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Bout time they have this meeting. This is embarrassing. There is still plenty of time to right the ship.

What if they're asking him to do that because that is all he can do anymore? We saw him go off in the grey cup 2 seasons ago which did not happen during the season or since... so the logical interpretation is that Willie is old and can't be an every down impact player anymore but he plays every down so they try and save him and let him knock passes down. Too much country club where tenured vets get to play no matter what.

within reason I guess I should have said...we let guys walk where we could have absorbed what they left for If you look back I wasn't really a fan of BO's first deal either...That position is one where you shouldnt be sinking 230+ k into

Als driving up the market. Huge cash for a receiver with injury problems and a guard. Definitely time to let our Cdn linebackers on rookie deals play, bc fa Canadians are getting paid.

crazy money. 4 seasons, only been healthy for 1, topped out at jsut over 800 yards and 5 tds. He was very good and a great guy to have but what do you pay him if he puts up 1200-1500 and 8-10 tds the next two years? https://3downnation.com/2025/12/01/montreal-alouettes-make-pier-olivier-lestage-one-of-cfls-highest-paid-non-quarterbacks-sources/ Lestage is getting the bag, too.

Haven’t you been advocating to let Oliveira walk over money?

and we should help in driving it up too....I figured he may have wanted to go back home to MTL and they would be a suiter for nim...still could be too I guess but then may need to drop salary of another reciever there...I'd go hard at Mack if he is a FA or woud become a casualty of a Emilus signing

Even to the most hardcore defenders of trust the process with our coaches can't argue this one.

Riders gonna not be happy, price for Emilus just went up

yeah...we need to scrap the rigid ratio constraints...the rigid scheme based on...I not even sure these days and allow the best players to actually compete for jobs....and then select you best 24 where you have actual adequate back-up...the key part and then determine the ratio and who makes best sense scheme wise to suit their, and the units best ability Not this pre-determined Player X is the starter regardless of injury in camp or outperformed...Position A is a Canadian position regardless if we have better options with an Import....playing sub par guys (Can or American) cause they were loyal foot soldiers in yrs gone past, or just tickle Osh's fancy.... That in a nutshell is what we have done for half a decade now....time to switch things up

pay the best you got to win....maybe we should take note

It was to be expected but a shame about Philpot. I do wonder about the Als and salary. Philpot with a huge extension. Pierre Oliver Lestage is now one of the highest paid guards. They seem to have no issue extending everybody.

Big money for Philpot https://3downnation.com/2025/12/02/montreal-alouettes-make-tyson-philpot-highest-paid-canadian-receiver-in-cfl/ Per three-down league sources, the Delta, B.C. native has received a $100,000 signing bonus as part of $275,000 in hard money for 2026. He will earn $285,000 in hard money in 2027, which includes a $100,000 base salary guarantee.

Teetering on being a spectator and not an engaged player. So when JT is on, we're basically playing with 10 players. Really feels like trying to force players without the skill sets to fit into a favored defensive scheme versus customizing a defensive scheme with the talent you have available.

I truly am scared to see who our pre-january extensions are gonna be...it will definitely set the tone and narrative as to what 2026 is gonna look like Sure be a shame to right out of the gate deflate any and all hope of change and moving on from our garbage players/coaches

150k salary...rotational/situational leadership role id be fine with He still has juice and value..but has to be in a platoon role type thing...and used to best capitalize his skill We need to prioritize a couple legit inside presence guys who possess multiple technique...and the ends will look substantially better...and we need to abolish and go as far away as we can with the loyalty and favoritism plan of having guys inside who are for lack of better word...useless 95% of their snaps...

He's a good coach, boy is he a reach for that HC job though. I hope we take a long hard look at bourgoin and costanza

Player only meetings = Ruh Roh.

Since 21, we've only seen rare glimmers of who he used to be. And the D in 21 was stacked. He's also going to turn 35 next year. Even if you surround him with a stellar line up, prime wj isn't coming back. Wj who excels playing a starters volume of reps isn't coming back either.

Great...let's wait until then to declare he is doing the same thing. More importantly what we were asking him to do. We are all blaming WJ for playing the defensive role his DC asked of him. We were using WJ as a DE/LBer hybrid in pretty much every 4 man front we ran and then asking him to take on every double team in a 3 man front. There was little chance he was going to do the things a DE gets recognition for. It's fine to drop him out on occasion to keep the offence off balance but we were doing it almost every play and then he just becomes an oversized and slow (by LBer standards) glorified LBer.

Look at the jets. Old and slow. Time for the bombers to move on from old and slow players past their best before date. Shouldn’t be hard to find an end to replace Willie with.

Jets got old and slow. Toews Pearson Nyquist schenn miller Stanley. They have gotten slow. Stanley only guy under 30 there also.

It's not just this year though - he disappeared for the last third of the season in 2024 before having himself a hell of a GC. Is a team going to spend big money based on one great game 2 seasons ago? There are only 2 ways I can see him get that kind of money at this point of his career - a bonus heavy contract or one loaded with marketing money.