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1 hour ago, Booch said:
Hardrick was hardly a Rider...one partial season and cut during season...
There were definitely some people not happy about bringing in Rider castoffs. Worked out well for us in the end but there was doubt about him.
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17 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
Dressler was never fully accepted.
He was at the end of his career by the time he came here so yeah he been associated with the Riders for so long that I can see that. He also didn't have a big energetic personality that made you overlook that Rider stink. Guys like Willie and Yoshi made it hard to dislike them.
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2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
One hit to the knees & both guys are done. Again. Bringing them back even after a 2 year absence is madness. Time to let them go. Rehab whatever they are entitled to & then cut them.
Nield would be a welcome addition here. He can run downfield & make contested catches. Clercius is a tank. And runs like one.
Can any former Rider receivers ever find happiness in the Blue & Gold? Would we Bomber fans accept Emilus or Nield? Look how hard it was for both Ryan Smith & Weston Dressler to play here. There was always a small group of Bomber fans who never forgave them for being former Riders.
Willie and Yoshi did not seem to have any issues here, being former Riders.
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2 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:
I’m assuming Mr. Mitchell will be released?
One year deal so no need to release him.
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36 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:
Dolegala was taking snaps in Hamilton this year.
And in BC last year but let's not let facts get in the way of things.
1 minute ago, blue85gold said:He didn’t even attempt a pass this year
But he did take snaps as the short yardage QB.
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59 minutes ago, MOBomberFan said:
Dillon Mitchell and Peyton Logan didn't do much for us, unfortunately, but they were considered decent gets when we picked them up. I suppose Logan is on a 2 yr contract, he may yet pan out. Obviously I'd rather have kept Kenny over the both of them.
Logan was hurt early and then Vaval took his job & never gave it back- he may have added something if he ever got to see the field. Mitchell was a bust for sure though.
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3 minutes ago, blue85gold said:
You guys read that I said Alexander and Rourke?
I don't count Dru because the Redblack didn't groom him.
Why wouldn't Dru count? He may be with Ottawa but Winnipeg absolutely groomed him - they just chose to stick with ZC. It's no different than how Arbuckle was touted as the next big Calgary QB for a couple seasons but he was behind a prime BLM so he was shipped off to (coincidentally) Ottawa. Calgary had Maier after that and they eventually felt confident enough to move on from BLM. Neither guy panned out as an elite starter but Calgary still spend a few seasons developing each of them.
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6 minutes ago, blue85gold said:
Like every team in the league the long-term hope at QB is the neg list.
Not a lot of teams are grooming back-ups to take over. That's why we're still watching Bo, Zach, Faj, and Harris play. Only recent success there is Alexander and Rouke. I guess Kelly too for one and bit seasons.
Alexander has 4 seasons under his belt now - he was definitely groomed to take over.
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47 minutes ago, Booch said:
Yeah...Dolegala had moe experience as a pro..Wilson more experience here....but also the way we run practice and get guys in for reps during season his "experiemce" was basically moot....Either way...a healthy QB would have gave us a better chance than a guy who could barely grip the ball...let alone throw it...Plus the fact he basically has been a non factor in majority of our playoff games for most part anyway...sometimes a switch makes a huge shift in game...we have been on other end of that several times
What did ZC give us after he came in with his dangly finger?? I know first pass was picked...but wasnt there a pick 6 as well...fumble...couple of turtling sacks?....I actually shut the game off shortly after the first pick and havnt even watched the finish
Yep, Wilson, going into GC threw a grand total of 1 pass in his 18 games in the 2024 regular season. He had next to zero experience doing anything but handing the ball off or running a QB sneak. That's the MOS way though, with rookies.
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36 minutes ago, GCn20 said:
Proof? Not what I heard in his presser whatsoever.
His exact words from his Nov 3rd media availability:
Quote"Do I believe in wholesale change? Never. I think what’s lead us to this point is continuity, right? So, I’ll never believe in wholesale change, but it’s pro sports, there is always some, you know. For our… for what we believe in and what we’ve witnessed, the less the better."
Around the 2:45 mark of the video, he's asked about the fans wanting major changes.
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So not extortion or drug addict from the looks of things...
Man charged with arson in multiple fires at Winnipeg restaurants, constituency offices | CBC News
22 counts of arson and other things:
Arson with Disregard for Human Life
Arson Causing Damage to Property x 13
Mischief Under $5,000/Obstruct in Enjoyment x 4
Break Enter and Commit Arson – Place x 2
Break and Enter with Intent – Place x 2Not sure if it the same guy or not but age & location fit - on Facebook, there's a guy with the same name who is a bit of a Point Douglas white knight. He was pretty vocal about not having the safe injection site in that neighborhood so I wonder if the arson locations weren't targeted. He's charged with the fires at the constituency offices of Nahanni Fontaine and Bernadette Smith (who is the addictions minister), as well as fires at a provincial treatment center. Maybe the businesses had shown their support for the idea (or for something else) and got on his s**t list.
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19 minutes ago, johnzo said:
Do coordinators and assistants typically get deals that are longer than a year? Do we have any coaches on our staff that aren't free agents?
1 or 2 year deals are the norm I believe.
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21 minutes ago, Booch said:
THEN ....why they even on the roster??...just incompetence if thats how they felt....but it is just a matter of Osh doin the Osh......guy for all his pluses...has some serious negatives/flaws...and it's cost us dearly moe than it's benefitted us
It was apparent early tho it severly afftected his ability to throw, as he couldn't plant and fure...and was a sitting duck....made it easy to defend us....We had a back-up for a reason...to be used when necessary...and we didnt
Sometimes in a Grey Cup the least likely guy, or a guy coming in due to injury is a huge contributor....will never happen here tho under this current set-up
I think with the Al's MBT wasn't really healthy either, so they went with the gimo who gave em the best chance
We have seen that scenario way too many times, especially in the last few years,
2022 - MBT is struggling and the Argos turn to Chad Kelly.
2024 - Chad Kelly get hurt in the Eastern Final and Argos turn to Nick Arbuckle.
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2 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:
Which one was the kid from Murdoch?
Mekhi Tyrell
Manitoba Bisons land highly-touted receiver Mekhi Tyrell: sources - 3DownNation
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19 minutes ago, sweep the leg said:
Any idea why that happened? Academically ineligible?
The Rifles signed Dallas Sims this year. Another local kid that went to Old Dominion, then came home but I never heard why. I assumed grades. He never ended up playing for the Rifles either, just seems to be out of football now.
I assume academic reasons based on his history but I haven't seen anything to confirm that.
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2 minutes ago, Noeller said:
If it's a hurt Alexander or a healthy MBT, I'm still going Alexander. Injured DA at least gives you a chance. MBT is toast before it even begins. But it absolutely is the exact type of thing Osh would do and get ROASTED for on here...
Also a QB that can't grip a ball & throw properly is much different than a QB who can't run well.
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5 minutes ago, Booch said:
what happened to that local receiver who had all the tools but wasn't academically eligible for Alabama...or Nebreska...some school in that conference?..
I was wanting to maybe get him into a JUCO discovery camp in California and maybe kick start his progress/career but his name has totally escaped me
Mekhi Tyrell.
Was supposed to play for the Bisons this year but ended up with the Edmonton Wildcats.
3 minutes ago, Booch said:sadly...we had him and cut him
Was it performance or did we let him go to the NFL? The Chargers signed him a week after we released him so the timing is odd.
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15 hours ago, rebusrankin said:
I know its early but any guys that we should be hoping for in the draft?
Tangent but sort of related, the U of M had 5 Canada West All Stars this year. Any of those kids legit future prospects?
A couple Winnipeggers made the Fall top prospects list so I'm trying to keep an eye on them so we'll see where the rank with the winter & spring lists come out.
Giordano Vaccaro (OL for Purdue, after playing for the Bisons the last few years) was listed at #11 while Trae Tomlinson (DB for Louisiana) cracked the list at #20.
Mesidor takes hold of top spot in fall edition of CFL Scouting Bureau - CFL.ca
5 minutes ago, GCn20 said:I think the Bombers have done a real good job developing NAT talent. Not sure what you are seeing that suggests otherwise? Some hit and some miss, and none of it was due to playing time or lack thereof. Who are these NAT talents that we failed to develop and went somewhere else and found success? Name one.
Patrice Rene is one I would have liked them to have held on to. Yeah he was hurt while he was here (and that was the knock on him in college) but we cut bait with him after seeing him in one game. He's since played 51 games over the last 3 years for BC.
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58 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
A lot of players leave here after their first contract. We refuse to pay. We spend money instead on retreads like Thomas & Kolokowski. The Canadian Mafia faves.
The record book says that's not entirely true, at least as far as drafted players go.
6 guys have played out their rookie deals and left as a FA in the last 10 years: Ford, Dobson, BOLO, Desjarlais, Kongbo & Loeffler.
9 guys have stayed past their rookie deal: Kramdi, Cadwallader, Brady, Eli, Nick Hallett, Gray, Couture, Gauthier, Chung.
There have been guys who may have been around longer but were forced to retire due to injuries (ex: Noah Hallett, Trent Corney). More concerning was the amount of busts we've had over that time - i get the CFL draft is a crap shoot but man is it ugly.
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2 hours ago, GCn20 said:
It is a tiny sample size in what was an exhibition game. Further to that, he wasn't high end by any stretch of the imagination. However, he did show nicely for a rookie. Who would you have taken out to put him in? What makes you believe he constituted any kind of upgrade? That's what we are talking about here. He was rostered all season, so what we are talking about is starting reps. I didn't see anything that led me to believe he deserved starting reps all season.
Nobody is talking about starting reps. He could have easily been a depth guy who rotated in occasionally and gained valuable reps without being in the starting line-up. He was rostered but didn't see the field on teams afaik - all he did was teams.
51 minutes ago, GCn20 said:I don't think we have to fire him. He's on a year to year contract I believe. We can let him go gracefully by letting his contract simply expire.
They can acknowledge that he won't be back without throwing him under the bus though. All they have to say is this year wasn't good enough and there will be changes to the coaching staff - people can read between the lines from there.
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7 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:
I don't know if Ajou Ajou is a FA this year or not. But he would look real good in Bue and Gold. Really like his style of play and I think with a bit more experience can turn into a really good slot rec.
He was a 2024 draft pick so he should have 1 year left on his rookie deal.
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