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I truly don't understand all the love Murphy gets on here. What has he done to prove to you that he'll be a successful GM in the league? Trust me, Hufnagel is a control freak and nothing happens unless he gives his blessing. So is the success in Calgary Hufs doing or Murphy's. Because Hufnagel controls every aspect of the football operations of the club. He doesn't allow any of his coaches do radio or TV interviews. Everything goes thru him. That's an interesting question from an evaluation point of view. What can you look at when determining if a person will be a good GM? 1. Past experience - This is, of course, the easiest thing to look at and also the most surefire way to know what you're getting. Have they done the job before, and did they do it well? 2. AGM experience - Failing to have actual experience, you have to move on to their body of work in other areas, as an assistant or director of player personnel. I think this is the most alluring part about John Murphy. He brought in pretty good talent in his short time here and he has always brought in solid talent for Calgary. That doesn't mean he can manage a team, but bringing in quality players is a big part of the puzzle. 3. League associations - How in tune is he with the league? How long has he been around? Has he worked in a successful organization? You talk about all the great things Hufnagel does for the Stamps, well, can we infer that Murphy has learned something from that? He certainly has connections to good coaches like Dave Dickenson and Rick Campbell... could we use that to our advantage? 4. References - This may be a little superficial because it's rare that a football executive will get trashed publicly, but sometimes we can learn from what other people say about them. In Murphy's case, I've never heard a bad word spoken about him, even from his time working with Mike Kelly. This could be a plus. I think there's a lot to like about Murphy, but it's true he is still an unknown. He is the kind of guy you would need to surround with experienced people so he doesn't get overwhelmed, but if we are looking at hiring a GM neophyte, I think we could do a lot worse than him.

I can't tell you how glad I am that he's not, to be honest

Who is the "horse's mouth"? Upper mgmt, can't say the name unfortunately. Very legit source though.

Lots of rookies but the core of the offence has tons of experience... i.e. Burris, Fantuz, Hage, Dyakowski, O'Neill, Wojt, Diedrick, Grant.

Isn't that the whole point of these discussion boards...to discuss/speculate? Tough crowd in here. I like how he says it like our speculation is going to be more valid once we know who the GM is. It's still just speculation either way.

Damn I usually don't miss that stuff. Bad season making me rusty I guess.

The Bombers' top 3 QB targets this off-season will be: 1. Collaros 2. Burris 3. DeMarco That's straight from the horse's mouth this weekend.

Are you sure Sorensen, Morley, Parenteau, and Kohlert are all FA's? I haven't seen that reported for any of them. Foster and Etienne yes, the others, not so sure.And just because Ottawa says something does not mean they are going to do it. Yes I'm 100% sure my FA's listed are in fact FA's.Based on...?

As far as the OL goes, we can't just keep getting younger. We need to sign a free agent centre, guard, or both to add some veteran presence there.

Are you sure Sorensen, Morley, Parenteau, and Kohlert are all FA's? I haven't seen that reported for any of them. Foster and Etienne yes, the others, not so sure. And just because Ottawa says something does not mean they are going to do it.

Interesting, not much love for Denmark and looks like he's going to finish as our most productive receiver. Figures!

Time? With 2 or 3 year contracts and no restricted free agency, CFL teams don't have the luxury of time. If he bolts to another team this offseason, what the hell was the point? 3 years down the tubes. At least if the Esks lost Coehoorn they got 2 very good years out of him.

He should be the first to go.

I guess we'll never know. All we can say is that Coehoorn has done far more than Etienne at this point. As he should, as he's like 5 years older with far more training... Perhaps that should have been taken into consideration when drafting

I guess we'll never know. All we can say is that Coehoorn has done far more than Etienne at this point.

I hope they take Poblah. Wouldn't be surprised. Also wouldn't be surprised to see him succeed in a new environment. Unfortunately our inept coaching staff seems to have sucked any talent that existed right out of him.

Who cares? Playing football is a choice. People die in car accidents every day, should we limit cars to 20 km/h? No, because that's ridiculous. The knowledge is out there now, people should know the risks that come with football. If you don't want to take the risks, don't play the game. End of story.

Doubt we lose an OL in the expansion draft. Swiston, Pencer, and Neufeld will probably all be here next season, with Neufeld having the inside track on the starting RT job.

The problem is that he shouldn't be saying any of this. What kind of coach makes these kinds of excuses? Even if it's true, it is unprofessional and it does have an effect on the team as well. Can you imagine Marc Trestman or Corey Chamblin making the excuse that they didn't have enough talent to work with? No chance, because they are smart and understand that the responsibility ultimately falls on them. Burke is passing the buck to the organization, the GM, and the players, but never has a damn thing to say about what he did wrong himself.

Almost every position is represented on our practice roster, including a DB, WR, RB, and a couple LB's. There are only so many spots to go around. Also, I disagree that we have a problem at DT, in fact I'd say we're the strongest in the league at that spot, or close to it.

Could easily make the argument that Foster has flatlined and Etienne is the one with upside... but I'd rather run headfirst into a wall than attempt to argue with you so we'll just leave it at that.

In fairness to Joe Mack, he did trade a broken Steven Jyles for a draft pick that turned into Jade Etienne... a young Canadian receiver Jyles was coming off a career season and actually had value at the time. I remember quite a few people being upset we traded him, and then the Argos managed to parlay Jyles into Ray. He also had a devastating shoulder injury and didn't play for the first half of the next season. Anyone wanting him was taking a huge risk (as demonstrated by his poor play after returning) and Mack got a first round pick for him.

In fairness to Joe Mack, he did trade a broken Steven Jyles for a draft pick that turned into Jade Etienne... a young Canadian receiver Oh yeah, a game changer that was... And Foster is...?

In fairness to Joe Mack, he did trade a broken Steven Jyles for a draft pick that turned into Jade Etienne... a young Canadian receiver

Get ready for all the boosters to tell us why this is such an unrealistic goal...