James

I like this. 

Id like posey or devarius daniels... demski, Reed or Dean, and a DB like Grymes or Wall... get the cheapest out of those guys while the rest of the GMs scurry for the elite free agents

I'm not saying that LeFevour is any good or that we should have kept him or that we even should have signed him in the first place (Last off season's I hate this signing argument) or that he is an upgrade over Durant. I doubt anyone would say that. So no, that's not the argument.
That's the big question. If Durant can get back to anywhere near where he was in 2013/14 (Very slim possibility to me) then he'll be a good signing, assuming that we need him for more than a game or two. 
You're right about me cheering for him when he gets in. I'd rather be wrong about Durant than right now that we've signed him.

not true. I'd like to see him rotate in if hes ready otherwise another year as a backup wouldn't be a horrible thing.  You can't rush a player "just because"  when he was drafted, he was considered almost pro-ready but I don't think he was aware of how much a grind this league is.    If he regresses then I'd like to see him moved but if he progresses then I'm happy.  No need to give the kid ultimatums in his second season..

I don't know what the highest paid backup Canadians make in the CFL get, but that's what Thomas should get. Really like him as a backup, but he's not good enough to be a starter and shouldn't be paid like one.

Early in this thread. Hall's got to go. Most everyone agrees.
The Bombers keep Hall and get rid of some coaches. Now we get 'Everyone should have faith in the guys who make the decisions so it's OK that we kept Hall' and 'It was the other coaches and players who've been at fault since Hall came here, but firing them isn't throwing them under the bus' and my personal favorite 'O'Shea taking more interest in the D will turn it around'. Folks who don't agree are just Hall haters, don't know what they are talking about and are making claims without saying IMHO first.
Typical off season so far.

I don't recall anyone on these forums claiming that they knew what was going on for certain.  I think most everybody on this forum takes it for granted that every post about what is happening is assumed to be prefaced with "in my opinion" or" i think". Just because they fail to mention imo or iirc or i think doesn't mean they know everything... Just a bit lazy and trusting....
 
 
All the above is only my humbled opinion?
 

It is simplistic to dismiss criticism of Hall as a personal attack on him and just hatred. I'm pretty sure that any of us here would love to have a coffee or beer with him but that does not explain or excuse his track record- not just here but elsewhere. Our defence was bad last season despite some darned good talent and I suggest to you that the Argos had lesser talent but still won the Cup.  Hall has been given time and has been found wanting, and that has nothing to do with his personality or if he is kind to small children and pets.

We won a lot of games due to the sheer brilliance of Matt Nichols. Winning regular season games is nice, but it’s been five years. We need to show up in the playoffs and play with the big boys, I’m not satisfied with simply making the playoffs and folding like a cheap seat.
There’s no doubt that the unwillingness and reluctance to make changes in our lineup and coaching staff has hurt this team. Loyal to a fault. Roc Carmicheal was single handidly costing our team games in the first half of the season. You can’t make any sort of argument that Sam Hurl deserves to start EVERY single game last year, you just can’t. Even if you want to use the ratio as an excuse, Thomas Miles is IMO a better player than Hurl no deserved a shot at proving that. 

We said this last off season too ha

Hate's a strong word, but I hate this move. More of the same for 2018. Better find ourselves a couple of good receivers, cuz we'll need to score 30+ to win.

What an absolutely terrible decision. Loyalty over winning.

With new football seasons come change. Say the Riders under Collaros win 12 or 13 games? The Lions improve at home & on the road or the East Division actually becomes competitive with the West? Like I said, if our D doesn't improve under Hall & we fall back a bit on O then things change. It has nothing to do with placating me. 

Agreed- status quo is just not good enough.  Much as detest I Chris Jones, he is reasonably astute when to comes to football, neither Calgary nor Edmonton are likely to get worse and Wally in Vancouver is still mostly Wally, so the Bombers had better hit the ground running. If the Bomber defence is as poor as it has been for the past three years, we will be boned again.

This is a football forum where people come and share their opinions and judge opinions. I think noeller is pretty out to lunch on this. Obviously we arent professionals. But if we cant say what we think whats the point of this place?

This is a football forum where people come and share their opinions and judge opinions. I think noeller is pretty out to lunch on this. Obviously we arent professionals. But if we cant say what we think whats the point of this place?

This is a football forum where people come and share their opinions and judge opinions. I think noeller is pretty out to lunch on this. Obviously we arent professionals. But if we cant say what we think whats the point of this place?

This is a football forum where people come and share their opinions and judge opinions. I think noeller is pretty out to lunch on this. Obviously we arent professionals. But if we cant say what we think whats the point of this place?

Lolol fk you crack me up sometimes...  typing on a football forum about 'thinking less' of a cfl all star - that's funny

Its true - I try and post things that contribute to the site...  there's a few 'me too' guys that just lurk and throw chip shots or jabs at guys instead of writing anything interesting...  all about balance.

We do not have the luxury of or the roster room to keep an import who does not have what it takes to be a starter so that he can be a career special teamer. If he has hit a low ceiling, time for him to be gone.

That's gotta be on Walters to be honest. We have seen this team make changes to the roster so if they had a guy in the middle who was that much better I have no doubt that he'd be in there. Our scouting has been an issue for a while, this year was the first year they brought in some DL worth a damn, we've had a hell of a time bringing in receivers where every other team seems to find more than enough. 
Walters needs to be better at getting guys up here who can step in and contribute.  They do it for defensive back, how about the rest of the roster?

Henoc can be as good or better than Barrin Simpson was, and hes Canadian. Its simple really, if hes willing to come back at fair value we should sign him. All will be forgiven adter he leads the league in tackles for a loss in again

Henoc can be as good or better than Barrin Simpson was, and hes Canadian. Its simple really, if hes willing to come back at fair value we should sign him. All will be forgiven adter he leads the league in tackles for a loss in again

Id love to have henoc back... manny arcenaux would be the cherry on top