Rich

I absolutely *HATE* the hockey mentality of "let players play".    If you don't want a penalty called, don't do something stupid to begin with.   In this case, if you can see the numbers on the back of a players jersey .. keep your hands off of him. 

The 2014 CFL Season is now officially in the books.  And while we as Bombers fans have to say the same thing we’ve been saying for the last 23 years, “Maybe Next Year…”, I did want to take a moment and thank everyone who comes to this site.  Whether you visit monthly, weekly, daily, hourly, or every minute, whether you post regularly, sporadically, or just lurk, you guys are the reason this site is here and continues to thrive.
 
In only our second season of existence, the continued growth of this site has been overwhelming to say the least.  I’m happy to announce that we’ve already renewed the MBB season tickets for next year and they will once again be donated to the Big Brothers / Big Sisters of Winnipeg.  I think it is great that the support of this site not only pays for the expenses incurred in running it, but we are able to share the game day experience with kids who wouldn’t otherwise be fortunate enough to experience it live.
 
And while we are always open to suggestions on how the site is run and things we can do better or add to the site, I’d like to open up this thread for comments in two areas:
 
Any suggestions or ideas on contests or content that you would like to see added to the site for next season.
  With the Grey Cup being held in Winnipeg next year, we are thinking about holding an MBB event during Grey Cup week.   So far, a one day touch football tournament has been suggested.  Looking for thoughts / feedback on this or any other ideas you may have on what we can do or what you would like to see during Grey Cup next year.

The 2014 CFL Season is now officially in the books.  And while we as Bombers fans have to say the same thing we’ve been saying for the last 23 years, “Maybe Next Year…”, I did want to take a moment and thank everyone who comes to this site.  Whether you visit monthly, weekly, daily, hourly, or every minute, whether you post regularly, sporadically, or just lurk, you guys are the reason this site is here and continues to thrive.
 
In only our second season of existence, the continued growth of this site has been overwhelming to say the least.  I’m happy to announce that we’ve already renewed the MBB season tickets for next year and they will once again be donated to the Big Brothers / Big Sisters of Winnipeg.  I think it is great that the support of this site not only pays for the expenses incurred in running it, but we are able to share the game day experience with kids who wouldn’t otherwise be fortunate enough to experience it live.
 
And while we are always open to suggestions on how the site is run and things we can do better or add to the site, I’d like to open up this thread for comments in two areas:
 
Any suggestions or ideas on contests or content that you would like to see added to the site for next season.
  With the Grey Cup being held in Winnipeg next year, we are thinking about holding an MBB event during Grey Cup week.   So far, a one day touch football tournament has been suggested.  Looking for thoughts / feedback on this or any other ideas you may have on what we can do or what you would like to see during Grey Cup next year.

Please post on the topic at hand and not callout individual posters.  If you don't like what someone has to say, there is an ignore function.

Please post on the topic at hand and not callout individual posters.  If you don't like what someone has to say, there is an ignore function.

Even if they report themselves as straight, they are still gay....
 
The question is whether or not the same percentage would be applied to professional sports, and why wouldn’t it be?
 
You could argue that it is a small sample size compared to the general population and the stats would be skewed somewhat, but by that rationale, the percentage could just as easily be larger as it would be smaller. 
 
Seems people want to believe that the percentage would be smaller because professional athletes should be more “manly”. 

Earlier this season it would have been a no-brainer start for Pavs - a big game against a very good team.  So this is a mindset change for the coaching staff and likely a show of condidence in Hutch.  I hope he plays great.  I'd love to know we have a future Starter on our hands with him

Good game by Pavs yesterday.   He does seem to do better when there is competition to push him.   Be interesting to see who they play against Boston.  Do you play Pavs again after a good performance, or do you play Hutch against the team that drafted him?
 
Having two goalies playing well is a good problem to have.

This is way off topic on the video game front, but feeds nicely into your Skynet comparison.  Very interesting read on anyone planning to buy a new "Smart" TV.
 
http://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/im-terrified-my-new-tv-why-im-scared-turn-thing

Odds and Sods switched over to regular forum posts in the middle of last season for that very reason!

I'd like to see a gradual increase in his workload, not just immediately hand over the job. Keep upping his playing time and see if he can maintain what he's doing now.
 
Start Pavelec tonight and go back to Hutch against Boston.

Neither our DC....or for that matter our OC...... has made much of a case for retention.  Enough of this mythical power struggle nonsense, and just get on with improving this club with some new coaches...

What worries me about that though is the sometimes disappearance of the guys who *have* been in the playoffs like Ladd and Buff.  These guys should be the warriors every night.

What happens IF the Jets were to actually make it into the playoffs.  At that point the games get tougher, more physical, more intense, everything is ratcheted up a notch and you've got the wear and tear of 82 games on your body.  You need to be able to rely on your 4th line contributing more ice team.

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Sound off doesn't really sound like a good thing.  Usually means he is going to speak up about something.

I work in IT, and while I don't work in the specific fields for these products, I have a basic enough understanding of how technology and the internet works to make somewhat informed decisions on how I use new technology.  For people who have no idea and just "trust" the manufacturers of what they buy and the internet services they use, it can be pretty scary the data and patterns they unknowingly give up about themselves.
 
I grew up at a time when we "only" had 13 channels on cable TV with a dial to change the channel and no remote as well as a rotary phone land line.  I have friends who lived in the country and had a party line where they had to share the same phone number with their neighbors (ie. pick up the phone and if you hear someone talking, it is your neighbor using the line so hang up and come back and try again later).  
 
I find it really scary what this generation grows up with as "normal" in terms of privacy and data that is shared and known about individuals.  When you never know another way, and this is just the way things are, more and more is taken.
 
Now I'm going to go sit on my porch with my shotgun and be a crotchety old man....

They had power of attorney so my guess is that he signed everything over to them to manage and had no clue about what they were doing.

My guess is that the answer to this is budgets at the CIS level.  
 
I couldn't find any concrete examples of how much CIS assistants make, but there we some sites saying it was in the 30 - 75k range.  I wouldn't hire a player who has never coached before as a head coach even at the CIS level.
 
A retired football player in his 30s and a family isn't going to take that job for 30k a year.  I'm guessing the range is due to different schools having different budgets.  If I had to guess, a school like Laval probably pays closer to the higher end of 75k, while others would be lower.  I would also guess that there are more school at the lower end of that range then the higher, and that makes those jobs scarce.
 
You need to pay to attract the top talent, and a lot of the CIS programs don't have the budget for that.   So if more CFL teams pulled purely from the CIS ranks, you'd be missing out on a lot of quality people who wouldn't coach for that kind of money.  
 
Look at the revenue that NCAA football brings in in terms of attendance and sponsorship.  Now look at the money CIS brings in.    There is your answer.

What position would you like to have new coaches start in?   You can't always get guys with experience and it really isn't realistic to expect former players to start their coaching in the CIS and work their way up.
 
Those positional coaches are entry level positions, wasn't that long ago teams didn't even have them.  I'm sure these players go to coaching conferences and techniques in the off season instead of trading.  They take their direction from the coordinators on what they want done or how they want the position run.  They just need to execute on the direction, spend time one on one as the coordinators don't have the time to do it.

I haven't seen anyone list him as a savior.
 
He is just a popular guy in the city for the way he played the game (like his play or not he sacrificed his body and put it all on the line in each game he played) and the way he has embraced the city.
 
I think it is more of people wanting to see him do well because of that.  It would be a feel good story ... unless of course you don't like Buck Pierce.

I guess we just have different definitions of savior then.   
 
I agree, I don't think Buck is ready to be an OC yet.  Would like to see him get some more coaching experience and be more involved in the ups and downs during a season as a coach and what different coaches do to address and deal with those things.   Would also like to see him get more experience under someone other then Marcel.

If you're not yelling at the kids to get off your lawn you are doing it wrong.
 
 
Trust me. I know.

I work in IT, and while I don't work in the specific fields for these products, I have a basic enough understanding of how technology and the internet works to make somewhat informed decisions on how I use new technology.  For people who have no idea and just "trust" the manufacturers of what they buy and the internet services they use, it can be pretty scary the data and patterns they unknowingly give up about themselves.
 
I grew up at a time when we "only" had 13 channels on cable TV with a dial to change the channel and no remote as well as a rotary phone land line.  I have friends who lived in the country and had a party line where they had to share the same phone number with their neighbors (ie. pick up the phone and if you hear someone talking, it is your neighbor using the line so hang up and come back and try again later).  
 
I find it really scary what this generation grows up with as "normal" in terms of privacy and data that is shared and known about individuals.  When you never know another way, and this is just the way things are, more and more is taken.
 
Now I'm going to go sit on my porch with my shotgun and be a crotchety old man....

I'm sure he will be back either in the off season or at the beginning of next season.
 
Even if he is an Argo fan, anyone whose first syllable in their name is Blue can't stay away from a Blue Bomber message board forever!