Mike

rarely.
 
As for Burke, he has himself to blame for a strong majority of this team's issues.

To sum up Burke ...
 
-- he's got a big mouth
-- he's not a coach who wants to work WITH players, he wants them to work FOR him
-- no problem throwing any/everyone under the bus
-- lack of in-game strategic ability
-- lack of roster management ability
-- incapable of handling the media properly
-- has a doghouse bigger than the new stadium
-- puts his own personal vendettas ahead of the team culture
 
see ya later Burke.

Burke's been a head coach for longer than the majority of our roster have been pro football players.

To sum up Burke ...
 
-- he's got a big mouth
-- he's not a coach who wants to work WITH players, he wants them to work FOR him
-- no problem throwing any/everyone under the bus
-- lack of in-game strategic ability
-- lack of roster management ability
-- incapable of handling the media properly
-- has a doghouse bigger than the new stadium
-- puts his own personal vendettas ahead of the team culture
 
see ya later Burke.

I'm actually pretty pumped for this. Good for the club and the city.
 
Hopefully we're fielding a CFL team by then.

To sum up Burke ...
 
-- he's got a big mouth
-- he's not a coach who wants to work WITH players, he wants them to work FOR him
-- no problem throwing any/everyone under the bus
-- lack of in-game strategic ability
-- lack of roster management ability
-- incapable of handling the media properly
-- has a doghouse bigger than the new stadium
-- puts his own personal vendettas ahead of the team culture
 
see ya later Burke.

To sum up Burke ...
 
-- he's got a big mouth
-- he's not a coach who wants to work WITH players, he wants them to work FOR him
-- no problem throwing any/everyone under the bus
-- lack of in-game strategic ability
-- lack of roster management ability
-- incapable of handling the media properly
-- has a doghouse bigger than the new stadium
-- puts his own personal vendettas ahead of the team culture
 
see ya later Burke.

I'd be more than happy to see them all go.
 
And why is Cameron necessarily a good member of the board? Because he booted footballs for us? I have no idea whether he's a valuable member of the board or not but his resume as a carpenter and a punter doesn't mean he's a lock to keep around.

To sum up Burke ...
 
-- he's got a big mouth
-- he's not a coach who wants to work WITH players, he wants them to work FOR him
-- no problem throwing any/everyone under the bus
-- lack of in-game strategic ability
-- lack of roster management ability
-- incapable of handling the media properly
-- has a doghouse bigger than the new stadium
-- puts his own personal vendettas ahead of the team culture
 
see ya later Burke.

PS .. what really blows me away is that he was the unanimous choice for all 3 awards.
 
As for the overall winners, I'm going ...
 
MOP Cornish
MOC Cornish
MODP Hughes
MOL Labatte
MOSTP Paredes
MOR Jones

It's not a no brainer at all because if anything thinks these guys are worth evaluating for next year, they're nuts.
 
Guaranteed Boltus, Brown and Goltz are not back.
 
QB1 - the one we acquire
QB2 - Max Hall
QB3 - new GM recruit
QB4 - new GM recruit
 
No room for any of those 3.

I think it's hilarious that we're so desperate for anything to pull us out of our hole that we're actually looking at a guy who is a GOD at playing .500 football seriously.

Harris over Cornish for several reasons.
 
- He catches the ball out of the backfield better, which is something we desperately need in our offense
- He has more left in the tank, 3 years younger
- He's not an *******

Jesus christ, I totally thought you were Iso.

A RB as effective as Harris at catching balls out of the backfield would make life a lot easier for a young QB

Does this really surprise you?
 
He also suggested we protect Poblah and mentions the likes of James Green over Etienne.

I just don't understand why we'd play him in the slot either.
 
Foster should be at the wideout spot opposite MSW/Kelly, instead they do exactly what we did to Bowman a couple years ago and play him in a spot that accentuates his inabilities. He's not more than average as a wideout either, but he's doing far below average in the slot.

ABT
anyone but tim.

I'm curious to hear more about this once you translate it back into English.

That's not what happened. He disagreed with you, you responded with a smarmy, "really, do tell?" and then gave ridiculously low salary numbers to try to make his comment on rookie salaries look stupid. He also never said anything about a middle ground, I did. The middle ground would only be $45k to your $95k if JBR was suggesting they made nothing.
 
You didn't note until several posts later where you heard those totals from.
 
edit: So in summary, this is why some people didn't like your post.

Maybe you just take everything a wee bit too serious. There are no "cliques" here. I don't dislike any posters here on a personal level.
 
And what is all this about spats turning into feuds into grudges into wars? Wars? Really? Really?
 
You talk about coming here knowing whatever you say will be attacked. And then you say you expect to be attacked. Which is it? Are your opinions being attacked (i.e. debated) or do you legitimately feel like you are personally being verbally abused?
 
Honestly, you just take this place a bit too serious. It's supposed to be a casual place for a group of fans to talk shop, not a place that involves itself in "wars", as you put it. I don't mean to be rude, but there are very few posters here that I would not be interested in sitting down with and grabbing a beer over some Bomber talk. Unfortunately, your constantly combative attitude makes you one of them. I'd love to be able to say that it wasn't true, but you just don't seem to be able to separate yourself from this idea that people who don't agree with you are attacking you. In case you have not noticed, you have a strong personality. Because of that, when people disagree with your strong opinion, they're going to come back at you the same way. Above all else, I think you need to understand that this is an internet fan site. People seek out and participate in the discussions here because they enjoy analyzing and over analyzing opinions about this football team. If you are not thick-skinned enough to subject your opinion to debate from other participants on this website, perhaps this is not the site for you. It is not a blog where you are free to share your opinion for casual reading without room for debate. It is not the Free Press comments section where nobody has any accountability for what they write. This is a forum full of intelligent members who are interested in discussion and debate and if they see something written by you, me or anyone else that they do not agree with or believe in, it is not wrong of them to debate it. It's not wrong of them, nor is it wrong of you when you do the same thing. What is wrong is when you get your back up and come across rudely towards other members simply because you don't like that they dare challenge your opinion.

What a bizarre comment.
 
You said "first round picks make 85-95k" and JBR said "no they don't" and you replied with "so what are you saying, they make 40-45k" and not only that, but you're extremely confrontational about it.
 
How in the world can you not see yourself ignoring the possibility of a middle ground in that exchange?
 
Truly a weird dude. If you honestly weren't mad, you need to take a long hard look at the way you talk to people because for a guy who was just engaging in a conversation and wasn't at all upset, you sure came across as a bit of a d-bag. Not attacking you, just being honest. I trust you when you say you weren't mad, but damn man ... you sure sound like it. A lot.

Also as a side note, I find it quite humorous that you say Etienne wouldn't get a sniff anywhere unless he took a paycut from his projected 85-95k a year and then in the very same post, you're quoted saying that Chris Bauman rakes in 135k a year.
 
Maybe you should think about that one for a bit.

Duane Forde for GM
 
Rod Black will be the assistant GM and a plate of Thanksgiving turkey will be leading the scouting department.