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Say what you want about Barker, but the guy is a stud recruiter. I wish we would have hired him.

I like Kramdi at S because I think it plays to his one big strength, his closing speed. S is a role way more suited to his skill set and I think he could give QB fits if he can read the play well enough. His acceleration in a straight path is as good as it gets. Don't know if he can catch tho...lol.
He is not bad allocation of cash. He is an all star DB. Someone else in the secondary might be bad allocation of cash but not Holm. He plays the toughest position in the secondary and is the best in the league at it.

I like Kramdi at S because I think it plays to his one big strength, his closing speed. S is a role way more suited to his skill set and I think he could give QB fits if he can read the play well enough. His acceleration in a straight path is as good as it gets. Don't know if he can catch tho...lol.
He is not bad allocation of cash. He is an all star DB. Someone else in the secondary might be bad allocation of cash but not Holm. He plays the toughest position in the secondary and is the best in the league at it.

Yea...sorry Booch going to pile on...that post didn't even get a chance to not age well. 

Yea...he is actually a pretty good punter.

Kramdi is not nearly as bad as you make him out to be, but if someone is clearly better I like him at S. I know you don't care for him there, but I think he could be really good there with a little more time.

Their was a lot of dispute about whether that 400k was actually an SMS increase or went to player benefits. No answer has been given as of yet on which it was. There has been no official announcement of an actual increased SMS other than the 80k or so outlined in the last CBA. Walters went through this is depth last year with the media. If that will indeed be an SMS increase this year, great, but the league has not officially announced anything of the sort.
The ratio does indeed make NATs more valuable and that is not the argument at all. 
I like Schmek...he plays hard and knows his role.
They released him as a courtesy. Let him try secure employment elsewhere before the big fish swim in FA.

Say what you want about Barker, but the guy is a stud recruiter. I wish we would have hired him.

I agree on Vancouver, and it has been that way there for a LONG time. Much longer than Winnipeg that's for sure.
We have no political will to deal with our downtown or tent cities. Not sure they could do anything even if they actually tried.

Katsatonis at 200k per has me pretty convinced that there is a big increase to the SMS that's going to be announced. A safety making 200k...even a NAT...is ludicrous otherwise. I feel better about our signings now as this seems to be fairly obvious now. 

Judging by some of the recent contracts I'm not sure we have the same information as the GMs around the league.  Kramdi at 180 and Katsatonis at 200k are mind boggling number that make zero sense unless the SMS is getting a huge bump.

Last year we did not play up to our record. 
Don't have a clue? It's pretty simple math actually. When you grossly overpay at several positions it's poor SMS allocation. That should be obvious to anyone who knows how to add and subtract.
As fans who want a winning club, watching a GM overpay is most definitely our concern.
Kramdi is a good player but he's not great. Last year he made 140k..this year 180k and by any metric he had an off year last year. How does he get a 40k bump? It makes zero sense.
 

Hating the contract is not hating the player. I really liked Kramdi, as do others here not liking the $.
Same for BO. Love having the guy hate the contract

SMS allocation has been an anchor to our club. It directly correlates to our win/loss record. BO/ZC overpay (among others) contracts line right up with our decline in depth as one would expect. 
It's really odd because our mantra USED TO BE that we would have the best quality depth in the league and practice next man up...then KW quit looking at his calculator and not only was quality depth lost, we even settled for poor quality at several starting positions.

Hating the contract is not hating the player. I really liked Kramdi, as do others here not liking the $.
Same for BO. Love having the guy hate the contract

Hating the contract is not hating the player. I really liked Kramdi, as do others here not liking the $.
Same for BO. Love having the guy hate the contract

DBs, just like RBs, are a dime a dozen NAT or not. I have issue paying Kramdi or Oliveira NAT starter money BUT not ridiculously over what's been paid.

DBs, just like RBs, are a dime a dozen NAT or not. I have issue paying Kramdi or Oliveira NAT starter money BUT not ridiculously over what's been paid.

I hope Walters is taking notes while he being schooled by the other GMs

I hope Walters is taking notes while he being schooled by the other GMs

I hope Walters is taking notes while he being schooled by the other GMs

thats what I was "told"
did some digging around and this dude posted it as well
 

Amen..bad contract after bad contract. 

The gappers only need our team to fold, and if they keep winning cups at their current rate in 200 years they will tie us. Let that sink in sister lovers.

In all honesty Brown hasn't earned his money either. He wouldn't have played more than 5 games behind our OL. He is injury prone.