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If you think selfish, me first players in football generally had short careers, you’ve soundly fallen out of touch. Their careers aren’t shorter than any one else’s, and their numbers in modern pro football is extremely high. Dickie never put any kind of stamp on those riders teams. that was all chris jones through and through. they didn’t flush the jones way of doing things till this regime now. That regime didn’t value talent over character, they recruited only for talent and at times seemed to prize the toxic head case types. It’s not a question of one guy more or less talented. Talent is a small glimpse production. Hubert last year wasn’t a tremendous talent, he was and is a very good role guy despite his talent level because he was smart, tough, and had good hands. The problem is we start guys no one else would. It’s not a potential talent thing, or athleticism thing, or a fit/production thing. It’s literally all of those with guys like kola and jake. They are so far below the average replacement level it’s terrifying. Look at a guy like christopher fortin. True rookie canadian starting, was the last pick of the first round. He is soo much better than kola it’s not even funny, but what’s worse, is he would probably be our 2nd best ol this year. Half our games he might be our best ol. Veresuk is also starting as a true rookie canadian, he was the second pick, but he’s out played veteran imports on our team. We plugged in guys like allen, and woodbey making our D better, months after continually trying to force fit bad players. We’ve done this every year for a long time. We kept hammering collin kornelson not just onto the AR but into high volume rotation over a bunch of better players while handily over our ratio requirements. These are heavy handed, undisputed downgrades we forced our self to endure because we didn’t want to play the best players. That’s not even scratching into repeatedly hammering guys like biggie and schoen into the line up when they were badly compromised in terms of health and un able to perform. It’s not arm chair qbing, it’s not conspiracy theorists or wild accusations. It’s now becoming so prevalent that even the complacent media are firing shots at our coaching. Roster management issues have always been the reality. We backed ended into an all time squad and rode it into the dirt. Every team needs glue guys. but you have to have the pieces to glue together. other wise you’re just glue, and we are pretty close to that now. Half our cap is tied up in guys who are fringe league guys.

Absolutely... I'm assuming it's the GC half time show but absolutely could be a nothing burger.

It's gotta be a balance. Glue guys are great... but at some point you need guys who can make some ******* plays consistently. We used to have that, we don't so much anymore. Too much glue and not enough wow.

Notice how it says update and not announcement? It could mean nothing but I guess we'll find out.

Thing with glue guys, it’s another way of saying not talented enough.

I think that you have been voted off the island.

Mitchell obviously doesn't want to be here- maybe he never did. A bad acquisition that has been allowed to fester, and if he is the best Walters could find, that is another nail in the coffins of both.

Their IG profile says "Celebrity interviews, entertainment news & more!". I can't believe I've never heard of this undoubtedly great source for CFL news before, Plus you were still in Regina.

Just think of the concerts as being a bonus. In 2022 Regina had 3 day passes for 104 bucks to get into the team parties. This didn't include any concerts.

Not sure if I missed this but apparently GC half time show headliner to be announced on E Talk or some such nonsense tonight at 7pm ET.... https://www.instagram.com/p/DP4aB7tk_eh/?igsh=MjM1eTB4dTJyaGVu ^^ all I can find so far is this Insta link...

The main issue is that the passes sold out early. Most of the backlash has come from out of town fans who say they were never advised that the passes were on sale to begin with. These are people that go to the Grey Cup every year so you'd think they would have looked into things ahead of time to secure tickets. They could have easily just checked ticketmaster to see the passes for sale. The other issue is people expected there to be single day passes as some fans will be getting in on Friday or Saturday. This concern was removed yesterday when day passes were made avaliable.

Didn't the current Bombers just dog-walk the Tigercats to the tune of 40-3?

any player we let walk cause we chaped out to pay slugs...is a cast off....and i dunno....they loaded with ex Bombers who have made them a better team than the current Bombers To say that the ex Bombers didnt upgrade their roster...then why they on the roster Mr Know it all....yeah I talking to u....do tell Guys we replaced all them with here aint getting it done...we a barely 500 club

all players should be putting in hard work and effort....or be gone To say that a guy like JT....Kolo....The Marine when here amoung others put in so much work and effort in that far exceeded what the players with more talent and upside did, hence relegating them to the bench or PR is just a stupid opinion and totally out to lunch Coach here play's fav's...over talent and upside...deal with it sycophants....there is zero defense of it otherwise Guys who "profess" to play the game also have a hot clue and know what goes on in and out of room...said amongst fractions of players....also said to "former" players whom they trust...maybe some former players as well get access to room...facilities and off-season and in season training/maintenance and have a hot clue moreso than a fan who professes to know everything and has a hard time accepting differing opinion or seeing both sides of a coin...looking at you mr know it all...you know who you are Nobody here even said anything about me first guys either....but a roster chalk full of a coaches' wet dream player who has "intabgibles" over talent is not a recipe for success either....as we have seen And as a poster here mentioned...the wau things been done here of late and the lack of a true opportunity does have a big impact on guys not seeing this as choice 1A....IF people here think that we put in no effort to bring in some big FA names they are kidding themselves....We sat on our hands on a few instances thinking we were good, but also struck out on others....The Cats found a way to pay both Lawler and Dobson...they made it work....no reason we couldnt have...and if it meant parting ways with a Kolo....Thomas..Kramdi...Wilson...so be it.... We choose to go cheap...stand pat with outdated players...and are reaping the rewards of that now....so to speak...and this has happened a few yrs running now.. stellar for his 130k...of not more not the sole reason...no....but poster boi for what we do here....But pull him off roster....replace his snaps with a capable guy, and his spot with a new yunger guy with upside...or a younger already established guy hitting his stride...we are a better team Now do that in 2..3..4 other spots...we are once again a great team

Shocking.

I love (well not really) how your first couple of sentences tell the reader they don’t know what they are talking about unless they see it exactly how you see it when it comes to this dynamic and how it influences how successful a group of people are when building, maintaining and enhancing a culture that creates a consistent high performing team.

Was either VGK, EDM or NYR as per usual no doubt.

Nothing saying that they couldn't bring Jake Thomas as a coach / water boy / mascot for morale.... Jake isn't the reason why we are doing so poorly this season... but he's such an obvious guy that should have been upgraded and the fact that they have made minimal efforts is alarming. It doesn't give us the confidence that they'll replace guys in other positions where a tough decision is required.

of course they are why wouldn't they?

I'd like to believe that for every Evander Kane, the NHL has 20 great guys who are great ambassadors for the league/sport. I've only had minimal interactions with some of the players on the current Jets roster and they have all been A+++. Great guys.

Definitely....and he was announced early about his return and most on here commented that was a mistake....Further fatboi is not so much a 'glue guy' but definitely an 'Osh guy'

My daughter’s experience was not a fan interaction. It was a human to human interaction not about sport.

Jake has 9 tackles this year. He's not a glue guy, he's a past it guy who should not have been brought back.

Hart apparently told his agent "No Philly, and no Canadian teams..." Wants to get as far away from the mess as possible.