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in a year or two Hank will be 40+ years old not sure a guy that old who relies on his athleticism will ever be a bargain at that price.

why not stick with Hall? He did show some signs of getting better and he has shown more than Nichols cause every time nichols gets into a game he leaves on a cart. Hell I still say Goltz isn't as useless as people make him out to be. He got the Tim Burke under the bus special.

because he plays for a different team. Bomber fans do this all the time. Everyone here is useless anyone who has shown any remote spark on another team is automatically better.

6'2 202 is pretty solid size, here's hoping he's worth a damn. Though I'm starting to think we'll be forced to go with 3 NI receivers simply due to lack of options with the ratio.

The big problem with weicek is that he openly talks about how he doesn't care for the CFL so right there you know he's not going to put in any effort to understand the league. Guy needs to go back to the track and curling cause he actually cares enough about those to get the story right.

*Braces for Iso's Back-In-My-Day-Everything-Was-Better 3-Paragraph Story* Like the time he caught the ferry over to Shelbyville, he needed a new heel for his shoe. So he decided to go to MOrganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So he tied an onion to his belt, which was the style at the time.

He should have at least traded his rights to an NFL team and got SOMETHING for the guy, now he's lost him for nothing. You can't trade his rights to an NFL team. It's not allowed. Thanks for clearing that up. I haven't had my morning caffeine yet. My sarcasm detector isn't fully functional yet. Forgive me. To avoid future troubles if you just read everything I post assuming I'm being sarcastic you're probably safer than assuming I'm being serious.

I still say to temper expectations here. Bomber fans should know as well as anyone how misleading records after firing a coach can be. Historically Maurice has had the same problems as Noel had. What I am curious to see if if the Olympic break disrupts the momentum the Jets have right now. I believe there is an example in the Thrashers history where they fired a coach after a horrendous start and then the team rebounded to win something like 10 straight games before falling back to where they were previously. The absolute easiest time to coach a team is after a coach is fired midseason, it's what they do long term that matters. Momentum is big though and the Jets are riding it, the key is how they react when adversity hits.

If only they'd listened to me back then! I tried to tell everyone who would listen that Kevin Glenn may not be the ideal qb but you don't drop the guy until you know you have someone better to replace him with.

What would I give up for Nichols... let's see an unproven guy who gets hurt every time he plays.... nothing.

He should have at least traded his rights to an NFL team and got SOMETHING for the guy, now he's lost him for nothing.

Was Edmonton at least throwing in the crutches with the guy?

I dunno he's already been canned from the only other GM position he held how good is he really? Remember how hard everyone laughs at the Printers contract in Hamilton, guess who gave that one out.

Oh given his agent I think he'll take whatever offer he gets.

oh man pay a 39 year old qb who was just dropped by his previous team for an unproven guy that much money.... man I hope this blows up in Ottawas face just like the Printers thing did in Hamilton.

I tried to caution people that he had a lot to show still but Winnipeg never learns.

I'm not freaking out about missing on Burris. I'm freaking out because it's obvious that we are not in any way, shape or form a desirable destination for players who have a choice. And that's a problem. And you're surprised by this? Do we have to be surprised by this, to be upset about this? The market is telling us that 2 FA's that WE COVETED don't view Winnipeg as anything more than a last resort. It's not the individual QB's that I'm upset we lost on. It's the increasing likelihood that our greatest fear is coming true... that no one of any value wants to play here. The coordinators are the least inspiring group I've ever seen, they made a lot of noise about getting a FA qb and struck out on the 2 that hit the market... Walters seems to give up a lot when he trades for pieces... it's just a lot of things starting to form a picture here.

Very happy to not have to watch Burris wear a Bomber jersey, but at the same time, there were lots of promises made by Walters and Miller about getting things done via free agency and so far seems like he's striking out. Just don't get desperate enough to overy pay for Glenn in a trade cause you know Ottawa is going to try. Tell em to go **** themselves and enjoy 2 starting qbs, one who wants to start and one who hates competition.

Just don't let Ottawa extort anything of value out of you for Glenn. Tell em to enjoy paying 2 qbs and dealing with their respective egos rather than helping them out.

who in their right mind is going to offer a 39 year old qb a 3 year deal? Burris is desperately looking for something he's not going to get. Time to call his bluff and be done with this whole thing.

It's all going to be about upfront money. I say you tell Burris here's the offer **** or get off the pot. No more dicking around trying to play contract chicken take it or leave it.

given that he does put up the numbers you would have to expect over 300 grand for burris, really seems to me that he is just trying to weasel as much out of as possible, maybe get some more years. I'd tell him to take it or leave it at this point, he doesn't like it he can go compete with Glenn or Reilly for the starting gig.

+/- requires a hell of a lot of extra context to even begin to be useful. So unless you've got all the other stats to make it useful +/- was a pathetic attempt at advanced stats.

Credibility = gone. +/- might just be the worst stat in all of sports.