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Do assistant coaches even get multiyear contracts?

Why This Is Dumb: A Play In One ActWBB: "Goodbye, Marcel Bellefeuille. We appreciate the grace with which you sailed through the Great Tim Burke Shitstorm of 2013, but we want to move in a different direction." WBB: "Hey fans, you spoke and we listened! Bellefueille is history!" Fans: "**** YEAH BELLEFEUILLE SUCKED! GREY CUP IS OURS SACK ETCH NEXT" WBB: "Hello, George Cortez. Come be our new OC!" CORTEZ: "That's great! But I think I want to see what's going on in BC. They've got a head coaching vacancy and I'm eager to prove I'm better than my 2012 season would indicate." WBB: "Okay, buddy, we'll sit tight, just don't do anything without calling us. Love you bro." Fans: "WHY HAVENT WE HIRED A NEW OC YET GET OFF YOUR ASS WALTERS YOU LAZY SLOB" WBB: "Hey, Khari Jones, come back to Winnipeg! You could return to glory as our OC and you can work with Drew Willy again!" KJ: "Oh man, I would love to come to the Bombers but Saskatchewan promised me they'd give six free Booster Juice trucks if I coached there." FANS: "WE WANT A PRESS CONFERENCE" CORTEZ: "Oh hey Blue Bombers, sorry to let you down but Montreal just fired Dinwiddie. You know how good the deli is in Montreal? That smoked meat they got? It looks like pastrami, it smells like pastrami, but brother it ain't pastrami! Anyway, I'm going there. Thanks for your interest." WBB: oh **** Fans: "BRING BACK TAMAN HE COULD AT LEAST MAKE DECISIONS." WBB: "Hey Marcel Bellefueille, would you consider uh being our OC again this year? No hard feelings bro?" MB: **** off WBB crosses off the final name from their candidate list, sighs heavily, and dials a familiar number. WBB: "Hello, Gary Crowton? Are you interested in returning to the CFL?"

My prayers for tonight: 1) Please God let them go back to royal blue jerseys. 2) Please God don't let them also go to royal blue pants.

I don't think that Leggett is a good enough tackler to get back to the NFL. He whiffed on a number of them last year, turning medium gains into long gains and long gains into TDs. Happy to have him back, though; he's a playmaker with fantastic range. After so many years of watching Logan and Cauchy, it was nice to see a safety out there with some serious wheels.

Whole lotta retreads there. Taafe looked helpless in Hamilton, Danny Barrett was perpetually .500 in Saskatchewan, Cortez was yet another coordinator who couldn't make the jump, Lapo couldn't keep his hands off the offense... But I suppose Taafe and Buono could reminisce about Casey Printers.

I like this signing. Bombers in 2014 with Neufeld: 6-2 Bombers in 2014 without Neufeld: 1-9 Not to say that Neufeld is the second coming of Nick Bastaja or anything, but he was an irreplaceable national starter in 2014. We rotated six players through his position -- Goosen, Swiston, Hinse, Jones, Knapp, and Howard -- and none of them could step up and claim it as their own. And Willy's downturn started right around the time Neufeld was hurt.

Wow, I did not expect that BC wouldn't even make an offer to Kevin Glenn. Where's he gonna be next year? Montreal? Saskatchewan? Edmonton? I can't see him not being in the league.

Hey, it's fantastic to hear that MBB is supporting Big Brothers / Big Sisters. I'm a big brother and it's a great program. Thanks MBB!

It was such a head-scratcher to see Stewart playing the boundary half where he's going to be facing the top slotbacks. Were they really so hooped in the secondary that he was their best option?

My wife asks about him from time to time. "Whatever happened to the Bomber who kept a min-pin in his locker?"

10 carries for 22 yards with a long of 19 yards and a fumble.That is the perfect Grigsby statline. Bust one carry for great yardage and average .333333 yards per carry otherwise. Why on earth was he their feature back instead of Madu? Madu at least appears to run with some power.

man I hate to rain on this but Cornish hasn't sounded right for the past few games. I hope he's okay.

Yeah, there was a TiCat tugging on a Stampeder jersey during the midfield race down the sidelines.

Brandon Banks is this generation's Gizmo Williams. Gizmo would annually have more TDs called back than the next best punt returner would score.

Dickenson being too clever? Going to play action needing to run out the clock...

Grigsby is like the Michael Bishop of running backs: fantastic physical tools that don't add up to a great football player.

Wonder if Buddy Jackson said something? Just by looking at the play, it doesn't look like unsportsmanlike conduct.

Stewart had a hurry / pass knockdown in the third. Hamilton marching a bit.

Stubler using Stewart like Burke used Cauchy: as an extra pass rusher.

Yeah, TiCats are showing signs of waking up. Very nice play by Norwood to track down Cornish in space. Then Rob Maver gets torpedoed. Can Paredes punt?

lol Imagine Dragons "moshpit"

In 1999 we had the Black Eyed Peas.

I thought that was an overthrow too! Damn Banks showed some speed tracking that ball.

Was Grigsby out partying last night?

...and we're underway. My prediction is Calgary 33, Hamilton 20.