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Sad to find out one of my favourite players has died. Flanker Bob Larose had passed away three weeks ago. Great player as I remember.

Tight End Paul Markle #28

Wylie Turner #28,

Hughes hasn't fit in anywhere since he left the Stamps. Every year since his production dropped.

Some guys just don't know when to hang it up. He was a great player in his prime but now he's just a hanger on. He totally disappeared in Toronto last year.

Safety Brian Herosian #30.

His CFL Rookie Card said that Gene Lakusiak was American. That was incorrect. Lakusiak was born in Rossdale, MB in 1942 but his family moved to Sarnia, Ontario where he grew up. He was a multi sport athlete in high school & was recruited by the University of Tulsa as a fullback & kicker. Lakusiak was drafted by the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1967 but played only 2 games for them. He was traded to the Blue Bombers in 1968 & converted to Defensive Back where he played from 1968 to 74. He was a two time Western Conference All Star in 1972 & 73. After his playing days for the Bombers were over, he taught in the Winnipeg School Division & spent the last 18 years of his career at Tec Voc. He remained in Winnipeg after his retirement from teaching. He passed away in 2020 at the age of 78.

Too bad about a quarter of them won't load. There'd be even more. I found some rare Bomber players & can't add them.

That enhanced photo looks like 1960's sci fi special effects to me.

Not every player signed new deals for less money. Other than having contracts pro rated to 14 games not everyone took an actual pay cut

The teams could have sent all the players to homeless shelters & they wouldn't have had to pay for food & a bed.

Nature of the position. DL is reactive to the play. OL is proactive with blocking assignments & chemistry. Switching guys in & out messes with that as well as timing on offensive plays. There's a reason why no one does subbing on the OL anywhere. I don't think it'd work out that well.

In closure, Jonas lived full time in Winnipeg. When the 1974 season ended Jonas returned here. He was disappointed the way things worked out with the Bombers & didn't want to play another season with the Ti Cats so he retired. He & his wife decided to return to Orlando, Fla. Before he left a huge farewell dinner was held in their honour. Everyone in Winnipeg who was someone attended. Federal, provincial & civic politicians, media, sports figures like Bobby Hull, fans & local business people were all there to say goodbye. All except the Bomber coaches & management. They were all invited but they never came.

During the 1974 season, Don Jonas was unhappy with new Head Coach Bud Riley taking the play calling away from him & giving it to his OC. Riley said qbs had enough things to worry about on the field & playcalling shouldn't be one of them. Besides, Riley said that the game was changing & more responsibilities were being given to coaches when it came to play calling. Turns out Riley was right as today no qb calls his own game. But Jonas was a throwback to another time & he felt he was the one who should call the plays not an assistant on the sidelines so there was a major clash there. With the Bombers struggling on the field, GM Earl Lunsford felt it was his duty to open his big yap of a pie hole to the local media & he too criticized Jonas for throwing some ill timed interceptions early in that 1974 season. Jonas took exception to that & in an article published by the Winnipeg Tribune's Sports Editor & Bomber beat writer jack Matheson in mid August, he criticized Riley for changing the playcalling from what he was used to. When it came to Lunsford in the same article, Jonas was quoted by Matheson as saying something about Lunsford not having a clue about how the offense worked, not knowing the plays, never sitting in on film or qb meetings, that he should stick to managing the team & mind his own business. Lunsford was angered & set out to trade Jonas just to show him Who Was The Boss. A couple of weeks later, the trade was made & he was off to Hamilton for Chuck Ealey. One thing a player didn't do was cross Lunsford as he was a vindictive man. A number of players including Jonas found that out. Jonas knew something was up. About a week before the trade was consumated he went in to talk to Lunsford to try to smooth the waters. He said he was willing to step aside as the starter to play Brock. That he would like to mentor the young QB as a player-coach & that he wanted to end his career as a Bomber. Lunsford had made up his mind to trade what he felt was the "malcontent" veteran qb & nothing Jonas said made a difference.

Local Winnipeg Boy Henry Janzen. Played on 4 Grey Cup teams as a punt returner & starting DB. Coached the Bisons to back to back Vanier Cups in 1969 & 70.

Tom Walker Fulllback #32 1973-78.

Broken neck. Goodlow was in bad shape & took a year for Goodlow to recover. He had one of those gawd awful halos he had to wear. Amazing he actually came back to play. Lansdowne Park in 1978.

Who is that Yeti trying to eat him?

I remember Huffer throwing a TD pass but I couldn't remember to what receiver. Thanks for clearing that up. That was a heckuva tandem. They also had Jim Zorn as the #3 qb in 1986. The other QB tandem we had was Dieter Brock & Harry Knight from 1976-78. Knight had to retire as he damaged his rotator cuff which was a career ender back in the day. He played better than Brock, at times. He was pretty effective coming off the bench when Dieter struggled.

Yet it never seems to end. Someone always wants to start up a new spring league. https://www.americanfootballinternational.com/column-spring-football-leagues-time-has-come-and-gone/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=American Football International&utm_content=Column: Spring football league's time has come ... and gone&fbclid=IwAR1YupajHec84KM7Bdcf8oiAZAuvf5fFe3yXxJ8wReAO_mU9Gj9P8VYeOR8

That's how it usually is. One plays until an injury replaces the starter or if losing badly or winning big. In the 84 Grey Cup, Clements lost his contact lens on the field. Or got a finger in the eye, I can't remember. Anyway, he had to come out. While being taken care of on the sidelines, John Hufnagel came in & threw a TD pass (I think) to Joe Pop, I believe. Had Clements not had some kind of a problem, Huff never would have gone in. On the flip side, Leo Cahill alternated Joe Theismann & Greg Barton every series no matter how well one played or how badly the other did. Sometimes, he'd alternate them every play. He felt they were equal & therefore couldn't make a decision as to who was the starter. All it accomplished was divide the Argos as you had players in each qb camps. The team struggled on the field. Only when Cahill made the decision to play Theismann over Barton did the Argos start playing to their potential & made it to the 71 Grey Cup.

Kinda gives you an idea of just how big government deficits really are.

So, Bighill takes a major paycut before the 2019 season which was public knowledge. Wins DPOTY & you sound like you're okay with him making less money than players of lesser ability on the Bombers or other teams because they're Canadian? Sorry, I don't. If a player is elite than they should be paid accordingly. Not because the ratio artificially inflates Canadian players salaries. It's blatantly unfair. I think most fans feel that way.

Hate to say it but that bottom of the roster American is probably better than a bottom of the roster Canadian. How can we sit here justifying the fact that a backup Canadian OL made more money on the Bombers because of his nationality than Adam Bighill? That is a travesty.

The biggest cities capable of supporting the CFL should have teams. Where they are doesn't matter.