loyalty for the mediocre players who have never shown that they can even come close to being considered an above average or really good player.

Yeah he was particularly good at destroying a teams cohesiveness and robbing from Peter to pay Paul and sacrificing a total team

It will be very interesting to see how Edmonton does this year, They have taken the approach of get the best available individual talent, turning over their roster almost completely vs our approach of the best fit. I agree that there are times that OShea's loyalty to vets and those that fit in with his personal point of view has limited some needed improvements to the roster. For example this year does Wilson stay on the roster at the expense of Ayers? Do we see some new blood at corner and safety vs recycling existing players?

Chris Jones is actually one of the worst for wanting exactly what he wants at certain positions to the detriment of building a good football team, particularly on defense.

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We got a billionaire and a billionaire plus at that as co-owner. Who cares if he shows up as often as Horn Chen.

Yeah...I didnt see it as a criticism..kinda lumped my retort all in one...but he did look to bring in "athletes" and "was" successful at it...his second run here he was on glue I think...flopped bigtime

fine then CONCRETES

Kids eat frozen custard .......sorry.

not ones with Frozen Custard on the Menu

Arent there enough burger joints already ,sheesh.

Wasn't a criticism, more of an observation. From my perspective Joe Mack was a guy who valued athleticism. That's all.

Looks like DL Trey Laing was cut as per CFL.ca transaction page.

well I can confirm that there was a signage spotting for Freddy's on my end. I won't go on day one I want things to settle before I go (though granted I went to firehouse the day it opened it wasn't nuts) Their menu is ready (aww they're not going to sell their fry sauce in a bottle here) I've been studying the menu for months and I've already figured out what I will order https://www.freddys.com/location/winnipeg-mb/menu

I remembered when he was on Hustler and Lawless back in the day. I messaged into the show to see if he would say 'Da Bombers. Sure enough, he obliged. It was awesome to hear.

And we brought back Case...Mitchell...and dropped in u of m kid who has shown nothing to compete with Logan... Should have moved on really...maybe his history playing with Strev keeps him here

And can you say without question he doesn't? Totally wrong...try again...moreso Murphy...Mathews...Riley...Bouno.. Vets prob more than anyone need it Sadly u missed the boat...but also...yes coaches should too...u are correct there...1980's Mack brought in a ton of talent to the cfl btw...and yup...coaches did get best out of them...your point is again? Moreso Bouno didnt wanna pay...plus Harris wanted to go home...was lose lose situ for Bouno True competition is not done here...particularly after 2nd grey cup...and what had happened since...cup losses due to basically...weakened ..old...oft injured roster...and poor coaching decisions...that's about as black and white as it gets. 3 games...3 losses to major under dogs...not an abberation...a trend now...or is it a serious flaws on how we do business on the field? When vets are complacent and comfortable knowing they safe....well Look at T.O ...2 cups in 3 yrs...handling us with ease basically in both with guys...numerous guys on their roster who wouldn't make the litmus test here in "kind of player" we feel is best...explain that one? Mtl too beat us with a me first whiny QB...a former hot head nut HC...HC evolved...changed how he did things...made several me first guys buy in...Beat us....1 loss in 3 of those could be construed as a blip..anomaly...one off...3 straight for much the same reasons...that's a issue teetering on a problem

Yes I was and am still pooping on him.

Jake just has to be better than 1 Canadian really. He’s not really competing with the kids brought in from the ncaa. Jake is Canadian right so you can’t really make the comparison. Jake is competing with a couple other Canadians. Yeah ideally he’s not rostered but at the same time, perhaps at the end of the day the intangibles he brings maybe in the room outweighs the ability of the bottom of the barrel Canadians every team dresses on their roster. Compare Jake to other teams Canadians and it’s not as bad if you don’t look at him as a starter which he shouldn’t be. There’s a spot for a good room guy who gets limited reps. Jake’s problem is he is played like a starter. If he was treated and used like the last Canadian on the roster really, not so bad. Perhaps we on track to replace him soon tho as it appears there’s a ton of Canadian Lbs depth and maybe they decide to go all American DL because they can start another Canadian LB eventually.

Fair, great vision thank you love me some MOS but much more complex in terms of how that vision translates into behaviours, actions, decisions, reality. To defend @Booch at bit here, whom btw I don't agree on everything he posts here (love you brother), I don't think he has ever said drop players as soon as better talent arrives on the scene, not caring about creating order, discipline, continuity, or peaceful camaraderie. You present this in an very extreme black and white manner. There's lots of grey here and room for varying interpretation in how said vision is achieve. In fact, I don't think many of us here on Morning Big Blue think like this extreme or, as you say, emulate wanting Chris Jones way of doing business here in Bomberland. I know you and some others get tired of hearing names like Jake Thomas come up over and over again but as long as decisions are being made to keep putting players like him (I love what JT has done for us) on the field, reality tells us it is not to the betterment of the team and does not correlate well with certain parts of said vision.

Like Andrew Harris?

Lots of the players people hype on here end up being cut then never heard from ever again. Part of me feels ppl hype up guys cuz then when they get cut they can complain about that or keeping Canadians instead perhaps ignoring the ratio. It’s like got rid of “insert random ncaa guy who had a good year in college one time” but kept Jake. Eventho they weren’t competing for the same spot but alas it’s the internet. Welcome to the internet. I’ve been to 1 practice the last 2 years now. Unless peeps make daily visits to camp it’s all just nonsense really. Or know what the coaches are actually looking for.

RIP...Naaaawm.