Mike

Haven't we been pining for free agents and guys who have been in the CFL? Too true. Sorry, but Boltus is not my idea of a great free agent signing, c'mon. Now, Graham Harrell if he's available... THAT'S a free agent worth pursuing. Or one of the CFL young buck back up qbs. THOSE are free agents. Technically, a young CFL backup is NOT a free agent at all. Iso, you're basically expecting Rome to be built in a day.

Warren Kean 2.0 being added to our practice roster apparently.

This is such flimsy reasoning. Weak. You can see with your OWN EYES that Buck isn't playing well. Do you also believe everything politicians tell you? Or that lawyers are always telling the truth? I sure hope so, because unless you can show me your law degree or that you're secretly Stephen Harper we should all just close and eyes and accept what they say as gospel. its a double edged sword.tho.. why do you assume hes lying? i also saw hall and goltz not fair much better.. i assume you did too.. you nor i know EXACTLY what plays were called and/audibles...we also don't know if the o-line executed properly, if the receivers ran the right routes or if the rb blocked the right gap.. so without knowing even half of this info, isn't it safe to assume your simply guessing or going by your own opinion? id take a coaches take on it over your or my own opinion any day... why? guess im just a dumb ole follower (even though I'm probably on par with you or close to it football knowledge wise and after watching the same game) To be fair, I don't assume he's lying. I assume he's just stupid.

Like.

He's the receiver with NFL exp. we signed apparently. Gotta say I'm interested in this signing. Definitely not a move I expected Walters to make. Big splash, whether it pays of for not, it's certainly an interesting move. Sorry if this has been mentioned already, didn't see anything on Twitter and I'm just posting from my phone before bed.

In the world of Iso. What's it like being so angry and bitter all the time?

a veteran CFL receiver? So in Burke terms, a guy who caught a couple passes in training camp.

you can tell he knows it by all the excuse making he's done since Mack was fired. The whole "crowton is picking qbs" to "doing the best with that I have" and all the rest. He's a dead man walking desperately trying to save his own hide while the team crumbles around him. How long until the players give up completely if they haven't already? How ugly is THAT going to be? Wait, you think they haven't?

Anything to get Burke out.

For everyone who says there's nobody to replace Burke ... I'd give the job to Walters for the rest of the year.

What's the point in auditioning players when the team is being coached by an absolute moron? It's not like they're going to be able to perform at a high level.

You have got to be kidding me.

Just out of curiosity, didn't you tell us earlier in the week that if Buck sucked, you'd be off the bandwagon?

Buck hurt. Color me surprised.

that's how i figure it... hopping my train soon... Mark H, see you there... my mobile# is in your PM box Somebody save this post as evidence if we never hear from Mark again. I can already see the headlines ... "Bomber fan beaten by entire Argonauts fanbase; one man arrested"

Aaron Maybin, you mean. I'm a huge Bengals fan, so I love it. PS ... Maybin is on Winnipeg's negotiation list.

In other news, Rene Stephan will actually dress for his second consecutive game without breaking several bones. Congratulations Rene!

Oh, and Pierce was already on the 46. He'll draw into the 42 but the guy coming on the roster for Gilmore is Harris.

I don't know why, but I expected more changes than this. Also worth pointing out ... Denmark at SB / Etienne at WR

It really is just logic. I'm not grabbing facts to fit into what I think happened, I'm letting the facts write the story for me and it's the only logical conclusion worth coming to when you stack ALL the information up. FACT - A bidding war for Reilly = more money for Reilly FACT - Reilly opted to not wait for a bidding war WHY? He wanted to go to Edmonton FACT - Buono let Edmonton talk to Reilly WHY? He knew if they reached a deal with him, the return on his side would be greater FACT - Buono negotiated with Winnipeg FACT - Buono did not let Winnipeg talk to Reilly WHY? He knew negotiating with more than one team would increase his return. He also knew if Winnipeg spoke to Reilly, they would no longer be interested in negotiating because Reilly appeared to have no interest in coming here. It's not difficult to see that this was just a brilliant move by Buono, awful move by Hervey and an intelligent, yet unfortunate move by Mack.

But is it worth that just for the chance to talk to him? 'Cause there's no guarantees that he'd sign. It was JUST the rights to talk to him... Can't argue with that. I guess you would need to make sure you've done your due dilegence (tampering) so that you knew he would be willing to sign with you. Now, somebody is going to jump in and say no way he was signing here no matter what. Which I don't believe but I'm not going to argue anymore because it's been argued to death and it's hypothetical anyway. Just out of curiosity ... In your opinion, how much diligence is due? I mean, to me, it's an obvious red flag when Wally says "Edmonton is allowed to talk to him, but Winnipeg isn't" Why isn't Winnipeg? The obvious answer to me is that Wally knew we wouldn't like what Reilly's agent had to say. See I don't see it quite that way. I think Edmonton said we want to trade for Reily and Wally said "ok but you can't talk to him" and Edmonton said, "Well then get stuffed" and then they negotiated and something got worked out. I think Winnipeg said we want to trade for Reily and Wally said ok but you can't talk to him and Winnipeg said "We can't get Reilly which is ok because we can find someone better ourselves anyway." It never made sense to me that Wally said Edmonton can talk to him and Winnipeg can't. And that Edmonton has to give us a 2nd and 3rd and Winnipeg has to give us a 1st and 3rd. I believe Wally opened negotiations with both teams at the same place and Winnipeg walked away and told everyone they couldn't get him and Edmonton kept at it and got him. For better or worse. Okay. Please explain why Wally would not let ANYBODY talk to him. All it could do is increase the return he could get in a trade.

But is it worth that just for the chance to talk to him? 'Cause there's no guarantees that he'd sign. It was JUST the rights to talk to him... Can't argue with that. I guess you would need to make sure you've done your due dilegence (tampering) so that you knew he would be willing to sign with you. Now, somebody is going to jump in and say no way he was signing here no matter what. Which I don't believe but I'm not going to argue anymore because it's been argued to death and it's hypothetical anyway. Just out of curiosity ... In your opinion, how much diligence is due? I mean, to me, it's an obvious red flag when Wally says "Edmonton is allowed to talk to him, but Winnipeg isn't" Why isn't Winnipeg? The obvious answer to me is that Wally knew we wouldn't like what Reilly's agent had to say.

I think it's pretty clear cut why Reilly would take the deal and run... he was only ever going to have an opportunity to start here or in EDM. That's exactly the point...Reilly wasn't going anywhere but Edmonton. He had made up his mind. Way to cherry pick my posts to make your point. If Reilly got to free agency, he was going to the highest bidder with the best starting opportunity. Wally Buono is not in the business of making sweetheart deals... he could give a f*** less where Reilly wanted to go. Wally's only interested in getting a return for something that 2 days later would bring him nothing... and if WPG and EDM were equal, he was dealing the negotiating rights to WPG, because he'd be dealing Reilly out of his division. He just got the best deal from EDM. There's nothing more to it than that. Supply and command, Ricky. If Reilly got to Free Agency, I would agree with your point. But he didn't, and Buono made the best deal for Buono... you can guarantee that Reilly's preference played exactly 0% into where Buono would have dealt him. I don't agree.

Must be nice comparing one half against two.