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Here's something that I taught my kids and might help you too. If you continually find that people are acting like jerks to you (like for example, on various internet boards) there can only be two explanations: 1- You're the most unlucky guy in the world and no matter where you go, you end up surrounded by jerks. or 2- They aren't the jerks, but there's a jerk present. Now, on the balance of probabilities, which do you think is most likely?

Great, just great. Longo sets with a narrow base. Just once, couldn't Walters find someone who sets with a wide base? I mean, come on, what is he thinking...

Yep I'm really stumped on how it is perceived around here that we are in a better position here in bomber villa but it might change when we go to 3-6 unfortunately.man.. do you two ever get tired of being so depressed and pessimistic? id never wanna get outta bed lol.Too bad you do!Jk! Really I guess I'm spoiled I grew up in the Cal Murphy years and Mike Riley was my favourite coach of all the Blue coaches. I have seen the best and it's tough to witness all the years of sub par coaches since. Hey if I'm wrong about MOS I'll be actually pretty damn happy. We will see. While you wait to see, could you do so quietly? Thanks.

Nope move MOS back to special teams coach with Higgins experience we are a better team.Take the blinders off. Wow! Seriously? You honestly think that you could call in your HC, tell him he's being demoted and he'd happily clean out his office for the new guy. What ever it is you're smoking, cut back, seriously...

I'm sure a big chunk of those fans are driving in from Calgary for the game. Considering it's only half Stampeder fans at McMahon for games against the Riders, not even a chance. Obviously some, but not many. That's total bullshit. That's why I hate & totally disrespect the Rider fanbase when they post total garbage like this. The Stamps have 24,000 season tickets in a 35.000 seat stadium. So how do nearly 20,000 Rider fans get in? Most of the fans there cheering for the Riders are drunken douchebags. Give me a frigging break. Ok sorry, that was an exaggeration, but they still fill it up a decent bit. Anyhow, there aren't going to be that many Stamps fans in Regina. There will obviously be a few as always, but not "a big chunk". Yeah but when you go to a game in Calgary vs. the Bombers there's a ton of Bomber fans in there too, when the Lions are in town there's a ton of Lions fans. That's just what happens when you are in a city with a large population that has moved there from out of province. The Riders aren't some unique fanbase, especially when it comes to Calgary. Exactly. Through many decades the youth of Saskatchewan fled their family farms to other provinces to gain employment in other provinces. Saskatchewan teetered on the brink of insolvency for the better part of 50 years prior to the last decade. With no other major economy other than farming and no prospect of employment other than driving tractor for minimum wage, Saskatchewanites spread out across the country at a rate only rivaled by Newfoundland. Once in their new homes, they developed a kind of survivor's guilt for leaving and the only sports team from "back home" they could rally their survival guilt around was the Riders. The success of the Rider brand across Canada has more to do with that than anything else. Not wanting to be seen as turncoats by the province that raised them but they ultimately abandoned, they don green and go to games in the hopes that somehow it will rectify the damage that was done by the mass exodus they were a part of. Sad really. In short the Rider's success around the league speaks more to the former sad state of affairs of their home province than it actually does about their football team. Same could probably be said about the high number of Bomber fans that attend games in Alberta. Although, there are far fewer of us, the reasons for attending are about trying to keep allegiances with the provinces left behind. This post is sadly very true in some ways. I left Sask right out of high school for the Alberta Oilfields. Is what it is. I also returned home at the first opportunity and have lived here many years. I don't blame anyone for moving or doing what they have to do to support their families, That's got ****-all to do with what team they cheer for. FYI I have 3 Manitoba boys on my crew here and they still like the Bombers, I wouldn't expect them to turn on the team they grew up cheering for just because they moved here. Please tell those Manitoba boys that they have our deepest sympathies. Also, could you remind them that waking up screaming at night is completely normal, given their circumstances.

From what i recall, Jones wasn't really a true LB. He was a edge pass rusher 90% of the time, lining up wide off the tackle usually very close to the LOS. Watching Odell play in Tim Burke's 'jack' position reminded me of how Jones lined up. I think we could use that trio nowadays -- West at mac, Battle at wil, Jones at DE. But yeah, they'd have to bring Rod Hill or Ken Hailey along to play SAM/dime. (It'd be interesting to see how Jones would fare in today's option-happy CFL. Because the man was about one thing--destroying quarterbacks.) Given his age, I'm guessing that things would not go too well.

Trick question 17to85 because the answer is our starting Offensive Coodinator

3 to 5 seems like it would work fine in most situations. By the way, the Riders are 0-6.

Yea? So what if our quoting system sucks. The Riders are 0-6. So there... (Actually I didn't have anything to add. I just like typing Riders and 0-6 in the same sentence)

Good job Drew, but the only individual honour that I'd really like to see him win is Grey Cup MVP

Gurley

No regerts, no regerts at all.

Was in town for the game last night with my daughter. A great time made even better because she's a Lions fan. Free drinks after the game...

Cotton

Ever think of changing your online name? Something like Captain Contrarian? General BuzzKill? If you need any help let me know.

No harm, no foul mate. And yes, I get that my world view isn't universal (and let's all give thanks for that!). If I was Taman, my big fear would be to someday look back on my life and regret that I often took the path of least resistance. What might I have done and accomplished otherwise? Maybe Brendan's comfortable with that, and that's fine... for him. I want the GM of my team to be a guy who does what he does for the Bombers because he believes it's the right thing to do and wears the result without excuses. As I said, I have no doubt that on a personal level, Taman is a real nice guy and I'm happy that he's being a real nice guy, in Saskatchewan, and I hope that he's there for a long, long time to come. I think you are making a lot of assumptions on Taman's motives and decision making based solely on what is reported in the media (unless you have some kind of inside knowledge). When you are in a job like GM that has so much media exposure, what you say and do externally doesn't always match with what you say and do internally ... and for good reason. You might be right, but at the same time, he has certainly never said anything to my knowledge to refute those rumours. And then of course there's the point of how would rumours like that get started in the first place and who might want to see them spread.

No harm, no foul mate. And yes, I get that my world view isn't universal (and let's all give thanks for that!). If I was Taman, my big fear would be to someday look back on my life and regret that I often took the path of least resistance. What might I have done and accomplished otherwise? Maybe Brendan's comfortable with that, and that's fine... for him. I want the GM of my team to be a guy who does what he does for the Bombers because he believes it's the right thing to do and wears the result without excuses. As I said, I have no doubt that on a personal level, Taman is a real nice guy and I'm happy that he's being a real nice guy, in Saskatchewan, and I hope that he's there for a long, long time to come.

I'm glad that they are only making one change to the starting O line. The more that they play together as a unit the better.

No, I don't know you, so let me ask - do you have a boss, or are you truly self-employed? If you've ever worked for a boss, you do what they ask you to do. Ever work late, through lunch, cover for someone else who is sick, get handed a project with a deadline you know can't be met without cutting corners somewhere? And you'd say no every time to any of that? Enjoy the unemployment line. No I'm not self-employed and I think that you seem to have missed what I was talking about. I'm not talking about the day to day stuff that every employee, management or otherwise, has to put up with. I'm talking about the core stuff that one does. If I'm hired to do a job and then I have a boss who wants to spend his time telling me how to do it, he and I would (and this has happened) have a conversation about why I was hired and what my expectations are for my job. If we can't come to a satisfactory understanding, then yes, it's time to move on. Fortunately, I've found that in most cases, if you show your superiors that yes, you do know your stuff and if you make sure that you keep them "in the loop" they tend to step back and let you do your thing. If not, then why in the world would someone stay where they really aren't respected or appreciated.

Well, you don't know me so your opinion is nothing more than your own mindset, but understand that there are people who will not do a job if they are not given the tools (authority, resources) to do it.

LOL!! This is just fantastic.... Hey, it's ok, some people want to watch marionettes dance around, others don't. Personally, I'd love to have a job where I could sit in a chair collect a salary and have someone above me make all my decisions for me. Oh wait, I forgot, I actually have a spine and a brain and I know how to do my job, so maybe not. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiighttttttt. Suuure you would. Sooo, you're calling me a liar? Not that it matters a bunch, but on what exactly???

LOL!! This is just fantastic.... Hey, it's ok, some people want to watch marionettes dance around, others don't. Personally, I'd love to have a job where I could sit in a chair collect a salary and have someone above me make all my decisions for me. Oh wait, I forgot, I actually have a spine and a brain and I know how to do my job, so maybe not.

I'm sure that Taman's a nice man, but I have never had sympathy for people who will take on a leadership role and then let someone else dictate to them. If you want to be the GM then be the GM. If the president tells you to do something and you disagree, you tell him to take a hike. Sure you might get fired but what sort of leader are you if you are simply warming a chair and letting some one else call the shots that should be your responsibility? The answer is: Brendan Taman

And there we have the "It's not Brendan's fault. He was forced to do it". If you sit in the big chair, then whatever happens falls on you. Just doing a quick check shows that while GM of the Bombers (2004-2008), there were head coaching changes in 2005 and 2008. Since becoming GM of the Riders (2010), there have been three (probably four) head coaching changes, with the first two coming in 2011 and then again in 2012 and likely one coming in 2015.

Even if the architect is telling the absolute truth, correct me if I'm wrong but the Grey Cup happens in November and in Manitoba, November is winter. So I guess he's assuming that there would never be a Grey Cup held in this stadium? Must be a Rider fan...