If there are other teams legitimately involved in the bidding for Burris, then we won't get him.  Looks like it is going to be Neiswander vs. Hall for the starting spot.  Let's all just go kill ourselves now.

why not a Jonestown style mass suicide at half time during a home game? Just have Obi spike the shwarma....

Herb Zurkowsky ‏@HerbZurkowsky1 25m

Contrary to my earlier Tweets, have now been told #Als, indeed, could have an interest in veteran free-agent QB Henry Burris.

 

Darrin Bauming ‏@DarrinBauming 1m

Burris may be a desired mentor to the #Als' young QB tandem of Troy Smith & Tanner Marsh. The vet may prefer a win-now situation in MTL.

"Win Now" situation in Montreal? Really? They were pretty shitty as well last year.

The only question now is what number will Kito wear with Hank taking 1.

Kito isn't married to his number, he just wants to let everyone know how many pro touchdowns he has in three years.

Let's hope he gets a fair shot, but let's also hope for the CFL's sakes that he doesn't turn into a big baby like Fantuz and cry about it if he doesn't. Fantuz's whining about how the Bears treated him was an embarrassment.

yeah Iso give O'Shea a break man. I like that he's working on several different options, rather than just looking at a list and saying "he'll do" and moving on. He's also a rookie HC so he's going to have a bit of a learning curve. I hope the O'Shea reign lasts a long time, but he will make some mistakes. Even Huff still makes mistakes....cough cough Ameet Pall...cough...

That will be an adventure on gameday, and they only have 2 other defensive coaches.  Defense is coached when offence is on the field, when the head coach needs to be locked in to make decisions on short-yardage and special teams.  Hard to see how that's going to work without some part of the game being neglected.

I believe you handle it by staring blankly at a fixed object for the entire game, punctuated with looks of disgust once a quarter, if last year's Bomber experience is any sort of example.

I can't throw her under the bus too much now, come on. Use your imagination.

LOL - ok I'll withdraw it...

This is a totally random source but hey, here it goes.

 

Henry Burris is going to decide where he'll play next year by the end of the day today. It's either Winnipeg or Ottawa, so in all reality, it's Winnipeg. He's already been told he's being released, just paperwork needs to get sent to the league to make it official.

 

The source is the cheerleader that he hits on every time he comes to Winnipeg.

Thanks - that sounds like good intel. If those are the choices you are right, it will be Winnipeg.

Lawless just tweeted that Barker wanted our #2 overall pick for his rights.

 

Not even going to comment on how stupid he is because of bitterness, I'm just going to say that if that's what he wanted, that's an absolute mishandling of the situation.

If Walters had done that deal I'd have called him about buying the bridge here in Kelowna. Then I would have jumped off of it.

Collaros, the former Toronto Argonauts backup, agreed to terms with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Thursday morning. It’s believed the contract is in the $250,000 range with the usual CFL quarterback incentives.

The Bombers were also in the running for Collaros, but their attention over the off-season has gradually moved to focus more on Burris, a proven CFL quarterback who would give the much -maligned Blue and Gold a chance to win more games this season. Collaros, on the other hand, has just seven career starts.

 

http://www.winnipegsun.com/2014/01/30/bombers-lose-out-on-signing-qb-zach-collaros

I can't argue too much with the logic here. It's a lot like Reilly last year - small sample size, hard to justify gambling the entire year on an unproven guy. I guess we'll see how it goes. Reilly turned out to be a good QB but still ended up losing a lot of games and taking a severe pummelling.

Signing Burris seems to be a fore-gone conclusion. Reminds me of 1988 when we signed a washed up Roy Dewalt to be our starter as the era of Clements/Hufnagel had finally come to an end. I couldn't stand Dewalt given how many times BC had beaten us and I really couldn't stand seeing him in our uniform. The difference is that Dewalt was washed up by the time he came here and ended up being released during the season, while I think Burris is still able to compete. I was at the game in August where Hank thrashed us and man did he still have a gun for an arm. It's just the brain I am concerned with, he has a tendency to screw up at the worst possible times. You could see how fed up Austin was with some of Hank's bad plays during last season. And he can be a complete jack-arse and not much of a team guy, at least that's what it appears sometimes, maybe that's just a bum rap I don't know. But if he wins for us, all that will be forgotten. I'm just so tired of losing. Beyond tired.

not sure whaaat McDonalds was thinking there...

I was watching the game last night and was struck by how much Scheifele is looking like old #10 Dale Hawerchuk out there. He's really gaining a lot of confidence and I am expecting a big year out of him next year.

maybe the Argos just think that he sucks?

If Burris is the QB solution after all this, the Bombers can enjoy my deposit.

I was wondering who left that "pile" I stepped in at the game I went to this year.

In all honesty, I would rather go through another year like last year than cheer for Burris.

%&$* you!!!

Sincerely,

KBF's liver

We could always make a trade to bring in a young QB...............................

wonder what Wally would give for one of his two backups....hmmmm....

http://www.sadtrombone.com/

Just say no to Burris. Biggest piece of **** in all sports.

But if Collaros choses Hamilton then what do we do? Go with Willy and Hall this year? I can't stand Burris either but the one thing I can't stand even more is losing.

Anyone remember Rocky Butler?  Not sure any Bomber loss has pissed me off as much...

It was particularly infuriating as TSN delayed the broadcast due to a Nascar race.

this defeatist attitude is crazy.

Perhaps we should put this in the byline of the website as an advertisement for what to expect?

Nothing wrong with Reilly doing that.

???

Nothing wrong except that he could have at least tried to play the field. Anyway, with what we now know about Mack, I don't think it would have mattered anyway, Seleepy Joe wouldn't have got the job done anyway, even if Reilly had given us a shot at signing him in FA.

 

Would you be calling Reilly stupid if we were the only team he looked at? Doubtful.

I think that players need to look at all options and do what is best for them. In that regard I will be sad if Collaros signs with someone else, but I'll understand that he and his agent weighed all options and did what was best. I didn't get that feeling with Reilly, I think he had tunnel vision for Edmonton, and look how that worked out, the guy is lucky to be alive right now. Of course, so is Max Hall.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx/0ap2000000316744/Sound-FX-Sherman-and-Crabtree-clash?campaign

This was pretty cool, especially the hug that Sherman and Andrews shared before the interview. Kind of makes the whole thing seem kind of fake Hollywood.