Al Bundy

Kind of presumptions for any of us to know the pressures being put on the young man, and undoubtedly being pulled in a million different directions.
You can guess his intentions, and you could be right or wrong, but the reality is you have no context to base it in.
I doubt Michael Sam asked for a press conference, and I doubt he truly wanted a reality show, quite frankly.

Well in my defence I was talking about the 2013 Bomber offence....Cauchy was playing for every other team's offence in 2013...

I believe if White would have stayed healthy last season he would have led the league in rushing, so it is a pretty big loss for the Esks.

sorry to hear that. He was fun to watch. He and his line made John Chick and the boys look ordinary.

They should get a new trainer in Montreal;)

Ottawa's gotta be reaching out to McCallum right now.
(trivia learned while googling to see if this is actually happening:) It would be his second stint in Ottawa since he was actually a Rough Rider back in 1993. And he's the only player in CFL history to have played against all three Ottawa franchises.

Hey, it's not like Wally left a pile of manure in his yard when McCallum missed a kick.

Our local sports media should be replaced with the people on this board who are actually giving updates from TC.

I don't think Kyle will let his ego get in the way of who is on the field.  This isn't the Joe Mack era.  Kyle deserves a few mulligans.  If Neufeld doesn't fit, he'll go.

Okay. Just got back from training camp and finally back in the office. Today was the first day that coaches from the Winnipeg High School Football League were invited on the field to take in the practice. We were originally told to stick to the sidelines but MOS came over immediately and invited us on the field and to go ahead and focus on whatever position we were interested in. I tried to walk around a bit but was always drawn to the offensive line, running backs and offense as a whole.
 
I'll say this. we have some big boys on the Oline and Dline that can move very quickly. Watched some one on ones in the first sessions and while this is usually slanted towards defensive aggression, Coach Wiley had his boys fighting up a storm. Picard is an animal and while Chung may not be technically skilled yet, you can see him picking up tips from the coaching staff. Coach Wiley even came over to a couple of us coaches and gave us some tips that he uses to teach fundamentals. Awesome. Jace Daniels and Devin Tyler were getting some long looks with the first team Oline. Greaves is still in there but his relaxed nature definitely opens the door for some of the young guys to jump in a get a look. As Coach Wiley suggested, it don't mean s*** until game situations come into play.
 
As for receivers, Nick Moore looked amazing. If he stays healthy, he will easily be a league leader. Just so much speed after he catches the ball. Kris Bastien made a couple of nice grabs on some long balls and looks very quick as well. I only noticed L.Tunei once today as he fought off 2 defenders for a catch in the second half of practice (no shoulder pads for second half). Tunei does look to be a bigger guy but some of those DBs do as well so tough to tell from my vantage point.
Saw some nice catches from Adamas and Clemons as well. As for Jordan Reaves, man, i think he makes the team this year. He made some nice catches today, often adjusting to the DBs to get to the ball. He is a big strong kid. Maybe he is not running his routes 100% but from my sideline view, they sure were giving him every opportunity to figure it out.
 
QBs all looked good today I thought. There was a fairly good breeze going from West to East so that made the "across the field" throw either very easy or very hard. Truthfully, they all looked good. Not sure how Yantz makes this team as the top 4 all made some nice throws today. Running backs all had moments of shine today with Paris Cotton leading the way. Marshall and Scott both broke a couple of long ones too but its sometimes tough to tell if they would have broken free if the defense was given the chance to "light 'em up". Tough call.
 
Sherman filled in for Leggett and didn't look out of place. He is pretty vocal out there. Not as vocal as Coach Miles but close. Dline Coach commands a lot of respect. You can see that he wants them going hard all the time. Loved what Greg Peach does out there. He is fighting hard for his job. Great competition on the line.
 
I'll try to get out there again tomorrow. Let me know if there is anything in particular you want me to look at. Keep in mind, i think the second half of practice tomorrow is all special teams.

I was able to go for about 20 minutes you are not missing much, when I was there the Oline and Dline where doing drills and the others did a punt coverage drill with 3 players going down vs the returner and the coaches stressed the 5 yards it was a bit boring since it was just trying to teach the new players about the 5 yard rule, the only 2 players that caught my eye for no reason in particular other than I thought who is that where #50 Warden and #22 Randle , I did watch some of the OL vs DL and at first the Oline was doing well then the Dline players started to dominate. My first look at Chungh wasn't good he got flattened by one of the Dline ( Chungh did look much better in the scrimmage ) . I stayed for the Scrimmage and it was uneventful for the most part all QB got reps and they rotated players in and out every 2 plays or so it was hard to tell much from the scrimmage...
 
Mimms is a monster the only issue might be he is too tall to throw over ? and our RECs looked good I didn't have a player list with me but I picked out Reaves and Richards both big targets that can run, neither had any balls thrown their way when I was watching...
Anderson ( RB ) looks very small... short and light not sure he will be able to make it as a RB in the CFL...

I went to the rookie camp yesterday and as most people have already stated, not a lot happened. (I had to sign a waiver form to get in.)
 
They spent most of the time that I was there running individual drills.  It was hard to see what was going on in the other corners of the field but luckily the WRs were doing their drills right in front of me.
 
Here are some minor observations that I could make:
#15 Toney Clemons might not make it past rookie camp.  He was falling all over the place in his footwork drills and I honestly don’t think I saw him catch one ball.  That’s not good when all you’re doing is route running drills. Addison Richards and Jordan Reeves are some big men.  Unlike when Jade entered rookie camp, these guys look like they fit in nicely.  (Physically speaking.) I can’t wait to see both of them in main camp. Buck Peirce looked good tossing balls to the RB’s.

I got to guest coach at the rifles spring camp this year and let me tell u the Braedy Will could end up on the PR. Best Db out of this Prov in a long time. Very physical and could see him even down in the LB group

My first impression is that Groulx must be full of himself.
I'll wait awhile until I can gauge this information with more careful thought.
OK, it's been over 3 minutes and I still think he's acting like a d--k.

I like Tuttles.
 

Hopefully its a story for a couple days/games then he is just another guy on the roster.

So if he makes the team what is the over under for how many times during the season his situation will be mentioned - like maybe a thousand? Don't know about you guys but this news is getting pretty old.

Hope everything is good with Burke's personal life.

Sitting on the couch listening to Benevides say with Chungh and Picard together there is going to be snot bubbles, I just about had snot bubbles myself. The bombers have needed a bubble machine O line for a long time. 

Sustaining a roster has always been his downfall .. it's EASY to build a winner when you have a blank cheque .. it's something entirely different when you have to manage a roster, build depth and sustainability .. 

Hervey's mo is size/strength on both sides of the ball. I think he'll hang on to Watson.

I would rather have 3-5 cups in the next 10 years than win it this year

He wasn't before the trade, but now that he is a Rider, He's achieved God status

Man, I said this to 17to85 this morning on FB chat and he lit me up. I really thought Bucknor was solid if unspectacular last year. He more than held his own, and I'd have no problem with starting him again this year, if need be. Thought he was a really pleasant surprise last season.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865627974/Max-Hall-talks-about-his-arrest-last-year-and-how-the-BYU-family-reached-out-to-help.html?pg=all
 
Good interview (with video) on Max Hall and his arrest/drug addiction.