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'Show them what you're about': Ex-Bombers star Bighill eager for more

Based on Walbys story within Tait's piece, it could very well have been Molle...

Who was it that had the temerity to nickname Jones “Butt an’ Gut”? Was that West? 😆

I want to add that our echo chamber position is also indicative of the nature of the league. Us talent levels are fairly static. The gap between top US talent in the CFL and replacement level isn't huge. Teams win based on Canadian talent and depth in the modern CFL. The gap between top Canadian talent and end of the end-of-the-roster guys is gigantic. The difference between the teams with the best Canadian talent and the worst is the same as the difference between the top and bottom teams. Teams always try to buy a contender in free agency based on IMP stars. And that process is slow, plus it or misses, depending on your ability to draft and develop Canadians. We signed Imps and developed NIs under the mafia. We still have among the very best ni position player/players in the league. We also have good depth and lots of developing young guys. So we have a good team and a future. Our primary limiting factor is also our worst starting Canadians. I don't think the ringmaiden/penn thing was (if I am right, that is) some active decision to weed them out. I'm not sure we have purposely created an echo chamber. It happens we've built around Canadians, who have made their bones with Canadian players. But I think we have created a strong echo chamber. McManis is every pretty hands off. He's mostly in the US and out of the room, searching for talent. Jim Jauch is about the most Canadian-born football front office guy in the league. He's a reverse Cahoon. Brock Sunderland might be the only guy who has a chance to be real outside eyes with a diverse view. When we barely played them on D in pre-season, I knew we were cooked. We'd better do more with them next year in camp and preseason. We have done this before a lot, drafted on potential, then left guys to rot in situational play. First down, Will and Mac in general are the second easiest and fastest positions for rookies and Canadians to adapt to the cfl at. (Rb easiest, Db a close second for rookie imps) We would be dramatically better off starting 1 of them at 1 lber spot and rotating them, than going with Thomas/Kornelson at DL, Hallett at S, etc. What we might lose at that position, vs what we lose at DT, Guard etc is gigantic.

Its troubling to me that neither Shay or Smith has seen a rep on D yet. Also troubling we're using a DI spot on Ayers for what amounts to 3 snaps a game. Finally 26 reps for a guy who would have to improve to be a JAG in Kornelson is frustrating.

Or 1. I think the whole league has 2 guys who, when they are on, are at that kind of level. Beverette and McManis. And both are tweeny wil/sam types.

Yeah, I think generally is all we can say. But I also think that the general opinion is very close. Mos and the long-term ASTs have talked a bit about the prep process, and I don't think there are any great tricks in how we do things. If anything, it's probably far closer to how we perceive the operations to be than most would believe. We are the antithesis of tricky in terms of operation, strategy, and decision-making. The mafia is like Bart Simpson playing rock, paper, scissors, throwing rock every single time. I fully believe that Mos and his COs feel like they have a highly collaborative game planning, where they have the freedom to put on the field what they want. But I think the echo chamber has left us in a position where only people who make like-minded decisions are in that room to collaborate. They are all too busy expounding on the intangible virtues and longevity of guys like Kola and Thomas to want to take them off. I don't think the type of person who would say, "that former star is over the hill and needs to go," gets or holds a job in our franchise. And I would bet my house that Cyril Penn and Ryan Ringmaiden were both that guy. Both guys could've moved up the chain more here. Both spent relatively short stints here, but both brought in some incredible US talent.

100%. Im a fan and believer in Eli. If he can't be that guy, it's time to move on. I really liked the early showing from Viebert in this camp, and they worked him in some at C too. Ethan Pyle is a free agent who would be worth grooming at C imo. Hocevar is in a similar boat, both are high ceiling guys that would be worth sitting on a PR, or IR. Centre is a spot where you don't need the best 1on1 guy in the world. You need a guy who works well with the guards; he's the Robin to their Batman. He can't be a guy you can fold up like a cheap lawn chair, and he needs to be reasonably athletic as he will often be the guy going to the next level in zone runs. We did great in the past, taking undersized, athletic Cs with solid polish and turning them into all-stars. Kola isn't even really undersized; he's just not built like an OL at all. Not an OL in the last 20 or so years any way.

Correct but it's Access Credit Union after they merged a few years ago. Red Lobster & Olive Garden were part of the same strip mall but separate buildings (RL was at 803 Leila & OG was 787 Leila). You think incorrectly. The Olive Garden building is now a Salisbury House. It was also a Brannigans at one point too.

I mean you can answer it generally, but every team is going to be different. So if you want to know about how the Bombers do it, nobody on this site knows.

okay late to the party but Helle is up for an ESPY (I had a feeling he would crack that) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/espy-awards-2025-nominees-full-nominations-list-1236300279/

yeah I think I would have remembered if there was an Olive Garden there at one point because I used to go to the Northgate Theatre alot in the mid 00's back when they were doing the cheap tickets on certain days and movies that were just about ready to go on home media release

I'd even settle for 2 or 3 of them!

Dont believe it was ever an Olive Garden after Red Lobster closed. Building is still there. Its a Sunova Credit Union now.

I don't think anyone needs to be in the room for this question. It was in regards to football in general, not specifically the Bombers. People like Booch who have played/coached at fairly high levels are more than qualified to answer a question like that.

There were 3 at one point. Leila, Portage, Pembina.

Do you know who would be a great choice for the Ring next year, Greg Battle.

we had a LB group of West...Jones...Battle and Randolph at one point.....Kill to have that again

Ya I'm just saying I wouldn't trust anyone's opinion here. As far as I know, nobody posting on here is in the room every week when they make the decisions so we have no real accurate answer to the original question.

That white guy who can't get a job at Tim Hortons? He's AI https://www.cbc.ca/news/ai-generated-fake-marketing-1.7578772

Fair statement but i’m guessing most us are sometimes ‘guilty’ of bias at work, at home and in public, i.e., at times not being in the ‘room’ when decisions are talked about and made to confirm/know what’s going on so we use other approaches to better understand, some good some not so good.

Always wanted Jets to take a shot at him. He's the replacement for Ehlers MTL got to eat half the sal though.

And like I said, if Eli isn't better... then time to move on and find someone else because kolankowski for my money is the teams weakest starter and needs to be replaced 2 years ago. If that has to be by an American so be it, but let's stop wasting time on a guy like that.

If he got to play as the guy...the snaps would be just fine...and when has he got the chance to start and finish a game to see if there is any difference...he hasn't...and it's not like he hadn't earned it in practice like some people here claim as to why guys are stuck in the back seat...there no way to prove or earn anything in the practice format in todays practice...none...it needs to be shown in live reps...

Snapping to the pistol is much easier than the shot gun as well. The ultra deep snaps aren't as common as they used to be.