SpeedFlex27

It never ends. I get the desire for players to chase a big payday but some guys just aren't satisfied with what they already have.

Not gonna change my mind.

My son Tyler lost two years of eligibility in the NCAA because he played two years with the Rifles. Originally, he was only going to lose one. The NCAA felt Junior football was a "semi pro" so they took away two years of eligibility. They had a dumbass bureaucrat in Indianapolis who never knew what junior football was making stupid decisions. SFU appealed but lost. Meanwhile, in U Sports you can win a Grey Cup as a player & still play all 5 years of eligibility if you aren't too old. It's a joke. Then to make matters worse, my son had high BP even though he was in shape as a player. It's simply genetics. Our family has a history of strokes & heart attacks. He really has to watch himself as he is still on BP meds. He's now 30 lbs lighter than when he played qb at SFU. As a player, he was feeling pretty good health wise but in his second year playing the NCAA ruled that Tyler's BP meds were performance enhancing drugs & was told he couldn't take them anymore & still play. The team doctor spoke to someone from the NCAA & said that he needed these meds to maintain his health. They again denied any appeal. So, Tyler had to see a specialist in Vancouver. They changed up his meds but for 2 years & a year or so after he had finished playing, he felt lousy. Headaches, lethargy, being tired. His BP at times was too high. Now, he's back on the meds that worked for him before once his playing days ended. I think the NCAA is an overbearing piece of **** organization. Messing with someone's eligibility because they lack the proper info to make the right decision is one thing. Messing with a player's health by forcing them to change meds is another.

From the little I care about Trouba, meaning the little I read about it, he wanted out. The guy is a cancer. Like PLD.

Wanted out of Winnipeg. Wanted out of New York. Good riddance.

Harris was your best option. So much for this off season being an earthquake type event with qbs moving around. I think Davis Alexander agent blew it. He would have been a sought after commodity in free agency & would have been able to get a more lucrative contract in free agency. Not much out there other than Fajardo.

You can't tell me Schmeckel & Thomas are better than any American options that they have. Then there's Kolankowski at Center....

Toronto who didn't play 10 or 11 Canadians won the Grey Cup by fielding the best team they possibly could by playing 7 Canadians. We didn't. Trying so hard... not.... to.... mention... Jake... Thomas.

This is O'Shea's team. The buck stops with him. He makes the personnel decisions. How many other teams start 10 or 11 Canadians?

He'd have Collaros. He's Adams old college Coach at Eastern Washington so he may not want to leave the Stamps.

Phillips defenses weren't even that good. Yet, there he was for all to see hamming it up constantly. Overmatched on the DL. Couldn't stop the run. Betts could rush the passer but then got beat outside by the backs in this league. Linebackers average. Real problems in the secondary.

Philips made it all about himself on the sidelines using drama to call attention to himself. "Look at me, I'm the smartest coach on the field".

Willard Reaves, Jeff Boyd, James Murphy & Sean Kehoe. All Esks HC Pete Ketella cuts in 1983 who ended up with the Bombers & key components in our 1984 GC win. Willard Reaves & James Murphy are both on Bombers Ring of Honour inside PAS.

Mike should retire from coaching. Why would Buck want him as DC?

On a 42 man roster, you need to be able to find more than one great player a year or you're the Elks.

Lionello was the running backs coach at SFU when my son played there. Ante Milanovic-Litre was his player.

I didn't say there was anything. Just a feeling that I had.

Yeah, not saying that Buck has an axe to grind with fans here but those comments had to hurt. I read some of them here.

Really, who else were they gonna get? We're stuck in the same boat.... There are no young Zach Collaros around.

I've been away the past 3 or 4 days through all the appointments of head coaches & general managers. One thing, maybe I'm wrong here but I sure get the impression that both Goveia & Pierce (Buck especially) couldn't wait to leave. I think Pierce is pissed off the fanbase blames him for the Grey Cup loss when it was O'Shea who told Collaros to get back in there with his wounded finger. I haven't heard a thank you, Winnipeg from either of them. As a fan, I'm not asking for much but ignoring the team you came from because some fans made you angry seems petty if that is so & even a little classless.

The quality of our front offic 5 years ago was impressive. Two were Asst GMs who eventually became GMs in Ringmaiden & Goveia.

i think what he lacks most is experience & will only get better starting games. I.m hoping that we'll move away from Bighill. Save us some money for free agency. I'm hoping this is sarcasm.

Goveia is a huge loss. We can sugarcoat it all we like but he's the primary reason our Cdn scouting was so good. I guess we have a young guy waiting in the wings wanting to make a name for himself as a scout but until he does he'll be a question mark. The Stamps in the 00's. 10 & 20's (until this year) may have mised the playoffs a couple of times. The Esks made the playoffs every year for 37 seasons straight. We've had a great run as but we're nearly two decades behind those teams. Who both eventually hit hard times because they never adapted or changed. We'll see this season how sustainable it is losing Pierce & Goveia. Maybe McManus. Changing scouting staff may be a shot of fresh air.

Or he could be a trash OC. See, that's the thing about hiring an unknown OC. You never know what you're gonna get.

Every interim head coach unless the title is made permanent gets a raw deal.