SpeedFlex27

I didn't know Cec Luining that well. My Mother was Ukrainian. I have a feeling there was some kind of family misunderstanding or something that happened before I was born. Some kind of bad blood there which was never explained to me. The Luinings didn't associate much with my Mother's family. It was all kind of weird growing up. Am I making sense here?

The Mother of all CBA's is coming. The NHL. We all know with Bettman & Fehr, there'll be another lockout. The CFL's CBA is lunch money to those two guys.

He played all positions on the DL as well as Center on the OL.

I'd be lying if I said I have never been there or done that. Something gets posted in a fit of anger or emotion & then later it's like, why did I say that??? Luckily, the members here are a pretty forgiving bunch for the most part. Tomorrow is a brand new day.

Trading young players at the first sign of struggle won't win a Stanley Cup either.

BLM is never in the discussion as a CFL FA like Reilly is. Probably because Bo made his decision known he wanted to go to the NFL unlike Reilly who is looking to remain in the CFL. I see a scenario where Bo signs an NFL deal or he comes back to the Stamps. I can't see him leaving to play elsewhere in the CFL but you never know as money sure does talk.

With the CFL & the CFLPA who knows Booch? I know some players on their twitter accounts are starting to get impatient for the negotiations to start & aren't happy both sides aren't going hard at it now.

Cec Luining was my second cousin. True story. Jack Wells nicknamed him "The Mad Milkman From Selkirk". I was too young to see him play but I heard stories.

Nah, just my perspective on Grey.

Hear! Hear!! I haven't always agreed with your takes regarding some Bomber players of the past but I do this time. Herb Gray deserves to be on this team!!

If you vote for Grey you wouldn't be wasting your vote. He was absolutely outstanding those Johnny Michels defenses that won 4 Grey Cups during the Bud Grant era. If there is one player from that era I'd like to see win this competition it's Herb Grey. As far as modern day players go... back into the 70's ( yeah, yeah, I'm old myself so the 70's don't seem that long ago ) Tony Norman was just a dominant force for so long on the DL. Just a helluva player. The third on my list but I can't vote for him as I can only pick 2 was Jim Heighton. A mainstay on the Bombers DL for years.

I wonder what the real Chicago PD thinks of the tv series with bad & dirty cops beating up, torturing their prisoners or killing them in fits of rage? I happen to like Chicago PD but some of the characters & plot lines extend beyond belief unlike Blue Bloods which for the most part likes to stick to reality for the most part on the subjects they broach. The tv series Chicago PD sure doesn't paint the real police dept in a good light.

Every player has a slump in their career. just gotta work hard in practice & on the ice & that hard work will pay off eventually. We need to cut Laine some slack.

Not major players. Canadian backups or specialists for the most part. The guys that want the big paydays won't sign till a CBA is in place.

Rumours are if the Lions do sign Reilly then they'd not sign Bighill as they couldn't afford both. Reilly would be the #1 CFL FA available & Bighill #2.

Cariou & Selleck are less than 10 years apart in age.

How can Walters offer a contract to a free agent when he won't know the salary cap figure, can't pay bonuses or if there'll even be a training camp? That's why this March 1st paperwork thing is bullshit. If they think it'll take 2 months to hammer an agreement then why not start now & get it done in mid March??? That only makes sense but not for either side.

Well, the situation the league is in... this is a Fool's Game by Ambrosie & BOG's.. The CFL seems to become less & less relevant with Canadians with every passing year which should of a huge concern to them. Stalled negotiations won't help. Instead of starving the players out, negotiations should be done in good faith on both sides.

WTF??? According to you, our 2 best players sucking ass AGAIN? I felt sorry for you when posters here went after you on the Wrestling Thread earlier today.... but after that comment I'm thinking now that you deserve it. Where would we be without Scheifle & Wheeler? Not even close to a playoff team. And it's always Maurice's fault.

Very well could be. CBS has a lot of money invested in Weatherly & Bull so it'll be interesting how things play out.

Yep.

Blue Bloods is my favourite on tv as of now & has been for almost a decade. Would like to see it make 10 years & finish the run of the show with Frank retiring. However, the ratings are down. Especially in the 18-49 demographic. It still consistently draws 8-9 million an episode which is down from the 10-12 million it was drawing just 2 years ago. CBS deserves to treat loyal fans of the show the right way & if it's determined the series will be cancelled then let it go out the right way & finish off some of the series ongoing storylines. I've never understood how NCIS remains such a ratings bonanza for CBS especially with the departure of Michael Weatherly, Cote De Pablo & now Pauley Perette. I swore off that show when De Pablo left 3 or 4 years ago. Perrette apparently left as she couldn't stand working with Mark Harmon. Things got so bad between them that by season's send last year she refused to be filmed in any scene with Harmon. This all stems from an incident where Harmon brought his dog on set. It attacked a member of the production team mauling him severely. Harmon was told not to bring the dog back but he ignored the directive & did so anyway. Perrette felt Harmon was being selfish & putting everyone at risk. They had words & an argument ensued. She felt his dog was a risk to attack someone else. Fed up she quit. When she left the series last year, she tweeted that Harmon is "dead to me". Speaking of Weatherly, just can't into Bull. I hear the ratings have dropped significantly for that show since last year as well.

So, I was mocked & chastised in late December when I voiced my frustrations about negotiations not starting on a new CBA. Relax, people said. It's Christmas & the 2 sides deserve a chance to rest after the season. Hey, they talk once a month so what's the big deal some of you said. They'll get at it in January. Well, in an interview with TSN's Dave Naylor this week, Randy Ambrosie told him that no negotiations have started & won't until late Febuary or early March which just about guarantees a deal won't get signed until sometimes in May just before training camps open, if then. Meanwhile our Commish worries more about Mexico & now freaking China while Rome burns around him.

Question - Who would you rather have. Randle or Bighill? Gotta clear space to sign him.