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Also congratulations to our senior members who, despite apparently being fortunate that they’re not shitting themselves, can still formulate a better sentence than some of us young guys around here

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At 79, I am afraid to go into antique stores for fear they may not let me leave. And I get annoyed when they change the supermarket layout. Damned kids.

Shitting your pants repeatedly isn't limited to just the octogenarians. Am I right Hogan?

Getting old beats the alternative.

I'm a software engineer and I help build aerospace tools, and the hardest part of my job is not coding or technical crap, it's all communications and learning. I have to learn enough about my customers' disciplines so that I can build software that's useful to them. Def no choice but to get out in the field and learn what they do by seeing it directly. It's never boring. be interesting to fire up a careers thread and find out what everyone does/did for a living. yeah, I've known some brilliant people who are not doers. those guys are so frustrating to work with, they can turn anything into a quagmire. on the other hand, I've also worked with hi-energy idiots, people who might be smart and eager but who have zero judgment -- those guys are dangerous. as in all things, you gotta walk the line.

......antique stores....my second home....I never buy much but everything on the shelves reminds me of the distant past....Found a relic of days gone by the other day....thought it was quite novel till my wife said we already have one.....Didn't remember buying it and said to myself....uh oh To everyone on here who have posted some great sentiments...'you too, one day, will enter the world I and a few others on here are a part of'... till then don't ever give up the ship, keep the course and above all don't listen to those gawdamned rider fans.....

I'm juat grateful to remember where the bathroom is & fortunate enough to make it.

Figures Drew will be safe with our pass rush

In the NBA, they say you are the player you are going to be after 3 seasons. Significant jumps up in performance after that window are extremely rare. Football is far more varied, with some positions having very small windows (RB, DB, Lber), others having large windows (QB, OL, Canadian LOL). Because QBs have long windows (MBT, Khari, Zach), it can be hard. Most people still write off the first year for a QB. I don't think we've seen plenty of guys step in early and succeed. Even the NFL is cooling off on the 1 year on the bench for top pick QBs. But the 2nd pro TC is a huge checkpoint. Especially up here. You would expect any rookie to take a decent-sized step forward going into their 2nd TC in general or up here. The next step forward is moving up to being QB2. Not a huge difference between being QB3 and being on the PR Very few snaps come your way, the team's prep for you is minimal, you likely spend more time with the QB coach than the OC in the prep time before a game. But as a QB2, that all changes. You get snaps in each practice, you get coached, even just to run a scout team, you are involved more in play install, and heavily involved with the game on the sideline. You go from chucking balls on the side to anyone who wants to warm up and standing around to signaling and talking to the sideline coach (QB or OC) on most snaps. After that, it gets hard as you need primary reps to progress and show it. Next week, on Tuesday, Wilson will have been here for 2 years. He's had 2 full TCs, and he's been QB2 for 14 games in the CFL. Including 2 playoff games and appearing in the GC. From TC 1 to the end of TC2, and both pre-seasons, he hasn't shown improvement. He's Poised, Athletic, and has the Arm. He hasn't shown even flashes of the ability to locate the ball, throw on time, get the ball out to a spot on time, read the D, or run an offense. Dru brown struggled early to the point he only got on the roster for 2 games in 21. He was bad in the preseason, he was worse in the late-season window that we worked him in. 22 TC, he came in having taken a big step forward. He led the game-winning drive in W1 after Zach got knocked out and moved up the chart. Late that year, he got a chance and stepped up big again. At 23, he's the best backup QB in the league. 24, he's QB1 for ott. Wilson is now at the point, time line-wise, where Dru was when he beat up on BC and put up 350 yards. But his progress is that of a rookie in his first training camp. Pigrome was gone from here in his first year, and gone from the league after 2. Sean McGuire was a depth guy one year, then QB2. He flopped and was gone at the end of his 2nd year. Prukop was in Tor for 2.5 years, then here for 2 years, then EDM for 1. Strevy was here 2 years, went to the NFL, came back, and now is nearing the end of 2 years, has one foot out the door. Or he sure should. It's not impossible that Wilson still takes a step forward. But it is getting to be extremely unlikely. Even if he takes a good step forward, that makes him a decent QB2. Not a QB1 candidate. He's a year away from being a year away. We have failed to work him in this year, despite some good opportunities to do so. He really needs one in the final window of this season. And he needs to show serious progression. Except Mr.Perfect. Would've been perfect if he caught that.

Sentence structure is helpful to be able to function in society at a basic level. So is learning math. For that matter, so is learning punctuation. As well, if its lacking people may make assumptions about one's intellect, although sometimes one's comments reveal a lot about that.

Either way, reactions will be...

Rules for seniors: Don’t pass a bathroom, don’t waste a hard on and don’t trust a fart.

You're only as old as you feel.... awwww crap...

Good list.....going back yeah Ritchie and Mathews got best outta their squds Actually over looked alot is Mike Riley for us...Under Murphy he was a damned good DB coach and then as HC teamed up with Ritchie as head coach in 1990 to put out a damned fine defense...Many prob don't recal back then a lot of times you didnt really have a DC per say...but was a group effort....He was a highly underated Defensive mind by the average Joe, but players and coaches know what he brought...also a reason why he was in the NFL and NCAA as long as he was....If he wasnt lured away and was here for 5 to 10 yrs we wouldn't have been lost in the wilderness and Osh be chasing him as winningest coach...Dude was just the best Rod Rust as well was an innovative mind and formed defenses to suit his players

At the risk of creating more PTSD here...Tim Burke

Ahhh speak for yourself. My wife constantly remarks 'oh and you're just sooo perfect'.

I just retired and turned 80 in July. Heck I am at times afraid to go to the bathroom as I at times can not remember why I am there!!😁

Consider that Brown's first yr...even 2 more times than not looked lost...panicked and not really a viable option...yr 3 is when he actually looked like he had something....

Defense is Youngers (DC's) design, that being said...The HC has play sheet for both offence and defense and will more times than not also call plays "he" wants based on situation...down/distance...field position...etc....also what player packages he wants....Obviously the last yr all the above have not been on the same page/mindset OC guy actually doesn't even have a page...dude is useless and in over his head and Osh will do nothing about it because it will just confirm he screwed up....and he never accepts responsibility for messing up....always has an excuse so we stuck with it thru the yr sadly...

Actually....I do have to use math in Engineering....and I hate math...go figure

A case of 90 proof.

What am I waiting for on a roof?

My takeaway is that at 48, I am a young gun.

I'm 70... I defer to you & Gail. Stickem is older than me... And I saw the ending of the Industrial Revolution.

The way I look at it is that sports can make me happy, but sports is not allowed to make me feel sad or angry or disappointed or whatever for more than a minute or two. Picked up that attitude in 1996, when I was legit depressed for an entire year after both the Jets and Ottawa Rough Riders went away and people were talking about how the Hamilton Snow Bowl might be the last Grey Cup. There's lots of things to be miserable about, don't need to include my hobbies. Nowadays I'm just thankful for every kickoff. Respect to those whose passion for the blue runs deeper, though.

.......I just turned 80 on June 29th......us boomers are getting a little long in the tooth...BUT I think hanging around on this site helps keep me youthful....Seen many cycles of ups and downs with the BigBlue ....As far as the wins and losses column ...it sure as heck great when we win ...when we lose I get a little dejected but recover quickly and hope to see some light at the end of the tunnel the next game....and just keep on keepin on

Yeah, the D dominated until he left, then no one seemed to have a hot clue.

man, his cover 0 dominated. Play a few dbs back at the first down marker and send every one else. teams tried to out heavy set them, until eventually they best it with the spread and quick hitch stuff. Rust was really under rated from his earlier als stints in the cfl. I liked the way he ran camp and practice here. One of the best coaches of fundamentals i’ve seen. He could talk about tackling for hours. His exit from exit here was odd and unfortunate.

Remember Matthews: Second and long, line up the entire secondary at the first down markers...blitz everyone else.

i’m not surprised. I could still see him dressing zach

Tim burke. Haha, seriously he was a really good dcor. Just very limited in that role. Chris jones, yes a toxic waste dump of a leader, but tremendous dcor too. Halls style is oft maligned, and has a half life but is Ds around the league have evolved to adopt his style. I really like Bob slowik in calgary, he’s learned and taken a lot from jy and hall here. Noel thorpe is a better version of lapo for D. Brett monsoon is very good but hasn’t adapted well to roster change. Im very fond of Baron miles and JY as guys on the upswing. If you wanna go back in time, ritchie and don mathew’s are two of the best from their era. But it’s extremely hard to compare D from the early 2ks and prior to today. The league is generally run by offence and OC minds. The Ds here are at a big disadvantage.

hahaha....well I guess I used to be bouncing ay Teasers

sounds like an interesting are of specialty. I love the intersections of engineering and the trades. I’ve worked on 4 different sides of it over the past 25 years and love it. Oh yeah, i’ve been on more than a few projects like that. actually most projects seem to have atleast one nutter lol. First rule of mbb, don’t ask people their age lol

I'll start. I'm in the adult entertainment business. (wakes up goes to work feeling depressed).

yeah....would be....Puts more of a face so to speak behind the username Was interesting just hearing of some here...and some of the ages!

Youngers system will work...but needs legit dline rotation with guys who are active...and possess slick technical skills...and know how to use hands...and can overpower and finesse we have 2 guys with all that...WJ...Person...Vaughters not as technical but has others and is smart Adams has good tech...hand skills and power...but needs to be allowed to grow/learn...Woods prob best all round DT...why he not on is baffling Lawson power and versatile The rest...posssss almost none of what you want in our scheme for regular reps...any reps really

Yeah...field and real world experience in my opinion...and experience rules The book smart and calculator reliant guys were some of the worst engs I know I have site experience...inspection..GPS survey..and robotics...actually train people in it...so if you thrive in the dirt and see what the calcs and paper dictate...but can't figure out how to make it work in the real world...and more times than not 2d nonesense never does in the field...well...you flounder I way out the box...have to be...thats why Osh and his status quo and resistance to change...tweaks drives me nuts...I also coach yhe same way Yup...the busiest guy doing nothing! Seen it all too often If engineer companies aren't trying to poach you from where u currently are...you got no chops... I been poached 3x...chop chop lol

Bingo, bango, bongo. You could insert other professions and say the exact same thing. Human beings are a funny and fascinating species influenced by so many things that make them who they are..

Really depends on where you get and find the engineers. If they go out of school to work for the company they intern for and never move up, become stagnant in the profession and company, you bet. I've seen lots of those guys. I knew one in particular who was the proficient procrastinator I've ever met. he was a master of delaying work until it would disappear. If you get them out of the drone mills and into a field where they work hands-on, especially in an area of interest, you see wonders. School, work, and society have a way of drawing any passion out of work and intellectual pursuits. It's just about breaking that cycle. Math is rigid at low, basic levels. At higher levels, it's a very pliable problem-solving tool. If high level maths were completely rigid, they'd be easy, and they are not lol.

...................orrrrr judging a man by the thickness of his hair...I've always felt priveledged that I have command of the English lanquage written or spoken...I have to give credit to my early teachers in Winnipeg schools, who taught me very well....Is my writing perfect...no, and my punctution leaves a lot to be desired and the little dots after words would have my former teachers aghast...BUT we do what we do on this team site ....and in the end just hope everyone understands one's sentiment they're trying to convey ....you are correct...in your correction ....just goes to prove nobody is perfect

Gotta hate those farts that come with a side of gravy.

And some here think arguing about roster management is tedious. Love you.

Pigeons

This guy does not like Freisen, and who can blame him? This guy will be a HC in this league ,and I wouldnt mind if it was here.

I turned 80 on July 31. More old farts on here than I thought. 😃

Maybe Zach is healthy in November and our opponents have shitty QB injury luck ... ESF is Collaros vs. Morgan, EF is Collaros vs. Powell, Grey Cup is Collaros vs. PJ Walker. I recognize that the team has really declined from its peak in 2021, and we ain't gonna power bully our way to a cup like we did that year unless things turn real awesome real fast ... but there's always the hope we can win a sneaky backdoor cup. The Roughriders backed into the Grey Cup in 2007 and there ain't no asterisks on their banners.

Haha I don't even believe that really. The league is a crap shoot and any team could collapse at any moment. So make the playoffs and then see what happens.

I come into each game day with a renewed sense of optimism. I always believe we have at least a chance to win. As I get older, the shittiness of a loss seems to wash away quicker.

So you are saying that the posting was from the Department of Redundancy Department?