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Yeah and kept ball over hagerty too. Or schmekel. best moves we’ll made was finally jettisoning guys like ba and biggie. Shame we didn’t move on from Thomas/kola/kyrie too.

Bombers cut hagerty, Cooley back to pr. Little surprised we cut hagerty and kept ball. Must really like the kid. Imagine bo goes back in, maybe vanterpool.

We should’ve learned our lesson last year from what Bryant went through. If a linemen is sick for a week, don’t throw him into the heat of a summer game. have the opportunity to make some good changes, not betting we will see more than 1 positive change though.

The nhl season and post season is egregiously long. I feel like they always taper down into the finals. But again not a hockey guy. The presentation, pre game, none game related coverage (trade deadline, draft, free agency) is very much what I think the cfl needs. the current presentation is more like a cheap Canadian sitcom about people the announcers working an ESPN the ocho type sport. In my experience, the NHLs presentation doesn’t confuse selling the steak with selling sizzle.

Crum

Adam’s is a sick athlete. I could see teaching him to kick off, in college he was booming balls with a janky half extension on his leg. Idk if he has the flexibility to be an actual punter, though he has the explosive power in his leg. I dig using practice to develop modular depth. Idk why Castillo hasn’t been our full time punter, he’s a damn good punter. I don’t dare to dream that. Jake apparently has a cold or some thing. I bet he plays even if he has a fever of 103 and no matter how bad he plays mos would sing his praises. The triple Canadian front is soo bad. Idk why we bother. Lawson + adams inside has been soo disruptive.

They do, but not one willing to eat losses, buy fans, improve the stadium/invest seriously in the team. Hamilton and bc have owners with deep pockets and real passion for the team and league. That’s the difference. The old Olympic stadium is going through a massive rebuild that’s going to turn the stadium back into a top notice facility. But the ALs aren’t involved or seemingly even interested. It’s true, the vibe at the rum hut is next level. I’ve got a couple cousins who never cared for any sports and both love going to games and hanging out at the rum hut. Ones become a pretty good bomber fan. They could legit sell 5-10k standing only tickets in the concourse area and still fill the seats. My uncle was never more than a casual tv fan when times were good. He’s had season tickets the last few years now. And was getting 5 packs back to 18. The game day experience in the stadium is phenomenal. And yes, being a great team helps too. They would have to completely flip the value proposition of the league to do that. Which would be a gigantic change, for what in the end would leave us in a similar financial situation. Don’t get me wrong, we desperately need to grow the streaming and tv side of the market and that’s the future. But the league is a gate driven gate dependant entity. And the viewership product is miles away from being where it would need to be. Imo is mostly smoke and mirrors from short term windfalls. Like the modest epsn us tv deal. To take the next step the league needs tsn to create what the nhl has on tv. (Atleast last I saw and perceive, I don’t watch hockey) the CFL is in a position where if it isn’t growing, it’s dying.

Most of the league is either in trouble or right in the verge of being in trouble. Ham and bc are ok because their owners can eat it / buy fans and won’t sweat losses. We are rock solid of course. The rest, at best treading water. Even at that, if bc/ham had a sudden ownership turnover they’d be in serious trouble quickly. For us, we obviously have deep coffers now. And a strong fan base. But we did at the turn of the 90s to. If we had an extended competitive collapse, the eventual fan base exodus would be a massive problem for the league. The riders are half way down the toilet already. If the top draws in the league barely got 20k the tsn deal would plummet and total gate average would be serious trouble. The league is at a crossroads. New tsn deal soon, bunch of teams on the fringe, already failed to capitalize on a younger generation the new commish has his work cut out for him, and the board.

Last years start and first 1/3 was brutal.

I could go either way on vanterpool. Be nice to have him back, but I think we could use that roster flexibility else where too.

Never a perfect schedule when a bunch of teams like Toronto are dead last in terms of scheduling importance at their own venue. we don’t need a perfect schedule. We need a reasonably competent one though. Where top divisional rivals season series isn’t wrapped up 3 weeks into the season. the gap in terms of excitement and entertainment value has closed dramatically in the past 10-15 years. While the talent level is plateaued, and coaching tapered off hard. Yep. I’d be good with a 50/50 split of touches for Brady and Peterson in the first week or two as well. Ease Brady back into it. Getting banged up early in the year can be really tough to bounce back from.

We are too banged up right now. To many guys playing hurt and depth is ravaged. We didn’t use Cooley as much as I’d a liked and he showed really well. But if Brady is good to go, we need roster depth else where.

Fun fact Zach has as many passing tds, and more total tds after 2 starts than after 9 starts last year.

I’m not talking nfl retreads, realistically that isn’t likely no matter what with the cap even if it went up. I’m talking young minds from down south. The cfl is so far behind the 3/4 levels of us football in innovation now it’s really sad. The systems flat lining of innovation up here is going to exacerbate the leagues demographic problem.

I think we do need more coaches from out side the cfl ecosystem. I’d particularly look at cos and position coaches to fill the same roles up here. I would also give more chances to cis guys and try to strengthen the coaching pipeline up here. Instead of mostly relying on ex players to join current cfl coaches and maintain the status quo. in general, we need larger coaching staffs though. More scouting in league and down south, more position coaches, more quality control, film, and analytics/stats roles.

The dream. I think lber is going to be the big future default Canadian spot on D. It’s all turning to pressure and or drop D. We will continue to see some ratio breaking ni pass rushers and dbs but I can see a lot of teams going to Canadians for run stoppers and shallow to moderate depth zones.

Idk what I’d do for popularity. But if I was the commish, I’d increase the coaching cap by atleast 40-50% at nearly any cost. Coaching cap is strangling the crap out of this league.

I don't think it needs to be a minute, but it should be a very consistent review process, play to play, game to game. Give teams a challenge per time-out, and make the stoppages a time-out length. I don't think the booth should be stopping play unless it is related to player safety.

No harris, no Rourke, that game is gonna be a real thriller lol

Legit, I don't think Deatrick Nichols has a hole in his game. Most players who are extreme outliers have holes in their game. Holm is a good example, though he has grown a lot. Especially if you are a db, if you have a big gap in your game people are going to exploit the crap out of you. Football is too dependent on 1-on-1s to be able to get by being heavily flawed. That's why we see so many teams play a nose or cross the face of Kola now. Why teams read WJ, etc.

No, no, he's bad. He is never in a position to even provide a Pylons contribution in coverage. Also, it's 2025 in the CFL. Both Wil and Mac are in the same role now, and defending the pass is always significantly more important in the CFL. What other team in the league runs to win games?

It's almost like we keep repeating the same mistakes that cost us the last 3 GCs. If you're happy to be in the play-off race, and happy we're on the 2 GCS, that's great for you. But expecting improvement and accountability for those losses isn't wrong. You can argue how long the honeymoon period should be after a championship, but 4th year post-ship is well past it. Arguably, losing in 3 gcs after reduces that time. Especially in the way we did.

Jones was terrible in coverage. His instincts and ability to scrape to the ball and the play are tremendous in the run game. But he's out on an island watching everything happen in coverage ,then trying to help tackle.

Zach's play cost us a GC, and he's been so putrid in the GCs and playoffs; he has a long way to go before that. He did give me a ton of hope again. I had hope after his preseason play as well, but last week was rough. His start to the game was also rough. He tossed some ducks early last night that had me worried. I'm glad he got it together. I hope he keeps it tight from here on. I am reasonably optimistic that this will continue. With Jones, he pretty much did what he always does. A bit better than previous in pass rush, though it's not his strength. He is still completely lost in pass cover.

I don't know if he can bust through this plateau he has reached as a coach, while still being here. I think we are going to be locked in to a lot of the same stuff, for a long time. I think when things come to an end here, how ever and when ever that happens, he could take the next step.