SpeedFlex27

Not at all. You're talking about lead singer Jerry Garcia. He had serious health complications mostly due to his very bad lifestyle choices related to being overweight, drinking, drug addictions & diabetes. .He died 31 years ago in his mid 50's. Cost him his life at a relatively early age.

Never was a Deadhead mostly because I didn't drop acid in the 60's. They only had one song I liked & it was their most commercially successful, A Touch Of Grey from 1986. I was never into that California Drug Counter Culture ****.

Not convinced either. But Madani's got us talking about the CFL the first week in January so I thank him for that.

I'm not asking to bring everyone back. You want every player to sign a contract paying peanuts. Castillo is a must. What's your definition of "cheap"? You can't answer that question as youn have no idea.

If the Gm's want a draft then it'll get changed. I like a draft. Booch is right, It'll be up to the team scouts to get it right which means giuys like Danny Mcmanus have to work harder. It's also professional. It piques interest from the fans. We have a Global & Canadian draft yet not a US one which is a strange. Just a weird tribute to the way The Greatest Generation's Ralph Sazio, Norm Kimball or Earl Lunsford did business back in 1967. Instead of having 3 drafts you have one. Or keep the Canadian Draft separate & combine the Global & American to keep it at 2. Does any other league in any pro sport have a similar negotiation list where players namessuddenly appear & disappear? None that I know of. Time to get with the times.

Guys on Neg Lists may have no interest, either. It's a throwback to a league that was run like a Mom & Pop organization in 1967.

Just what we need a qb that doesn't inspire anyone. Who had to take a paycut because he's always hurt.

Why do people get so pissed off when a reporter floats a story?? It's speculation. That's all that it is. It's a ctually great when someone from Sportsnet talks CFL in January.

I fly Westjet to Seattle next month Econo. We'll see how my legroom is.

An American Draft is something I like. I.ve been saying that for years. The Neg List is a throwback to another time. Leave qb sneaks & the last 3 minuts for each half ALONE.

It's a start. No one would say he'd turn things around but suddenly the Bombers have a player that teams actually have to account for on defense. It strenghens our middle. We have a run stopper & a pass rusher. it makes everyone around him on the D Line better. Just like on the OL the problems they had with Koala. How can players around him have played better when he was the worst starting center in the league? You wouldn't last very long as a GM shopping at the Dollar Store for players.

Same as Thomas. I've told you I don't agree with more & more inexperienced players coaching at the pro level when you have coaches at U Sport who have more experience that don't. It's done because of the coaching cap. Teams can hire them for cheap.

I find Mitchell's Texas accent makes him mumble a lot & hard to understand. He can sound incoherent at times.

At his age that leg injury was devastating & a career ender. Let's see what he brings to the table as a coach.

Sorta like replacing Sergio Castillo with some random kickers from Hungary, Spain, South Africa, Russia or Venezuela cuz their cheaper, right Goalie?

It would be a start.

Why would they? This is the era of specialists.

Walters better not say he has no money to sign quality CFL free agents.

Nothing wrong with saying that, It wasn't meant to be a negative. He had a wonderful long life that most of us could only imagine.

When someone reaches Glenn Hall's age, his life should be celebrated & not mourned. Most of us won't make it past 85.

I remember a time when Canadian OL were the lowest paid & least appreciated players on the team. I can only imagine what the Bombers paid G Ed Kotowich, T Cornell Piper, C Ray Ash, G Steve Patrick & T Roger Savoie during their 4 Grey Cups in 5 year run. Indeed, most Cnadians in the CFL were underpaid back then. Even thousand yard rusher Gerry James James despised Bud Grant claiming he hated Canadians & if he had his way he would cut all of them. After a contract dispute in the 62-63 offseason, Grant traded James to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1964 after James sat out the 1963 season. The Riders were the worst team in the CFL at the time James retired after the 64 season season in Regina. He had hard feelings towards the Bombers even though his name is up on the Wall Of fame at PAS up to the day he died. it wasn't uncommon to pay canadians $150-200,000 a year a few years ago. Most made over $120,000 a decade ago.

The pay scale has changed now so i could be wrong. Up until 2 or 3 seasons ago as a group they were. Some of these Canadian OL couldn't start yet they got paid more than American OL who were better.

It ain't what it used to be. Especially in the Jim Spavital era where they went at it for 2 weeks with two a days full hitting every practice in the hot June & July sun. No days off. Spav was crazy. Screaming & yelling. Never happy. He reached a new level of brutality unmatched since. I was a teen & used to bike to TC at St John's Ravenscourt to watch as my exams were over in school. The hitting went on constantly. Every drill & scrimmage was contact & collision. However, I remember one thing. As TC went on, fewer players were getting hurt. And fewer players quit by sneakimg out during the night. They had to survive that first week. The second week seemed easier & they really toughened up. However, I know every single player there hated the entire camp experience & their HC. Then a 4 game exhibition season after that. TC would start mid June, the exhibition season one game a week & then the regular season the first week of August. Six weeks of hell for the players.

Yeah, I think they still are but bringing in more Americans is lowering the pay scale. These guys had it so easy money wise for thirty years. All becauase coaches didn't want Americans playing on the OL. They wanted them at skill positions. However, it took years to build an All canadian OL. The Bombers never could do it under Osh though they came close. Things started turning around for the line in 2014/5 when they signed that huge American Guard who was 300 lbs plus. Yeah, talking to former players would certainly be sour grapes.