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That’s for sure. Brown was crazy sketchy first year. Yeah I love the mix of his tool set. His instincts and tendencies are really pro ready which we don’t see so much up here any more. Grainger has better upside, but he’s got a Dru brown level journey to being a pro. Wilson looks one step away from really having some thing. Ability to read the D, make quick decisions, take some thing off the ball for more touch, and more nuanced things like looking off the D will be big now. I liked how quick he got the ball out too.

That’s gotta be it. Mbt might draw out his decision to see if he gets a qb1 shot. Qft Really like his upside. Needs a good step forward and idk if camp and pre season is enough to cement that step. But it’d be great if he did.

Really? That’s pretty neat I’ve never heard of that niche before. He’s gonna be like 38 too. Long snapping can be pretty hard on the body especially considering he played before they protected the LS from dirty shots. I would’ve figured 100k floor for full time guys. It’s not a lot of days but you can’t really work in football and be on the panel full time.

Don’t think it matters either way. If we want the dole in camp, and it sure seems like we do, he will be in camp. We aren’t gonna see some crazy run on his services either way. I worry a bit that we might go into camp next year stagnant at qb. Don’t see us bringing 5-6 guys in camp even with 1 on crutches. May well be zach, dole, Wilson, granger and strevy with a clipboard.

That could be part of it. I know a bunch of guys who do really well on yt with football nerdy content. Might not have the same market share up here though. Might be entertainment quality, he’s a bit dry. Production quality really varies a lot. Might just need to find a way to each his market.

Comes in and hits the upright with the game deciding toss

Yeah idk he puts up great stuff but he doesn’t seem to be finding any market. Maybe 500 subs, 2-3 likes 1 comment under 100 views on average last I checked.

Yeah I thought B.C. would get more. I think they just wanted to get it over with. Would any one give up assets and take on mayor mccheese? I really doubt it but you never know. Cheap back up to Alexander in mtl makes sense to me.

He has been. Isn’t the most mobile last I heard. Maybe he’s had surgery and doing better (I want to say it was hip or knee issues) He loves Winnipeg too. He’s coached here for what 9-10 seasons? Interesting to say the least. Definitely seemed like he was winding down going into last season.

Not sold on him being the guy, can never drink the koolaid before the sophomore starting season. But I think his basement is pretty good compared to Fajardo. It’s a gutsy play to win move I like it for them. They could still scoop a back up like mccheese at worst imo. It’s gonna be a real interesting shuffle this off season. I feel like the team that acts first is gonna be in a great position. Fajardo might have to settle for a cheap deal and a back up role any way. I don’t see who would be willing to give him a no1 job at any pay rate.

A lot of that makes sense. I really don’t think maksymic will be a candidate for the hc job in bc.

That’s right I do recall him having rental income property.

Only stomached a bit. Soo many execution issues. Just ugly. On a side note, lapo needs to get some one technical to help him soo badly. His content is great but the difficulty of him to get videos up, with sound and video he’s really struggling. Half time adjustments used to be a strength too.

Very true. A lot more family and work life balance friendly. Yeah. Had soo much potential and the drive to achieve it. CFL really needs to boost the grass roots development up here we have a couple hot spots but other wise it’s tough for kids to get good opportunities and develop ill have to check that out, sounds like some good stuff.

I think lapo has like 500 subs. He’s got a long row to hoe for it to be an income stream. So far as I know the main guys like matty, milt, and Sanchez don’t have any big side hustle or day job. I bet those guys are making decent money. The some times crowd like the coaches, maybe not so much. At the same time if the money stank they’d be coaching at another level right?

Bet full time tsn pays more. But part time less for sure. Coaching pay in the cfl varies wildly with the coaching cap and multiple titles. Cap is 2.5m and 11 guys, 25 with management. we run 16 guys for an average of 156k. But mos, walters, Danny, and Ted easily combine for more than half the cap. Which leaves about 100k on average for the rest. I imagine top COs likely get 250-300k. Maybe 400-500k for ast hc types. The more ast hc and ast gm types the harder it is to pay other guys. I wonder if the coaching cap has a minimum.

Have to give the guy props for developing him self late in his career into a competent teams guy, going from an abysmal blocker to average or a bit better, and for finding another gear as a runner while being able to accelerate much quicker. If he had gotten that kind of development while in college his career as a pro would’ve been very different. I respect the guys tenacity, work ethic, toughness and strength. A lot of guys could use an ounce of what he’s got. He may well be picked up by another team, especially if they try to flip the ratio at rb. Toronto would be a good candidate if they want to go onto adebobye. Or mtl with ste, or bc with jeshrun.

And a roster spot that can be used elsewhere. Especially with feltmate as well. Di who is a rb/wr and kr would be ideal.

100%. The offence needs what JY has had with hall. Personally, a two team that wraps up qb coach, oc, and pass game co/qc and involves a developmental guy with a more seasoned guy is the best move. I think lapo would be a fine choice if they got the right guy to work with him. Maybe even have Marty Costello be the run game co under lapo and bring in a qb coach as well. That’d help us keep Marty and maybe keep lapo from the empty back, no run in the red zone stuff. I’m not sure if that’s the case, or if he was just forced into a box with a lot of the same kinds of players in his first and third go around here. too much money to be an emergency back up. Coaching officially and playing is probably not gonna fly with the coaching and salary cap or with the pa. He could be in a role like the goat did previously, but I don’t think zach would want that. To sit on the ir and in the room coaching. Usually guys like him need a gap of time to adjust to post playing life before coaching. The other option would be that if we keep zach we let him call the offense like in the khari and older days. I am a fan of letting qbs make some calls and run the hurry up alone. But idk if zach is the right guy for that. It’d probably be all Hail Mary plays lol.

He had a lot of the pieces on offence, the limiting factors were him and nichols. Hes a great offensive mind, and a great coach of players. He gets him self in trouble over thinking play calling trying to win tri level chess matches with people playing checkers. But, I do think he comes back stronger each time he returns to coaching.

Don’t think he’d get Jy, idk if they’d get permission either as they couldn’t offer a clear upgrade job. They’ll likely keep Phillips imo. Externally, none bomber types. I hope not myksimick but could be. Travis Moore doesn’t get a lot of talk but he’s gonna get a look at some point. Ott could make some drastic changes he could be available at a lateral job, as could Condell. But I think Moore as a 2 man oc could work. If jarious Jackson is out in Edmonton, and I think he will be, he could be a target. External ex bombers. Markus Howell could get a look, lapo could come back, khari could be an oc pass game coach or qb coach candidate Internally. I think Marty Costello will be a real contender. He’s had experience as a run game co ordinator and oc at lower levels. He’s a hot commodity as an ol coach and this is our best chance to keep him locked up. Pair him with a good qb coach to be a pass game coordinator and qb coach. Bourgoins could get some consideration, or even as a pass game coach. I wouldn’t be a big fan of that though, I think we need some out side fresh blood in the offence.

I really like bucks chances in bc. They want an offensive leadership change, his time with ringmaiden here, his time in bc previously, plus filling the hc spot will leave it too hard to attract a good oc. Going with an established hc may hurt their ability to retain Phillips. mueller is too green still, I think the next closest pick might be lapo. But bucks good years with zach, and browns development will give him the inside track imo.

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I was excited about mbt too. Good taste in talent bad taste in head cases when it comes to QBs lol. Masoli would be interesting to consider in that situation too. We were hot after him a couple times. Brutal to lose Ted and Mac. Losing buck is addition by subtraction. We’ve done an exceptional job of identifying and developing front office guys if we lose one of Ted and Danny we will be fine. Replacing two key front office pieces would be hard. I think we could benefit from another fresh pair of eyes in the front office. Losing ringmaiden was much harder than either Ted or Danny. And I love both of those guys. The more you develop and circulate guys like that around the league and football the better off you are. It allows you to attract much better talent and get them to fit into the coaching cap how ever needed. it’s true. And he earned it too. He’s not a carry along he played great.

He sure won’t. I don’t want a flogging. I want meaningful change. On the roster, it’s management, and at oc. Certainly seems the locker room is more of an issue than any point prior in mos career. I do not believe that the majority of the play feel that way. You think any dl other than maybe Willy and Thomas love him? Half those guys have spent more time in his dog house than on the ar. None of them saw the gc wins. Same with the lbers. I bet the dbs are more loyal to Jy. He’s hands off in the locker room, and lets the cos run their units. Newer guys aren’t gonna have that attachment to him. Even with the attachment vets might have, it hasn’t kept guys here in free agency or brought them back from the nfl. Kongbo Hansen grant Bailey, lawler, stove, darby, desjarlais, couture, hardrick, etc. lots of guys have left that spent a lot of time under mos. We’ve lost more in free agency since 19 than we’ve gained. Players like mos, and most of them like him as much as they do because he doesn’t regulate them. But the weight of that affection is measured in Pennies and milligrams. He and the mafia doesn’t have to say more than they’ve said. Be nice if they admitted the mistakes. But what’s really important is that they do more than they’ve done to fix these issues.