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At this point we have week 1 question marks for starting roster jobs at dt, de, lber, 2-3dbs, 1-2ol, kr, wr and possibly db. With ba, biggie, neuf, and Brady all banged up. Even Demski too. Despite all that we get 1 written article, and 2 videos that are all player interview fluff pieces. I’m just waiting to find out some one important isn’t even at camp again.

Or they are not liking what they see behind Dukes Magri was a rising star in the CFL. Sure the Argos have had past success, Magri was an integral part of their current success. He is the second scout they lost this year too.

They’d be just as well off with Jon Arbuckle

A few guys (like Bede) can and have kicked the ball through the endzone on a kickoff. The rule changes last year meant that it will be worth a point if it goes through untouched.

Forgot about the KR spot, but yeah … I don’t even know who’s been fielding kicks in camp so far

Or they know his appeal will probably not hold up and they need some sort of plan for the first 6 weeks (minimum) of the season. Arbuckle isn't great but he's got way more experience than Dukes does

Maybe the Chadwick redemption ain't going too well ????

Once every 6 months probably

Gets worse every year for sure.....Grant has departed and not a word on how his replacement is coming along.....AND oh yeah, do we even have a replacement...The CFL sure knows how to shoot itself in the foot...Maybe we'll get a glimpse of a returner in the pre-seasoner tomorrow...A lot of positions need critiquing as well and it sure is sloooow in coming

This is why pre-season games still hold interest, it remains the only occasion to see many of these players compete, once cut they're gone for good.

CFL field is longer and wider. Don’t think the kick return stuff is as big of a deal on the bigger field. In the nfl they kicking the ball through the end zones. I don’t think cfl kickers can do that here.

There’s not much point. Rourke is still going to exhaust his nfl aspirations and then he will come back and play in the cfl on a contract that fits within the context of the salary cap. did teams not have the ability to pay Flutie, Garcia, Dickinson and Burris whatever they wanted when they left for the nfl? I’m not a fans of the changes. Special teams is a big part of the Canadian game and gives great opportunities for Canadian players to make the team based on their special teams acumen. I would not want to see the cfl alter or diminish the return game.

That Bomber game was probably 10k displaced Winnipegers

Awesome....and I hear ya...sadly those days are in the rearview

Exactly. My Dad used write for the old Winnipeg Tribune. I grew up hearing about Jack Mathison, Vince Leah and Jim Coleman. My time had hacks like Friesen, Paul Wiececk, Randy Turner. We’ve had great Bomber reporters in my lifetime, but they’ve worked directly for the club (Irving, Tait) I could go off about Postmedia but I’ll keep it relatively on topic. If it were a full-time job, I think Doug Brown could be the investigative/thorough type of reporter we all want.

Paywall, but Ken Weibe has been putting out some good stuff in the freep. But I certainly miss when The Athletic briefly covered the CFL.

yeah nothing of substance at all...or any actual insight/thought....just regurgetation of echoing some of what the coaches say in any media scrum...and even at that at times some of what they say is not realy a good indiation of anything, andd they will pump tires of whatever player they are asked about....so you don't get a true sense of anything.....Not like you are going to get a "we don't think he has the stength to play pro"....we like player X's hands way better"....."Too slow at this level"...."Player Y is a much better option"....sometimes you need the coach to say things to light a fire under a guy, or give a returning player who may too comfy in the thought he is good.....to really get best out of the best..... Even some of the pre-season "camp battles" basically focused on returning guys, as guys with the inside track for a spot....which is garbage and sad if the case.....I also still don't 100 percent trust in our HC going with the actually best player abvailable, or one with the best ceiling, but still some of this loyalty/favorites thing going down...Hope I am wrong.,but we will soon see.

Farhan is going into the HOF. What a joke. An embarrassment to the legacy of true media.

Where's Sam Hurl when you need him? The local press used to cover the Bombers like a blanket. We had award winning writers covering the team everyday at practice on the road & at home. Budget cuts, Postmedia layoffs over the last two decades has left us with just a couple of reporters covering the team gives us what we have now. The one league that relies on media coverage was the CFL. Now, it's virtually gone & this is what we get.

This is totally laughable. Farhan is almost suggesting that the CFL should pay Rourke's salary since he would help drive up ticket sales across the league. He talks about Rourke selling tickets to Stamps games in 2022. Well, the Lions' 2 games in Calgary averaged 22300 fans. The Bomber game for comparison had over 25k.

Years ago in the freep, Ed Tait used to analyze a different position every day.

Seems you can't count the Oilers out this year.

The lack of coverage in training camp is truly so frustrating. The human interest stories are great fluff and I can’t blame Ed Tait because that’s what the club wants but come on … Bighill out to start the year and not a peep about any of the new linebackers. Two offensive line spots open and no clue who is out in front of the competiton. A full draft class and no idea how they’re slotting in yet. Is Haba/Fox starting just a closed case already? Does anyone want to talk about it? KJ Hill cut and as per the reporters, he was “a hyped rookie” but absolutely no mention of who may lock that spot down now. It gets worse every year. @DTonOB explain yourself

I might get a new hat