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Losing Goveia & Pierce was just a matter of time. As far as McManus goes, if Goveia wants to bring him along to Hamilton, he'd have to get permission from the Bombers. Given the loss of the other two from football ops, I could see the club declining that request this time.

History says different. The last two years Willie re-signed in November while Stan re-upped in January. Previous to that they both signed new deals in January (Willie was first one year and Stan was first the other).

Article says no sex offender list but yes he'll have conditions to abide by. Still seems to be an extremely lenient sentence. "Christophe Normand will, however, be able to serve his three-month prison sentence intermittently, i.e. during weekend. He will then be subject to three years of probation, with several conditions to be met, including two years of monitoring for any sexual issues. His name will not be entered in the Sex Offender Registry."

He was charged in August 2022 and found guilty in April 2024 so just over 2 years which seems about right for our system. He had been out on bail so credit for time served doesn't apply.

Should be years but it's only months.

Welcome him back to where? Hamilton?

I think Collaros is (and has been for years) is closer to that scenario than Masoli is.

Just finished his 3rd year of eligibility.

I was thinking about that during Grey Cup when the Argo's re-added Robert Priester to their active roster. He's a prime example of a recycled DB who has bounced around, going on and off the active & practice rosters for us (twice), Edmonton and Toronto but never seems to really stick. He's been cut & brought back like 15-20 times between the 3 teams - his transaction page on the CFL site is really long for a guy who's only played 28 games in 6 years.

I would say as far as the Bombers go, we are under exposed. We used to get good TC reports and things like that but now we get next to nothing. We mainly just get to see guys like Jackson waste a roster spot on game day and have to speculate as to why. Was he doing something in practice that showed promise and we just never got to hear about it or see it?

Yep

Only if he paid attention to them. Coaches/players/officials are probably best served by not going anywhere near places like this - we're all on the outside looking in so what we say doesn't hold any weight but could still be bad for you mentally. You could be the best ever in your role but one slip and people will s**t all over you.

Sask re-signs Harris... good luck with that! https://3downnation.com/2024/12/05/staying-in-saskatchewan-riders-re-sign-veteran-qb-trevor-harris/

I don't think that's the case at all. Both guys have been candidates for GM/HC jobs for a couple years now so it was only a matter of time. If either guy wanted to advance their career (which they both did and now have done), it wasn't going to be in Winnipeg, at least not at this time with Walters & MOS here. As far as a thank you goes, it's only been a day (for Buck) or less (for Ted) since their hirings were made official. Give it time. Winnipeg was very important to Buck and his family so I'd be shocked if he didn't say something at some point. I don't think I've ever heard anything from Ted - he's been more of a behind the scenes guy so I'm not sure that will change.

Lofton was a Bomber before he was a Rider as he played for us in 2022. He also wasn't cut, he played out his contract with Sask and came back here early in Free Agency.

Agreed - just pointing out that it wasn't all homeruns. There are other examples too (Josh Johnson) but the bigger issue with those guys is the fact they were wasting active roster spots which has nothing to do with scouting.

TBF, other than Dobson, the only other 1st round pick we've had in the last 5 years was Bennett. We traded down this past draft to get 2 early 2nd rounders in a deep draft (Clercius & MCI). We traded our 2022 pick for Lawson & we traded our 2020 pick in the Collaros trade.

I agree with you for the most part but we've definitely seen some meh talent here (see Damien Jackson).

Hiring from within would be on-brand and would not be my first choice. We need new blood and the fact that they got permission from BC ahead of time for Macsymic gives me hope that they feel the same way.

Yep, that LB group (Battle, Jones, West) we had in the late 80's - early 90's was incredible. I'm kind of surprised Battle isn't already in there tbh. When they picked the all-time Bomber team for the club's 75th anniversary, Battle was the only LB selected.

https://www.bluebombers.com/2024/12/02/blue-bombers-agree-to-terms-with-all-cfl-left-tackle-stanley-bryant/

Looks like McManus is out of the running for GM in Hamilton. Does not even being a finalist reduce the chances of him being offered/accepting a similar role to what he's already doing here? https://3downnation.com/2024/11/30/hamilton-tiger-cats-narrow-gm-decision-to-three-finalists-sources/

100%. 3DN has an article up about Charleston Hughes defending the Stamps organization after guys like Ka'Deem roasted them but even he says that those coaches were just fall guys. Don't really buy his "bad blood from ex-players" excuse though because Parades also said the organization has gone downhill in the last 5 years and he's still with the club. https://3downnation.com/2024/11/28/charleston-hughes-defends-calgary-stampeders-blames-ex-player-criticism-on-bad-blood/

Maybe check RiderFans? Might be full of manure though.

Based on the Stamps statement, it doesn't sound like it was his decision. "As an organization, we felt some changes were needed as part of the process of rebuilding a winning team,” said head coach and general manager Dave Dickenson in a statement. “We thank these coaches for their contributions to the organization and wish them the best.”