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  3. Eskies at Riders

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    1 hour ago, Jacquie said:

    I wonder if Jones has finally learned something - no idiotic challenges and no stupid fakes.

    As for Maas' challenge, I don't think it was stupid, just desperate. At that point in the game they had nothing to lose.

    Desperation shouldn't be a reason to throw a challenge flag. Changes need to be made in the off season.

  7. GDT: Toronto @ Winnipeg

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    1 minute ago, tracker said:

    Hard to tell, but the final responsibility comes to rest on the head coach. I would love to know the reasons for the dink and dunk offense- is it because we have had such a revolving door at receiver, lack of trust in Nichols or what.

    Probably a buch of those things combined & the fact LaPo likes that kind of offense. His philosophy.

  9. Miller starting contract extension talks with Walters O'Shea

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    1 hour ago, Mr Dee said:

    You have to remember that when Miller took over the role of CEO, he wanted to change the culture of the Winnipeg Football Club. It is why he hired Kyle Walters and Mike O'Shea. He saw in them the direction the Club could go to achieve success through patience, and good football people. It is also why you never heard that MOS was in danger of losing his job. To fans on the outside, we only saw the wins versus the losses. We didn't get to see the change IN the locker room. We are getting that glimpse now.

    It was never going to be a 1 or 2 year fix. It's good not to have known that before. It's better now that we're winning, not for that sake alone, but also for the fact that more can be done while these guys are in charge.

    It was easy to take potshots, especially at O'Shea, but he believed in what he and Kyle and Miller were doing, and it shows. Players with character and integrity.

    Not always easy to see through the outer layers, and we're not there yet, but from what we're seeing now, they deserve more time. We can give them that. 

    We deserve that too.

    We also deserve to wait & see how the rest of the season plays out too. What's the hurry? The focus should be on making the playoffs now & worry about new contracts after the final whistle blows on the season. Not saying that MOS shouldn't get an extension but that we should wait.

  12. GDT: Toronto @ Winnipeg

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    23 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

    We all knew he could bounce back from having a bad year..and he has.

    You're taking it too personal. 

    Never once did I have the suspicion that Haj had it in for us. He had an off year. You're talking like you never had one. If you really want to drop, then drop it. It was only a video...

    Says the guy who keeps bringing it up & won't let go. Maybe you should follow your own advice here & quit bringing it up. Like I said, I made a comment saying the video was a mistake which I'm allowed to do here yet you seem to be the one with your nose out of joint.  C'mon Jpan, relax. It's only a video.

  15. GDT: Toronto @ Winnipeg

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    13 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

    Geez, can't you have a little fun while you're plying your trade?

    How did that fun video work out for him? Hey, he can kick a FG sideways out of the 200 level at IGF or thru a basketball hoop from 20 yards away on the sidelines but when we needed a 30 yard FG to win a game he can't do it?? I'll bet he never does another one again. He was having no fun against Edmonton. Anyway, the guy is in Toronto. I hope he continues to do well.

  16. GDT: Toronto @ Winnipeg

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    2 hours ago, Jpan85 said:

    Those were CFL sponsored videos they went around to every team and got players doing trick shots throws. Don't blame him for doing them. Probably did not have much choice.

    No other FG kicker did that. Everybody has a choice. Players aren't  told or forced into doing them. I just remember that video & cringed as he wasn't having a great year at that point when he did it. I figured nothing good would come from it & then he had that game vs Edmonton that ended his career with the Bombers.

  18. Donald Trump

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    The Democrats could have selected a chimp for their candidate & he/she would have done better & defeated Trump. Instead they picked Clinton. Why?? There would have been many candidates who could have run who would have done well but they all stepped aside except for the aging socialist Bernie Sanders. You have to wonder why the DNC cleared the track for her the way they did. Now we are faced with the spectre of Donald Trump winning the Presidency thanks to that decision.

  19. GDT: Toronto @ Winnipeg

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    I don't have any bad feelings towards Hajrullahu over last year other than that stupid video the Bombers put up on their website with him kicking FGs from the stands, the parking lot of IGF & on the sidelines into a basketball hoop. He made that video even though he was struggling at the time as one of the worst kickers (percentage wise) in the CFL last year. I thought it was all self agrandizement on his part & never should have been done. Then running like a scared rabbit from the media after the woeful Edmonton game.

    Those were two mistakes he made as far as I was concerned & he lost my support especially not facing the media like other players would have. Had he sucked it up & spoke I'd have respected him a lot more. Now that he has a fresh start in Toronto the slates wiped clean for me & I hope he enjoys a nice career. Live & learn...

  22. Jets vs Oilers Heritage Classic

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    Posted · Edited by iso_55

    I have 2 grown children now that are 25 & 29 years of age. I had Bomber season tickets when my oldest son was born but he never went to a Bomber game as we felt he was too young to go. My wife & I didn't bring him as a 6 month old or later as a toddler. We didn't want him bothering other Bombers fans around him. There's nothing worse than a bored 3 year old who doesn't want to be there. So we paid for a babysitter to take care of him when we went to the Bomber game. 

    We moved to Calgary in 1990 which was the same year my youngest was born here. Again, I never took him or his older brother to a Stamps game until he was 7 years old & his brother 11 & they loved it. After that, with 2 Stamps season tickets my wife would stay home & I'd take one of my sons to the game a couple of times a year each.

    I never would have brought my 6 month old to a game. When we were young parents,I just remeber that it was better for our kids to be at home at that age. Also, never would have wanted any of our kids should ever have been admitted for free if they were babies as they'd never have been at any games.. It never would have occurred for us to even ask for a free ticket. My feeling is keep your babies & toddlers at home until they're old enough to sit in their seats patiently without bothering others before you bring them to a game.

    That's just me as my kids were toddlers in the late 80's & early 90's. It would have bothered me if I had brought them to a game & they would have made themselves a nuisance spoiling other peoples experience by refusing to sit still, screaming & crying  around them for 3 hours. That's how we used to be as parents. My kids had to behave in public. They learned it at an early age but a football game for 3 hours would have hard for them so we never brought them to events like that at that age. And they'd get a swat on the bum for good measure if they didn't.

     

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