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  1. 2019-20 CFL Offseason

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    9 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

    Yes Mr. Trump. You know that the american stats are unreliable because of their lack of testing right? In fact any percentage of the population you try and use right now is going to be a highly incomplete number simply because of the testing limitations. Lot of people will get this virus and have no idea that that's what it is because for most people it's going to be just another illness they get in the flu and cold season. 

    It is also highly dubious to compare it to the flu. For one, we have a vaccine for the flu which can prevent further spread and many people have some built up immunity to it. This is a brand spanking new virus, no one has immunity and everyone is susceptible to it. 

     

    Stop the misinformation in the name of arguing seblantics. 

    It's all good, guys. You wanna hate on me for not buying into the hype, knock yourselves out.

  2. 2019-20 CFL Offseason

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    2 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said:

    This comment aged well. Amazing what can happen in a week with a newly evolved virus in such an interconnected world.

    Just for reference, the WHO defines a pandemic as "the worldwide spread of a new (novel) disease," such as a virus. In the case of the rapid global spread of COVID-19, the WHO was being diligent and proactive in its application of the term pandemic. As we've seen over the last seven days, what most experts predicted is exactly what's happened.

    Thanks.

    Here's the Merriam Webster definition of a Pandemic ...

    pan·dem·ic | \ pan-ˈde-mik  \

    Definition of pandemic

     (Entry 1 of 2)

    : occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population

    //pandemic malaria

    //The 1918 flu was pandemic and claimed millions of lives.

    and the Oxford ...

    pandemic noun
     /pænˈdemɪk/
     /pænˈdemɪk/
    a disease that spreads over a whole country or the whole world

    Now let's see, how big is the spread, let's look at the U.S.

    COVID-19

    U.S. 

    Population: 327,000,000

    Total cases: 15,219

    Total deaths: 201

    So less than .05% of the population. Does that sound like "an exceptionally high proportion of the population", or "millions of lives"? And these are today's stats, not even the stats which were smaller when the WHO first made it's "pandemic" proclamation. You might also be interested to know that "In the U.S. alone, the flu has caused an estimated 36 million illnesses, 370,000 hospitalizations and 22,000 deaths this season", according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but there's no flu pandemic.

    What's happening in China ... "China has reported no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases for the first time since the pandemic began, marking a major turning point in the global battle to contain Covid-19". That doesn't sound very "pandemic"-like, does it. Does that sound like "an exceptionally high proportion of the population", or "millions of lives"?

    How about Italy ... 

    Italy

    Population: 60,000,000

    Total cases: 15,000

    Total deaths: 1000

    Does that sound like "an exceptionally high proportion of the population", or "millions of lives"?

    This is a hype-job of epic proportions.

    Give. me. a. break.

  3. 2020 CFL Draft

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    2 hours ago, Noeller said:

    the NFL is doing theirs...hopefully we'll be able to do ours....

    give The Taiter a click, wouldya?

    bluebombers.com/2020/03/17/preparing-drafts-unprecedented-times/

    The Taiter makes mention of the fact that we don't have a first round pick or even a top 15'er because we lost our pick in the ZC deal.  Well worth it I say to win a cup. I don't regret that one bit.

  6. Did You Know..

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    1 hour ago, Noeller said:

    I honestly don't care about NBA and what they do, and even NHL I don't care as much as CFL. I just want a 2020 CFL season. My mental health has taken a beating in the last several days, and I don't wanna think about what a lack of CFL football would do to me....

    If we lost the season the only positive would be our reign as CFL champs would be extended uncontested. It would drive our neighbours to the West of us insane(r) and we could needle them about it relentlessly. Who am I kidding? No CFL football for 2020 would suck, big time.

  10. Did You Know..

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    10 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

    Did You Know...

    The new CBA eliminates suspensions for positive marijuana tests...


     

    I've never understood punishing athletes for using marijuana. It is NOT a performance enhancing drug from what I've read, quite the opposite, so why test for it at all? It's just a remnant of the insane U.S. drug war.

    "Research has shown THC to inhibit motor control, balance, reaction time, and coordination. And while THC increases sensory feedback (more vivid colors, increased sense of touch, etc) that feedback is more difficult to properly utilize given the chemical’s inhibiting effects on movement."

    Source -- grandstandcentral.com, Weed A Performance Enhancing Drug

     

  13. 2019-20 CFL Offseason

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    14 minutes ago, Floyd said:

    This is the Global rate... in Wuhan it was over 7%, in Italy it is 10% hitting 80-90 year olds, Iran is super high...

    South Korea, China (outside of Wuhan), other developed countries - its around .5%

    "Today WHO declared the coronavirus COVID-19 a “pandemic” – when there is not the slightest trace of a pandemic. A pandemic might be the condition, when the death to infection rate reaches more than 12%. In Europe, the death rate is about 0.4%, or less. Except for Italy which is a special case, where the peak of the death rate was 6% (see below for further analysis). China, where the death rate peaked only a few weeks ago at about 3%, is back to 0.7% – and rapidly declining ..."

  15. 2019-20 CFL Offseason

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    3 minutes ago, Dirty30 said:

    I hope you’re right, but for the moment I’ll continue to listen to the experts and follow their suggestions. There’s a lot of unknown and I agree that the last thing you want is panic. People need to keep their s*** together, but also not be naive. I’d rather Canada (and the rest of the World) overreacted and be overly cautious than under. I hope you and everyone else who believes we are worrying for nothing can say “I told you so.”

    Well said.  All I'm saying is that the flu is not to be underestimated for it's ability to kill and this bug looks to be one of the worst. I'm all for washing of hands and quarantines. I don't even want a milder flu-type bug. The thing is, it's news, and it's being hyped up pretty good with predictable results. It's not like we haven't seen this sort of thing before and it never seems to justify the hype. 

  16. 2019-20 CFL Offseason

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    21 hours ago, WBBFanWest said:

    1-3% death rate.  If not controled properly, US could expect somewhere around 1/3 of it's population infected.  Whats 1-3% of 100,000,000?

    The data is incomplete and is heavily skewed by China presently. Don't be surprised if it ends up being the same or near that of the flu. 1% of 100,000,000 is 1 million. I doubt it ends up being that high.

  17. 2019-20 CFL Offseason

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    21 hours ago, Tracker said:

    And the rule of thumb is that each influenza variant infectee will transmit the disease to 7 others on average, so the numbers add up very quickly.

    Sheesh. Depends what you read or which talking head you listen to, I guess. I heard 2 not 7.

    "Lots of people talkin', few of them know."

  18. 2019-20 CFL Offseason

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    51 minutes ago, Floyd said:

    I'm curious - would you agree with a total ban on air travel then?

    This virus has already spread around the world - cancelling flights and small events will make no difference

    I agree in the sense that they needed to cancel because everything else is cancelled but in terms of stopping the spread of Covid-19... this has no impact

    Air travel? No. This thing is being over-hyped by the media. All the statistics I'm seeing shows the flu to be far more deadly.

    COVID-19: Approximately 4,718 deaths reported worldwide; 38 deaths in the U.S., as of Mar. 12, 2020.*

    Flu: 291,000 to 646,000 deaths worldwide; 12,000 to 61,000 deaths in the U.S. per year.

  20. Bombers bringing back Willie Jefferson

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    7 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

    No doubt Buck will follow what’s been successful, 

    but,

    what we’re looking for, are routes and plays that will compliment the successful plays. And play calling that will take advantage of what opponents aren’t expecting. Buck’s best playing days were sometimes ad-libbed. While we don’t expect encouraging ad-libbed plays, we will look for ‘adjusting’ and not being fearful to try different plays other than throw downs. I believe we’ll get that from Buck.

    I hope you're right and I believe you are. What I always found odd about Lapo is that as a player he played wide receiver, yet he would have stagnated as such under his current approach to the game. Buck, having been a QB, is bound to have a different philosophy. Like you, I'm looking for him to compliment what's working and to implement schemes that take advantage of what defenses are doing. Also, remembering last season, what super-impressed me about Collaros was his high level of execution. If the play was there he made it almost every time. Matt was good but Collaros was better.

  21. Bombers bringing back Willie Jefferson

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    7 hours ago, GCn20 said:

    I would be shocked if Buck deviated greatly from Lapo's approach to running an offence and play calling. Why would he? This offence has been very successful over the past few years. We will see a ton of Andrew, and a ton of short passes again this year.

    If I had Andrew Harris and this O-Line I wouldn't be afraid to run the ball. Short passes are fine too so I mostly agree with you. Where I may disagree slightly is that I think we'll be far more willing to take shots deep and to try more intermediate passes. I just think it's smarter football (in my layman opinion). When you take shots deep and show a willingness to throw over the heads of the linebackers you force defenses to play you straight up and that makes life easier for everyone. Not enough of that last year and that's one thing I remember about Buck Pierce -- he wasn't afraid to take a shot. 

  23. Bombers bringing back Willie Jefferson

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    I am so excited to see what Buck does with Darvin, Andrew, and rest of this offense this upcoming season. Buck has stated that his philosophy is to use what he has for players and to play to their strengths. I think the strength of this offense starts with our O-line. This is an O-line that can keep a QB clean and can open holes for the best tailback in the league. That tells me that, run or pass, we're going to be successful, as we were last year even with the conservative approach and predictability of Paul Lapolice, which I believe were our biggest weakness on offense.

    I don't see why Buck would continue the trend of predictability and conservative approach on offense. In fact, I expect Buck to do the opposite, be aggressive and unpredictable. Yes he has Andrew Harris and I still expect him to be a central cog in our offense, but there were too many times last season when everyone in the stadium knew the ball was going to Andrew, especially the opposing defense. This team has way too many weapons on offense to be predictable and one-dimensional. We have QBs that can air it out and receivers that can go get it. I look for guys like Darvin Adams to lead the way with his experience and savvy, but there's more than Darvin. We have ballers like Kenny Lawler that can also go get it. We have burners like Whitehead and Demski that can strike quickly and from anywhere on the field. We have clutch possession-type receivers like Wolitarsky and Petermann.

    Nobody wanted to play us last year because of our defense. It may very well be our offense that scares the crap out of teams this season. Either way it's going to be fun to watch.

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