15 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

He had a fight with teammate Ron Stewart of the Los Angeles Kings over house expenses they shared in April of 1970. Due to the scuffle, Sawchuk had his gall bladder removed & his bleeding liver surgically repaired but he succumbed to his injuries a few days after surgery. Interestingly, the cops cleared Stewart of any wrongdoing & the DA never pressed charges. You'd think there'd have been a manslaughter charge at the very least considering they had a fight. All kind of hush, hush & strange.

Boys will be boys, eh.

Nobody is perfect, but there are people on this board who have the correct analysis / opinion, more often than not. In fact, some of the team's moves in the offseason, confirmed what people here have been saying.

2 hours ago, Tracker said:

Agreed. Anyone can have an off year, but two bad years back to back are a pattern. Yes, the OC and O-line were poor last year, but a pattern is a pattern and Zach has a history of injuries that are increasingly difficult to bounce back from. Elgersma looks like he could be our QB of the future and he didn't arrive any too soon.

We all know the reasons why ZC had a resurgence after he came here in 2019. Top notch pass pro, a great running game and sure-handed receivers who also played the game tough as nails and complimented his style of play. The past 2 seasons, they have not provided him with anything even close to that. In fact, the offensive rostering and planning has been borderline inexplicable.

Most teams are in a similar situation at QB. Davis, Harris, Adams, Rourke - injuries to any of them could sink that team's season. And some them are known for getting hurt

7 hours ago, GCn20 said:

Yeah.. all starts by rookie Strev on a broken foot and probably the main reason we went shopping for ZC. No one here is knocking ZCs contribution to our Grey Cup, just pointing out that Nichols was having a very strong season that year and played the best football of his career pre injury. We may have won the cup with him as well.

Streveler suffered that foot injury in week 19

All of this is fair enough. I just don't find it necessary to hang the game manager label on ZC. Both QBs have their strengths and weaknesses. ZC is better at pushing the ball downfield, and this made a difference.

7 hours ago, Booch said:

Taylor...Maston and how utilized BA turned it all around and morphed the defense into the juggernaut...thtat's where the season turned and was pre ZC

ZC came in and got the rust knocked off in the last game and the WSF...and then managed the Grey Cup perfectly

They had lost 4 of 5 before the ZC trade. There was a game vs. Hamilton that was just an absolute mess.

17 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Nichols helped bring us back to respectability and into contention.

Zach helped put us over the top in 2019.

1000%. That 2019 team was 11 - 7, had their up and downs and got their butts handed to them a few times. When they really put it all together, ZC was the QB. And no, he didn't just 'manage' every game.

13 hours ago, johnzo said:

all high profile defensive free agent new team tweets must feature a photo of free agent forcing a Blue Bomber fumble.

I'm humbled.

Ricky Ray was on some very average teams, particularly in Edmonton, but he'd still put up the yardage

For his GC win in Toronto, the team around him wasn't all that good

4 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

What did Elgersma have for breakfast today? The media is failing us.

Immitation bacon.

12 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

The Taylor Elgersma watch continues... Except he's a Bomber now.

I don't know what it is...but he's still doing it wrong!

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Main camp opens Sunday, I believe. I just hope it doesn't snow here or in Winnipeg.

It has been a cold & crappy spring so far.

3 hours ago, Jesse said:

But what do you mean by "turn a profit"?

Are you only referring to what the team makes through ticket sales, food, merch?

Or are you including TV deal, gambling and league advertising revenue? No, the new moves will not improve attendance. But they will inject new moey into the league which is distributed to teams regardless of high or low attendance.

Turning

10 hours ago, Jesse said:

But what do you mean by "turn a profit"?

Are you only referring to what the team makes through ticket sales, food, merch?

Or are you including TV deal, gambling and league advertising revenue? No, the new moves will not improve attendance. But they will inject new moey into the league which is distributed to teams regardless of high or low attendance.

Turning a profit = making money. Winnipeg turns a profit, Toronto bleeds red. The primary reason for the difference is live game attendance.

10 hours ago, Jesse said:

But what do you mean by "turn a profit"?

Are you only referring to what the team makes through ticket sales, food, merch?

Or are you including TV deal, gambling and league advertising revenue? No, the new moves will not improve attendance. But they will inject new moey into the league which is distributed to teams regardless of high or low attendance.

Turning a profit = making money. Winnipeg turns a profit, Toronto bleeds red. The primary reason for the difference is live game attendance.

2 hours ago, Jesse said:

Attendance is not the only factor anymore.

Play-off games have double the TV audience, Ad revenues sold by the league instead of the teams, additional gambling revenue (which is where all the new money is coming from). All of this will affect the TV deal which is currently being negotiated.

I don't think the league cares if people buy tickets or not for the additional games. It's not why these moves are being made.

The teams with good attendance are the ones turning a profit. IMO, they are gambling on the revenue streams you mention - and hoping they'll be the new difference makers

I agree with starting in May and having the playoff games earlier. I've been of that opinion for years.

But playing 18 games to eliminate 1 team from the playoffs, just makes no sense whatsoever.

The burning issue is those cities where hardly anyone attends games. 8 teams in the play offs does nothing to address that.

20 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

I’m like W5, why couldn’t he get a work visa? ICE saw his social media postings?

Dude, he's Canadian - we stopped selling bourbon.

The Grey Cup champions suck.

1 minute ago, rebusrankin said:

Looking forward to the daily Elgersma TC report.

Hopefully everyone can handle the truth!

44 minutes ago, Atomic said:

Elgersma signs!

Who advised him to do this? They've been wrong the whole time and I'll bet they're wrong now!

7 hours ago, Jesse said:

He was drafted less than 1 year ago and then spent all of preseason with the NFL up until final cuts about 7 months ago.

I understand people want him to make the commitment to the CFL, but until May, he hasn't really missed any unexpected time at all.

In his mind, he is trying to parlay some UFL time into another NFL camp and that process hasn't played through yet. And until it does, any expectation that he's just going to pack it in is nonsensical.

Realism appreciated.

Can't really expect help from the Canucks

14 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Wow, I can't wait. So, if a Mexican beer league can get on Disney+ then why can't the CFL?

Because they're a tequila league - of Patron ilk

I've always felt he and Brady O played with similar grit - just gutted it out.

21 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/02/health/new-covid-variant-cicada

IIRC there were notices sent out to schools in early 2022, that next variant (omicron?) would be hard on kids

1 hour ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Who?

It might be time for the opposite of Chuck Norris jokes...