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Simon was one of the first cut a with kc, and was sitting. we didn’t tender an offer and he was considering retirement. After the multiple cuts from nfl teams in the 90s and thinking he was one of the best options for kc he was stunned and depressed. Gordon debuted here August 10th after finishing a season in the afl. Some wild facts about Simon, he worked out with an early Kurt Warner in St. Louis. Warner wanted Simon bad, but the rams passed which lead to him in the cfl later. He was actually going to go to Hamilton, not bc in 01, on his birthday. September 11th. The attacks happened and the tiger cats changed their mind. Two weeks later bc signed him. He was in the nfl for a couple weeks only. Mini camp week of July 23. 30th vets reported. Simon was available before Gordon.

That's my recollection. Simon spent the 01 season in the NFL and Bruce had emerged that year.

I don't see anyone close to the limit number + $400,000. Look at Edmonton's receivers, secondary aside from Ford, OL, their 3 QB's make less than Collaros. They aren't at that number. Hamilton signed a bunch of guys who had played in the CFL, most of them had basically no market aside from Lawler.

So, after all this time (6 months) still no announcement of a change. And what will the CFL do with the teams like Edmonton that spent (in good faith) up to the new cap amount if the CFLPA does change it's mind? Clawback the $400,000 with financial penalties & loss of draft picks?? Highly unlikely. The cap would be a mess. Teams would be in disarray & the CFL would look totally bush just like they did last Friday. So, if the CFL & CFLPA haven't figured things out by now then they deserve every criticim they get.

Some ppl dont know when to quit.

Why don't you? You seem to know more than me. I don't lie or make things up. I have no reason to. Maybe I'll get info wrong sometimes but I'm no liar.

Common knowledge. I'm not even going to discuss it with you as you seem to have selective hearing or eyesight.

Wasn't the timeline, Geory was with Kansas City in their camp in 2001, Gordon joined us again in the summer and Bruce had emerged as a rookie, so they passed on bringing Geory back? As I recall, wasn't roster spots an issue? However on that, Blink had emerged, Blount was the returner and could they have not released Mills who was the third rb at that time? Anyways, agree it was a mistake and I've always felt Taman messed that one up.

Yeah I could see that. Might only be Bryant who is a gtd though. Since schoen hasn’t been close to 100% as of yet and is injured and now not practiced or played since last game, I expect him to sit. It would be nuts to force a guy back in whose banged up and was so far off before that. I’ll bet we don’t use an extra imp starter. They won’t sub out Kramdi, Thomas/lawson, Brady, Demski, clercius, kola, or Neuf. And they won’t use the fake ni rules. So we will start atleast 8 Canadians.

Let's just home the Bombers are hosting the Western Final and not Semi Frinal. Semi Final is Sat Nov 1st at 530pm. Pens are in town at 200pm. Nothing would be rescheduled but it would be a tight turnaround for those going to both games.

That’s not accurate though. Geroy Simon left after the 2000 season, Arland Bruce signed here as a rookie in may of 2001. We waited on Gordon, who went from nfl camp with the lions to the AFL, rather than bringing back Simon. Bruce was not in the picture when this decision was made. Even by the time Gordon was healthy, Bruce was on a rookie deal in an era with no cap. We could have most easily had milt, Simon, and Bruce.

I have always hated this description of it... it was JUST Robert Gordon, it was also Arland Bruce as a young guy and he turned out pretty good too.

I expect Case for Schoen and Vanterpool for Bryant with no clue how they use the extra American spot.

They will probably be GTD and since it's a home game we prolly won't know if they are playing until the pregame warm-ups. Similar to Demski last home game.

Honestly, I expect straight across swaps for the injured guys and us to just start an extra Canadian on our campaign to ratio kings of the cfl so we can get our extra pick. The extra imp on the dl with a lot less Jake, mainly Lawson and no other ni dl reps would be great. No chance it happens.

you would think they would add say and End....or get Jones on Roster in Bryants spot....6 Canadians again on offensive side of ball so only 1 needed on defence for any given snap....So be it Lotsa Lawson....and I'd have Griffin at SAM so he on the field all the time and rotate Kramdi in like Griffin did....or use Kramdi at SAM for snaps and Have griffin do his usual thing to spell off Lawson You'd think too seeing how we need ways to get pressure on defence they would add Bailey for Weitz too, and really keep our front guys fresh and able to cut loose...but all that would make too much sense Osh prob will dress Lofton as an extra olineman...or Cooley who will see prob zero reps on offence with Brady and Peterson already on roster and just waste a DA with yes...I will say it...poor roster management

Same. Getting the sinking feeling that we have repeated the Geroy Simon - Robert Gordon decision. I get why we made the decision. And pre cap going up I agree 300k wr is too much. Especially when you have Demski making 225-250k. Hindsight is 20/20, but we would’ve been a whole lot better off cutting bait on Demski and schoen, keeping lawler and bringing in any vet wr other than the 3 we brought in. Very unfortunate outcome to our off season approach.

The other western teams have made significant moves to strengthen themselves, whereas the Bombers have largely stood pat. Admittedly, whether those changes will bear fruit remains to be seen, but at the very least, they have acknowledged that last year wasn't good enough and have made changes. Yup- so far Calgary looks to be better (way better, thanks to Adams behind centre) and Edmonton looks to be a basket case. Becoming quite concerned about Schoen. He is hurt again, and not just nicked on a day-to-day basis and when he was in the lineup did not look anywhere as good as before his injury.

Bryant and schoen both ruled doubtful for the game and haven’t practiced. Have to imagine both will sit this game. If vanterpool kicks out to T and Wallace goes back in to G, I wonder if we flip any ni to imp. Probably not, but dare to dream.

I have but something didn't go right maybe I should have done the gnocchi from scratch rather than buy it out right

This is a real thing.....and as close and tight as teams/media and the like will say the room and culture is....and players will say it publicly also as to not rock the boat....there are still exclusive groups who do talk amoungst themselves and question the why's and how's and see when a certain player gets played over a better player....it's a normal thing....it also has to do with earning their dollars...or chance to earn more dollars....its a show me sport and how you get your pay....and careers are short Lotsa people will say "yeah but nobody picked up this rookie...or that rookie we cut" but teams have time and money invested in their own recruits...and wont drop their guys for someone elses...thats how you eviscerate your scouting department....and also a good reason why Penn left here....worked his butt off and to watch slugs and plugs and lesser talent get the playtime as a coach's choice.....could have advanced up the ranks here but chose to do so with Goviea....Penn is a serious up and comer and a bummer of a guy to have lost

It does when you still work with many, and with a lot of young guys looking to land jobs up here...I also didnt mean to be rude but a lot of what I will divulge isnt opinion so sorry if came across as attacking.....but also once a player...always a player too....so you do get extra spilled tea on the inside stuff.... Cgy has had a lot of turnover actually......The elks just spent poorly....they robbed from peter to pay Paul so to speak hahahah.....i do know him very well actually....he did a total chamge tho from when first here to his H.C gig....I think he had some kind of life event that messed him up....or he just was an addict to power and became a right tool

Yeah Gavin was good...I remember at the time ol Taman didnt even wanna bring him to camp...said he would just be TC fodder....I gave him crap a couple yrs ago sporting a cut off Allouttes T-Shirt while working out hahaha

Walls was such an exceptional de, and guy. He might be the most under rated defensive player in bomber history. He could coach dl, or SnC. One of the most incredible all around athletes we’ve seen. I know some guys who worked with him on a rig and what he was physically capable of was un real. He’s on the top 4 bomber dl all time for me. He would make us better, by way of rotating the other old heads and being a better pass rusher than either of our guys. But he is the last dl guy we should look at. We do a great job of finding dt talent, but man we have not done the job at de. I hate that we didn’t bring in any during the bye week. That’s a great chance to bring some air lifts in and evaluate.

I dont pretend that I know what any specifics player is thinking, but it has to be frustrating for younger players that have shown promise to be left on the sidelines without a chance to show what they can do other than special teams especially when they see rookies on other teams. Players like Chris-Ike, Shay, Smith even Cam Allen . Its like OShea wants them to wait a year ( unless its forced by injury) before he eoll trust them on the field