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Once again Duncan O'Mahoney is snubbed.  

Yeah, I remember how hooped we were when we lost Fred Reid for the year.  And we're still smarting from losing Greg Carr and TJH.
 
 
Actually I think the OP's point was the opposite of "nothing's happening."
 
  Always?  Five of our 2013 starters (Pierce, Sorensen, Boatman, C. Muamba, Palardy) were signed by Mack as veteran CFL free agents.  You just wanted four, I'll show you five.   That said, it would be interesting to look at CFL rosters as a whole and see how many veteran CFL free agents you find on each so we have a basis for comparison when judging Mack's FA participation.  
  I don't think that's right.  I think the crowd around here is plenty prepared to criticize Mack.  I know a lot of people here aren't happy about keeping Buck over Elliott.  And there's was a lot of heat about getting nothing in return for Hefney.   I just think that the gang here is sensitive to criticisms that don't make sense, or are untrue. 

they like football? they live here?

would someone please explain how a qb that wont be playing getting a bad shotgun snap from a center that won't be playing going through the hands of a reciever that won't be playing actually reflects on the actual team that will be playing.

The play of the guys we kept will be more important in determining the soundness of this move than what Hefney does elsewhere.

They inquired about Reilly .. but didn't want to give up a first round pick simply for a two week window to try and sign him to an extension .. to suggest that the organization (or Mack) for that matter didn't make an effort would be disingenuous.

I said it even with Kelly .. I personally could care less what the head coach says or does .. if his approach leads to more wins than losses .. he can throat punch Bob Irving for all I care.
 
(I know I know .. Knuckles .. sacred cow .. and all that).

if his name wasn't Cameron, would you care about offering him a PR spot?

Traffic must of been wicked....plenty-of-stragglers drifting in ...
....followed by even more people... departing early....
But at least, the Bombers finally burst out of the gate, quickly......
....and then I wake up....
Bomber QB's threw some truly ugly INT's..... 
Argo QB's marched the ball up and down the field....
Double blue must of had 450+ yds....to show for it.....
Jake Thomas, Freddy Harris, Brown, and J.T. Gilmore had some moments....
....but in the main....not enough pressure by front 7, or coverage in back.....
Ryan Lucas looked pretty good.....
The acoustics in this place....could make things pretty loud...
...not that we were going to find out tonight.....crowd wise....
....notwithstanding the ear splitting volume on the PA system....
Argo receivers:  open all over field....all night....
Bomber receivers: blowing patterns...not making plays..... 
Some good kick returns and very good kick coverage, by Blue
....but completely and totally sucked in... on Argo fake punt....
Markett demonstrated some nice man on man skills, at DB
Renaud recovered own punt and kicked very well.....
....of course having punter as best player....sign of trouble.... 
At least...main concourse....kept some people occupied......
We still have the worst hurry up offence, in creation....
Buck Pierce didn't complete a pass, but managed to take some hits....
Goltz didn't get many touches.....
Hall had extended time, showed some good reads and poise in pocket....
Clement: good legs, questionable accuracy......
Red zone late 1.....Argo QB drops ball in pocket, picks it up....
.... still has time to make coffee and add milk, before throwing TD pass...
Red zone late 2....Clement/RB blow hand off, then Blue turn over ball on 3rd down..
Brett Cameron got off a poor punt....but made his first FG....
Bomber LB crew got worked over, but good.........
Brett Carter and Jade Etienne led the way (2 grabs each)
Blue did a good job of keeping offence "under wraps"
....in fact, not much on film for people to look at on D, as well.....
Argos leave at least a dozen starters at home.......
....yet it looked like the other way round, tonight....
Player should be real happy, there is another x-hib game....
...because if not....you could just cut about 25 guys....tomorrow....
Tried to cheer myself up, at the supposed new/improved concessions.....
.....lousy chicken "tender", followed by a lame sausage.....just no dice...
But, contrary to what people might think....night not a total loss...
....actually got back in time, for more gin and 3rd overtime of hockey....
...uh, much more gin.....
 
 
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Upon request - Odds and Sods will be running on this site, as a regular blog feature.  All O+S's will be collected there.  Just wanted to get this one up here, till folks got used to the idea.

This attitude right here... I hate that attitude. There's enough accidents out their caused by completely sober people and enough terrible drivers to start with that driving under the influence of anything is completely and utterly stupid. There's no degrees of stupidity here, it's just all flat out stupid.

I'm not sure I've been as excited for anything in a long time, as I am to listen to Bob Irving call a Bomber game tomorrow night....

Hef needs to make his offseason home out here in Seattle, where we've kinda put this whole prohibition bullshit behind us.

Oh man, that name...but the important thing is there's a team back in Ottawa. Good for the city and good for the league.

I'm honestly very excited to see JE.
Would LOVE to see people eat some crow on him.

Hefney lost of a lot of his lustre to me when he pitched a fit about playing SAM last year. Not the kind of attitude you want to see on a team. While people were jumping all over Johnson for being terrible, I was more ok with him just playing poorly because at least he was willing to do whatever the team wanted him to do. Not a lot of patience for me first players.

Just needs a banner or something to differentiate it from a generic site. Other than that, very clean. Much cleaner than the last one.
 
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Here are my biased observations from the afternoon session:
 
QBs: I am not a Buck Pierce fan so take of this what you will but he did not look very good today. He was overthrowing quite a bit and didn't look quite right. He's usually better than this in TC though so I wouldn't read too far into it anyway. I really like Max Hall. He looks far more polished than any QB I can remember bringing in at their first TC. He's accurate, looks poised under pressure and has a good enough arm to get by. He had a pick in the last throw I saw him make but other than that, he looked real good. I really, really want Goltz to succeed because he seems like he has all the tools but he looks very middle of the road to me so far. He hit Simpson with a beautiful long bomb in a drill but then he throws behind a guy on the very next play. He's still rather raw it seems so I'll give him more time but it does feel like he's already lagging behind Hall, even if he is still getting backup reps. I'm not sure any better way of saying this but Clement looks downright awful. His arm is pretty weak, he doesn't hit receivers in stride and he made some atrocious reads in scrimmage today. I will concede that he looks comfortable at the line of scrimmage and seems to be a leadership type but I am really not impressed.
 
RBs: Garrett was not in pads for this session, don't know why. Simpson really does look tremendous. In one-on-ones he was up against Henoc twice and completely burnt him on both occasions. I really don't take a ton of stock into rushing drills in practice because the D can only do so much so even if he looked good in the first day of TC, I tempered my expectations because the defenders weren't going to hit him but today he looked elusive, was catching the ball well and I was just very impressed. Will Ford had a massive run through a huge hole that went for a TD in scrimmage that would have been an easy TD even in a game where there was hitting. He is a real blur. I'm not sure where to discuss Fitzgerald so I'll put him here. In one-on-ones, he absolutely broke Wendell Brown's ankles (not the hardest guy to beat but it was still pretty sick). The whole O went pretty nuts after that one. 
 
Receivers: I absolutely love both Doug Pierce and Isaac Anderson. Anderson runs crisp routes, has great speed and insane hands. I know Edwards isn't going to lose his job due to injury but I wouldn't really be opposed to it. This guy is THAT good in my eyes right now. Pierce uses his size incredibly well and though he is slight, looks like a real good fit at the WR position. I know they both can't start and at most only one will make the active roster to start the season but they will both do good things for us if given the chance. I think Kurt Adams has almost finished his stay with us. For a guy who has been with the team for parts of three seasons, you would think he would get better than 3rd team reps but I guess our receiving core is deep and I personally haven't seen anything that separates him from the pack. Matthews is exactly who we expect him to be and Watson also looks great. I'm not too enthused by Poblah since to me he has always been a sensational practice player and that hasn't translated to any in-season success and this TC he hasn't really stood out at all but it's still early I suppose. In one-on-ones, the DBs were definitely getting the better of the WRs but to me it was mostly poor throws by each of the quarterbacks. Anderson was the best one out there though and made some real slick catches. The Rifles guy Carter doesn't look out of place at all which is nice. I've never had much to say about Etienne good or bad but it's pretty obvious that he is lightyears ahead of where he has been in seasons past. He has sure hands and good speed and is not noticeably small out there. As for the other new guys, I am aware it sounds like a broken record but Massey won't make this team as a receiver as he seems to have trouble catching the ball clean. I figure he has to impress greatly returning to have a shot. McCree and Kennedy sort of blend in to me. They really don't stand out in any way other than Kennedy's speed.
 
OL: Not much to say about them other than Swiston was earning the praise of DelMonaco during OL drills. Sorenson was steady on shotgun snaps aside from one horrendous one to Goltz. I'm a little higher on our OL than most and I figure they will build on the success they were having at the end of last season but in drills, the DL was generally getting the better of the OL. Not sure if that's a statement about the DL or the OL or both but it's just my observation. The pressure was generally coming from the left side fwiw. I do like the looks of this giant new guy Simmons but it's hard to get excited about a new import OL when so many like him have gone and gone.
 
DL: It's hard to tell who is doing well because from my angle, it was tough to see numbers but the best pressure from the new guys seemed to be from Dexter Davis. Gilmore and Turner will be more than solid this year and the push up the middle was impressive from both of these guys. No one else was particularly noticeable. 
 
LB: I absolutely love Terrell Parker for the WILL position. This guy can flat out cover. RBs, receivers, whatever. He has great speed and he absolutely deserves the spot if he wins it. I'm not nearly as worried about the WILL position as I was a few weeks earlier. Even then, Ian Wild also looks real good. He was getting good pressure on the QBs and although he is a lot smaller than I thought he would be, he's fast and I'm high on him as well. Henoc was getting burnt bad by Simpson but he's a tough cover for anyone. I'm not concerned. McGee was at SAM but I highly doubt that lasts. Wendell Brown is as good as gone. He's not impressing in the least.
 
DBs: The DBs were all fairly good. In one-on-ones, they were all playing far more physically than I've ever seen in drills like this. I don't want to say that Coach Burke's words fired them up but it's a possibility. Hefney in particular was playing real tight on everyone. In scrimmage a Kennedy was sorta being mauled by Hefney and called it PI and they were jawing back and forth afterwards. It's that kind of stuff I really like to see. Pendleton and Markett both had picks (I think one was Hall and one was Buck) and those are the two new DBs that have shown the most. I really hope that at least one of them makes the active roster. I know people have been saying that Jovon looks stronger and better than last TC but I just don't see it. If he were a new guy on the roster this year, he wouldn't stand out one bit. Cauchy looks good. Far better than Logan ever did at least and I figure that with his better cover skills, it will have a ripple effect on the rest of the secondary. 
 
P: There was a 20 minute drill on punting and punt coverage and only Pavlopolous and Hutchison were punting. I have no clue why Cameron or Renaud didn't do anything but it was probably just to judge which one of those other two would get cut first. Pavlopolous was frankly awful. His first punt was a beauty but he essentially shanked the rest. I like Hutchison a lot more but to me it seems like he always gives a half punt and doesn't extend his leg all the way. I figure it comes down to not being used to playing this style of football but I can't deny that his leg is huge and in terms of pure leg strength, his is probably the best.
 
This was a lot longer than anticipated but meh, I like to hear myself type.

as i mentioned to the other, please change the grey into gold. OB's color is blue & grey already.
 
another suggestion, can you make the twitter feed appear in the right side of the discussion page also ? so that you dont need to go the home page to be updated. thanks.

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