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I definitely agree. Once the existing head coaches retire or die, we should just fold the league.

I let people change their picks for the following reasons: I lock voting at the start of the first game of the week to make administering / tracking easier. This way I know no one made a pick after a game started. Since voting does get locked at the start of the first game, if someone is late, I don't want to penalize them for all 4 games of the week. If you miss a full week of picks, very hard to remain competitive. I'd rather more people continue to play than not. Since I let people who forgot to get their picks in still vote after voting is locked, it only makes sense to let people change a pick with the same rules. If I didn't allow this, more people may wait until later in the week to make their picks, then forget, then miss completely, this again can lead to a decrease in participation. This option is open to everybody, so I don't see how it is unfair. Unrelated stat, but I find it interesting. Most years there are a lot of people who play the first couple of weeks, then trail off. This is for any number of reasons. People forget, fall behind, get busy with summer, who knows why. This is the first year we had 41 people in week 1, and while a. few people missed a week here or there, we still have 41 people playing this week. Good to see.

Gary Crowton is available. Leader of men with a humdinger offense.

Son of a *****!

Schultz was the glue on that panel. He wasn't a character. He just knew the game. That little skit they did last night prepping the audience for the half time discussion? WTF was that? Something about being cool? Both McManus & Naylor must have felt buck naked as they had nowhere to hide. If you remember the look on Naylor's face, that said it all.

Zach was my captain.

Link: https://youtu.be/W5DoasX9m0c?si=SeVcaqM9-jiF4SNw Another version of condensed game footage from last night’s awesome game. This one shows replays of the big plays. Enjoy! Note: I have no plans on profiting off of these videos as it’s obviously not my content. Just doing this for fans that may have missed the game/want to watch it again in under 45 minutes. I believe TSN should be doing this already, and am thrilled to see the Bombers starting to do this on their own YouTube.

Suitor will be slobbering all over himself during this game with his two favourites facing off.... I'm not one to cheer for any other West team than us, but **** the Riders always....

If MBT hadn't gotten hurt in the 2022 Grey Cup we would have three-peated that year, no question.

holy **** i had to google it but wow

"We've got Jake at home "

May I suggest

That’s why MBT has had a million pro chances with varying success. He’s big and tall and throws a nice ball.

Hiring these coaches with no prior head coaching experience... That has to stop. A guy like Mark Killam rose to the level of STC & then stayed there for 20 years in Calgary being passed over for HC jobs year after year. There was good reason for that as he's not qualified to be a HC. Instead, strangely the Elks hired him (probably as he came cheap) & now he's enrolled his qb in the Edmonton Elks Quarterback Academy... where improvement is more important than wins. Where, "We almost won" is considered a moral victory. Meanwhile, the team expects fans to shell out money for a qb in Tre Ford who can make some great plays with his legs & arm (at times). Just not when he has to, to win a game. While the Elks say "Improvement!!, the fans in Edmonton on social media are saying, "Why should I spend my money on this ****??" As well as, "Same old, same old!" I can see the Elks going 4-14 this season missing the playoffs due to the stupid philosophy of the team. The ratio & putting Canadians on the OL.

So where did he go off to? It certainly wasn't to the game...

Idk what I’d do for popularity. But if I was the commish, I’d increase the coaching cap by atleast 40-50% at nearly any cost. Coaching cap is strangling the crap out of this league.

If I am the commissioner I am paying a bunch of influencers (barf) from the struggling cities and flying them to games in Saskatchewan and Winnipeg for them to post about and stream from.

Speaking of Wheatfall..watch the first 2 defensive snaps by us after the kick off...watch the work of the dline and then look at the useless work of Thomas on snap 1...and Kornelson on snap 2...Thomas get no push..bullied...spun around...Kornelson meets his lineman..no push...gets pushed back.. and has no motor to get involved in play to try and assist in a sack....that's what we get with them...jackshit..and that's not just an isolated cherry pick...just a nice example of snap after snap for most part

Yup gonna go off deep into a world none of us know about or want to know about.

I don't want to type out Green Gitch anymore

Got our tix for July 18... Can't ******* wait.... Woooooo!!

Probably because you weren’t watching the game full of hate.

Pumped for Peyton Kettles and the whole Kettles clan down south to watch big P get drafted. I learned some lessons playing behind Peyton's dad, Kyle, back in the day. Kyle was younger than me and I was an incredibly immature kid who didn't understand why I was backing up this "little kid".... A little kid who ended up getting drafted by Nashville in 1999. They're a true hockey family who put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into the game. Peyton is gonna be a good one in the bigs before too long...

Bethel-Thompson is hot garbage. 201 yards on 41 passes with 2 INT’s with the best receiving core in the CFL btw. Just for comparison Zach completed nearly 85 percent of his passes for 334 and 3 touchdown passes to 0 INT’s and before anyone mentions the 50/50 balls that’s just part of his game you live by the sword or die by it. I truly don’t think there’s another QB in this league that hits Wheatfall like that for the touchdown pass.

I think we do need more coaches from out side the cfl ecosystem. I’d particularly look at cos and position coaches to fill the same roles up here. I would also give more chances to cis guys and try to strengthen the coaching pipeline up here. Instead of mostly relying on ex players to join current cfl coaches and maintain the status quo. in general, we need larger coaching staffs though. More scouting in league and down south, more position coaches, more quality control, film, and analytics/stats roles.

Our coach was a ST coordinator with no prior head coaching experience.

Yes, always liked him. Didn't get enough touches in Winnipeg. He hits the gaps fast and has good vision. Can be slippery. But he stands too tall when he runs and often goes down on first contact.

Imagine the interior with a Lawson/Woods/Adams rotation. They need a Canadian in the back 8 (Shay, Kelly or whoever) at some point, the 2 jobbers aren’t going to cut it at DT all year.

Nothing says professionalism like a toothpick in your mouth.

Fixed it for you 😁 Brutal offence so far this game, and that’s being positive.

Good for Augustine getting some looks and making plays

I just wanted to pop in and say Collaros isn't "back"... He never went anywhere. He has ALWAYS been able to do what he did last night. The issue is that he's been doing it less and less frequently with each passing year. Starting in 2023 these types of games have been getting progressively less and less frequent.

Give us Ceresna for him and they got themselves a deal!

3-0 overall, 3-0 versus the West. Its all coming up, Blue Bombers.

That is all.

Suitor talking about the DL that just got to Stevens on the sneak "he's tired of hearing about how good Tommy Stevens is!" Who the actual **** said Tommy Stevens was good ever? Other than GG Suitor?

"The Professor". Or was it "the Factor". Or was that bellfool? I can't keep up with all the failures we had as OC's in those horrible stinker years. Still think no one could ever be a bigger flame out in the CFL than this guy: Aka Count Chocula.

They need to go back to the normal draft as this one was really really bad tv. Awful. Draft isn’t exactly exciting but this one was real bad. They decided hey let’s make it worse for the viewer at home.

Jets go local with their next pick taking Oakbanks Owen Martin. Perhaps a reach but very solid 2 way forward but not really a scorer or anything like that. But he becomes the 3rd Manitoban drafted by the Jets. Maybe Brandon Tanev ish minus the hitting but that type of player. High energy.

Fleury re-signs for 2 more years >1m/yr

How about this - you can change your pick, but all QB sneaks scored by the team you changed to don't count.

I also think that the LOTW should be in before the first game of the week is played.

I was mad watching them kick off after the half and then they made it worse by taking Lawson and Willie off for the first few plays of that drive. That Oline did whatever it wanted to Thomas, no push at all. Rankin had a couple good runs and then the bust in the secondary.

Because we need entertainment! The game is boring! Send in the clowns!

she'd do a better job covering basketball so we didnt have to see her

If it happens, it’s 100% on me now