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Nothing wrong with being a game manager at all. I wish ZC would lean into it at this stage of his career.

Sadly after the past couple years everyone probably has one.

Matty Ice had a couple great showings in the playoffs. Like you said, just wasn't a team that was ready to win yet.

I can't speak for these other guys, but strippers do love me. If these guys can't buy a stripper's love then they need to rethink their banking strategy when going to the peelers.

I agree with both of you guys on the head scratchers of the past. However, I was speaking generally. MOS may have a different take, but as I mentioned earlier he LOVES NATs to a flaw. So, I think it is safe to assume that if a NAT is as good, or represents little drop off, to an IMP he will go with the NAT. We've seen that a zillion times under his coaching. NAT vs NAT, or IMP vs IMP different story. What's keeping Shay and Smith off the field right now is that we have really good IMPs ahead of them on the depth chart. JSK going down may have opened up a crap load of reps for them now though.

I see him as a rotational piece this year that could play his way into more meaningful reps if he performs well. Nuer is about our best shot at 2 IMP DTs on occasion so I think he will get regular rotation and if that drops off it's because of performance, not a love of Schmekel. I see Nuer being used more when opposing offences are more likely to run so that we can clog up the middle with Ceresna, and whichever other IMP DT makes the cut.

Not necessarily formal recognition, heck maybe even just a chance to step on the field as an honored guest and get the ovation from the crowd he deserves. He never got a chance to say goodbye and we at the very least owe him that.

Nuer will definitely change that just because of ratio needs.

100% on Matty Nichols. He gave everything he had every day to our club and got injured doing it. He was not the reason we didn't get over the hump during his tenure. As much as we would all love to credit Zach for our first cup, I strongly believe that team was going to win with either Matty or Zach at the helm. We had all the right pieces.

Reps have to be earned. MOS will play a canuck over an American, we know that, so if he's playing an American while the NAT sits on the bench it's because that NAT ain't ready.

For sure next year!

Probably the standard, you are not good enough but work hard, and keep your nose to the grindstone and we will see next year. Pretty sure that probably every player hears some version of this.

80% of those players were players we did not want back....even Janarion was a case of him feeling insulted by Walters not calling him. The other 20% were lost to the NFL or better offers in FA.

The difference is that the "old man" and me show up here everyday and contribute more than drive by belittling to this forum. Something you used to do as well Mike. It's ok to have heated exchanges on a discussion forum that stem from demonstrating differing opinions. Interjecting yourself into them as your only post content...well..it comes off as petty. I do agree with you on your only football content you mentioned. Go Bombers go!

Does Mike think everyone here are simpletons and need to be taught that TC reports do not tend to age well? High Horse should be the name of his car. I mean honestly this thought police shtick can get annoying to a lot of the members here. It would be different if he himself didn't value his opinions higher than anyone else's...but he does.