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The closest grocery store to my home is a Safeway, was also the closest grocery store to the home I grew up in.  I'd be shocked if their sales aren't down 75% (adjusted for inflation) from when I was growing up in the early 90s, at that time it was the only real grocery store in a wide radius, now there's Superstore and Sobey's (most people I know intimately do their grocery shopping at one of the two), plus Wal-Mart selling groceries.  I usually go to Safeway 3-4 times a week to pick a couple things up, and it's a ghost town, which is why it's my go to place for a quick pick up of a couple things.

I think it's funny that people who clearly have no clue how, when and why buildings are inspected are pounding some conspiracy drum about the stadium being structurally unsafe.
 
I'll be the first to tell you that our stadium build cut a million corners and isn't anywhere near as state of the art as many would suggest (some people really love steel arches), but there's nothing structurally dangerous about it, and if there was it wouldn't even get a conditional occupancy permit for any event as the city engineers do not fool around.

And that sums up our current situation pretty well.   We haven't drafted a starter/strong contributor on O or D since Muamba, even with a 1st overall supplemental/7th overall 2012 (Poblah), 4th overall 2011 (Etienne), 3rd overall 2012 (Pencer) and 2nd overall 2013 (Mulumba) pick since the Muamba pick.  Even our mid-late picks haven't really turned into anything for us in the last 3 drafts.  2010 draft was great with Watson and Greaves.
 
Hopefully Pencer can be a player for us this year.  I don't think Mack's drafting was great, but I think you could make a strong argument that there was no chance to develop players with the crappy coaching staffs we've had too.

I agree.  There are too many variables to just look at the percentage and say good or bad.
 
IMO, we'd be closer to the bottom overall than that might indicate.  We used a 2011 1st on Etienne, 2012 1st on Poblah, who did very little for us and won't do anything for us in the future.  Having Swiston, Stephan, Volny, Thomas, Greaves and Pencer still on our roster doesn't really indicate a good draft history.

That would be insane.  We need seven starting Canadians first.  Depth is a problem too, but you're not going to solve that in this draft.  Other than Lavertu, there is no interior OL prospect in this draft remotely near the quality of Watman.
 
I'd give up #2 in a flash to get Watman, I might ask for a one of Saskatchewan's picks other than their 1st, but if the Bombers really want that type of player coming out of this draft, that would be an easy trade to make.
 
I'm not sure the Riders would make that deal though.  Picard is coming to the end of the line, and there's no real need for the Riders to acquire the 2nd overall pick.  Watman is probably more valuable to them.

Especially since Aaron Kelly is still on our roster.
 
Bellefeuille bromance?  I'd rather bring in a reasonable prospect for a look in training camp, hell if we really need Kelly back I'm sure he'll be available.

That would be insane.  We need seven starting Canadians first.  Depth is a problem too, but you're not going to solve that in this draft.  Other than Lavertu, there is no interior OL prospect in this draft remotely near the quality of Watman.
 
I'd give up #2 in a flash to get Watman, I might ask for a one of Saskatchewan's picks other than their 1st, but if the Bombers really want that type of player coming out of this draft, that would be an easy trade to make.
 
I'm not sure the Riders would make that deal though.  Picard is coming to the end of the line, and there's no real need for the Riders to acquire the 2nd overall pick.  Watman is probably more valuable to them.

See, this is why having a shareholder vote could work.  City nominates someone new for their seat, shareholders vote to confirm or deny candidate, rather than a handful of board members filibustering for whatever reason they choose.
 
Their reasoning doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.  They will have to work with operations people from a bunch of city departments for special events, don't really think having the CAO or CFO sitting on the Bomber board does a lot to streamline that process.

That's not even football acumen, that's life acumen.  The more information/chances to evaluate before you have to make a decision, the better.
 
Would you rather look at a car, then have to decide to buy it or not, or get to drive it for a day with your friend who is a mechanic and then decide?
 
That's basically the scenario here, Wylie being the mechanic.
 
Friesen has zero redeeming qualities for me.  Not sure he's really appreciated by his peers either, how come he's never on the radio, either CJOB or TSN 1290?  Penton, Wiebe, Tait, even Wiecek get loads of radio time around the Jets and Bombers, can't say I've even heard Friesen's voice.

The rankings are meaningless.  The CFL personnel guys don't get any solid film on the CIS prospects until the season is over, they start really scouting hard and prepping in the new year.  If you are going to rely on any of the CFL Scouting Bureau rankings, the final one is best.  Otherwise, 90% of what they are basing it on is eye test from the spotters booth if they have anyone scout games (even if they do they might see a guy once or twice, and they are usually looking specifically at 1-2 guys), and the East-West game/testing from the year previous.  The information on the NCAA guys is even more spotty before they really bear down and watch the film.  Chances are a lot of teams didn't really take a serious look (as they would a 1st round pick) at Smith's film until he dominated the combine.
 
You need to draft the best CFL players available, and you need to do that over years to build a solid NI base.  If the best CFL player at 2nd overall isn't a OL, I'd rather the Bombers take that guy than an OL who is a question mark and several years from being a good CFL player.  We have holes in the roster at pretty much every spot but receiver, and even there we seriously need depth. 

The rankings are meaningless.  The CFL personnel guys don't get any solid film on the CIS prospects until the season is over, they start really scouting hard and prepping in the new year.  If you are going to rely on any of the CFL Scouting Bureau rankings, the final one is best.  Otherwise, 90% of what they are basing it on is eye test from the spotters booth if they have anyone scout games (even if they do they might see a guy once or twice, and they are usually looking specifically at 1-2 guys), and the East-West game/testing from the year previous.  The information on the NCAA guys is even more spotty before they really bear down and watch the film.  Chances are a lot of teams didn't really take a serious look (as they would a 1st round pick) at Smith's film until he dominated the combine.
 
You need to draft the best CFL players available, and you need to do that over years to build a solid NI base.  If the best CFL player at 2nd overall isn't a OL, I'd rather the Bombers take that guy than an OL who is a question mark and several years from being a good CFL player.  We have holes in the roster at pretty much every spot but receiver, and even there we seriously need depth. 

The amount of money guaranteed high MLB picks is about half of what 1st round NFL picks get, plus you're looking at 2-3 years riding buses down I-15, through California, or the midwest and some time riding the bus through one entire half of the continent once you get to AAA.  The signing bonus would be good, but the pay and lifestyle is probably worse than what's he's already used to as a top NCAA athlete.  
 
I'd do NFL first and fall back on baseball if necessary in his position.  If I was a RB or LB going to get picked in the middle of the NFL Draft vs being a 1st round MLB pick, I'd take MLB.

If Foucault is for sure going to be that starting tackle, make the pick.  If he's going to be an interior convert, we're just burning a hole in the rest of our roster by continuing to pick these types of players, of which we already have 3 (Swiston, Pencer, Neufeld who is essentially our 2nd round pick in this draft) plus Morley, a good football player who took two full seasons to become an average guard.  
 
IMO there's a strong bias for the NI tackle body types, and very few of them end up actually playing tackle, and most of them stink at playing inside when they ultimately have to because they can't handle edge rushers who are twice as quick as anything they see in CIS.  Everyone, including seasoned football people, is in awe of a 6'8 guy who can move and looks great relative to CIS competition, and dream of the NI tackle, but in reality it isn't happening all that much.  Now that's tying a general bias to Foucault, probably unfair to him until he proves otherwise.
 
The best OL in this draft class could very well end up being a guy like Kyle Paterson, who doesn't draw ooohs and ahhhhs because he's 6'2 280, not 6'8 320.
 
From a Bomber perspective, we have too many holes in the roster to just keep cramming guys in the pipeline for a position we end up using an import at anyways.

If Foucault is for sure going to be that starting tackle, make the pick.  If he's going to be an interior convert, we're just burning a hole in the rest of our roster by continuing to pick these types of players, of which we already have 3 (Swiston, Pencer, Neufeld who is essentially our 2nd round pick in this draft) plus Morley, a good football player who took two full seasons to become an average guard.  
 
IMO there's a strong bias for the NI tackle body types, and very few of them end up actually playing tackle, and most of them stink at playing inside when they ultimately have to because they can't handle edge rushers who are twice as quick as anything they see in CIS.  Everyone, including seasoned football people, is in awe of a 6'8 guy who can move and looks great relative to CIS competition, and dream of the NI tackle, but in reality it isn't happening all that much.  Now that's tying a general bias to Foucault, probably unfair to him until he proves otherwise.
 
The best OL in this draft class could very well end up being a guy like Kyle Paterson, who doesn't draw ooohs and ahhhhs because he's 6'2 280, not 6'8 320.
 
From a Bomber perspective, we have too many holes in the roster to just keep cramming guys in the pipeline for a position we end up using an import at anyways.

If Foucault is for sure going to be that starting tackle, make the pick.  If he's going to be an interior convert, we're just burning a hole in the rest of our roster by continuing to pick these types of players, of which we already have 3 (Swiston, Pencer, Neufeld who is essentially our 2nd round pick in this draft) plus Morley, a good football player who took two full seasons to become an average guard.  
 
IMO there's a strong bias for the NI tackle body types, and very few of them end up actually playing tackle, and most of them stink at playing inside when they ultimately have to because they can't handle edge rushers who are twice as quick as anything they see in CIS.  Everyone, including seasoned football people, is in awe of a 6'8 guy who can move and looks great relative to CIS competition, and dream of the NI tackle, but in reality it isn't happening all that much.  Now that's tying a general bias to Foucault, probably unfair to him until he proves otherwise.
 
The best OL in this draft class could very well end up being a guy like Kyle Paterson, who doesn't draw ooohs and ahhhhs because he's 6'2 280, not 6'8 320.
 
From a Bomber perspective, we have too many holes in the roster to just keep cramming guys in the pipeline for a position we end up using an import at anyways.

If Foucault is for sure going to be that starting tackle, make the pick.  If he's going to be an interior convert, we're just burning a hole in the rest of our roster by continuing to pick these types of players, of which we already have 3 (Swiston, Pencer, Neufeld who is essentially our 2nd round pick in this draft) plus Morley, a good football player who took two full seasons to become an average guard.  
 
IMO there's a strong bias for the NI tackle body types, and very few of them end up actually playing tackle, and most of them stink at playing inside when they ultimately have to because they can't handle edge rushers who are twice as quick as anything they see in CIS.  Everyone, including seasoned football people, is in awe of a 6'8 guy who can move and looks great relative to CIS competition, and dream of the NI tackle, but in reality it isn't happening all that much.  Now that's tying a general bias to Foucault, probably unfair to him until he proves otherwise.
 
The best OL in this draft class could very well end up being a guy like Kyle Paterson, who doesn't draw ooohs and ahhhhs because he's 6'2 280, not 6'8 320.
 
From a Bomber perspective, we have too many holes in the roster to just keep cramming guys in the pipeline for a position we end up using an import at anyways.

If Foucault is for sure going to be that starting tackle, make the pick.  If he's going to be an interior convert, we're just burning a hole in the rest of our roster by continuing to pick these types of players, of which we already have 3 (Swiston, Pencer, Neufeld who is essentially our 2nd round pick in this draft) plus Morley, a good football player who took two full seasons to become an average guard.  
 
IMO there's a strong bias for the NI tackle body types, and very few of them end up actually playing tackle, and most of them stink at playing inside when they ultimately have to because they can't handle edge rushers who are twice as quick as anything they see in CIS.  Everyone, including seasoned football people, is in awe of a 6'8 guy who can move and looks great relative to CIS competition, and dream of the NI tackle, but in reality it isn't happening all that much.  Now that's tying a general bias to Foucault, probably unfair to him until he proves otherwise.
 
The best OL in this draft class could very well end up being a guy like Kyle Paterson, who doesn't draw ooohs and ahhhhs because he's 6'2 280, not 6'8 320.
 
From a Bomber perspective, we have too many holes in the roster to just keep cramming guys in the pipeline for a position we end up using an import at anyways.

If Foucault is for sure going to be that starting tackle, make the pick.  If he's going to be an interior convert, we're just burning a hole in the rest of our roster by continuing to pick these types of players, of which we already have 3 (Swiston, Pencer, Neufeld who is essentially our 2nd round pick in this draft) plus Morley, a good football player who took two full seasons to become an average guard.  
 
IMO there's a strong bias for the NI tackle body types, and very few of them end up actually playing tackle, and most of them stink at playing inside when they ultimately have to because they can't handle edge rushers who are twice as quick as anything they see in CIS.  Everyone, including seasoned football people, is in awe of a 6'8 guy who can move and looks great relative to CIS competition, and dream of the NI tackle, but in reality it isn't happening all that much.  Now that's tying a general bias to Foucault, probably unfair to him until he proves otherwise.
 
The best OL in this draft class could very well end up being a guy like Kyle Paterson, who doesn't draw ooohs and ahhhhs because he's 6'2 280, not 6'8 320.
 
From a Bomber perspective, we have too many holes in the roster to just keep cramming guys in the pipeline for a position we end up using an import at anyways.

If I were Saskatchewan, Edmonton or Winnipeg I wouldn't guarantee any of the private teams a dime unless they agreed to open up their books to the scrutiny of the other teams.
 
If Wetenhall, as an example, decides to spend twice as much on football operations than what his revenues dictate, that shouldn't be offset on the back of the franchises that actually have to manage their money.

If I were Saskatchewan, Edmonton or Winnipeg I wouldn't guarantee any of the private teams a dime unless they agreed to open up their books to the scrutiny of the other teams.
 
If Wetenhall, as an example, decides to spend twice as much on football operations than what his revenues dictate, that shouldn't be offset on the back of the franchises that actually have to manage their money.

If I were Saskatchewan, Edmonton or Winnipeg I wouldn't guarantee any of the private teams a dime unless they agreed to open up their books to the scrutiny of the other teams.
 
If Wetenhall, as an example, decides to spend twice as much on football operations than what his revenues dictate, that shouldn't be offset on the back of the franchises that actually have to manage their money.

If I were Saskatchewan, Edmonton or Winnipeg I wouldn't guarantee any of the private teams a dime unless they agreed to open up their books to the scrutiny of the other teams.
 
If Wetenhall, as an example, decides to spend twice as much on football operations than what his revenues dictate, that shouldn't be offset on the back of the franchises that actually have to manage their money.

If I were Saskatchewan, Edmonton or Winnipeg I wouldn't guarantee any of the private teams a dime unless they agreed to open up their books to the scrutiny of the other teams.
 
If Wetenhall, as an example, decides to spend twice as much on football operations than what his revenues dictate, that shouldn't be offset on the back of the franchises that actually have to manage their money.

They got a free trip to Florida anyways.