Brandon

I'm confused by Noeller and few others..... Stupid BC for spending $250 000 on a receiver with only one break out season and with the team already having 2 great receivers in Burnham and Whitehead. Same person: Stupid Winnipeg for not spending $200 000 + for Andrew Harris who is older and coming off injury plague season despite having Johnny Augustine and "potentially" Brady Oliveria who both are fully capable at doing a great job at RB. Don't get me wrong Harris is awesome and can still contribute... I don't see him as a full time back anymore and if we are limited on dollars to spend I'd rather those bigger dollars go to Stove or Alexander. You never over pay at RB/WR as they are a dime a dozen to recruit and put in. Ideally Harris comes back on a reduced workload and maybe they can be creative and give him a handshake deal where he's the RB coach after he retires.

Khari is the black QB whisperor? I'm guessing they signed him because they don't want to scout any new QB talent and/or hope that he only does 3rd down plunges?

I have a mini rant.... https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1310070801&pickMembers[0]=1.8&cubeTimeFrame.startYear=2010&cubeTimeFrame.endYear=2020&referencePeriods=20100101%2C20200101 Hopefully that big link above works, I'm not diminishing the role of COVID and the seriousness of it all, but in the grand scheme of things is the amount of deaths really a number that people should be freaking out over? The ICU issues are very real but this isn't something new that suddenly popped up in 2019. In the last ten years our families have had to go through 4 different people with Cancer and even back in 2012 our whole system here in Manitoba was subpar and nearly every different area was strained for staff and the "service level" or whatever you call it from the patient perspective has been terrible. I'm thinking the physical and mental health of the whole public at this point is a serious factor to consider, do we all isolate and many people become physically unhealthy and suffer long term mental health issues in hopes that one day it magically goes away? From my own world with my friends and workplace, the people who I have known to have COVID all followed the rules strictly and were double vaxxed wearing masks and staying at home and yet they still ended up being infected. Physically I know a whole lot more people who have put on "COVID" weight then people who have lost weight in the last 2 years. Mentally I've noticed a huge impact on my children and many other parents I speak with have said the same. The cancelled activities and the isolation from interaction with other kids has really taken a huge toll on the kids. This year my eldest was ecstatic to go back to school in Fall and then once again back to school last month from the extended Christmas break. These kids are suffering and I always get a kick about reading online when people usually non parents say "Keep the kids at home, close the schools, what's wrong with the Gov't for trying to spread the disease". The ignorance is unbelievable. I look back at my days at school and I remembered the bullied kids who were ostracisized and basically ignored and left alone and reflecting back and seeing how they progressed over the years it was terrible how much mental suffering those kids had and I totally wish that no kids would ever get bullied (suffer mental health issues) because it really shaped who they become in a serious way. I look at my Dad who was supposed to pass away 2 years ago from Cancer and is still hanging on and the amount of severe depression the man has had over the last 6 months its terrible. The guy having to spend half his time now in a clinic/hospital getting treatment and then only for him to be told that he has to stay at home all by himself and can't visit friends or his grand kids and basically rob him of any sort of joy in life. It wasn't fun trying to get the guy to stop talking about having no will to live anymore. I've also talked with friends who had parents who this year went away fully knowing the risks with basically the same attitude of "I only have so much time left on this planet". I am so very thankful that I have a good job and I can work home, but I can only imagine the folks who work jobs that depend on foot traffic (retail/restaurants/other) and having a massive strain on keeping employment, getting sufficient hours, dealing with the rising cost of goods, etc... At some point you have to pivot the course of action and just deal with the fact that at some point everyone is going to get infected by whatever different kind of strain the keeps coming out and they need Plan B or maybe the next evolution of how to deal with this crisis. The Provincial Gov't or probably more so the Federal Gov't have really dropped the ball on expanding or evolving our medical care in dealing with this and really should be held accountable. Maybe it's time we go to semi-private medical care or come up with a radical solution for those who are not vaxx (tax them heavily?) who knows. All I know is that everything closing down on an annual basis and then taking needles every 6 months is not working and isn't a proper long term solution. Ideally we live in a utopian society where nobody dies and everything is great, but unfortunately that's not reality. If we want to cut back on the annual deaths in Canada then we can save numbers by banning alchoal (nearly 1500 people die from drunk driving per year) , ban unhealthy foods (who knows how many people die from obesity related deaths) , ban cigarettes and/or other potential cancer inducing foods, etc.... Clearly this isn't going to happen because unless we want to be completely limited on our enjoyments in life. At some point you need to have a balance and I think that point is happening now so in my opinion I don't blame some provinces for opening up. End of rant.

So they don't want to run an offense with zero backs and a 5 receiver set

Once again... can we not use Harris in a Demski role?

"We don't want Augustine, the guy gets stuffed at the line and only has one big running play per game" - MorningBigBlue.com member in early 2021.

On the field definitely, as a head coach not at all. In the NFL I don't think it really plays much into a factor, everything is about either winning or making money. They'll put whoever in charge that will follow that path. At that high of a level they are not going to pick a white dude purely because of his skin, the stakes are far to high for something like that. In the CFL most definitely it does not play a factor, former players make the best coaches because they know the CFL game which is a trait that barely any north american coaches have. On an amateur level/recreational level I assume the largest reason why it's predominately white men coaching is because in the States they have an insane number where 67% of black children are born into a single parent household. On top of that the black population makes up only like 13% of the total population in the States. Add in the poverty factor and it really gives the picture of why it's mostly white coaches in most ranks. Factor in other culture differences (how many Asian coaches or even players play football?) and you have your answer why it's predominately white coaches. The NFL doing the mandatory interviews may of had good intentions but doing that never will fix "the issue". Most teams have a guy they want to hire and by forcing them to do these pity interviews, it only misleads and provides a false sense of hope or in this case with Flores entitlement. Lets make up a scenario, say the Bombers decide to fire every coach for whatever reason right at this minute. Do you think a team like Ottawa would really need to interview both Richie Hall and Mike O'Shea to determine who would be a better guy to coach the Redblacks? Clearly O'Shea would be the #1 guy they would want and why should they mislead Hall who may have other opportunities either as a HC or as a coordinator when he would basically have no shot at winning the job.

You said that they were not given the same opportunities, I pointed out the guy was given the opportunity to coach in the NFL.

You don't consider that an opportunity?

I don't see how a wider field impacts his ability to kick a ball straight through the up rights? The guy had zero accuracy.

Brian Flores was the head coach of the Dolphins for the last 3 years.

Watch him sign a 1 day contract with the Blue Bombers to retire as a Bomber

I'm hoping Bailey continues to progress, if he can play consistent then it might be a huge signing. Otherwise if his emotions gets the best of him and he plays streaky or makes boneheaded emotional decisions on the field (i.e. penalties/drops) then I am curious if the people on this site who praise his emotional as a good thing will turn on him and say he's a liability because he can't remain cool and calm. Good signing but we still need to get a #1 receiver going into this season (preferably Lawler).

Maybe Ottawa bids up Masoli and then waits until Arbuckle is dropped and then scoop him up?

Until he has shown that he can play in the CFL it's not a big deal at all. Also if they sign Lawler that guy will be used on returns and will barely see the field otherwise.

So I guess this guy doesn't want to coach again in the NFL and is hoping for a big pay out from the league?

Rose is another prime example of a guy wanting to stay in Winnipeg I'll be very curious if we compete in free agency for any players if any of them will sign with us for lesser money because of our reputation.

Davis is an elite player, I don't blame the Argos throwing big money at him.

All I am reading here is that Walters has done an amazing job. We are in really good shape even before free agency starts!

Wasn't Reilly playing extremely injured for the first half of the season and he still managed to produce. Reilly would be the absolute last reason I'd point any fingers towards BC Lions issues. They had absolutely no running game and I pity Rourke or whoever steps in and having to deal with the non stop blitz against them if they continue to run that same offense. They will need a guy who is extremely mobile and who can run for his life in at QB.

I don't see the big deal about BC Lions owner having big money.... doesn't every team still need to fit under a salary cap? If you are going to blow the cap why would you waste it on a guy who would assumingly be the #3 receiver on your team after Burnham and Whitehead? Makes no sense either way.

LOL at BC spending all that big money on receiver. Did they not remember how they had zero running game last season and a terrible o-line. Good on Lawler if he gets that money but dear lord as a Lions fan I'd be questioning why they would make a guy the highest paid receiver in the league after signing Whitehead to a monster contract and already having Burnham on a new deal that was a decent discount.

I see Banks going to Montreal or Ottawa before going to BC or the Elks.

Seriously is this a joke that I'm not understanding?