SpeedFlex27

This used to be a company that prided itself on customer service. Now it prides itself on excuses.

I hope not We lost Ford. We really can't afford to lose another quality Canadian.

That comment wasn't aimed at you in particular, However, since you brought it up... You're opinionated more than a lot of people here. I know that I am as well. However, I don't have any particular grievance with you nor do I disagree a lot with what you say. I probably agree with you 75% of the time, maybe more. There are 3 camps here. The ones that support Osh & the ones that don't. Then there are the ones who seem neutral. We're in opposite camps, that's all. BTW, I don't want Osh fired. My complaint is the way he handles personnel mostly. We knew it was coming but it still sucks.

Now, don't ask questions like that as you'll upset some people here who think Osh does no wrong. They'll roll their eyes.

Living here in Calgary & barely interested, I have a couple of friends who are hard core Stamps fans like we are here for the Bombers that keep me abreast of what is going on. There's a lot of anger & frustration with the fanbase. Just about everybody in the City hates the owner Murray Edwards. He's an absentee, non existent owner who lives in Switzerland. He is reputed to be cheap & any money the Stamps do make on their operations goes right to the Flames, supposedly. One friend who is the son of a former player & supposedly in the know told me that they have weekly management meetings for each team Edwards owns during their particular season. Dickenson will tell Stamps ownership representatives like Stamps President Jay McNeil as well as upper Flames management like the CSEC President what he needs money & player wise. Everybody nods in agreement & then that's the last of it as Edwards comes back later with an answer & says no. In fairness, McNeil is actually trying to change things with the Stamps but even as Stamps President, he answered to Calgary Sports & Entertainment Corporation President Robert Bean in 2024 but who has since stepped down & has been replaced by Robert Fraser. Then there's issue with the team itself brought on by years of neglect & John Hufnagel's mantra of "Next Man Up". Huff is like Edwards. He hates free agency & has said publicly in the past that he doesn't like overpaying for players. So when he was GM, he never really took part in the free agent frenzy. Accordingly, he is a team consultant to Edwards as well as the CSEC President & is still Dickenson's boss. Last season, Hufnagel was upstairs in the coaches box with a headset. I was told he was talking to Dave Dickenson telling him what plays to call. The feeling was that Huff was interfering with Dave Dickenson's job as an OC. That the two men clashed over this. Hufnagel still has a lot of influence on what the team does operating wise as he is friends with Edwards. If Huff says don't spend money, then the team doesn't spend the money & players leave which adds to the hard feelings between Huff & Dickenson. Problem is, there's no more "Next Man Up" anymore as the well has run dry. The Next Man is worse that the guy before him. It's a great theory that only works if you have talent & depth. Two things the Stamps don't have anymore. I think a lot of players on the team saw what was going on & just gave up last season. They stopped caring. Dave Dickenson was griping all season long about the way the team played, including one swear fest news conference with the media when he blasted his players. I think they finally just tuned out. Jake Maier would continually throw picks at the worst possible time & lose game after game that they should have won. Yet he'd pass for 300-400 yards in a losing cause. He finished third in the CFL with over 4,000 yards passing with a sub par receiving corps other than Begelton. Yet he ****** up continually. Maier couldn't run & seemed to gain back some of the weight that he had lost in the off season heading into camp. He moved & scrambled less & less as the season went on. RB Diedrick Mills inexplicably left the team for 4 or 5 games due personal reasons. His absence really was the number one reason the Stamps season tanked. They really only had one receiver in Begelton. Offensive & defensive lines were an issue. The trade to get Oromilade for LB Cam Judge may have strengthened the DL but significantly weakened their LB corps. So, one step forward & two steps back with that trade. I can't see how it helps strengthen a defense getting a quality DL when you lose a quality LB like Judge. Judge was their best LB by a wide margin as Awe didn't have as near a great a season as he had in 2023. Their secondary sucked. They have VA & now they're desperately trying to fill the holes to get him some talent to work with. Interestingly, this week short yardage qb specialist Tommy Stevens who is a free agent tweeted on X that there's no way he'll play fullback for the Stamps.

C'mon guys, Osh has it under control. He's in no hurry. So just relax. Right? Isn't that what the Usual Suspects have said around here since Buck left? Just a reminder that legal tampering starts tomorrow & goes to the 12th.

Vaughters didn't have a lot of help. Rose had a down year. Howsare was just horrible.

Having played just 18 games the past 2 seasons, I can't see Lawler asking for $300,000 or more. Even $250,000 is a stretch. You never know, someone may pay. Please do.

Yeah.....

How much does Vaughters have left in the tank? The Stamps DL was invisible last year. The worst in the CFL.

They reupped Rolan Milligan as well.

The Wheat Stompers did sign Mike Rose. I don't think Gino will be here. At least I hope not. We need to spend money resigning Dobson on our OL & still bolster our DL.

Everybody wants to know...

Will he be ready for training camp?

The biggest problem is the Canadian dollar & its devaluation & taxes on both sides of the border. We may have to readjust the salary cap & pay players in US Funds. You can't expect to sign any player tocome up here for a $150,000 one year deal & in the US it's worth less than a hundred grand. Or to offer a CFL minimum deal & the US money is worth half to 2/3 of what these American players signed for . I'm asking him a legit question. He can read it. He responds to other posts when I don't tag him. Why would someone roll his eyes when the discussion comes to scouting & recruiting areas of need? It's not being weird to ask a question except the way I went about it. I can't make him answer if he doesn't want to.

Sure bigblue204, don't engage in a discussion. I've now invited you twice yet you refuse. Why? I'd like to know why you disagree.

So, tell me bigblue204, you rolled your eyes... just who does it fall to when it comes to finding a returner? Or any other player? Who is responsible when the coach says we need a left tackle? The equipment manager?

That's on the scouting dept for not finding anyone. Other teams can yet we struggle for a legit returner. So bad was it last year we used a backup rookie running back who dressed for 3 or 4 games as a returner.

I don't think we tried.

Stevie "Stove" Richardson.

Schoen takes a licking on the field more than most receivers. That's why he misses time on the field & as he gets older, he'll miss more. Just like Greg Ellingson. Lawler screwed up & missed 9 games but that wasn't due to an injury. It was a suspension. He did break his arm last season but other than that he's been more durable.

Schoen is Greg Ellingson. Awesome when he plays but spends more time on the 6 game IL than catching footballs in games. Nah, Schoen's the one that can leave & we won't miss him. Lawler is the better receiver & can flip the field with one deep ball from Collaros.

Too bad they couldn't be the Sasquatch or Utah Squatch for short. Yeti is in the Himalayas. Bigfoot is in the US & I think Sasquatch is mostly Canadian.

I know. What can you do? I saw that today I believe on Instagram or X. Very sad.

Man, this is too funny considering it's coming from someone here who for years thinks his **** don't stink. .