bluto

these final games for the Bombers ought to be a ruthless evaluation of personnel. their talent, their upside, if they're in decline, if they are good value for their contract, if they hustle from whistle to whistle, if they are "team" guys or "me" guys...
 
one thing that puts a wrench in the works is that Burke is almost assuredly not going to be the HC moving forward, so some players just won't give him their level best (or won't have their ability  properly showcased in a poor system).
 
it sucks when your team is in a place where the outcome of a particular game means less than looking ahead to next season's roster (trust me, i've been there a few times) but i view this interregnum period with Miller at the helm as a big positive for the Bombers and the potential is there for a 1 year turnaround.. 

these final games for the Bombers ought to be a ruthless evaluation of personnel. their talent, their upside, if they're in decline, if they are good value for their contract, if they hustle from whistle to whistle, if they are "team" guys or "me" guys...
 
one thing that puts a wrench in the works is that Burke is almost assuredly not going to be the HC moving forward, so some players just won't give him their level best (or won't have their ability  properly showcased in a poor system).
 
it sucks when your team is in a place where the outcome of a particular game means less than looking ahead to next season's roster (trust me, i've been there a few times) but i view this interregnum period with Miller at the helm as a big positive for the Bombers and the potential is there for a 1 year turnaround.. 

did you get the memo? yeah... i'm just going to go ahead and send it to you again...
 

sounds like someone's got a case of the Mondays...

I believe you'd get your ass kicked saying something like that, man.

The funniest part to me is that he once again failed to get the QB he was after.  Coffee is for closers, and Mack didn't close when it really mattered.  Joe Mack is the Shelley Levene of general managers....
 

KBF, have you been playing on your "Jump to Conclusions" mat?
 

good for them though. if they aren't asking, then they aren't doing their job.

i keep shaking my head whenever i see someone suggest that Ray won't be our QB next season...

like i said above... under the new SMS, i bet you could easily have both.
 
FFS, we pay Ray $400k... and have 4 other QBs besides!

Braley bailed out Hamilton, BC & then Toronto. There may not have been a CFL if not for him. You can trash the man all you like but where are the owners with money??? Nowhere. Just like out in Atlantic Canada. Nowhere to be found out there, either.

what if you change the premise a bit...
 
pretend that it is now December and Muamba hasn't re-signed. the Expansion draft is done and one of Willy/Collaros/Tate is a(or is soon to be a) Redblack.
 
do you then trade the rights to Muamba for the rights to a QB?

not sure why he would sign before the new CBA comes out.

that was a comment directed at Logan... not a typo of "Mark"

better than merely "good"... not really enough of a body of work to be "great" (but coulda been but for injuries)...
 
so whatever rank is between "good" and "great", imo.

Before Douglas was hurt....he was average.  Now that may make him look like the great hope, compared to what else is going on, with the OL.....but seriously, we need some competent import OL's, to bridge the gap, while the young Canucks develop - assuming they are developing, under this coaching staff.......

i wonder if any of those characters are registered trademarks...

they were only ever there to fill out the roster of teams that bluto's Boatmen beat every week...

Sooo glad I took MTL QBs in the Fantasy Draft this year. 'The Sackos' are dominating the cellar with authority.

whatever your beverage is, a maths teacher conference is definitely a proper excuse to drink...

whatever your beverage is, a maths teacher conference is definitely a proper excuse to drink...

If I was running our team, I'm sure I'd have drunk dialed Jim Barker and tried to trade Tim Burke, Henoc Muamba and our next three draft picks for Ricky Ray by now.

We can get mad at the source all we want or agrue the specifics but no denying their is serious dysfuntion going on. 

very key. having an entire quarter of football that your team simply hasn't competed in is killing you.
 
 
and here again is why ditching Mack was essential to the Blue Bombers. having an entrenched GM with his political capitol attached to players who ought to be benched or cut just wouldn't allow for improvement or progression. it's no surprise that cuts happened right away as well as having starters benched for backups... with a new boss (albeit one who has the "interim" tag next to his title) there's no ego-investment in past poor personnel plans.
 
(a double Noeller quote... maybe i ought to just stalk Cory for comment worthy posts...)

did you channel Nate for this?