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I enjoy reading Holly MacKenzie's pieces for Raptors.com (essentially for NBA.com). She does write-ups summarizing and previewing all games and big stories. Plus the human interest stories to fill in the gaps. Same thing as Tait (minus the Hall of Fame status of course) -- working for Sportsnet and transitioning that into a deal with the team itself.
But the recaps are better than on any other media site, she doesn't sugarcoat things too much (there's a slight positive spin/bias, but doesn't try to celebrate the good when things are bad), and brings a professionalism to what probably used to be point-form intern work.
I'm excited to read Bomber news and updates through BlueBombers.com first, and the Freep/Sun/TSN/CJOB (and obviously here) after that, for the critical analysis that can't ever happen to that level on their own website.
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To be fair, most of the day-to-day gear (polos, t-shirts, hats) are kind of ugly by design standards. So the baby-blue sheer polo looking bad doesn't surprise me at all! Heh.
Thank God the new jerseys will likely look awesome! And a few of the new-coloured merch is actually pretty decent, especially the classic logo-with-gold-stripe ballcap. But I just wish "sports" clothing designs in 2016 used classic but modern design themes overall. Authentic merch from the 80s still looks pretty awesome today, for the most part. (MLB and the NBA have a bit better track record with this over the last few years.)
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You act like Kyle Walters hasn't talked about the need to continue to improve the Oline this offseason. He has. Just because in one interview he didn't answer a question about Drew Willy with a detour into where he thinks the Oline has improved, doesn't mean he isn't thinking about it and doesn't even mean he hasn't talked about it. He has. It's clearly a concern.
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57 minutes ago, iso_55 said:
You know, I had deleted that post but you quoted it before it was gone. So you caught me but whatever as what's done is done. I don't even know who brett_c_b is yet he took a swipe at me. His reference to CFL Cap Geek is funny because if he really understood, he'd have known that even I agree that the stats on that site were wrong once I got to know the place. The numbers shown weren't consistent. Mike pointed that out as did others (& I agreed) they were correct after reading what they had to say. That was over 6 months ago. That was it, a couple of non descript posts yet I'm criticized for quoting that site half a year later.
The other thing is yeah, I know post counts shouldn't matter on the surface other than it shows certain people more than others like posting here. However, the more people who post here, the greater this place will be. Look at this site compared to Our Bombers with the amount of activity here compared to there. There can be days or even weeks where posts go unanswered. That isn't the case here & the activity here is on the upswing.
If it's just about drive bys, hate, anger or disrespect directed towards others when people disagree then this place will go the same way as other CFL sites that have died or been discontinued because of the same thing. Places like CFL Zone (extinct) & 13thman (life support).
Ask any of the mods here & they'll say they need all members to make a site great. Ones like myself, TUP & a few others who do post a lot & the ones that don't. They'd also say that we may not agree but we should at least try to get along.
I had no problem with your criticism of his criticism -- I just thought it was a weak shot that, as someone who has a similar post count to his (even though I was a regular for years on OB and was one of the first members to sign up on MBB) but feels just as part of this site and the discussions and the fandom as anyone else.
Discussion is important, but why should I post more if I have nothing constructive to add? I try to only post when I feel something that hasn't yet been said needs to be said -- otherwise I'll just like posts that express what I would've said already. There's a lot of people here that I agree with much of the time, who often get to things before I do, so there's no sense in repeating things.
Plus, even lurkers and infrequent posters still bring pageviews and ad views, keeping the site running. Of course, there'd be no pages to view without good posts and replies to begin with, but we're all important cogs in the Winnipeg Blue Bombers fan community and Morning Big Blue!
(I didn't purposefully mean to catch it our out you before you deleted/edited it -- I just happened to see it and felt I needed to add my 2 cents.)
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46 minutes ago, iso_55 said:
Oh hello, Mr 137 Posts. Did you come out of your cave to see if the groundhog was right?? Wi Fi not working?
No needs to talk down to someone because of their "inferior post count". I don't post that often, but I'm on here almost day and consider myself a pretty knowledgeable fan. Many others are in the same category as me. Lots of people read but don't post, lots of people can't be here every day but still know what they're talking about, and lots of knowledgeable fans also post frequently -- which is cool, too!
Unless of course post count is all that matters around here?
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5 minutes ago, wbbfan said:
That doesnt make him a no1 wr, the 2nd half really shows the point. I really hope we werent paying him near 180k that would have been beyond dumb.
I never said it made him a "real" #1. But when he is your team's #1 target and leads your team in yardage, he's your #1 receiver. Whether he should've been doesn't change that.
And I can't seem to find any specific Denmark salary info right now to corroborate my $180,000 total that I remember hearing, but I did find this Sun article from when he signed his extension:
QuoteNow the Bombers slotback is going to be one of the league's highest paid receivers.
The former Jacksonville Jaguars receiver signed a contract extension on Friday, and he said he got a “small raise.” The soft-spoken Florida native was just being modest, because it turns out his new three-year deal gives him a significant raise that makes his wage comparable to the top six to 10 receiver salaries in the league starting next season. He will earn more than Edmonton's Adarius Bowman in 2015, according to a source.
http://www.winnipegsun.com/2014/09/13/denmark-gets-small-raise-determined-to-earn-it
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Just now, wbbfan said:
Denmark certainly wasnt a legit cfl no1. He broke 1k yards once and has had 4 or less tds every year after his rookie year. talent wise i certainly would have loved to keep him as our no3 but i guess the money wasnt there.
Yeah, he was a #1 by default when no other options existed for the Bombers, but as 17 said, he definitely played better when all the attention wasn't solely on him.
Basically, way too big a salary for the role he would've had with the Blue this season.
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Denmark had to be about the money more than the skill and numbers. The guy has been consistent as a #2 (and occasionally #1) threat, but with them signing similar-style players in Smith and Dressler (small, fast, good hands, good effort), Denmark's $180,000 or so salary was too much.
He always seemed like a good guy and a team-first player, so I hope he catches on somewhere else and plays well in every game except against us!
With Turner, we'll always have the Superhuman Bryant Turner legend -- decades from now I'll still remember all those hilarious memes.
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3 hours ago, TBURGESS said:
I'm old school. When you sign a contract you've completed the deal. Wally should (probably will) offer him more money for extra years on the contract because that keeps everyone happy, but he doesn't have to.
If Jennings holds out, he can't play anywhere and won't make any money until the contract is over, unless he is traded and there's nothing in it for BC to trade him. 55K is a lot better than zero now and maybe starters pay in 2 years time. Players love to say, 'I had a great year. Tear my contract up because I deserve more', but I've never heard them say, 'I had an off year. I should take a pay cut even tho my contract says I don't have to'.
Yeah, as has been said above, the player may not say, "I should take a pay cut," but the teams often do -- "take a pay cut or we'll release you".
As long as teams can break contracts with no repercussions, then in certain obvious situations (this being one of them -- a projected CFL starter earning far lower than any rostered QB in the CFL) it seems perfectly reasonable.
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1 hour ago, Taynted_Fayth said:
many were against this idea years ago, when he was relatively still in game shape. whens the last time hes has a meaningful snap? and even if he kept in shape what would have changed from then till now. I thought biggest knock was the guy had a suspect arm.
if he ever did come north I'd expect Popp to be first in line to powder his jock. guy has a rager for anything NFL
He's also still on the Als' neg list, isn't he?
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The NHL plays all its players in American dollars. Even the 7 NHL teams. So that's not an issue.
NFL USA failed in the 90s because (besides Baltimore) it was crappy markets and owners who were begged to be a part of the league. We needed it to survive as a league, and bent over backwards to give into their awful demands, just to get an influx of cash to the CFL. In the end, the whole thing was rubbish because the owners didn't care, thus the fans didn't care.
If an owner and fan base want a team, the CFL is the power position.
2 non-negotiables: must find a way for the ratio to exist for *all* teams; and no rule changes are made to accommodate any new teams.
In theory, it could work. In actuality, very unlikely, of course.
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I love Thursday night games, or maybe Sunday afternoon. Friday and Saturday nights there's just so much going on that I'd rather not have to make the choice!
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6 hours ago, Jimmy Pop said:
...wait, people wash their jerseys? Cripes I've been missing the boat here!
How many times have you worn your jersey(s) without washing them??
I'll remember this in the future. Haha.
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5 hours ago, Rich said:
Not a fan of it either. The new formatting makes it very difficult to highlight to copy and paste the details of the schedule. The formatting separates everything too much to really compare and look at a global view of it.
It is similar to the new NHL.com. I think they wanted to format the websites in such a way that it presents well on both mobile and desktop. Unfortunately, that makes the desktop experience poorer.
This bothers me, because good designers will make the websites look ideal for both. It's really lazy coding. As someone who does responsive design, you have to make them work really well for several key sizes, not a "catch-all" that will technically work with them all but not look ideal in some.
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I don't think anyone is saying that the team's uniform is more important than winning, or even that anything is more important than winning. However, that doesn't thus mean that winning is the only thing.
Of course winning is #1, but the way the players act in the community, the entertainment value of their play (independent of wins), the amount of fun they have, the level of respect the players have for fans, the uniforms and other merch-related decisions ALL are part of a team's value.
If the Bombers were filled with players of questionable character who didn't give a **** about Winnipeg or its fans, while wearing hideous uniforms to boot, I wouldn't really care how much they won. I wouldn't be a fan of the team, no matter where I lived or what team I grew up cheering for.
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3 hours ago, Floyd said:
Bourke at RT would have been great... would take that over Medlock and Cummings.
A lifetime 87% kicker will win us a lot more games than either (a) a top Canadian LT out of position in place of a decent Import RT; or (b) a top Canadian LT in place of a top Import LT.
The fact that we have much stronger potential Canadian starters this season, means that there's no need to put Bourke in place of Bryant, even if their skillset is a wash. Plus, their salaries sure as heck wouldn't be a wash!
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1 hour ago, BigBlue said:
It's been a long time since we had a home grown Winnipeg star to cheer for. For me, AH makes the season.
Further, Harris is one of the few players in this league who can put the whole team on his back and carry them.
We have just added 4 victories to this season.
Won't it be great to have his family in the stands?
1 hour ago, IC Khari said:Add 3 more because of Medlock!
12-6 then?
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Just now, wpgallday1960 said:
is that Trevor Harris deal with the REDBLACKS?
Yes
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2 minutes ago, Blueandgold said:
There aren't really any good O-linemen available. We'll have to hope we can get one in the draft.
We'll have to. Don't we only have 3 Canadian OL under contract (one being always-injured Neufeld)?
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So we're thinking Day 1 is likely Medlock, Harris, Smith, Shologan, and Lochard?
Not a bad first day haul if it all works out. Some key additions in key areas. Need some depth at the very least on the OL though, don't we?
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1 minute ago, Blueandgold said:
I'm concerned that we haven't heard about any interest in Capicotti or Laing from the Bombers.
Guessing it's a case of not being able to work on more than a few deals at once. So if the DL was lower on our list with all the potential players available, other teams could beat us to the top guys while we're trying to sign our #1 (and #2 and #3) targets.
If we get Medlock, Harris, and Smith signed and Capicotti is still available, I hope we have an offer waiting!
(I assume Laing is still expecting NFL interest.)
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I was curious about this dude's other writing. He had an article on CFL starting QBs: