Mark H.

You make it sound like he was always away scouting which isn't true. He was at every practice according to Penton. And most teams have others who look after those things as well so I don't know what your point is. Mac had the entire database on his I-Phone...the one with the Subway OS.

Yeah, yeah. Mentioned that because it was a direct quote from Labatte.

He said exactly that. He didn't want to play centre but decided not to say anything.

That could be just a bit too much logic...

No need to take chances when you're only down by 6...hope he's learned something...

If Boatmen and Douglas are the best American tackles they can find...may as well start Swiston and help the ratio.

Can we end this inane debate...now? Thanks.

Heyyyyy...that's great...

People don't eat crow on the Internet.

We have nothing to lose, except that we might keep on losing. I don't think people have anything against Walters per se, they just want to the Bombers to hire someone with a proven track record.

The o line is horrible. We have two serviceable OL and the other 3 are the worst at their position in the league. Which team would take Sorensen, Morley, Swiston, Boatman, or Douglas as starters? Not one. Meanwhile...recent draft picks are doing well on OL's across the league. Just watched the highlights from last night. B.C. OL absolutely bulled people out of the way on that Lulay TD run.

Oh yeah, we screwed up, but could we find some loopholes here?

It may well have been...but any good negotiator doesn't take the first offer...Barker clearly didn't. The Ricky Ray rumour was already floating around when Kelly was here. No one believed it...but eventually it happened.

Could this be damage control by Tillman...after realizing how badly he screwed up? If he had acquired some good Canadians or picks in that trade...Edmonton with Mike Reilly @ QB would now be well on their way.

Contract law falls under Civil Law.

That's precisely the problem. We haven't had a dominant team since '01. All of our teams were 'just good enough' to get to the GC.

Most of the Trans-Canada has some pretty decent paved shoulders...most of the time you don't even have to ride on the highway.

The standard of reasonableness is held in civil courts, it's their job to determine what is and isn't reasonable, not to prove anything beyond a shadow of doubt like criminal proceedings. It's always he said she said in civil matters and it's the courts job to draw the most reasonable conclusion, which they based on the evidence provided. Exactly this. The civil courts operate on the balance of probabilities. If the chance that the Ti-cats were at fault is greater than the chance that they weren't...then the courts will rule in favour of Chris Williams.

With Ray you can actually build an offense around what he does well, the way the D played in the 2 games against Montreal I have no problems saying they'd have won those two games, they would have beaten Hamilton in week 3 most likely as well, probably woulda beaten BC also. So that's at least 4 wins, never mind how many other games might have changes with a more efficient offense. I have no problems saying that if you put RIcky Ray on the Bombers they're a playoff team this season, the east is that poor. Yeah, a third place playoff team, maybe. There are just too many problems. Blatant missed blocks by the OL, questionable safety play, questionable OLB play, lack of a dominant nose tackle (allowing OL to block the MLB), lack of halftime adjustments, etc. etc. etc.

Didn't it? In Reeds first year weren't the esks into double digit wins? If that's not a coach riding the Ray train then what is? Edmontons been pretty devoid of talent for a while, Ray was the only thing keeping them afloat. Oh sure...but then there were the 2006 and 2007 seasons where they missed the playoffs. Point is, teams that are poorly managed won't have a good season even with a proven QB.

The RR bandwagon didn't seem to work for several Edmonton coaches...

I heard some talk about that in TO...but I suspect common sense will prevail...

Contracts are broken every day in the business world.

He was literally the king of come backs in '01...mostly because he wasn't afraid to take chances with the deep ball.

6 weeks of Collaros eh...trades prior to the expansion draft just got a whole lot more interesting...