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anyone under 30 today is a moron....easily distracted by shiny things....

Was just having a conversation with a marketing person at my office about this, because they're always trying to get us to do more Video/Audio content for use online, and I was raging about how that **** is stupid, and whatever happened to a quality written piece...? Blargh. At any rate, the link I shared is just a radio interview between the TSN Edmonton guys and Scianetti....it's pretty good.

Big news: @JDunk12 Two Canadian defensive backs, Malcolm Lee and Stavros Katsantonis moved to 2020 #CFLDraft following positive drug tests https://3downnation.com/2019/04/25/two-canadian-defensive-backs-moved-to-2020-cfl-draft-following-positive-drug-tests/ … #UBC #USports #CFL

Sunday evening for us...Should be a time. Alright...I'm out.

I believe those are different things, but don't quote me...I don't know the first thing about fashion. All I know is that if Josh Donaldson wasn't so damn good at baseball for the Jays, I definitely wouldn't have been cheering for him. Bighill, for the Bombers, too...........blech.

I'm all aboard the Isles bandwagon. Trotz, Eberle and "**** Tavares, we're gonna win in spite of him" is fantastic...

https://www.bluebombers.com/2019/04/24/mini-camp-report-lucky-whitehead-looking-second-chance/

https://winnipegsun.com/sports/football/cfl/winnipeg-bluebombers/mini-camp-bombshells-former-aaf-players-hoping-to-use-experience-from-defunct-league-to-get-work-in-cfl https://www.bluebombers.com/2019/04/24/min-camp-report-football-bigger-purpose-joe-este/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

ahhhh......that's kind of a shame..... #NeckBeard #TopKnot

immediately pulling for Drew Morgan...

Indeed but we only have the rights to them for something like 56 hours (according to one of the beat writer tweets) so we'll have to sign them sooner rather than later........

I really don't think our roster is full of choir boys....and I'm more than happy with the current MO of trying to find great character that is also a great ball player. They're not mutually exclusive things...

must be one hell of a receiver, is the conclusion I'll draw....

this guy does not seem like the kind of personality MOS looks for in a player.........interesting.

https://www.bluebombers.com/2019/04/24/pitts-williams-inducted-canadian-football-hall-fame/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Good stuff....David Williams, who was part of that amazing 1993 team with Dunigan, and Ernie Pitts, who somehow wasn't already in the HOF, despite being an All Star about 6 or 7 times, at two different positions...

fwiw, there's apparently a bunch of AAF players participating in Bombers mini-camp right now...

I didn't realize how badly I wanted Mike Sellers as a Bombers assistant coach until just now....

I don't care what the penalty was, if you give up 4 goals on a 5 min major, you deserve to lose. That should be virtually impossible to do...

It almost doesn't even deserve acknowledging, but, re: Toews 4 Laine: I'm just about the biggest Jon Toews fan there is, and I'm probably the least enamoured with Laine of any Jets fan, and I still think that'd be a massively bad trade for the Jets. If it's Laine now for JT circa 2009, then okay fine. But Toews's best days are behind him, sadly, and Laine's still in his pro hockey infancy. Bad, bad trade just for the sake of "Winnipeg guy goes home"...

There's a pile of info here from the Sun. I was going to copy/paste, but Wyman clearly worked to put out this much content, so we owe him some clicks: https://winnipegsun.com/sports/football/cfl/winnipeg-bluebombers/anatomy-of-a-roster-how-danny-mcmanus-and-his-staff-build-up-bombers-american-talent

I don't enjoy audio/video content...always prefer to read.....but having said that, this is a really good interview with Scianetti on TSN Radio Edmonton: https://www.tsn.ca/radio/edmonton-1260/audio/scianitti-i-don-t-think-there-s-a-cause-for-concern-yet-1.1292728

Waaaaaaayyyyyyyyy too much referencing analytics. Saying that Maurice didn't follow the analytics so therefore he's wrong. Fart noises.

https://www.bluebombers.com/2019/04/22/mini-camp-preview-3/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

...opening Wednesday in Florida. Ted Wyman: BRADENTON, Fla. — Unable to secure a big-play receiver through free agency, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will have to go the in-house route to fill a void that haunted them last season. The process of unearthing that potential gem started last year when the Bombers brought in promising but CFL-untested receivers Corey Washington, Kenbrell Thompkins, Charles Nelson and Kenny Lawler. It continues Wednesday and Thursday, when the Bombers’ scouts, coaches and management will take a look at 15 American receivers at a free-agent camp here at the IMG Academy. It’s expected about seven of those pass-catchers will move on to the Bombers main camp — assuming the league’s labour impasse is resolved — in May. “It’s generally a passing thing and that won’t change,” Bombers general manager Kyle Walters said of the mini-camp. “It’s heavily loaded on receivers and defensive backs. “The goal is to find receivers who can help right away but the track record of the CFL shows that for a rookie receiver to come in and learn the playbook in a two-week training camp, it’s very difficult. When we look at these receivers, it’s less about ‘We think he’s gonna come in and start Day 1,’ it’s ‘We think this guy’s got a chance at some point during the year, once he learns everything and figures out what he’s supposed to do.’” Of the 38 players invited to the camp, 29 will be either receivers or defensive backs. There will also be two quarterbacks, three running backs and four linebackers. There will be no linemen or kickers and all of the players in the camp are true American rookies. Some are under contract, others are neg-list players, and still more are free agents who are in on a tryout basis. The Bombers already have 16 receivers under contract and nine of them were with the team last year. However, only three of those players — Darvin Adams, Drew Wolitarsky and Nic Demski — were season-long starters. Thompkins saw the most playing time among the others, making 29 catches for 421 yards and one touchdown in 12 games, while Washington got into three games and Nelson got into one. The Bombers also have second-year Canadians Daniel Petermann and Rashaun Simonise in the mix and both should push for more playing time. In all likelihood, one or two of those players will be starters in 2019, though there is certain to be fierce competition throughout this mini-camp and the full training camp. “The biggest one for the receivers this year is the guys who we had last year that were all in their first year and ended the year with the team,” Walters said. “Those are the guys I expect to step forward. Guys like Corey Washington, Kenbrell Thompkins, Charles Nelson, Kenny Lawler. Those guys made good impressions on us last year in their first year and we expect them to make the big jump. They were the names last year that jumped out. I think those are the young guys that are going to have the advantage, strictly based on seniority.” On the other side of the ball, the Bombers have a whopping 21 defensive backs under contract and nine of them are returning. With the departures of Chris Randle (released, signed with Ottawa), Kevin Fogg (signed as free agent with Toronto) and Taylor Loffler (signed as free agent with Montreal), the Bombers have holes to fill, but have a decent base with veterans Brandon Alexander, Marcus Sayles, Anthony Gaitor, Chandler Fenner and Jeff Hecht all returning. “We hope there are some tough decisions at the end of this because that means we’ve got a lot of good guys and only a few of them are able to make it to training camp,” Walters said. “We do want to see guys physically taxed for a couple of days. We want to put them through the fitness tests and give them the once-over. A big part of this is to see who can handle the fitness component. If you struggle getting through a couple-day camp, with full training camp just three weeks away … they need to be in good shape and be ready to compete, which will be a big part of the evaluation process.” This is the first time in five years that the Bombers have held their mini-camp in Florida. For the last few years, the camp has been held at Investors Group Field and has included a mix of American and Canadian rookies, all of the quarterbacks and some veterans. Because of the contentious collective bargaining agreement negotiations between the CFL and the Players Association, this year’s camp is limited to first-year players. That means the quarterbacks in mini-camp will be rookie Bryan Schor from James Madison and another pivot that will be added at the last minute. “They’ll get plenty of work,” Walters said. “I said to (assistant general manager) Danny (McManus) that he might have to chuck the ball around, or (quarterbacks coach) Buck (Pierce). We’ve got some backup arms in house, if needed.” While there are no guarantees the Bombers will find stars or even starters through this camp, these kinds of players have become vital to CFL teams in dealing with the salary cap. “You’re gonna see around the league, I think, with the escalating salaries, that something’s got to go,” Walters said. “Teams are gonna be relying on a lot of these young guys to come in and contribute. We’re no different. We’ve had young guys in the secondary come in and play, linebackers, D-linemen. “From the American side, you have to be able to rely on your scouting department. With the way we’re operating the salary cap, even with guys getting certain raises on our team, then something’s got to give. You need to rely on some young guys, I call them first-contract players, to come in and contribute.” The job of finding the best first-contract players available falls to McManus, who is director of U.S. scouting, director of player personnel Ted Goveia and director of college scouting Ryan Rigmaiden. Now they have a chance to see how the players move in person, how they show the athletic ability that was previously seen on tape. Some of these players haven’t been playing football since they got cut from an NFL camp. They’ve been training and but now it’s about getting back into the mould of playing football. Are they able to do some of the basic things that the coaches ask them to do? Follow directions? Line up where they are supposed to? Do their job? “This is the slowest it will ever get during the season as far as your instruction,” McManus said. “You’re gonna have some nice one-on-one instruction with the coaches. Once you get into rookie camp, the speed picks up a little bit more. Once main camp starts, things go 100 miles an hour. If you’re not on top of it as a young player right now at this camp, you’ll be lost by the time we get to the middle of May and the veterans come in.” The scouts have had a challenging year, with the creation and demise of the Alliance of American Football and plans for a re-boot of the XFL adding to an already packed scouting season. The AAF training camp and season may have actually helped the scouts identify some potential CFL players and Walters expects a few players from the now suspended league to be at mini-camp. “Ted and Danny and Ryan, they’ve done the legwork on these guys,” Walters said. “Now it’s a chance for them to see them in person. The scouting has been going on for a couple of years with some of these guys and we are finally getting them in. We haven’t seen them play a lot recently, so it will be a good chance for those guys to see them. “‘Here’s what these players have done in the past and maybe they don’t look 100% in game shape, but you saw glimmers of what we saw. This guy has a huge upside, he’s just out of shape or he’s rusty.’ “It’s an interesting process to not just go with the top five guys. It’s the top five guys that might be lifting the Grey Cup — helping us win the Grey Cup — not just winning the free agent camp.” BLUE BOMBERS MINI-CAMP ROSTER At Bradenton, Fla., April 24-25 Player Pos Ht Wt Age College Malik Boynton DB 6-0 190 22 Austin Peay Terrance Baldwin DB 5-10 180 22 West Liberty Malik Reaves DB 6-2 200 23 Villanova Christian Boutte DB 5-10 190 23 Nicholls State Joe Este DB 5-11 200 24 Tennessee Martin Eric Patterson DB 5-11 195 26 Ball State Mykkele Thompson DB 6-1 195 25 Texas Jimmy Pruitt DB 6-0 205 26 San Jose State Amari Coleman DB 5-11 188 22 Central Michigan Chinedu Okparaku LB 6-1 210 22 Fairmont State Dale Warren LB 6-0 225 23 Chatanooga Otha Peters LB 6-0 235 25 Louisiana-Lafayette Jarnor Jones LB 6-3 210 24 Iowa State Bryan Schor QB 6-2 215 24 James Madison Jalen Simmons RB 5-8 205 27 South Carolina State Larry Rose RB 5-11 195 23 New Mexico State Marquell Cartwright RB 5-8 203 NA North Carolina A&T Dom Williams WR 6-2 200 26 Washington State Garrett Johnson WR 5-11 175 23 Kentucky Rasheed Bailey WR 6-2 200 25 Delaware Valley State Evan Clark WR 5-10 190 23 St. John’s Tim Wilson WR 5-9 170 25 East Stroudsburg Kenny Walker WR 5-9 188 25 UCLA Dennis Parks WR 6-0 200 24 Rice *At least 16 more players to be added Wednesday Twyman@postmedia.com

Friesen absolutely had it coming. Don't forget the Bombers banned him not that long ago....