Brandon

So Jade Etienne is cut by his hometown.... Aaron Kelly is still with the club... Kito Poblah is still with his club.... To steal Mike's image...

In regards to Ottawa cutting Maher.... maybe they are trying this.... http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1849595-high-school-coach-who-never-punts-explains-his-strategy

I was hoping that the RB Anatolin was going to be cut

Perhaps Montreal is out of synch because of the Worman firing? Also Troy Smith did not look comfortable at all....he has the tools but as the game went on he looked more and more like McPherson. The Montreal secondary looked awful, I'm not sure if they were starters or back ups but they were just out of place all night long. Burris made his receivers look great because he had time to throw (Montreal didn't really blitz him for the most part) and his passes were right on the money.

I'd rather have Willy and the first round pick over Glenn.... it just wouldn't of made sense to give up that pick just to get him. Long term we are better off with two guys who can hopefully play for us in the next 5 seasons. For BC it was a no brainer... Lulay is done and Glenn will buy them at least two more seasons.

I definitely agree that fighting should be removed from Hockey... no need for it and if someone wants to watch two guys go at it then they should watch UFC or Glory. I definitely can vouch for professional fighters having long term damage from multiple blows to the head.... you don't have to be concussed to have long term damage if you keep getting hit in the head. Regardless with Telegin... if he is having any kind of issues mentally post concussion he should quit hockey altogether.... it's not worth long term damage just to cash in some big pay days.

I dont know about the hockey thing... I think lots of the issues with hockey brawlers is that they are mental before they start their career and a large Amount of them were drinking , doing drugs and on some kind of roids. I think with hockey lots of the guys like Probert live very similar lifestyle to wrestlers. Very self destructive.

The xfl had some good ideas... Some awful ones also.

I like BC's 4th string RB... Anatolin or however it's spelled... guy has some fantastic moves in the open field.... the Blue really should look at him if he gets snipped

Or..... they kept these players because they performed better.......

Nik Lewis is massive... I'll be amazed if he lasts the year that belly is huge. Lulay is done... half the time they panned the camera to him he was rubbing his shoulder. Glenn will be the guy for this year and maybe next.... Benavides is one angry fat guy...so angry I'm guessing he has a heart attack this year. Chris Shultz is still a moron in regards to suggesting that Andrew Harris might get cut.

A 2nd sighting of Poblah with a reception!!

Logan looking good. Calgary qbs are both looking rusty.

First row sports?

Schultz is also still a moron...

Rod Black still loves Bo Bowling. Lapo has good content but his delivery is so boring. Troy Smith definitely stunk more as the game went on. This is good for us! DeMarco getting no protection. Burris looked great... Would like to see what would happen had Montreal blitzed.

Deja vu from his Berry days?

I'm watching on my PVR I'm only at the 2nd quarter but yes Smith looks like Bishop 2.0 but I wouldn't give up on him. I think the Al's greater concerns are the poor secondary and weak o line. Smith isn't awful he's light years better then crap like Hall... He just doesn't look settled. He'll get better with experience.

Troy Smith looked good last season, he may be having growing pains

Maybe Dell will stick around town for a bit? As for Hall... nieswander showed more and he still doesn't have a team...

he dropped a ton of passes in game 1, receivers who can't catch tend not to be worth much. I am a bit disappointed in cutting Hall now, I think that was a move that could have waited until you make damned sure you're other backups are for real but whatever I know why they did it... I just don't have to like it. Guy makes one mistake compared to the other and he's out that's a risky way of running your team. One mistake? He made the same mistake several times last year on top of the noodle arm

What did he say about Dell??

Don't forget Hall was as brittle as Pierce so really no need to keep the guy. I think Brohm and Marve will be able to do more then guys like Goltz, Boltus and Brink did with us over the last few years. Good luck to Hall I assume he goes back to coaching.

So where does Max Hall end up?

I have a great deal amount of faith in this coaching staff and Walters.... they definitely make moves that are obvious and I knew it was obvious from pre season game #1 that Hall had zero upside and needed to go. Fantastic move by the club and my condolences to 17to85 as I know he was a big fan of Max Hall and his hatred for Brohm must be even greater now!