Posts posted by Wanna-B-Fanboy
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1 hour ago, Mike said:
There’s also the reality that I see a lot of people on social media (not here) missing, which is that a lot of our veterans aren’t getting raises.
I guarantee you Willie, Kyrie, Bryant, Neufeld, Eli, Castillo as a whole make less than they did last year.
We also let go of some big ticket low impact players … Ceresna over Vaughters was less than $100k increase. Tim White over Dillon Mitchell was maybe a $50k cap increase. Jonathan Jones and Peyton Logan are gone and their cap hits were decent. Even Jake Thomas had a decent cap hit that is now off the books.We paid big money to Pokey, Holm, Lawson, Kramdi, Brady and some others but a lot of that went on the 2025 cap and a lot of it came from offsets elsewhere and that’s probably exactly why we were able to come out swinging on a guy like Broxton. It may not result in a return to the glory days (also, it may) but I can’t help but be impressed with what Walters has done with the cap so far.
53 minutes ago, Mike said:I’m curious to see if we actually use the roster exemption spots this year, since we never have. It’s been a bit murky so I may admittedly not completely understand it.
Pretty sure we have to start 8 “Canadians” but one of them can be an American with enough service time. This is the one that baffles me, since we consistently deploy enough veterans.
We could also use the designated Nationalized American and I’m wondering if that’s what they do with Ceresna. The Bombers have been adding a LOT of DT types to the negotiation list lately, which makes me wonder if they’re still going to try and find a big body there and utilize the inside-outside ability Ceresna has.
Not being inside the mind of Walters or O’Shea, it’s impossible to say what they’re thinking but what I would personally do at this point with the way our roster is built … I’d declare 6 Canadians (Brady, Demski, Nield, Neufeld, whoever plays center and Stan) on offense and 2 Canadians (Lawson and Kramdi) on defense to get to 8 and then I’d start a rookie DT next to Lawson and make Ceresna the designated Nationalized American on defense … rotate him in for Lawson up to 25 snaps, rotate him for Willie or the other American DT the rest of the time.
We also could use a designated Nationalized American on offense in addition, but I’m not really quite sure how you’d work that since your 6th OL is probably Gabe Wallace which you’re happy with.Solid analysis and commentary- thanks for that.
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2 minutes ago, Noeller said:
I think the biggest thing to take away from all the blame being thrown around, is that absolutely nobody here has a ******* clue what's going on behind the scenes. Blame Walters, Blame Osh, Blame Wade, Blame Scouts, Blame the OC, Blame Players.... Nobody really knows and never will.
As always, the answer is likely somewhere in the middle... Or, at least, everyone accepts at least a little bit of blame for how it went down.
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All this hate being heaped on Walters... does anyone else think that he may have been a victim of our less than stellar talent scouts? I mean we lost two maybe three impactful talent scouts since 2019. I feel that may be part of the reason for our lack of talent across the board.
Don't get me wrong- KW does deserve a good portion o the blame.
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2 hours ago, Brandon said:
If Mitchell was playing for the Riders the tune would be different. The same thing happened after Lawler was suspended for his DUI and a few people on here gave him the pass. Lots of double standards.
Wellyeah. It's like family- if they are part of your family you are more forgiving and have more empathy and patience... double standard sure, but totally natural.
Also, using riders is an extreme example- default mode for those chucklefucks is deep deep disdain.
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