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and even tho you dont necessarily need to get rocked...but he never really took any hellacious hits that I remember....and if something did seem off with him as he said he was confused...coaches and medical staff would have noticed that in convo with him on the sidelines during the game...you would think...I sense an excuse here, to try and save face for not being this so called super star....And have not seen the Argo medical staff confirm it either

I just think this is all rather convenient excuse making and that it shows a ton about his character. Own up to your crap game and quit making excuses Chad.

I was feeling sorry for him until he conveniently used it as an excuse for immediately vacating the field instead of shaking hands. That's when narcissist alarm bells began blaring in my character assessment portion of my amygdala.

Kelly is now saying he essentially played the whole game with a concussion. One that occurred early in the first half but he can't identify the hit or the play as to when it happened.   If he's not just making excuses which would be well within his character you have to wonder if it was a case of him being too selfish to tell the medical staff and the coaches or if he told them and they put his health at risk by not putting him into concussion protocol and removing him from the game. 
I see three scenarios.
1. He's an excuse making wuss.
2. He's selfish and not a team player.
3. The team should be investigated for abuse of a player.

Judge is an excellent LB and definitely should have been in the running for an all star spot.  I would take him on my team before Awe every day of the week.  I don't feel like he does the dirty, after the whistle stuff like Awe does.

Agreed, I think Andre Proulx is the best in the league, but Kroeker isn't a a terrible second option.

I think there is some positional factors that come into play.  I don't think we will ever see Proulx as a line judge.  He was the Backup Referee in the Montreal-Toronto game.
The ratings are based on how they performed throughout the year, and it looks like Kroeker made less mistakes.  Perhaps Vallesi was better as well, or maybe Proulx declined the job for some other reasons.
Kroeker is from Saskatoon, so if there was going to be bias on his part, it wouldn't be for Winnipeg.  That being said, both are professionals and call a good game no matter who is playing.

I think there is some positional factors that come into play.  I don't think we will ever see Proulx as a line judge.  He was the Backup Referee in the Montreal-Toronto game.
The ratings are based on how they performed throughout the year, and it looks like Kroeker made less mistakes.  Perhaps Vallesi was better as well, or maybe Proulx declined the job for some other reasons.
Kroeker is from Saskatoon, so if there was going to be bias on his part, it wouldn't be for Winnipeg.  That being said, both are professionals and call a good game no matter who is playing.

I really like Kroeker. Comes across to me as even keeled, no nonsense, personable type guy.

Agreed, I think Andre Proulx is the best in the league, but Kroeker isn't a a terrible second option.

Agreed, I think Andre Proulx is the best in the league, but Kroeker isn't a a terrible second option.

Very Very Very good read, everyone can pull something out of this to use in there own life.
 

This iteration of the Als, reminds me of the 2011 Bombers where the defense dragged the rest of the team kicking and screaming to the GC. 

I'm not going to go back pages to see if this subect was discussed just because you told KBF to do so. I know already & I'll answer KBF's question with a bit of background detail for him, you & everyone else,
Jim Van Pelt signed with the Bombers out of the University of Michigan. In 1958, he made the team as a rookie backup qb & played defensive back while Ploen was the starter. Midway during the 58 season, Ploen suffered an injury & Van Pelt took over. He played so well that Ploen couldn't get his starting qb job back. So he moved to the defensive backfield & played very well there. So well, that he had one interception in 1958 & another 10 the following season for 104 yards in 1959.  Ploen was named a CFL Western Conference All Star that season at DB even though he came back to play qb the rest of the way after Van Pelt's shoulder injury.
Van Pelt started the 1958 Grey Cup & Ploen subbed in for  some plays as well. So they both played the position in that championship game with Van Pelt getting the majority of the snaps. Van Pelt was also the Bomber placekicker. He kicked two field goals & 4 converts that game in a 35-28 win over the Ti Cats. 
In 1959, Van Pelt again was the starter but suffered a hand injury during the exhibition season. He had to wear a cast on his non throwing hand. Still, he didn't miss a snap. In late September of 59, Van Pelt suffered a separated shoulder which ended his season & unfortunately his career with the Bombers. He never played for us again. During the off season, in late 1959, Van Pelt was drafted into the US Air Force for a 3 year hitch. After suffering his separated shoulder, Ploen had taken over from Van Pelt & he never looked back as he became the starting qb for the Bombers until he retired after the 1967 season. In between, winning 2 more Grey Cup championships at qb & also a finalist in 1965.
Van Pelt completed his Air Force duties in late fall of 1962. He was a special guest of the Bombers at the Grey Cup in Toronto as they wined & dined he & his wife in order to convince them he should come back, They tried to get Van Pelt to sign a new contract for the 63 season with the Bombers but he turned down the offer to become a chartered accountant in Chicago where he lived until he passed away last year.
Who knows why he turned down the Bomber offer as ther CFL was paying as good or better than the NFL at the time.  Van Pelt showed no interest to play in the upstart AFL which began in 1960. However, salaries were beginning to rise as the new league was competing with the NFL & CFL for players. The Canadian dollar was on par with the US dollar back in those days so there were no implications with the exchange rate for American players going back to the US in the off season. Perhaps Van Pelt felt that the team belonged to Ken Ploen now after being away 3 years. Maybe he felt that he had lost his edge. He certainly lost his desire to play as he was ready to move on to other things than football. Whatever the case, he never came back. He settled into private life in the Chicago area. 
So KBF, Ploen never started 4 consecutive Grey Cups as a qb but he won 3 as a starter & played in 6 championships. 

In All seriousness ,thought he was worth listening to. Very passionate about the CFL.

I have to work sunday until 2....I work law enforcement and will be ditching my uniform for the day and wearing a blank jersey instead under the vest I wear.  I am in northern Alberta and have a small group of die hard fans I work with and they will be coming over.  I can't see much food being ate but we will drink a ton of beer after the game.  I can't watch the game with casual fans, I turn into a complete psycho and don't put up with background chatter.

I suspect that the only answer we would get is that they are focused on the Grey Cup and that they will sit down and talk once the season is over... pretty much the same as they did with O'Shea last year.

I suspect that the only answer we would get is that they are focused on the Grey Cup and that they will sit down and talk once the season is over... pretty much the same as they did with O'Shea last year.

I suspect that the only answer we would get is that they are focused on the Grey Cup and that they will sit down and talk once the season is over... pretty much the same as they did with O'Shea last year.

I suspect that the only answer we would get is that they are focused on the Grey Cup and that they will sit down and talk once the season is over... pretty much the same as they did with O'Shea last year.

I suspect that the only answer we would get is that they are focused on the Grey Cup and that they will sit down and talk once the season is over... pretty much the same as they did with O'Shea last year.

I suspect that the only answer we would get is that they are focused on the Grey Cup and that they will sit down and talk once the season is over... pretty much the same as they did with O'Shea last year.

My daughter has been coming with me to football games since she was 18 months old.  She's 17 now.  
When she was about 4 years old there was a game against Calgary in the old stadium (we sat about 20 rows up from visitor bench on the 55) where she stood up on her seat and started screaming at the top of her little lungs, "BOO CALGARY!  BOO!  YOU SUCK!"  Was hilarious and the older season ticket holders that sat around us just killed themselves laughing.
Needless to say .. she's a Bomber fan.

https://x.com/Dave_CHED/status/172446273349054
9016?s=20like really??...bout time.....how hard is that to accomplish....and now we wont see historic season's being built on beating up on 2 of the lousier teams 7 times in a season...basically half your schedule

Just bring the kids into the fold and indoctrinate them into the Bomber culture and it gets a lot easier.  My 9 year daughter started a BC Sucks chant last game... I am so proud of her.