SpeedFlex27

Would Hamilton try to sign BLM or Reilly if they were available? Or are they totally committed to Masoli?

My fear is both BLM & Reilly go to free agency & 8 teams are in on the sweepstakes.

One size fits all, I guess. Seems like a no brainer to me. One discussion thread for everything. But if someone feels we should have a Blue Bomber off season discussion thread then feel free to start one.

That actually is pretty fast. January is 5 weeks away. I don't think it gets done that quickly. Hopefully before free agency.

Plop. Plop. Fizz. Fizz. Oh, what a relief it is.

Who is D I c k and Son?

Okay, so the off season officially begins now that the Grey Cup is over. Lots of topics for discussion in the months to come with the Bombers & the League. A new CBA needs to be negotiated sooner rather than later. Will there be an eventual agreement or a lockout? How much will the salary cap go up? Randy Ambrosie is on record that wants the cap to significantly go up so that is a positive. Will Bo Levi Mitchell sign with an NFL or perhaps another CFL team? What about Mike Reilly & Trevor Harris who are also free agents? There's a new start up league called the AAFL & there are legit concerns that it'll draw star CFL players away or hamper free agent signings with CFL teams. Coaching changes in BC & Toronto. The continuing evolving story of the expansion Halifax Schooners & possible exhibition games in Mexico.

Yeah, they could do a poll of the most gruesome axe murderers in history online & a Rider would win.

Just be glad that your team's arch enemy didn't win.

I asked the same question. Calgary got 13 cms of snow Friday. Edmonton nothing. No reason for the field to be in that condition. Knowing Edmonton they turned on the sprinklers.

Statistics are for losers.

Bad Harris showed up today.

Yep.

As an offense, we wouldn't survive if we lost all our receivers.

Manziel might be a great CFL qb someday. Certainly won't ever play in the NFL again. Rod Black will be sooo happy.

Lost every starter. Imagine if we lost all our starters at receiver & what a disaster that would be?

Fat Lady shouldn't be singing just yet.

Should have kicked the FG.

You just get the feeling the Calgary Choke is about to begin.

No TD by Ellingson.

LOL

Play the game in Mexico?

And yet just 2 championships to show for it. That in itself is a failure.

Laval won another championship today with a 34-20 win over Western with the game played in Laval, QC. Anyone who saw the game also saw the referees display a disgustingly one sided display of officiating that was overwhelmingly in favour of the Rouge Et Or. They ignored PI, illegal contact, late hits on the Western qb Chris Merchant as well as borderline & dangerous hits on the sidelines. These lack of calls influenced the outcome of the game. Not saying Western would have won but they might have. Some of the ignored calls on Laval were unreal. It sure wasn't a level playing field today. The players from Western deserved better.

To me, Ambrosie is focusing on areas that don't need focusing like Mexico. Meanwhile 12,000 fans show up at BMO FIeld & 15,000 at Molson Stadium. BC is not much better. The top 3 markets are struggling at the gate & nothing is done. Start up by 2 new professional leagues this spring & next which pay entry level players more money than what they could receive in the CFL. Refereeing is atrocious. Shots to the head go unpunished by game officials who either can't see, are scared to call a penalty or don't know what head shots look like which hurts the credibility of the league with a lot of Canadians. A monetary settlement of former players suffering with head issues is pending & hanging over the league like a buzzard looking for carion. Trying to get a team in Halifax when participation in football by kids across Canada dropping due to the fear of head injuries. With a team in Halifax it will probably mean the league will have to drop it's Canadian starters from 7 to 6 as there aren't enough quality Canadians coming out of college to cover even an additional 7 spots. CBA needs to be negotiated. Why wasn't the league & Players Association already not negotiating knowing what was at stake?? Ambrosie making the league political (which I don't like) with the league's Diversity Is Strength campaign last summer. Yet, what is the discussion? Signing a developmental deal with a Mexican senior men's league. Priorities seemed all mixed up with our Commissioner. Nice scarf, though.