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Ah choo! Always liked his response to the media's Essensa hyperbole: 'that's what goalies are supposed to do, obviously.'

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It would be a refreshing change if that was the case. I think sadly Mike has a point that winning trumps all in sports and bad behaviour gets glossed over with winning. I mean, Michael Vick killed dogs and went to jail, and even he got chances with three more teams, made the pro bowl, and was awarded NFL Comeback Player of the Year. What should be required at a minimum for Kelly to return would be a very transparent showing of the steps he took to rehabilitate and an honest and public measure of contrition for what has happened. Given that he is still involved in a civil suit where he proclaims his innocence, I don’t see that happening. If the CFL follows most other pro leagues their approach will more likely be “Come back quietly and we hope the story drifts away over time with no oxygen to feed it in the media and fan bases.” Maybe they will find an out in saying “he has not satisfactorily done with is required by him” and they extend the indefinite suspension so long as the civil suit is ongoing, the league moves on all year without him, and he has no job opportunity next year and fades away to the USFL or whatever secondary US league exists now.

I went to at least three locations in three different states and they all look like these photos: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/jimmy-johns-corona This pic below is the most accurate representation of what we had each time. It was extremely bland, reminded me of old Mr Sub. Google searching jimmy john sandwiches you will see many similar to this (many much worse with more lettuce). Now google searching Fire House subs and from the two times I have gone it was a very accurate representation where those sandwiches were comically large with how much they stuff in them. I'll give them a shot when they come here but will go in with low expectations.

I think Booch’s idea is a neat twist, maybe with a 20-30 minute run time instead of 60. If we could eliminate game delays like commercial breaks that would keep the length more reasonable, but the TV and radio folks would never sign off on that, the league isn’t going to run those game at a financial loss. Not sure what the answer is, but some nice outside the box thinking here to create a more useful pre-season.

They would still be quarters. Each one is still 25% (one quarter) of the overall time, regardless if that's an hour or 40 minutes.

To me Bob Murdoch was the reason Dale left. Who tells an offensive forward in the 80s to play D? Firing Fergie was a massive fire and to this day I blame that on the demise of that franchise. 7 straight playoff years and then we went to off/on for the rest. Also sneezy John Paddock who was bad at both jobs. The Housley to STL trade wasn't bad. Quintal was solid and Emerson could pot em. Stu Barnes trade was bad.

I think they could also change time keeping like Booch is saying to accomplish a better pre season. If instead of 2-3 quarters they play the second half with only injury stops of the time and a few other tweaks you could half the time the second half takes. And that’s always the worst quality football. It’d be a bit on the wild side, but they could play a half of regular football then do an ot shoot out, or you could play a quarter then an ot then a quarter. 2 fast games and a full pad / contact half game scrimmage would be good imo.

Disagree on Jimmy Johns. Subway and Quiznos are dogshit in comparison. Not sure why you had such terrible experiences. Ive had Jimmy Johns quite a few times and found the meat much more fresh and the sandwiches 10 times more flavorful.

Also Calgary is an embarrassment to the league. Both the city and the team itself. It's no wonder they can't draw flies with that medieval dungeon they call a stadium...

Those games would take forever to play, wouldn’t they? Isn’t the average NFL game actually only 11 minutes of live game clock action for a 3.5 hour telecast? I’m with WBBfan, more pre-season games, not longer games. 3 minimum with a neutral site game, or 4 (having said that I remember how by the 4th pre-season game back in the 1980’s people were ready to see the real stuff, and the last game was essentially all starters anyway). But I agree that there aren’t enough reps for the new guys who come in looking to take a job, so any change is worth looking into.

the menu for jimmy johns, it doesn't look underwhelming but it doesn't look like they're anything that special and looking at Press'd again, well they have Smoothies that's different, but they have a Freshii and a Booster Juice steps away

Is he even playing?

I've had Jimmy Johns in the States several times and found it to be significantly worse then Subway and Quiznos. It was extremely bland and on par with what you would get from a gas station sandwich. Each time it was like 90% bun and lettuce with a tiny amount of meat and other toppings. I think the sandwiches were also pre-made and they didn't allow for any customization. Unless Firehouse drastically changes what they serve, they won't see any impact at all. I have not tried Jersey Mikes, will check it out if I'm back in the States this summer.

lol. Streaming is the future. It’s pre season. The bombers only draw like half their normal sell out also. We will have less than 20k at our pre season game. Guaranteed. Announced more but in the stadium will be way less. It’s just pre season.

Hilarious INTs from MBT....

Yup perfectly placed to the opposition.

Yeah the narrative has changed in the last 2 yrs tho...people and organizations are overly sensitive now...I think he is done...the backlash may be too much in this day

Remember Cuilback spinning it. "Jets' forwards appreciate defensemen who can move the puck up the middle."

Agreed

I'd just go with clock stops after each whistle...restarts at the snap....but 20 second clock stays in effect

So...status quo on the deep shots...how we lost to that turd I can't comprehend See the Elks have continued that knack to just handing a team chances to win over and over...

Go 6 10 minute I suppose it wouldn’t be quarters anymore tho in pre season. 6 10 minute periods? couldn’t be called quarters since 15 minutes is a quarter of an hour so yeah that’s no good English. intersquad would be cool maybe for the first week. Maybe riders practice here also for a week right cuz logistics wouldn’t work for intersquad games. Toronto Hamilton could pull it off tho. Montreal Ottawa could. The rest of us gotta fly. perhaps have a team of fans play. Or the bisons. But then there’s other issues there.

Wow even bob is like yup let’s go Sergei Brylin but he plays for red army not dynamo Moscow but. Mikhail smith. OG jets did have some euro flavor tho. Teemu. Zhamnov. Steen khabibulin in my opinion 2nd best jets goaltender in history behind our current guy. I was a young one but I loved khabibulin. Dude was like my first hockey hero really. Idol. Whatever. I played goal. And yup. Tried to copy him. lol. We played at the jets arena and I got to sit where he did. It was cool. So so young tho.

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