SpeedFlex27

You can thank Noeller for that nickname. He can't spell Kolankowski. Lol. In 2 plus years.

I got a job transfer to Calgary in 1990. Let me tell you that it was one of the most stressful things our family ever went thru. It took months to get settled plus my wife was pregnant & due in three months.

Guys I'd not re-sign. Stephan Logan, Chase Artoepus, Cody Case, Shayne Gauthier, Gavin Cobb, Joey Corcoran & Chris "Koaaala" Kolankowski.

Like being fired at Xmas by your boss. It just isn't done. Till the first or 2nd week of january. Let players, like employees have Xmas with their families.

Yeah, there's a few veterans getting long in the tooth which means they're expensive & don't contribute like they used to who should go.

Another CFL great said some bad things about Winnipeg when he was traded to the Argos from the Bombers. D i c k Thornton was angry that he never got a chance to compete for the starting qb position with Ken Ploen (as he thought he was much better) & was an All Canadian Safety with the Bombers. He once paid a bunch of kids to carry signs around Winnipeg Stadium during a game saying, "We Want Thornton!" His blow ups on the practice field & Coaches office with Bud Grant were well known. Grant grew tired of the guy's antics & traded him to the Argos who were the worst team in the CFL at the time to teach him a lesson during the 1966 season. Thornton said to the Winnipeg media when he left, "The best thing about Winnipeg are the roads leading out of it." Interestingly enough, after Grant left Winnipeg at the end of 1966, he contacted Thornton & offered him a SS position on the MInnesota Vikings. The team he took over from Norm Van Brocklin. No offer to try to unseat Joe Kapp was forthcoming from Grant. Thornton declined & stayed with the Argos feeling his chances to make more $$ in the CFL was better than the Vikings as he was established. Thornton, I believe, never had another thing more to do with the Blue Bombers even as an Alumni.

Leave it to Hervey to trade someone right over Xmas disrupting his family. Couldn't wait till after New Years.

Imagine had Osh brought that deadweight back??

Kelly has found a better road. He's found happiness but has regrets for what happened. Brock & his agent Giol Scott were acting like total asshats when he wanted out of Winnipeg. He did what he could to get out of his contract so he could sign as a free agent in the NFL. When he was in LA with the Rams, he wished he was back here with the Bombers. Yeah, Kelly made some mistakes but he never killed or hurt anyone. He said some dumb things & acted badly. Obviously, he was struggling with both his personal & professional life. I think he was going thru a bad patch in his life. But like I said that was 20 years ago...

How can anyone laugh at Harris anymore? If he was our qb this season we may have challenged for the Grey Cup. Sorry, he's earned his stripes & should be respected as nhe earned it.

As close as we can get, then. In other words, the best 7 & that's it. The rest Americans unless that 8th Canadian ios better.

Kelly regrets what he did. When you're under a lot of pressure you do & say things you regret later. We've all done that. After 43 years Bomber fans have forgiven Dieter Brock for his behaviour when he demaded his contract be renegotiated, missed training camp & wanted out to go to the NFL. Brock regretted being an ass towards the Bombers & his fans. People get older & they mature. I was pissed at Dieter when that happened but no more. He was pretty clear in his book that he made a mistake & was sorry. I think if fans can forgive Brock then we can give Kelly a break. It's been nearly 20 years.

They were quite the sensation when they were born. Even when I was growing up in the 60's they were still newsworthy.

My point was that fans get excited about young players that come into the league rather than older ones that are NFL retreads. Fans are excited for Elgersma because he looks a like an actual blue chip prospect like Nathan Rourke was. With the low rookie cap, why should he sign here? he'll exhaust every opportun ity until they tell him to get lost which could take years. The CFL needs to change its way of thinking. The pandemic was 6 years ago. The CFL has to start taking some risks. Maybe making exceptions with cases like Egersma & other rookies to get interest up.

Basically what you're saying is that Arniel will tank the team just to get fired by Chevy & kill his NHL career. Meanwhile, Chevy wears a suit where nothing sticks to him as he's Chipman's Boy.