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Glad we didn't get him. Last night, after initially being in favor of us pursuing, I thought about it for awhile and realized he really didn't have a very good year last year.
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Well we knew the Riders were going to sign players at one point because they can't scout and are quite a bit short of a full roster. Just glad most of the signing are there own fringe players and other teams castoffs. Glad they didn't use the money to improve their club. Hall (if he can re-adapt to the CFL game) replaces Foley so that's a wash, and Emry was about as good as Kilgore last year. Despite some trumpeting by Rider fans today, I fail to see the improvement. Imo, they have done nothing to make themselves a better club thus far this offseason.
Meh, I'd say moving from Foley and Kilgore (or whoever they had at MLB) to Emry and Hall is a big upgrade.
Other than that, they've retained depth similar to what we've brought in because we didn't have it in the first place.
Let's see how things keep unfolding, though.
I would agree if they were getting the 2012 Emry. His play has seen a noticeable drop off since then. Last year, just my opinion, I thought he was among the weakest MLBers in the league. He gave Kuale a run for his money. Hall is a good DE that should help IF he doesn't show up looking like Hickman did last year. I somehow doubt it but you never know. At any rate, I see this as a wash. I don't think that Hall will be as good as Foley was last year, and I don't think Emry provides more than a small upgrade at MLB for the Riders if he plays like last year. I guess we will agree to disagree but I see it as at best a small upgrade for the Riders. Certainly not enough to offset their other losses they have sustained this offseason.
See above. Bad job editing.
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duplicate.
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If Glenn comes cheap he's a good insurance policy.
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Well we knew the Riders were going to sign players at one point because they can't scout and are quite a bit short of a full roster. Just glad most of the signing are there own fringe players and other teams castoffs. Glad they didn't use the money to improve their club. Hall (if he can re-adapt to the CFL game) replaces Foley so that's a wash, and Emry was about as good as Kilgore last year. Despite some trumpeting by Rider fans today, I fail to see the improvement. Imo, they have done nothing to make themselves a better club thus far this offseason.
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Alex Hall signs with Roughriders
****! Didn't realize he was even available. Wonder why the Bombers didn't pursue?
We gave him a "no thank you" late in the season this year. His asking price was insane. It's funny now that I read reports that we were after him in the Regina media. If so, we could have had him already,
Not just Regina media:
#Roughriders sign defensive end Alex Hall. The #Bombers were hoping to snag him. #CFL
I stand corrected. Odd, because last year during one of the games shortly after Hall's NFL release, Irving commented that the Bombers had been in touch with Hall about possibly coming back and were floored by his asking price. He wanted a salary equivalent to John Chick. (We have since learned that is 200k per year), so the Bombers backed away.
Wonder what changed? Did Alex reduce his asking price significantly or did we just have more money to spend this year? Could be neither I suppose and the Riders gave him his ridiculous ask. I would love to hear what the Riders are paying him.
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Alex Hall signs with Roughriders
****! Didn't realize he was even available. Wonder why the Bombers didn't pursue?
We gave him a "no thank you" late in the season this year. His asking price was insane. It's funny now that I read reports that we were after him in the Regina media. If so, we could have had him already,
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It was pretty funny to read a Hamilton reporter criticizing the Bombers for going hard at FA. They've been the offseason champions a few years in a row.
The funny part is we really didn't spend that much for five players.
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If you listen to some of Walters interviews prior to free agency, he has basically said that the long term plan is to build through scouting and the draft. But where the team is today doesn’t allow them to do that. There was a huge void of talent and new players coming in the pipeline.
So this year we went big into FA to stock up the roster. I don’t expect this much activity in future years either. At this point the new guys the scouting department brings in should start making their way into the lineup when we have injuries and able to prove themselves.
There were articles this morning calling out what the Bombers did yesterday and saying they overspent. It really isn’t that much different to what Hamilton had to do when they were getting out of their years of mediocrity. Same with Calgary many years ago.
Going forward, if Walters and his staff do their job, we can start replacing and grooming from within. Adding a few pieces here and there to compliment what they have.
It may sound funny, but ideally you turn into a Calgary who lost a whole lot in FA yesterday. But it means you have a system in place where you groom and build from within and can absorb those losses. You can pick and choose the best of the best on who you want to keep and spend money on. You just need a solid base before you can do that.
My question to the detractors saying we overspent is simple. How much do you think we spent? Is 160k too much for an AllStar LT. I think most non-idiots would agree it isn't. Is 138k too much for a veteran rotational defense/ST Ace NI? I think the market has clearly shown that is the going rate? Do they think that the rest cost us much? I doubt they were very expensive at all.
Where's the big splurge they are criticizing us for? Where is the big spend? I'm not seeing it. We took a 20k cap hit on Bryant over January, we took a 50-60k cap hit on Hurl over a complete ham and egger we would have lined up instead of him, and I doubt we took any cap hit at all on the rest of our signings...if we did they were negligible. Where's the big spend?
I see spending...but I see smart spending.
All together I see an extra cap hit of around 100k. That is a very reasonable number considering the improvements we made. Take the money we will save by dumping Morley now, and we have an even lower cap hit.
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Good chance we can draft a top defensive tackle. Not gonna happen in free agency though, unless someone gets released. Hamilton and Ottawa both have more Canadian DL than they can use, IMO.
I wonder if there is a trade to be made for Gaydosh? Draft pick perhaps? Combo of draft picks?
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Curran, Peters and/or Sears would be a good pickup for today. Giguere too.
We're getting to the point where we're probably at one or two more pieces then we call it a free agency.
Like I said two days ago, I still feel we need to leave enough room on our roster to allow our scouting to pay dividends as well. We shouldn't be filling every hole in free agency.
I'd like to see us get two of Curran, Peters and Sears. At most.
Sounds about right.
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Terrible news on SVR. Gotta get Bryant now or the day is a bust.
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Just excellent news. He was one of the three guys on my wishlist.
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The draft is in May.
Sooo....you are saying there will be no draft news until May? Darn it....thought we had a real inside track going here.
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Yea....I'm in a meeting for most of the day and the courtesy internet they provided is blocking the chat room.
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@DarrinBauming: Don't expect #Bombers GM Kyle Walters to go on a wild spending spree. He'll pay bigger $ for a OT, but he won't target huge names otherwise.
I suspect we see a big OL signing, a couple medium type purchases, and a good value pick or two.
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January would be an ideal candidate to stay with the club in some capacity.
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QB
Kevin Glenn - SASK
Brian Brohm - WPG
Dan LeFevour - OTT
RB
Kendial Lawrence - OTT
Nic Grigsby - CAL
REC
Greg Ellingson - OTT
Spencer Watt - MON
Ernest Jackson - WPG
Wallace Miles - SASK
Brad Sinopoli - BC
Sam Giguere - MONT
Bakari Grant - EDM
Nik Lewis - UNS
OL
Stanley Bryant - WPG
SirVincent Rogers - CAL
Edwin Harrison - ??
Dan Clark - OTT
Greg Wojt - BC
DL
Moton Hopkins - SASK
Justin Hickman - OTT
Brandon Boudreaux - UNS
LB
Desia Dunn - UNS
Sam Hurl - BC
Keenan MacDougall - CAL
Rennie Curran - WPG
Johnny Sears - WPG
Brian Peters - HAM
DB
Geoff Tisdale - MONT
Tristan Jackson - SASK
P
Josh Bartel - OTT
These are, in my opinion, the top 30 FA. Friendly pool to see who predicts the most accurate list of destinations.
MY picks above in bold.
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There's no sense in filling every hole we have in free agency. These guys are going to want upfront money. Trust your scouting.
We need a LT - I want experience there, get Bryant.
We need three linebackers, maybe four if you want a DI - Fill one or maybe two holes here to get some experience.
We need a receiver - If the price is right, sure. Otherwise trust your scouting.
We need to have breathing room for rookies to come in and make impacts as well.
Agree with this x1000.
LT with CFL experience has to be a priority. Maybe a starting and some depth Canadians, at decent prices.
There's tremendous resistance to starting a rookie (no matter how good they look in practice) at the expense of a veteran with a large salary/bonus. No GM wants to look like he signed a contract that has become a sunk cost (see: BANKS, Korey).
I don't think we need to worry about contract size determining who plays. Banks is living proof of that. I have no problem with the Bombers shopping in FA only to find better in scouting. As long as the signings don't come with a big upfront payment let's go shopping. I do realize that the upper level FA's will require big upfront bonuses but guys like Bryant etc aren't really an issue to start I wouldn't think.
It's the medium class that we need to be wary of.
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If Jones had made it to free agency, I would have expected BC to make a pretty big push for him, despite Buono's insistence that free agency isn't his thing.
I agree. Next to us, BC may be the team with the most need along their OL. They definitely could use a Centre. Surprised they didn't offer some resistance for us on Picard.
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Jones will get offers starting with a 3 if he hits free agency.
Jones name didn't come up as often as Heenan because Taman announced that Heenan was testing the market and because it was widely assumed that Jones would either go NFL or re-sign with the Stamps prior to FA. However, there is little doubt that Jones is a HUGE fish in a small pond. He will be the highest paid OL in the league for whatever team signs him. 300k? Yea....that's a number that could be realistic.
Length of Bryant's Contract
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Doesn't matter. Once he comes to our city, it's magical hold will wrap around him and he will never leave to play elsewhere. Next contract we will probably get a discount out of sheer loyalty. Unless, of course, he does leave which means he is a player of suspect character and wasn't wanted back anyway.
Oops...sorry for that...I thought I was posting at Riderfans.