Ya I thought I remembered reading a stat a few years back about how, despite their attendance figures, the Argos games on TSN actually had big audience numbers. People in the GTA watch the games, they just don't go to them...

32 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

I’m trying to look at it from a none hard core fan perspective and wondering if the potential is there.

This is the key. Nobody on this board is the target demo because they've already got us for life (bastards...) But how do you get more of the passive fans on board? The guys who kinda watch CFL but mostly watch NFL...? Try some weird **** and see how it goes.

11 hours ago, wbbfan said:

I was thinking about how mlb had rocketed up the viewer rankings and dropped their main demographic by about 15 years with the changes in recent years. Do any of the new CFL changes have that kind of chance?

I’m not a fan of most of the changes. Couple good ones here and there. I was only in favor of maybe half of the mlb changes but they have worked out better than any one would’ve believed.

Maybe if they accomplished the goal and have less fgs more going for it on 3rd down and scoring more tds, it could have the same kind of impact.

I really struggle to see most of these changes panning out. But it would be great to be wrong and see the cfl do a fraction of the job mlb has done.

What I keep coming back to is "they try them out and see how it goes... But I can also see a day where it doesn't work, and Johnson is still fighting for him, even though it's clearly not working (or made it worse), then they toss him, hire someone else, and go back to how it was."

Nothing here is irreparable... They can always go back to be the old ways down the road.

I don't understand how he has the bandwidth to do what he does with K9 Pet Rescue AND everything that's required of a professional athlete AND be a partner/son/brother/etc.... some dude are just wired differently.

Not sure if anyone's watching Brady's Must Love Dogs show but holy jeeze is this well done. They really show the ups and downs of dog rescuing and fostering. So much great Bombers and Manitoba content.

As a curling fan I'm quit used to th we playoffs. Pretty sure 1 and 2 can play twice. That's the point of the second chance in Page Playoffs. Unless this is some kinda weird hybrid model.

Way faster....

Sigh.......

So between last night's first pick and today's first pick, did we take the new Kongbo and Hansen?

I've been thinking about it and while I don't think these are necessarily GREAT changes, they don't bother me as much as losing the 55 and moving the goal post back.

Ya I've always been the one beating the drum that "Kyle, Osh and Wade are in lock step" and when they show the war room on draft night, you used to always see Wade in there with them.

It's also fair to say that were taking a one minute clip and reading too much into that.... But man, it's a convincing one minute.

As mentioned, I think it's fair to say that there's input from all people involved... But no question that it's "Kyle's Show" on draft night. Nice to see that he doesn't appear to be making unilateral decisions... Asked for everyone's input before "making the call".

Ya he really seems like a taller version of Bettman....

Not saying coaches have zero say.... But by watching that clip, it was very much Kyle's show. He's running ****. It was definitely very interesting to see him THAT animated about a guy... It changed my tune a bit re: Dante, to "let's at least give this a shot and see"...

But anyone who thinks the Bombers had a bad draft and want to blame that on Osh because of biases, I'm convinced that's just totally wrong. Walters was very much in charge last night.

I mean, we don't have to agree with it, but you've gotta love the passion.

And based on that video, they weren't necessarily trading up to get THAT guy... They just wanted to be able to pick at 10, and then they went around the room and everyone gave input on who they thought they should take at 10, and it SEEMED (based on that video) that the scouts were REALLY enamoured with the big TE/FB....

7 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

I just watched this (definitely NOT on Twitter...) and laughed my ass off.

Not sure they're converting him to OL but they seriously traded up to get a giant, mean blocking back...

So what's the deal with Britton?

Edit - Here's the 3DN report on him, ranked 16th of all RECs:

. Benjamin Britton, University of Calgary (Calgary, Alta.)

"A complete wild card, Britton was a Canada West all-star for the Dinos in 2024 after posting 42 receptions for 661 yards, but stepped away from the team last season. He has since indicated that he would like to return to the sport, though scouts differ on how seriously they take those claims. In a draft that is light on size at the receiver position, a six-foot-three, 220-pound target with his level of production can’t be counted out entirely, and a team could gamble on a comeback at the end of the draft"

Interesting that we took a CIS kicker with our last pick. No idea if he'll ever be something but worth bringing to camp.

Just now, BBlink said:

Based on the picks after us...you can basically throw the mocks out 🤣... Our pick isn't looking so weird

That's what I was thinking... The panel feels genuinely confused by many of the picks. The GMs are on a totally different page from the prognosticators...

5 minutes ago, Stickem said:

If the plan was to trade up why didn't we go all the way with Ottawa and go for Vaccaro at no1,,,Walters seems to be sleep walking through this draft??

Because the price to move up to #1 would have been way higher than the price to move up in the second round......??

Man this just feels like a super weird draft we're having....

Website basically crashed right now so not expecting responses but anyone feeling really underwhelmed by the DE pick? Especially at 4. Doesn't seem as bad as Hamilton's pick (even Ferguson couldn't polish that turd) but does feel like Anthony Bennett again...

Website basically crashed right now so not expecting responses but anyone feeling really underwhelmed by the DE pick? Especially at 4. Doesn't seem as bad as Hamilton's pick (even Ferguson couldn't polish that turd) but does feel like Anthony Bennett again...

As mentioned it's all about health.... If Ceresna and Collaros, in particular, stay healthy... We'll be more than okay. I keep worrying about demski every year, too. Not getting any younger... Hoping he can continue to stay relatively healthy.

9 hours ago, BBlink said:

I'm pretty confident we will be good this year. How good will depend on our quarterbacking. I personally have high hopes with Broxton and the overall commitment to revamping our OL...and then Tim White to throw to...

Defense is really shaping up to be menacing.

Riders suck, BC sucks. Time to assert our position back at the top of the mountain.

Seconded... But I like where the media's head is at. Let's go surprise everyone.

Stud D Man before all else. Even McKenna isn't THAT good... He's not McDavid. But if you can get a truly great D to anchor your corps, you take it. The Jets need a big guy back there who can play. Verhoff or Carels...