Rich

I've integrated a new feature into the site, the ability to do pick 'em pools (See the new Pick 'Ems menu up above). It is a little odd starting this in the middle of the CFL season, but better late then never Gives us the rest of the season to test it out and see how it works. For now, it is setup to just pick winners, no ties, no odds. But the addon does support those things. It will track overall leaders, stats, etc. Pools can be setup for any sport, so if there is interest, we can do NFL, NHL, etc. Unfortunately the schedule creation is manual so the NHL would be a lot of data entry. It has been setup so that picks for any week have to be before the first game starts. So for next week (Week 8), picks can be entered up to 7PM next Friday (August 16). Any questions / problems let me know, and good luck!

I think Mack only got an extension the off season before last (2012). He was signed for this season and next (through 2014). http://bluebombers.com/article/blue-bombers-extend-the-contract-of-vice-president-and-general-manager-joe-mack Don't know why they would extend him when he was signed for 2 more years.

Garry as always is on his own side.

It is his first day and he is nervous, and has likely been pushed into this sooner then they planned. You want a CEO that can give a speech or a CEO that can fix this organization?

He will get better at it as he gets comfortable with it. Just needs some practice.

Confirmed that Mack is fired as well

Will he keep Mack?

Is the video streamed?

Now hearing Buchko is fired as well?!?

Agreed

Just announced on TSN that Joe Mack will be fired at 10 AM and Wade Miller will be given a "prominent" role.

I honestly don't know what their qualifications are, but I also doubt the situation they were hired in mirrors Buchko's. In your original post, you asked why the hatred for Buchko, and I tried to answer that. A lot of it stems from his hiring being right after the long term deal with CJOB. Following that with his incorrect declaration of the stadium being ready on time. He started off on a bad foot and he has yet to put a good one down. It is Buchko's missteps and errors (or at least those made under his watch) that make people question his qualifications. Have any of the other people you mentioned gotten the same "negative" publicity? Made the same mistakes? I don't the follow the other teams as closely, so I can't answer that question completely. Do I think all the criticism directed his way is valid? No. Do I think some of it is? Definitely. If Mack is not the guy, he should have been fired in the off season. Is anyone shocked that we have the record we do with little to no changes from last season? I'm not. I was hoping for the best, but I didn't really expect all that much. Mack promised to fix the QB problem, yet Buck was still the starter at the beginning of the season. If someone reporting to me isn't fixing or doing something they promised me they would, then I'm after them until it gets done. Now I don't what discussions happened between the two of them in the off season, and maybe this firing now is the result of that. I'm not advocating firing Buchko at this point. I think he needs to be given time to hire his own guy and put his own operating structure in place, but in my mind, he has certainly used some of his strikes already. The bottom line is that there is something inherently wrong with the Bombers management structure and the way they do things. From Lyle Bauer underfunding Taman in the early/mid 2000's to hiring Mike Kelly and going to Joe Mack and Buchko's missteps, the delayed stadium to the opening day logistical nightmare , this organization has been mired in futility for going on a decade now, and they really don't seem to have a clue as to what they are doing. Especially when you compare the way they are run to the way True North runs the Jets. Is this Buchko? Is this the environment he has been given to work in and stems from the board? I don't know, time will tell. Maybe Nasty Nate has been right all these years and the Bomber board has to go.

He needs board approval for the money they will have to continue paying Mack after they fire him.

The bias against Buchko comes from perception. CJOB signs a 7 year broadcast deal with the Bombers when TSN 1290 clearly had to be in on that bid. Then shortly after that he leaves CJOB to become CEO of the Bombers. One of his first news conferences as CEO is to guarantee that the stadium would be completed on time. It was a year late. That and for his first half year on the job he had that horrible blonde highlight thing going on. (Is it fair to base opinion on him on how he looks ... no ... but it happens all the time regardless. And he looks much more professional and cut out for the job since) The perception is that he signed a back door deal to become CEO of the Bombers after giving them a 7 year radio deal with CJOB. Other then that, what qualifies him to run a professional sports organization and make decisions on football operations?

It does make me feel "dirty" cheering for Toronto in this game. At least I'm not forced to cheer for Saskatchewan.

Welcome to the board! Hope you enjoy the discussion.

Maybe Danny wasn't the problem in Montreal. The saddest thing about this is if Toronto does indeed win this game, the Bombers are only 1 win away from 2nd place in the East.

The Bombers can't stay silent on this, vacations or not. The longer this goes without official comment, the worse this is going to get. At this point, even if they put their support behind Mack publicly, people are going to believe he is a lame duck. Whoever leaked this has painted the club into a horrible corner.

Being from Norway and not going through US high school / colleges, I would think he would have NI status in the CFL. Wonder if anyone has neg listed him.

There are going to be consequences...

Does any team's fans like Proulx? Oh yeah .. Montreal...

I am glad everyone who has made it to the site is enjoying it here. For those of you who have newly found there way, if you have any suggestions on how to get the word out, ie. how you found us or where you looked, let me know.

I apologize for the site being down today. Seems a database table crashed. It was the sessions table, so I don't think we lost anything. Everything seems to be back to normal. Let me know if anything isn't working or out of place.

What is going to happen if you just don't pay the invoice? At this point they are sending you merchandise you didn't order. Even if they go to a credit agency (I don't know if they will, seeing as how they are a scam), I'm pretty sure you could argue that. It might be less of a hassle then to keep messing around with them. If you stop paying, they should stop sending you things.

I will take a look, but have you tried the mobile version of the site? I'm not sure how it would look on the Nexus display (if the display is too big for the mobile version to look good). If the site doesn't pick up the mobile theme automatically for the Nexus, you can try changing it with the Change Theme link at the bottom of the web page and choosing IP.Board.Mobile.