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  4. 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News

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    26 minutes ago, Booch said:

    now question is who is he planning to try and round out his staff with?...and who will decline?...The stench of oday still there....and the putz above him can't be overly appealing....he may have a green fresh staff....

    i-see-what-you-did-there-steve-carell.gi

    1 hour ago, Mark H. said:

    The Big Blue were in an almost identical situation - back in 2013 when they hired O'Shea.  

    Some would suggest that Osh was the more risky pick with his Coordinator experience having been in STs.

  7. 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News

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    8 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:

    Not in Sask. they'll start to tear the barn down before they get around to cladding it.  They're most comfortable being miserable and unhappy.

    Under the normal run of things, that's true.

    I think that two consecutive seasons of finishing with seven losses in a row would be more than enough to justify a hard reset and buy some growth time for a new regime.

    (and I think that O'Day will be counting on that as well)

  8. 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News

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    1 minute ago, Fatty Liver said:

    The only thing I could see motivating them to make the leap is a drastic increase in pay for position promotion, they could both potentially double their salaries.

    Pay raise, plus it's sort of a free-hit, isn't it? Like, if they take a year or two to rebuild, nobody will be looking to fire them so long as there's a process in place that gives the Riders a chance to improve year-on-year.

    Bigger paycheque and lower expectations is a nice combo to offer a candidate.

  10. Which Vets do we cut next season

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    20 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

    In terms of players from other teams, I'd love to see Oakman DT in Blue and Gold.

    Hoping for a "I'd like to stay in TO" contract for Oakman as he has demonstrated that he still has a gear he can shift into where he can take over a game... but if not, then I am comfortable with his big-name being available as a decoy so we can re-sign the guy on our D-Line who gets no hype or press whatsoever but was very quietly one of the 10 best D-Linemen in the league.

  14. Call it what you want … you need to move on from Collaros

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    Unpopular take:

    Trashing Fajardo is a very bad look right now.

    He came in as a massive underdog. Rallied his team around him in classic "us against the world and F them anyway because they all hate us" fashion. He went 81%, 290 3&1. With everything on the line, he rushed 13 yards on 2nd and a mile. On 3rd and 5 he went for 31 and followed that with a GC winning score for 19 yards on the next play.

     

    Bash him all you want, but you can never say that he didn't execute the epic dream of any kid who ever picks up a football to the letter.

  15. Call it what you want … you need to move on from Collaros

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    2 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

    So the way I see it is Collaros made the OL look worse than it was. He took a sack last night by dancing around, he kept looking for a pass that wasn't there. perfect opportunity to tuck it and run and keep the D honest. He doesn't do that anymore. Teams are playing more patiently with him and he's running himself into trouble by not actually running forward. 

     

    He's 35 and fragile from all his past injuries. For one of teh highest paid players in the league is this what we want from a guy? I think the time is probably right to go another direction. Brown showed a lot more ability to make things happen than Collaros did. I just know that if we lose a capable backup and stick with Collaros it could get ugly.  

    I kept asking my TV that all night, "What was he looking for there?"

  16. Call it what you want … you need to move on from Collaros

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    Outside looking in:

    1) Clarify Walters' situation as the man in charge of the next evolution, ASAP.

    2) 2 years remaining on 600k/yr is a spicy meatball. Particularly if being back in the GC next year or more particularly the following year when you host is the goal. I think you have to cut bait. We'll see.

    3) Ruthlessness. This roster is overdue for some pruning. Seeing a few familiar names go can hurt. Time to be cruel-to-be-kind (in the right measure).

    4) Not a disaster, but worth noting that being out-adjusted at HT in the GC is a bad trend. Evolution happens to coaching staffs too.

     

    Tough beat, guys. Sucks to play your worst in the most important game of the season. Ask me how I know.

  19. East Final GDT - Argonauts vs Alouettes

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    Comprehensive defeat. Beat in all phases of play.

     

    Imagine the Argos historic season culminating in a record home attendance and just utterly laying an egg. This one will suck to look back on for many years to come.

     

    I only know a few Alouette fans, but just visualizing how this must be for them actually cheers me up a bit. What a road win against overwhelming odds in a hostile environment... They deserve it.

     

    Can they pull this off 2 weeks in a row? It'll be a longshot. But then, so was yesterday.

     

    Congrats to the East and West Champions.

    Hope it's a good show next Sunday.

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