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The dangers of internetting before having coffee

The only relevant question is, does Braley like the guy? Cause if he doesn't then he'll be short lived.

I have never seen such mean spirited hooting

Now I want to watch Brown and Walby battle in the trenches

NOT THOSE'UNS!

Oh please, while Chevys teams have been missing the playoffs I was winning hockey pools.

in 01 Charles Roberts was still just a rookie and remember he also walked out on the team at one point in 01. Hardly a guy anyone was ready to completely hitch their wagon too. I think there were injuries amongst those running backs as well, plus there's the fact that there's only one football and they played some Canadians at receiver too. They set up the roster in such a way that it was unlikely to just pile on more American receivers. Yeah hind sight says one thing, but having to share the ball with Milt and Gordon and Bruce likely winds up with Geroy Simon not being an all time receiver.

That's using hind sight. Geroy Simon who became one of the all time leaders isn't the same guy that was young just returning from the NFL and Bobby Gordon was Khari's safety blanket at receiver, you don't just drop a guy like that. The real choice was Bruce or Simon and in that case it's hard to argue one way or the other because they were both damned good.

You were going to cut which of Stegall, Gordon or Bruce to get him back in? Let's be honest, Arland Bruce was a damned fine replacement for Geroy Simon.

You know given that this is the rider fan base I am legitimately concerned that it's actually going to be a real circle jerk in the middle of the field.

You think that Jones sewered his teams chances in a very winnable game 1 of the season just to give the Bombers problems in week 2? You don't think his massive ego wanted to prove to everyone how brilliant he was to throw Durant aside?

And how did Jake Allen do this year? So well that they had to send him home for a while. Not like he kicked the door down and forced Elliott out, the Blues got tired of not being able to count on Elliott and hoped that Allen was the guy. The Jets woulda been better off continuing to support their young goalies, play solid in front of them and let them grow into the role. I can already see though that the fans are going to eat their own with any goalie who isn't Carey Price, and even he likely would take more **** than deserved.

No they don't, they say that he can have an inflated save percentage when he's got a great defensive team like St.Louis in front of him. Seriously have you watched the guy play? Cause the numbers are inflated plain and simple. I laughed when the Flames brought him in cause I knew their season would be **** with him, only thing that prevented them from being a lottery team was when Johnson came in and went on one of his unsustainable hot streaks. You guys ran Pavelec out of town and the difference between Pavelec and Elliott is mostly that Pavelec doesn't have the extreme highs and lows that Elliott does.

Yeah but Elliott has been unreliable everywhere he's been. Ottawa, St. Louis, Calgary. The numbers for that guy lie. You can't count on him and it's why everyone moves on with him. Expecting anything different in Winnipeg is just setting yourself up for disappointment. Elliott needs a strong D in front of him like the Blues had, and even they got sick of his ****.

Ridiculous reffing, ridiculous uniforms, makes sense to me.

Why not both? But seriously Jets, stay the **** away from Elliott, guy is useless and was propped up by a great D in St. Louis. Calgary was on their way to an embarrassment of a season with Elliott until Chad Johnson had one of his patented hot streaks and dragged them out of the basement. There is a reason that the Flames who have also been trying to solve their goal tending problems for a few years now didn't bother keeping the guy around. He'll have a few hot streaks (like he did for the Flames leading up to the playoffs) but he will also have his ice cold streaks (like he did for the Flames in the playoffs and to start the season) He is not the guy to solve anything for a team in the net.

probably would have been more swearing and insults if that were the case

Don't give Jones too much credit, the Riders refuse to run the ball, they want to pass almost all the time. The book on Glenn is simple, pressure him and he goes away, so just get a push up front and it won't matter who they're lining up at receiver over there.

It's pretty much mandatory anyway, preseason, regular season, playoffs you never want a loss to those assholes.

General rule of thumb in the CFL, first 2 weeks of the season are still glorified preseason.

From the very get go Ricky Ray has had about the nicest touch on the ball in the league. He can just drop it where ever he wants it to go, things fall apart for him like they do for most qbs when he's rushed and getting hit, if you got Ray on your team though build a line that can protect him above all else and he'll make his receivers look good just by dropping the ball right into their hands.

SJ Green has been doing that for years though, Arceneaux as well is allowed to do whatever he wants to dbs too. It's really simple, you're a big receiver? Then go ahead and do whatever the **** you want, it's OK.

Time to be a homer, Andrew Harris

Yeah but the officials are often watching different games too