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It's foolish and insane because he is one of our best DBs. He's better than Leggett, closer to Randle than you seem to think he is. Yeah He's one of the best players on the team. If we didn't have him you'd notice he was missing. Agree to disagree and without the name calling.

Doug Brown seems to be pretty impossible to replace We could have drafted several since he left, but we didn't.

$140K bonus!? WOW. I've never heard of a CFL bonus worth that much before. Smart of Taman to get rid of Picard before he had to pay it. $195K a season sounds about right to me.

BC's got a very good group of coaches so far. Tedford's a bit of surprise, but Cortez and Washington are top notch coordinators.

The Bombers aren't paying down the full loan, they're just paying down the $85 million. The $10M loan from CIBC has nothing to do with the taxpayers (other than potential impact on the Bombers ability to repay the $85M), and any interest paid on the $85M isn't a taxpayer cost - the Province lent $85M to the Bombers, not $85 + interest. No one said the Bombers are paying down the full loan. The $10 mil CIBC loan means the $85 Mil repayment gets pushed back which means accruing extra interest. $85 million over 45 years at 4% compounded semi-annually, one payment per year is about 4.9 Mil per year. If the Bombers weren't paying interest, then the payment would be less than $2 Mil (1.889 * 45 = 85) per year, so no they didn't get an interest free loan. It doesn't matter which level of government is paying the interest on the rest of the money, it's still a taxpayer cost.

Let it go 17. You're the one who made up the story that I didn't like him because of his fumbles. Washington's a pretty good DB, not a great one and would be replaceable if he didn't sign with us. It's not like he's Randle or Leggett or even Sears. He's pretty small (5'09", 176). He gets picked on quite a lot. You like him, so he's some kind of god in your eyes and everyone else is 'foolish and insane'.

Wild was one of our very few impact players last year. He'll be missed on D and as a long snapper. Not impossible to replace. No one is, but he'll be very hard to replace.

Reading between the lines: The Bombers weren't as happy with Morley's play at center last year as a lot of the fans on these sites were and they don't think Goossen is ready to be the starting center next year.

Sucks to hear the Wild has an NFL contract. Good to hear that the Bombers will release him early to take advantage of it. Good luck to Wild.

January isn't signed yet and I think that Daniels out played him late last year. He may not be signed this year, unless his price goes down IMO. Neufeld hasn't been healthy and mostly played guard for us. I don't see him as the starting tackle this year. Morley's expensive, to high for the 6th guy and I'd like to see an up and comer as our 6th. Morley's not a top O lineman, especially as a guard. My take: LT - Daniels LG - Greaves C - Picard RG - Goossen/Neufeld RT - New Import 6th - Neufeld/Goossen #2 pick takes Hinse's spot

I like this signing. Our NI O lineman got a bit better today.

You sir are a liar. Washington is one of the biggest playmakers on this team and re-signing him is a HUGE positive. Or are you still all salty about some of the fumbles on punt returns? Get over it, the guy is a great defensive back. You sir are an obnoxious idiot. (Not sure why we need the name calling, but I like to reply to folks the way they post.) Are you planning to comment negatively on every post I make? You need to ignore Washington's downside to make him a 'Must Have', which you can't do. It's like saying Watson's a 'Must Have' receiver, if you ignore the fact that he's always injured. Washington would get offers from other teams if we didn't sign him, but that's not the same as a 'Must Have' either. Wild's the only one left on our list that I'd put in the 'Must Have' list.

Interest is a taxpayer cost. The Bombers aren't paying any to the Govt. until the $10 Mil CIBC loan is paid. The $1.2 Mil the Bombers have paid goes directly to the principle, if I read things right. Interest is charged on the entire loan, not just the Bombers part of it. 4.65% on a mortgage loan is too high. 4% is more likely. With $4.5 Mil yearly payments, the interest on the total loan won't be covered, let alone paying down any principle.

To me the question is simple... Is Picard an upgrade over Morley at center this year? The answer in my mind is yes. It doesn't matter if he'll be better for more than one year because Gossen is the heir apparent at center. Sign him for 2 years and cut him in the second year if Gossen is ready. Morley is a poor guard. I'd rather see Gossen start there next year if he isn't ready for the center spot. Morley is too expensive to be the 6th O lineman. I'd rather use our 1st round pick. Morley OR Picard? I'll take Picard.

Washington's an OK signing. Not one of the "must haves". Welcome back.

Actually, they made the right call then picked up the flag and didn't announce why. One of the worst reffing jobs I've seen.

There's no such thing as 'Downtown Dollars'. The downtown area draws from the GTA. The Raptors and the Leafs don't often play at the same time as the Argo's so they are only in competition on game day a few times a year. As for competition for the sports dollar in general, that doesn't change no matter where you put a stadium in the city. The venues are close together so that businesses around them can survive and thrive. 10 dates at a CFL stadium isn't enough to support restaurants and bars around the venue. Stadiums on university campuses help businesses 10 times a year, but it's the students who make them viable, not the stadium. The best idea is to share the BMO field with the FC and the CFL has been actively trying to accomplish that for a couple (few?) years.

You know ... as a real estate professional, I thought you'd be a lot better at using the proper variables in this conversation.It's not strictly size that has to be looked at. Your right, it's not strictly size. It's location, location, location. Downtown works for the Leafs, the Raptors, the Blue Jays and the FC. All venues are within 15 minutes of each other. It's not where the stadium is that hurts the Argos and building a new CFL only stadium elsewhere in the city makes almost no sense.

Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal is the only big cities in the CFL. You want to compare Toronto to Winnipeg?

Abbotsford would be ridiculous. It's an hour away from Vancouver on a good day and there's no Skytrain to get to it. In big cities, the stadium needs to be central and you need to be able to get there easily through rapid transit. You can't put your stadium an hour or more away from half of your fans and that's exactly what would happen if you put it in any outlying quadrant of Toronto or Vancouver for that matter. A smaller, newer stadium might help in TO.

I won't be unhappy if we don't bring Picard in, especially if Gossen can start. Morley plays best at center and his best isn't all that good. He'll be getting big bucks considering how long he's been playing and his passport. Too much for a backup IMO. I'd rather leave the 6th spot for our 1st round draft pick instead.

Leaving any 2014 cap space available would be dumb GM'ing. We must have had a lot of space considering all the signings this year and the Moore restructure.

Picard's better than Morley by quit a bit IMHO. At the same price, I'd bring in Picard and lose Morley. I'm assuming Gossen is pencil'd in as the starting center next year though, but he may not be ready yet.

The idea that folks with kids only live in the Burbs is so quaintly prairies. Vancouver's stadium and Arena are both right downtown as are lots of young families.

New year. Same old crap. You shouldn't have start arguments you won't finish. It's so tiresome that you make crap up that I don't say then complain about it almost every time I post anything. I didn't say signing Hall was a bad move. I gave reasons that the Bombers would prefer him over Benevides, including the fact that we don't have to compete to get him. Me arrogant? Pot, meet kettle. And yet it still came across as condescending and insulting because Hall wasn't your choice but benevides was. You feel like the bombers made a bad move because this is a cheaper and less risky proposition for O'Shea and you cannot play dumb about it.. If you seriously are so oblivious to how you come across in your posts 95% of the time.... I absolutely think that Benevides is a better choice. I make no bones about it at all. That's not the same thing as saying hiring Hall is a bad move, which I didn't say BTW and that's what you and 17 are whining about.