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I talked to Neufeld, Sheahan and Cadwallader at Festival du Voyageur this weekend. Neufeld had an interesting comment--said the team looks a lot better than last year. He mentioned playing against Ceresna and lobbying hard to get him here.

Totally agree on those points but think he's had a significant say with the talent brought in over the years

Yeah he played the in prime talent Walter's plopped in his lap...top guys across the board in the league at many positions....bookend those 2 yrs with what we seen...not a lot of answers and success...People will say "hey...first pace finish....5 straight cups"...yaddda yadda...but when the chips were on the table we lost more than we won...and had zero answers for a lot of things leading up to the big games...and got out coached in all them...and really if not for a dumb Ticat decision in the second cup...we'd have lost 4 of the 5 Sure I can say he had a hand in it...But wasnt the sole reason tho....But can say he was one the key and main reasons tho for the successive failures yr over yr This yr Walter's has woke up and again handed him the tools for a push to be first again...big question for 2026 is Osh gonna be a HC who utilizes it, or is he gonna be a HC like we seen the last 4 yrs and eff it up with dumb decisions?....time will tell Bingo...this will be a real test this yr as to what Osh has and is all about....We cant blame Walters this yr...he purged some dead weight that should have been yrs ago...signed the 2 best lineman on each side of ball...2 legit receivers....and our key FA that we couldnt afford to lose Now it's up to Osh to assemble the best group based on talent...upside...usefulness outside of ST's....and not a team based on his personal opinion and bias....can he do it?

The Commish and his team should be doing everything to help the Stumps get a new stadium that would help build this league.

That's not what Booch is saying... He is saying he doesn't know how to maximize the talent he already has. That he's played favourites with guys for many years who had no business being on the roster anymore. Like Koala & Thomas to name a few.

I don't know how you rebuild a fractured fanbase with ownership & management decisions like this. The Stamps GM & HC Dave Dickenson recently announced that the team has no money to go after any impact CFL free agents after re-signing some of his teams own free agents prior to the tampering window. They also lost 3 starters on defense to the NFL & haven't replaced them. So, they make a big deal that they signed thousand yard rusher Diedrick Mills but let Dominique Rhymes go. The owner Murray Edwards is equally as bad if not worse than MLSE. Just doesn't care about the Stamps & their fans. They'll be lucky to draw 15000 fans a game.

He's been here since 2014 and won his first grey cup in 2019. Thinking he had something to do with that talent.

I just don't see the 7 or 8 failed attempts. I think he didn't succeed on plan A and is on plan B. The guy has been told since he picked up a football that he can't make the pros. And then he came within a single roster spot of an NFL roster, so he's gone on to the next step, which requires him to wait for the UFL season.

Delete.

I was told recently that if I study & work out hard that maybe I can still be an astronaut at 70. My lifelong dream, btw. Should I believe whoever said that because that analogy is just as silly as 6, 7 or 8 failed attempts to even get a roster spot in the NFL? Then it becomes a losing self fulfiiling prophesy. It's even gone past the point of wishing the guy well. It just reaks of desperation.

No one. The most likely outcome is that he doesn't receive another NFL offer. But in his mind, this is the path to the NFL. He's addressing what he was told was his shortcoming by getting experience in the 4 down game. He believes that he can earn a spot and impress some scouts.

yup....far from a slam dunk he gets any playtime there either...or even makes a roster

yeah...was a major part, and we also never truly allowed guys to actually develop and show they had the chops.....rode our guys into stubby nibs with zero practical experience behind them I not really of the opinion the scouting failed us for the most part.....more that Osh isnt a really good evaluator of talent and some thje things in his mind that he deems important, don't translate on the field or always are the best option skill/performance wise....History here shows when he is handed great talent/established talent in their prime he seems like a genius but when he has to at times sift thru it and inearth players handed to him or creaye solutions on the fly....big swing and a miss more often than a hit

Walters & Osh should have both been let go when their contracts were up at the end of last season. They got a reprieve from Miller. Probably told to smarten up & actually do their jobs. Walters certainly took that to heart. Now, we'll see if Osh can get back to where he was in 2019.

Dunbar retiring

To me it looked like Walters got passive and did not challenge O'Shea on his player utilization, likely because O'Shea had accumulated an aura of infallibility, or maybe Walters just trusted him and gave him carte blanche. In his recent presser, Walters had a completely different tone to his statements than in previous pressers, and maybe he had a fireside chat with Miller. Its difficult to understand Walters' thinking in not going all-out for a Grey Cup game at home. Many fans and players will not have a second chance to see their team win The Game at home. It would have been legendary.

Again, he has to actually play. If he's third string on a UFL team then who cares?

This is his exact plan. He was told by the Green Bay HC that the biggest knock against him was that he never played the 4-down game. He's obviously going to play in the UFL this year and hope that parlays him into another NFL tryout.

Then he competes against this year's crops of draft picks or free agents that scouts are excited about. It won't get any easier. Plus, he has to earn a spot on Birmingham's team. If he's third on the roster, that'll be of little help.

Elgersma should play in the UFL this spring and see if the NFL comes sniffing around. UFL training camps start up next week so we will know soon enough if he plans on going that route.

I think the Ol still performed as we had Brady reach 1,100 yards rushing despite Hogan ignoring his rushing abilities at times. The upgrades we have are going to help. On D, it was the DL that was such an overall weakness. How it was allowed to deteriorate is something I'd like to know. You win championships with a dominant line. Not sure if I'm happy about playing a 3 man front. We'll see.

Chokachi is in https://deadline.com/2026/02/baywatch-david-chokachi-cast-fox-baywatch-1236727625/

Our biggest problem last year IMO was that we lost both lines of scrimmage. And it was especially bad on offense because we had virtually zero game breaking receivers. How that came to be can be debated. But, I am glad they spent on both lines this off-season.

"He needs to go somewhere he'll get reps...which is NFL pre season or UFL". Oh yeah, like those teams just can't wait for him to show up. The big time Canuck to solve their qb problems. "But he's really wasting his time now because the path from CFL to NFL is to play up here for 2-3 years, take the reins & dominate, then go NFL". When was the last time that happened? Thirty years ago with Doug Flutie & Jeff Garcia? That's no plan.

I think that is a big part of it. I also think we kept sitting on money for flexibility. Glad that is over and we are back to competing in free agency.