Rich

So you're telling me that Rod Black spends more than three days prepping for a game?No, no, those three days prepping, were for the year. Is it during those 3 days he decides which player he is going to have a man crush on, give a stupid nickname to, and talk incessantly about regardless of what the player does during the game? I think Rod cried the day that Hamilton released "Sticky" Stala.

Split off the political discussion to General. http://morningbigblue.com/community/topic/7410-politics-again/

I can't fathom the mentality where if someone is doing something that doesn't hurt or affect me or others, and that if I don't agree with it, I feel the need to call them out on it to try and make them feel bad and myself feel better. I think I'd rather be cheap than an ass. Good thing I'm in Winnipeg I guess.

I have never understood how it can be socially acceptable to say "I'm poor" ....I mean, I've been relatively poor when I was in my early 20s, but I can't think of anything more embarrassing to actually admit in public. Honestly. If you can't afford something, then keep quiet about it, but to out-and-out beg for something and say "I'm poor, give me something free or drastically discounted..." ?? I can't imagine something worse... Not much different than publicly calling someone out on a forum. If you don't like what he has to say or is asking for, keep quiet about it and move on to the next post. So here's how I know you don't know me.... I guess I've also just learnt that you don't take your own advice.

I have never understood how it can be socially acceptable to say "I'm poor" ....I mean, I've been relatively poor when I was in my early 20s, but I can't think of anything more embarrassing to actually admit in public. Honestly. If you can't afford something, then keep quiet about it, but to out-and-out beg for something and say "I'm poor, give me something free or drastically discounted..." ?? I can't imagine something worse... Not much different than publicly calling someone out on a forum. If you don't like what he has to say or is asking for, keep quiet about it and move on to the next post.

To each their own. And with the amount of free tickets out there with the buddy vouchers, and people who just don't want to go, don't see a problem with it. Asking for a free regular season game or playoff ticket would be a completely different story.

Will be very curious to see what kind of return they get on these higher priced contracts. The Leddy deal last year was fantastic for the Islanders. The return will likely be less to take on the higher priced contracts. I don't think Crawford is at all the same goalie on a weaker team and would be shocked if they could trade him. Sharp has to be on the block for sure. I think they try to find a way to keep Seabrook.

If I didn't have to pay for my exhibition ticket as part of my season ticket package, I probably wouldn't want to pay full price for it either. It is exhibition, nobody wants to pay full price for that. It is why they offer the buddy vouchers. Having said that, my ticket was paid for some time ago, so I am looking forward to the game this week!

Both of course.

I wouldn't go that high in Frolik which is why he is unlikely to sign here.

He is a UFA, we aren't going to get anything for him.

We ended up getting Jimmy Lodge, JC Lipon, Jan Kostalek and Tucker Poolman in that trade. 4 solid prospects. It's not like we would have won the Cup if Oduya was here. I just don't understand the thought process of some fans. Yes I do love that Oduya trade, especially considering he was going to be a UFA when we traded him. And while Chicago got a great deal on his subsequent contract, they are a contending team and we never would have gotten that deal if he would have even re-signed.

I think this thread is done

This thread had long stopped being about football and was about one person doing his schtick. If it means going back to that, no thanks. Just stare into the glass eye. Hours will melt away. It was about more than one person. His schtick would be done after one post if people didn't constantly poke the bear.

Congratulations to the Chicago Blackhawks. 3 cups in 6 years. As close as you get to a dynasty in this day and age.

Deleted a bunch of crap out of this thread. People are entitled to their opinions no matter how much you disagree with them. You can argue against their opinion, but there is no need to start calling people out and calling them names. Keep this thread on the topic of people getting cut. Thanks.

That's tough to do when the schedule is mostly built around weekend games. I wonder what it would do to ratings and attendance if more games were held mid-week.

Left Hand Defensemen

Comments like this make me wonder if people often forget that this is a guy's career we're talking about. Exactly. I don't doubt that he likes it here and wants to be here. But at the same time he would be foolish to re-sign as a 3rd string QB without exploring other options. If he is still 3rd string by the end of the season, I would expect him to at least check to see if he could get a better offer and situation with another team. But that doesn't mean we should cut him now. Who knows what can happen in a season. He may move up the depth chart by season end and choose to sign an extension. If he doesn't then we get one more year of his services. If we cut him now we get nothing more from him.

Thread has been cleaned up a bit, Can we please get back to discussing football and not singling out individual posters?

Fixed it for you. The pasting will sometimes pick up formatting from whatever web page you copied it from. If you want no formatting, you can either paste as text or if you notice the formatting when you paste it in, highlight the text and click the "Remove Format" Button (looks kind of like an eraser but is the second button from the left, top row of the toolbar in the editor). Welcome to the site!

It's not your logins, it's what you set up your original shaw account information ie. Your email address and the password when you set up your original shaw account. Actually I just got in to TSN Go now. I have an email that is linked to shaw that they send my electronic bills to, but that one didn't work. I had to go into the shaw site and setup a XXXXX@shaw.ca email address and used that one to login. If you use shaw for your email already, I'm guessing that one would work, I've just never setup an email address with shaw before.

If you wonder why people get upset at what you post, it is mostly because you rarely have anything positive to say or comment on the team. It makes people wonder if you really like the team Most of your posts, even if they are 'fact' come across as criticism. Saying the Bombers aren't playing to win is a true statement. Saying the Bombers are playing to evaluate players is another true statement. One smacks of criticism and complaining and the other is understanding how preseason games work. BTW I'm not saying you aren't a fan or the like. I do believe you're a huge Bomber fan and supporter. You wouldn't be here as much as you are if you weren't. Just thought I'd illustrate why people react the way they do to a lot of your posts. Also if the bottom part of the TC roster has no chance of making the team such that they don't deserve even a chance to play in a preseason game to show what they can do in real action, why do we bother bringing them in?

Chat room will be up and should have a decent turnout since it is an away game.

Sometimes the coaches do have a method to their madness. June 14th - after the 1st preseason game and before the 2nd preseason game - is the first cutdown day. Rosters need to be down to 65 players. So that first preseason game is really the only shot some of those fringe players will have at making a case at staying. These fringe players and backups are going to be injury replacements during the year, so it is important to get an in game evaluation of them even if they aren't likely to be playing. I would also rather give more of the pencilled in starters more time in the 2nd preseason game to ramp up and get into a rhythm for when the games actually matter. Best argument for taking so many fringe players so far. I kind of doubt, however, that players who don't make it to the second week of TC will become our injury replacements. I'd hope that they'd come from the guys who just failed to make the first game roster and maybe those kind of cuts from other teams. Exactly the point. It is making sure you keep the right players for the backup roles. Seeing guys in practice is one thing, but you can't really judge how a player reacts to in game situations from just practice. How they tackle, how they break through tackles, how they deal with actual full blown contact on the line. All the things you don't do in scrimmages and practices. The point of pre-season is really about individual assessment in how they play when the bullets fly to determine who is a "baller" and who isn't.