On ‎2018‎-‎06‎-‎25 at 6:59 PM, Mark F said:

Trump's trade wars "easy to win"are starting to backfire, no surprise there.

There's a number of examples of industries in the states that are already either laying people off, or raising prices, or moving factories out of the USA, because of tariff increases from countries he has attacked.

latest.... harley davidson moving production out of USA.

Says he's "disappointed" in Harley Davidson. What a complete prick. What should they do, just close, to honour him?

He is causing havoc.

 

He should drag the US into a recession just in time for the mid term elections in November. 

1 minute ago, johnzo said:

I wish Zach Collaros a speedy and complete recovery.

As do I. No ill will intended to Zach.

I doubt there are many here who would cheer when a player from another team gets hurt. Especially when it is a head injury. No one said. "LOL Collaros. You're hurt, ha, ha, ha".  What people are enjoying is watching the Rider fanbase & the team itself taking some smack being shot back at them. The Riders may not be as good as they think & the arrogance shown by that tweet... No other team would ever do that. I don't take any joy seeing Zach Collaros suffer thru another concussion. But it doesn't mean I don't enjoy seeing the Riders & their fans suffer instead.

3 hours ago, BigBlue said:

The players have said they don't want intersquad games such as The Blue Gold games we have had in preseason back in the days of yore

I see them as especially helpful in giving new players more time to show their wares ... why don't the players want them? Probably because they don't get paid for the dress rehearsal ... so why not put the proceeds towards CFLPA pension or something similar and get this low cost evaluation  tool going? (I think the season ticket holders/fans would be willing to pay for a reduced rate ticket to the event.) Make the intrasquad game a negotiation item next year.... I bet the fans would not mind paying if they knew the money was going to player pensions.

The Stamps had one inter squad game this season.  More of a controlled scrimmage. It's part of training camp. It's done every year. The Stamps didn't play that first exhibition week. They then played 2 games in 5 days. I have not heard one story about the players not wanting to play these games. Link?

2 hours ago, jazzsax said:

(the above tune is payback for the riders gloating when nichols went down. Karma's a ***** mofos.)

Damn straight. The Riders have absolutely no class. Looks good on them.  Now all they have is Bridge,which ain't much. One hit away from the basement.

6 minutes ago, Rod Black said:

There is a huge difference between laughing at Collaros for getting hurt and laughing at the rivals from the stink pit known as Regina. I did not read anyone pointing out glee that ZC was hurt. Would you please quote the note that troubles you? You figger it’s a “group” problem. We’ll see if the “group” agrees with you. 

All I know is the Rider official twitter account tweeted after Durant stole $70,000 from the Bombers & Nichols was injured something like, "Hey Bombers how's your qb situation?" And Burgess is bitching about the people here boasting about Collaros injury? Whatever... Where's the so called class from the Riders? I just see it as Karma. 

6 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Drew Willy needs a really good O line and he might be ok.

That ship has sailed. He threw for something like 278 yards & a couple of touchdowns but his team really went nowhere on the field. Just up & down between the 35 yard lines. Need ten yards for a first down, okay throw for eight. Imperative he doesn't get sacked. He gets sacked. Don't throw a pick. He throws a pick. Provide leadership. No leadership given. Vince Lombardi couldn't win with a qb like that.

7 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

When Patrick Stewart landed the role of Jean Luc Picard in 1987, he was a little known but successful British stage & Shakesperian actor. He didn't know all that much about Star Trek & said that he took the role because he needed the money but did not like the thought of playing in a sci fi tv series. He looked down upon the role as well as being beneath him at the time.  Of course, thirty years , one successful tv series now in endless reruns all around the world, four motion pictures & tens of millions of dollars later, I guess his perspective has changed.

7 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Thank you, i appreciate that.

You're welcome. Very hard to lose a parent. The family is never the same after. Even as adult children, it's never the same. 

1 minute ago, JCon said:

I know but it was a mutual decision done outside the normal terms of the CBA. If anything, I would have expected this to be used as a bargaining piece.

Maybe it was a goodwill gesture, which do occur within a collective agreement. 

It probably was. 

8 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

The Conners:

This whole story pretty much echoes my thoughts

http://www.vulture.com/2018/06/roseanne-spinoff-imagining-the-conners.html

I was against the killing off of Roseanne as I thought it would be a distraction and some fans would be offended.  But now I think it really has to be the case.  of course, unknowingly, they set up a potential way to do it in the revival with Roseanne being addicted to pain pills and about to have surgery.

There is a lot to mine with the character's death and anyone who has experienced that (as I just did) can attest to the grieving and, as noted above, the sometimes overwhelming paperwork and stuff that needs to be done when someone dies.  Factor in the loss of income and it ramps up the money worries too.

And of course, Dan eventually dating again could hilarious.

Lots of speculation about how Roseanne's absence will affect the new sitcom. How the characters will handle the loss.  All I know is that as as an adult, I've lost both my parents & a sister. Luckily, I had my own family to lean on during those tough times. I just hope that the series writers realize  that we all handle grief differently but life must go on. That the series doesn't become maudlin. 

On ‎2018‎-‎06‎-‎20 at 1:46 PM, The Unknown Poster said:

Oddly, it looks like it turned out to be accurate even though he had heart surgery that sounded successful.  He developed pneumonia, made a comeback at first, and then his heart gave out.  My dad was very sick with Parkinson's and ended up in the hospital with double pneumonia earlier this year and I really thought that might be it...he coasted through it and came back (passed away on May 5th due to the parkinson's though).  Friggen pneumonia is tough especially if you're already weakened.

Sorry about your Dad. My sincerest condolences. 

5 hours ago, JCon said:

Seems like a bizarre move, removing opportunities to see new players and get them acclimatized to the CFL game. 

I thought it was win-win. 

That's why. The CFLPA is all about protecting it's own. Less evaluation time means keeping job for veterans. Do you think entitled overpaid Canadian OL who control the players association care about rookies at other positions especially Americans? No chance. 

I see the Bomber depth chart as follows at qb & I'm totally okay with it.

 

1. Nichols

2. Streveler

3. Bennett

 

Odd man out is Gale once Nichols can play. 

His accuracy looked okay to me on Friday. 

25 minutes ago, blitzmore said:

cfl complaints

What is that attachment. It looks European.

29 minutes ago, BigBlue said:

explaining you own motivation while accusing and judging mine .... my primary motivation is not attention seeking ... I have better ways to do that IF I want to .... when I have something to say or a certain angle to share I post - - whether that's a little or a lot - - I run with the flag and enthusiasm, not glory or attention seeking as your mind misjudges

My own motivation? LOL. So, you really want to argue?  You better start another thread for that. 

1 minute ago, wbbfan said:

Even in that dismal team you can see evidence of this. Blown out by calgary, bounce back against montreal. Blown out on LD, bounce back to win in BJB. 

In this era of athletes, the difference between elite teams and bottom dwellers is seldom over all talent level. Its preparation, motivation, work ethic etc. Top teams tend to have better distributions of talent, but you still have a ton of big time play makers on the worst teams in the league right now. The 3 teams that dont make the play offs will still get wins. And there is always a good chance that win will come off a big loss. 

Because nothing motivates, fuels you to get your self into a better situation and work to prepare then getting punched in the mouth. 

For my money bc, montreal, and ssk are the three teams poised to be the bottom tier of the league. But its still early and they can fight out of that position. 

Jury's out on Collaros. So far the early indications are that he's never going to be an elite qb again. If that's the case then the Riders are hooped. Brandon Bridge is a marginal starter at best & may win them only a handful of games.  Someone needs to ask the Riders twitter account how's their qb situation? 

On ‎2018‎-‎06‎-‎22 at 11:22 AM, Mark F said:

This is a good time to cancel /avoid where possible any trips to the states. 

No thanks. My son has moved to the US. His wedding is in 2 weeks. His fiancee's family are wonderful people. No way I'm boycotting so as not to see my son or his bride from here on out. 

30 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

never underestimate a team thats been blown out at home the next week. Often extreme out comes lead to a balancing out in the next game. The als might surprise and we might be in a low scoring last drive wins situation. 

The 2013 Blue Bombers say hello.

1 hour ago, M.O.A.B. said:

Riders signed DL Mic'hael Brooks (ex-Lions). 

They don't really need a DT, they need an OL unless they turn one of their DL to an OL. 😁

In the category of Throw Enough Mud Against A Wall & Some Of It Will Stick.

10 hours ago, BigBlue said:

Mr SpeedFlex27: How would you like to put up the gameday thread this Thursday night or Friday?

Then you can see your "name up in lights"!

Go ahead I won't do it ... I would like you to get all that glory

I've been here a long time. Everyone who knows me here also knows that I don't start many threads but I do when I think they are relevant. I pick & choose the time to do it. Not to get attention like you.  

4 hours ago, NorthernSkunk said:

And out of the three Nichols is probably the most nervous about his job.....Streveler An Bennett are both younger and stepped up when needed.  The next few games might even be huger for their resumes....as for Nichols, it's the the old "what have you done for me lately"  scenario........it's going to be interesting...

3 hours ago, Rod Black said:

Nichols has nothing to be nervous about. 

No kidding.