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Extreme disagreement....I'm quite picky about both! pffffffft the hell you are.

Probably when McDavid proves himself to be as much of a **** head as Tyler Seguin was and Cam Neely comes to work in Edmonton and runs McDavid out of town. Never mind that prior to that trade Ericsson was a 70 point player every ******* year. That trade is massively over rated as a blunder. Seguin was a problem in Boston with his attitude and they got a very good return. Just sucks for Boston that the main piece had some injury issues.

The terrible running back play at very least falls on the coaches though.... and there was talk from the OL that the coaches made their jobs harder. It's all well and good to say there was some talent deficiencies, but there were some iffy coaching decisions as well and given the mediocre at best reputation our offensive coordinator has (And that's a well earned reputation) I'd say it's foolish to pin most of the problems on the players. Even though prior to the injuries, that team was shooting the lights out on offense?? Coaching is about adjusting. Teams adjusted to the Bombers and the Bombers couldn't make adjustments to those adjustments. That sounds like a Bellefuille hater spinning as hard as he can, right there.... no that sounds like reasonable logic. Sticking with Grigsby isn't an injury issue for example. You're definitively pinning the Grigsby thing on Bellefuille based on what exactly? I give OShea his share of blame for that too, but I am pinning it on them for one simple reason.... they're the coaches, it's their job to make those decisions.

The terrible running back play at very least falls on the coaches though.... and there was talk from the OL that the coaches made their jobs harder. It's all well and good to say there was some talent deficiencies, but there were some iffy coaching decisions as well and given the mediocre at best reputation our offensive coordinator has (And that's a well earned reputation) I'd say it's foolish to pin most of the problems on the players. Even though prior to the injuries, that team was shooting the lights out on offense?? Coaching is about adjusting. Teams adjusted to the Bombers and the Bombers couldn't make adjustments to those adjustments. That sounds like a Bellefuille hater spinning as hard as he can, right there.... no that sounds like reasonable logic. Sticking with Grigsby isn't an injury issue for example.

but he was the saviour!

Chiarelli has been given Lowe's spot AND MacTavish's! And there is much rejoicing in Edmonton. That's a good hockey guy who built the Bruins into one of the top teams in the league. Lots of speculation because of all the Hockey Canada connections that Babcock is going to wind up as coach, but Todd Mclellan is an option too, possibly Claude Julien if the Bruins fire him. Any of those three would be a quantum leap better than Dallas Eakins.

Falls for Padme? If so...Natalie Portman. That's all you need to know. Falls to the dark side. Portman is gorgeous ofcourse. That was an odd relationship in the context she meets him when he's a little boy, he goes off to train/fight and next she sees him he's a teenager and she ends up in bed. For a leader of a planet she exercised pretty poor judgement. In fact, she was downright stupid in several respects. That's simply writing problems. Better writers could have made the relationship seem more natural and less forced.

The terrible running back play at very least falls on the coaches though.... and there was talk from the OL that the coaches made their jobs harder. It's all well and good to say there was some talent deficiencies, but there were some iffy coaching decisions as well and given the mediocre at best reputation our offensive coordinator has (And that's a well earned reputation) I'd say it's foolish to pin most of the problems on the players. Even though prior to the injuries, that team was shooting the lights out on offense?? Coaching is about adjusting. Teams adjusted to the Bombers and the Bombers couldn't make adjustments to those adjustments.

The terrible running back play at very least falls on the coaches though.... and there was talk from the OL that the coaches made their jobs harder. It's all well and good to say there was some talent deficiencies, but there were some iffy coaching decisions as well and given the mediocre at best reputation our offensive coordinator has (And that's a well earned reputation) I'd say it's foolish to pin most of the problems on the players.

HA!I appreciate anyone who puts training camp reports up, but you sir, give the impression that this is SRS BSNS and get uppity when someone else gets more credit than you do. Definitely comes across as attention and approval seeking. For me it's all about giving credit where credit is due. That's how I am at work and it's very much appreciated by my subordinates, colleagues and my supervisors. It's not about seeking approval or attention. Different environment here I guess...which is seeking approval... how you not grasping that? Credit where credit is due is not the same as seeking approval. If he was posting solely for stature or perceived stature amongst over posters or to be accepted as part of a group then perhaps you could say he was seeking approval. But giving credit is different. Giving him credit for his had work writing and posting his reports of tc etc is different. He puts in a lot of effort to share with other people and does it for the community and not for himself. I for one would be sad to lose out on these reports because all chest pumping that goes on here a lot of the time. Appreciate the fact that gbill, mike and other contribute to this group in ways that other members like myself can't and let it go. anyways.. back today lurking... It's a ******* internet message board, if you need credit for anything you are seeking approval plain and simple. Some people around these parts definitely get off on trying to be seen as important. It's akin to having a conversation in a group and asking everyone for credit for a comment that you made. You see how shallow and ridiculous it is?

HA!I appreciate anyone who puts training camp reports up, but you sir, give the impression that this is SRS BSNS and get uppity when someone else gets more credit than you do. Definitely comes across as attention and approval seeking. For me it's all about giving credit where credit is due. That's how I am at work and it's very much appreciated by my subordinates, colleagues and my supervisors. It's not about seeking approval or attention. Different environment here I guess... which is seeking approval... how you not grasping that?

HA! I appreciate anyone who puts training camp reports up, but you sir, give the impression that this is SRS BSNS and get uppity when someone else gets more credit than you do. Definitely comes across as attention and approval seeking.

every power source has limits and yes I am aware that they talk about dilithium crystals, but the fact is that if you look at the theoretical work on warp fields, the magnitude of the power required for that, let alone all the other energy ---> matter technology they have it might as well just be magic. Let's not even get into the idea behind their transporters. That technology was implemented simply because it was too costly to film shuttle landing sequences every episode. It's all still magicked away, they just dress it up in sciency mumbo jumbo. The difference comes down to the format of each. In an hour long tv episode you can come up with an explanation for why the problem of the week can be solved, in a movie you don't have time to explain everything, you just have things that work because they work and explaining why takes away from the action and adventure and makes it more tedious. Episodic story telling can be more detail focussed by it's nature.

Kendial Lawrence was a scrambled mid season pick up in my fantasy pool and he was maybe my most consistent point getter. Guy is a good player.

Fwiw, he's the 2nd biggest Taman fan on this board...... Yeah I am insulted that people forgot how much of a Taman booster I am (not when he wears green though)

but that's not really the point, sure a lot of the stuff in Trek is theoretically possible, including warp fields... the fantasy part is how they're magicked up a limitless and infinite power source to run all these technologies that have insanely high energy demands. The idea behind Star Trek is that energy is limitless and available to everyone, but that's as magical and fantastical as saying there's a mystical force that surrounds everything and special people can manipulate it. The difference is really episodic tv series vs. blockbuster movie. One prioritizes exploring characters and the setting, the other prioritizes the adventure. My main point in all of this though, is trying to separate sci-fi and science fantasy is silly. Too much gets made of genres and people like to make them too specific. It's all just window dressing for the story and characters.

You'll get more from a goalie prospect though. No you won't. Goalie prospects are notoriously flaky and hold little value. There are so many serviceable goaltenders out there every season no one is going to spend big unless they really get their heart set on someone. Goalies are important but they hold about the least trade value of any position. Thats where adding say Pav to a buff for eberle trade might be enticing for both teams, IF the Jets feel comfortable riding Hutch, or vice versa, but if its Pav, might as well do it while he has even a little value. I think this works for both teams, imo unless MacT is the type of dealer that offers a bag of pucks n a roll of hockey tape, then maybe we look elsewhere That's a terrible move for the Oilers. Eberle has been the Oilers leading scorer multiple times since he's made the NHL and he's on a good contract with term left. Buff has 1 year left and coming off a poor playoffs, combined with his past laziness issues his value is not nearly what some of you want to believe it is. Pavelec is just another goaltender like many that are on the market. 1 year of Buff + Pavs doesn't get you Eberle.

No the problem is the depth in Edmonton was so poor that the only pieces that held real value were the ones they couldn't trade. The depth in the organization is getting better, but it's a long process. McTavish has made a lot of dumb dumb moves but he did improve the prospect depth more than Tambellini did. Trouble is with trading is other GMs know he's desperate and are trying to get him to over pay and give up someone he can't afford to give up. He's resisted that temptation and then just before Nicholson forced him to fire Eakins, he also put the brakes on MacT trading one of the big name players. Remember how much talk there was about everyone being on the table then all of a sudden that talk disappears... that was Bob Nicholson taking over the team keeping them from doing something stupid. McTavish at this point is a dead man walking. He will either be fired or he'll be so neutered that he'll basically just be cashing a paycheque.

wait, you want to fundraise to send someone else to Florida for a weekend?

But he is more than a returner. Which is the point. He is an excellent multi dimensional player with the stats to back it up. I dont like the silliness either to to fluff him off as an average player who's being overrated is assinine. Kendial Lawrence is as much an offensive weapon in Edmonton as he is a returner... Banks is just another run of the mill kick returner who takes some offensive snaps. There are tons of those guys in the league. Most of them don't cry like a spoiled brat when a penalty brings back a return.

yeah we'll just re-route whatever we need to through the main deflector dish and solve all our problems. GIve me a break. Star Trek is as much fantasy as Star Wars is. The real difference between the two is that Star Trek, at least the original series and the early years of next generation were really focussed on examining humanity. Trying to separate science fiction and science fantasy is pointless. sci-fi, fantasy, horror, all these things are just window dressing. It's the stories that make a difference. Star Trek being an episodic tv show has a different focus than star wars which was always intended to be a space adventure.

Oh god are you one of the people who thinks there should be a difference? To me that is a ridiculous idea that science fiction and science fantasy should be separate because there's less sciencey sounding mumbo jumbo in one.

You'll get more from a goalie prospect though. No you won't. Goalie prospects are notoriously flaky and hold little value. There are so many serviceable goaltenders out there every season no one is going to spend big unless they really get their heart set on someone. Goalies are important but they hold about the least trade value of any position.

George Lucas is much more of an idea guy than a real writer. He can come up with good concepts but when it comes to writing he is absolutely terrible. The problem with episodes 1-3 is that he was such a big deal when they were made that no one had the balls to stop him and say "No George that is a terrible idea"

I heard absolutely nothing about mini-camp aside from Goodrich quitting football.how is that possible?