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Yes he needs to be as charismatic as Ricky Ray. Holy crap was that guy a ball of personality!

The amount of brain drain our front office has seen since 19 is truly incredible. We didn't just lose the old guard; we lost the young guys along the way as well. Aside from Danny and Walters, we've probably seen 300% roll over in the rest of the positions since then. Just like we became an old roster long in tooth at the expense of younger talent, the front office did the same. It used to be Walters would focus on Canadian scouting, Ted was the heart/organizer and guy to really dig into the minutiae on making scout reports, Ringmaiden was the crazy smart guy who found crazy pieces in random locations, and Macmanus was allowed to focus intently on a small, but prospect-rich geographic region. Then Ringmaiden was replaced by Penn (who Ted found and brought in), and we saw our talent strengths change positions, but we saw immediate dividends. Cyril Penn was the hardest pill to swallow. Truly incredible football mind and US scout, then watched him instantly walk away with Ted. A guy that young and new to pro football is exactly what you need to secure long term. The front office is like the DL with WJ last year. We got 2 specialists and none of the pieces needed to support that structure anymore. Not only that, we've gone further into the specialized areas with guys like Jauch and Deslauriers. I like both guys, but Jauch overlaps with Danny a lot, and Deslauriers overlaps even more with Walters. Gulakow has taken an even bigger role in the CIS draft as well. If you don't count DC as front office (in terms of scouting, etc) and don't count Stanley's analytics on offense, we have the same number of Offensive coaches as we do front office guys. I like most all the front office types we have, but I don't love the fit. It's too much this guy assists that guy and does a bit of this and that. And not enough thoroughbreds running a race in their own area of expertise. The harsh reality of the front office cap era is you need guys who are modular. Coaches who can really dig into scouting in the off-season, and national scouts who can scout your own team and support countering your own weaknesses. And you need as much horsepower as you can get, just churning through guys and opportunities down in the US nonstop. Be that NFL camps, College camps, Games, Practices, Combines, Prodays, rookie/position Camps, you name it. And most importantly, you need that whole crew to work together and balance each other out really well. You need a process for guys a scout loves. Another guy or two to watch tape, and at least one to go dig in and pick apart the initial report and find what might be missing. Otherwise, you can easily waste years with fool's gold in scouting. (Cleveland Browns syndrome) And if you look at many of our most vaunted additions of rookies over the past few years, you see a lot of fool's gold, and not much real gold. That is the falling-down point of our scouting right now. While we seem to be trending in the wrong direction for the volume of high-level talent, but we are farthest off in terms of talent/athleticism actually translating to the Canadian game. That, unfortunately, is amplified by the coaching and roster management issues we have.

QBs and leaders don't need to be fiery. We see soo many people think that being loud is strong leadership these days. It isnt. Dru brown has it where it counts. 3DownNationDru Brown addresses Ottawa Redblacks departure, defends a...Dru Brown made his first appearance in practice with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Tuesday afternoon, giving him a chance to respond to the criticism that was aired by Ottawa Redblacks head coach and g Confidence, no insecurity and need to punch back at ott, class and professionalism. That is a guy people will follow. On and off the football field.

Yep, he regularly shamed his career back up/caddy jason maas for not matching his intensity

Winnipeg Blue BombersNeed to Know | Week 5 at Hamilton - Winnipeg Blue BombersThere’s no sense in complicating this, so Dru Brown won’t even look at going down that road. The veteran quarterback was back in Winnipeg Blue Bombers colours Tuesday morning as the team returned to pRight at the end notes that Pokey and Ceresna practiced today so good news there. Congrats to Neuf on the addition of twins to the family!

Osh is obviously renting on Booch's brain. 😁

If I had a nickel for every time Maas calmed Ray down, I'd be rich.

Dinwiddie paid $150,000 for a QB who didn't take a snap for him. If he wasn't even going to give Dru Brown reps in camp and knew he was going another direction, why not cut him before the bonus?

“I don’t think that way. I think Dru is extremely emotionally intelligent. Now, he may say differently but what I see is a guy who has a high EQ and would be able to draw on other experiences. Now, in certain situations would he use that? I don’t know, that’s a question for him. “He is an emotionally intelligent man, so I don’t know if he is carrying that extra baggage around.” Says the article 👆

IQ = Intelligence Quotient EQ = Emotional Quotient SQ = Spiritual Quotient You obviously did not know that. 😁

You're right, There's many different ways to be a leader. They don't have to be fiery but show something. That's the key. Either be a shoulder pad slapper & get everyone excited or do it through their play on the field. You want your players to believe when their qb says in the huddle with a minute left. "We're going to score now & win this game!!" " The coaching & admin cap is the bane of CFL teams. We aren't the only one s suffering. It needs to be eliminated. Great post!!

Why not just suspend guys instead of saying they can't sign in the league?

You find religion or sumthin???

Philly and Pitt both asked for quite a bit of retention and SJ didn't, is what I read yesterday, but Nurse only wanted to go East so they were stuck until he opened up his list a bit. Thank God...

Agreed. As soon as I saw the trade happen, I wondered how much they would have to retain. Absolutely shocked that it was zero.

He nearly beat the mighty Eskimos in 1980. The Apple Bowl June 27, 2026. We were sitting in the far right grandstand on the 20 yard line.

Like I said, you lecturing Booch, myself or any other poster here is ironic since you talk trash everyday... Last time I looked this is a discussion forum. We are entitled to have opinions & to post them. Otherwise, we just become...

Osh likely doesn’t know you exist guy. You repeat yourself daily. Who is the real fool? Dudes living your dream isn’t he??

I don’t think it was Emotional that Osh meant. The YouTube video I saw I’m not sure he said Emotional but he also didn’t mean to say IQ. He said IQ then corrected himself to say or EQ I guess, maybe was emotional. But was talking of the D I think. PS: just a joke by the way. I don’t care if people are obsessed or not.

We know. Tell us on the doll where Osh touched you cuz borderline obsessed

Stuart Skinner is just so, so bad... Good lord.

I think we all know what GIF is going to be posted whenever he lets one in

Have to agree about the scouting...We used to find guys in a pinch BUT lately have come up empty....I don't know who scouts for the argos but whomever it is, they are coming up with some diamonds....Luv that Kahmann kid they found...Reminds me a lot of the type of receiver we used to bring in....We need to bloodhound their scouting and follow them around cuz what we are doing lately ain't cutting it

Gross. Sex pests should be banned for life.

Watts could tuck it & run... Ham was outstanding. As a Bomber fan, he used to scare the bejeebers out of me when he played for Edmonton. He was at his most dangerous as a runner when the pocket started to collapse around him.

Not the first time a new HC came in & decided to clean house at the qb position. Such is pro football. It's just that Ryan Dinwiddie hung his hat with Jake Maier. Jake Maier???

It's kinda obvious that the Bombers don't see Eli as a starting centre.

I suggest that it far too soon to judge Daniels. He can be taught how to block better and yes, he fumbled but he was trying for extra yards. I would rather have that than someone who develops alligator arms in traffic or goes down at the first touch. Rookies make mistakes, but the physical attributes are there and he seem willing.

Jets add Skinner on 2-year, $7.5M pact https://thescore.com/nhl/news/3555724