Brandon

I thought that with his injuries he hasn't been on that same level from a few years back?

I'd assume they are massively overspending and now are cutting corners on anything that is not an instant success.

I'd assume the idea would be the old guy would be out of touch of what fans want these days and by bringing in the young guys it will somehow change the current product. I completely disagree with this.

Over 4000 comps and the place still wasn't full it was really bad. Considering the first card sold instantly.

My theory is that a lot of people were burned with the first card that was god awful boring. Also the atmosphere was terrible lots of fights in the crowd and lots of shady audience members that would turn off more people. Watching MMA live is nowhere near as good as watching it on tv. It's terrible if you are not near the cage. Lastly cards are heavily dependent on star power or having a local guy headlining. Lots of factors on why things didn't go well.

Ticket sales were extremely low and they had a massive amount of comps. Apparently the UFC was not happy at all with the low turnout. UFC always spins everything in a positive light even when things are obviously not going well. I never trust anything Dana White says it's all bullshit.

No friggin way, the last event went over very poorly and from my sources it appears that the UFC won't be back for a very long time.

You mean future Starting All Star QB

I may be in the minority but I thought Thompkins was really good last season and can have a breakout year if Nichols can get over his mental block and spread the ball around....

It's not like downtown isn't already exposed to drunk people wandering with open booze throughout the day already. Why not let the responsible people do the same.

I don't know about that, one of my little ones is in elementary and having a smart board in the class is absolutely beneficial. I also find the educational software they use these days to be absolutely amazing and fantastic. From my experiences it seems locally that the money is well spent.

For working 10 months of the year it's a much higher salary then average. I'm related to a few teachers and money is never the issue that they are complaining about. It's usually about the lack of authority , crappy curriculum , and other issues where they cut costs and it heavily impacts the class (i.e. Getting rid of special ed and trying to merge them with regular classes) etc.... I think in the States teachers make about half as much. I also have a relative that does work with creating and updating schools and she said the costs of upgrades have sky rocketed over the last ten years. Money has to come from somewhere so unless they increase the taxes then they have to make cuts.. Unfortunately I assume down the road it will follow path of the States where folks are going to have to start looking at more private schools.

I'm not sure of salaries elsewhere but the amount of money they are paying teachers is insanely high and the cost of the classrooms themselves (technology) has also sky rocketed so maybe this may be some reasons why?

Can't we lure Edmonton into making at least one more bad trade

I remember Lucky Whitehead, he was the dude that someone stole his dog and held it for ransom.

I thought it was well known that originally Lucas was going to have Leia and Luke fall in love and that he came up with the brother/sister Darth Vader being the father only after the movie was released.

Screw Vegas... I'm glad they are out. After Toronto and Nashville also losing... the early exit stings a bit less for me.

Wow that is much lower then back in the glory days. I think Nitro and Raw combined for a near 10 rating at the peak...

What kind of ratings are they doing these days?

No way i'd want to get rid of Wheeler, I wouldn't mind him playing less minutes and the lines being mixed up though.

Really only Tanev is the only Ufa I would want back.

Maybe they should of got the guys who wrote and the same director of Rogue One to do the new trilogy. I don't understand the love for Rian Johnson and why they went with him?

I don't know the Nmc but I'd start with trading trouba, little , Perreault , maybe buff and trying to get some guys with heart and who how up consistently and who actually want to be here.

This team seems so soft compared to last season and before. We seem to avoid hitting anyone and seem to have zero urgency at going for the puck in the corners and in our end. We used to fly around and hit guys which generated mistakes from the opposition which we would capitalize. It feels like everyone is just standing around and staring and waiting for the puck. Only lime that shows any urgency is Tanev and Lowry.