Booch

And we did have his Uncle Buster here for a couple seasons...lol But I agree...

Of our guys if we can lock up Jefferson/Rose/Sayles/Maston/Nevis/Bryant/Hardrick/Neuf/Darvin/Woli thats basically half and what i think are the keys Looking at that list I would target one of or both Adeleke/Ackie and one of Addison or Begelton..and that be it We could slot one of those guys at safety and allow us the Nevis/Richardson duo as starters tho it wouldn't shock me if an Exume stepped into a safety role...we shall see Addison would really..Reeeaallly fit in well with what we do offensively here...I would see him wanting to stay in Hamilton, but maybe his opinion of that team soured on how they acted in play-offs...bunch of gutless chumps Hopefully Augustine sticks around, really like his skill and he is a true team guy too, but he may get lured away...the rest on our list are gyus that can easily get replaced with some of our PR/IR guys with no real drop off, or cheaper free agent options...all in all our returning roster for 2020 won't see too much of an over haul unless some out of blue NFL opportunities arise

Or if we are restructure it. I would go heavier "in-season" bonus as opposed to prior to season bonus...and if he doesn't like that, well then take it or leave it..The team needs to protect itself just as much as the player needs to..If he is confident in himself and knows he can be the man, then he should be agreable to it. No way we are or should do a 200K winter bonus that goes directly against the cap for a number of reasons..Say he isn't 100% ready...Gets re-injured...Strev shows he has taken next step...thats a lot of coin lost before the first snap that could be allocated elsewhere to start a season

prob need some extra cash to offset the peanuts he was paid this year

watch his other strip sack of Evans against The Outstanding O-Lineman Van Zyl...made him look like he was stuck in the turf flailing away hahaha...Bryant sooooo got robbed and he played with a chip on his shoulder on Sunday too...he was all over steam rolling guys and having his edge locked down...Guys a beast of an o-lineman and I think one of the most important guys to bring back..and wouldn't be shocked if he has a deal already...or agreement...and for a while now

Generally in the CFL a back-up with tenure...3-5 years is going to pull in 125 to 175k..depending on experience/skill...With Strev now in his 3rd year...being what he is "now" and what he "could" be, and I think will be is in that range at the least. Any other back-up you wanna bring in who is not a raw rookie is gonna be in 6 figures somewhere. You are going to have to budget for 600 to 750 k for a solid 1-2 punch and am not sure how a BC or CGY and to a lesser extent EDM can do that...they are going to have to restructure those deals, or go with a warm body at back-up basically...or bastardize your team elsewhere and we seen how that turned out, especially with B.C CGY got a bit lucky with Abuckle keeping the wolves at bay, but he was also thee last year, on a minimal deal so that helped, but as season wore on...he was less impressive Our best bet is to sign Strev to 2+ years...develop him behind Matt who we bring back on a 1 with option and further develop McGuire...See how the Nichols/Strev combo package works as season goes, and/or if Strev develops further possibly taking the reignsand you have a solid Nichols as your back-up No sense bringing in a 32 yr old off knee usury Masoli or a just as unproven more or less Arbuckle..we shown we can/will win with current duo...will it make everyone happy...nope...but really only realistic option and could be way worse

100 percent agree..Danny Mac would be no real loss

Adam's is tough and gritty..he's one of the leaders on the team..and very underrated. I hope we have room to bring him back..obviously we can win a cup with him in our receiving Corp..

We have some 2019 sms to extend guys with for nice bumps..

Forgot leading league in forced fumbles

Nope...none...nadda...not my scene...k she cant teach here then..she gonna be on maternity leave for a year anyway so consider herslf on holidays haha

well if he gets a good deal he could make well over a million bones over the next 3 years...no teacher will make that...maybe after 10-12 of teaching when they are at their max salary they might

Yeah would taker here 4 or 5 years at least to make what he can in one year right now...and she can teach here if she had to...you aren't tied to a province

if you break it down tho...we were not using the full playbook and minimal misdirection for the most part..Something Nichols excels in orchestrating. It was very obvious our offence changed a bit to suit Zack and allow him to be more comfortable..we tried a bit of it in the first game he played and he looked very uncomfortable and tentative running it. We took more shots down the rail and deeper corner routes cause thats what Zack is good at and is easiest to implement Also took him less time to get on field because he is a vet..been in lots of ofences, and knows all the base sets defenses run, and where to attack based on pre-snap reads and motions to get a team to expose what they are doing

Look back on game highlight this year..Nichols hit many a deep shot on a dime..guy in stride and to the house...It just got to a point wher we went pretty much right away from doing much of it..as we didn't have to. Most games in the 7-2 stretch he was a part of were over by half-time..so we played conservatively..It bit us in the butt in a few games, but that happens with momentum in football..sometimes it's hard to get it back...Like Mike says..I bet with a healthy Nichols...The results would have been the same..Matt knows our offense inside and out and there are a lot of aspects of it he runs really smoothly...which we didn't do much of with Zack basically because he wasn't polished in it. If we go into 2020 status quo at QB...we will be just fine...is it ideal....who knows but we will have 2 vets who are familiar with what we do..

yeah he has done wonders with CGY receivers...if lapo bolts then we do need a receiver coach..

all good points..I was just thinking "what if"

Just noticing on Panzer Hansen's big hit, that he basically engaged his block about 8-10 yards from point of smashing Williams and bulldozed him the whole way..basically picking him for the last 5-6 yards and more or less tossing him into Williams...man that guys has gotta be a beast

he's had some health issues himself...tho he seemed to be fine this year and was running around...was he not using a cane for parts of last year?

and hopefully re-ups in January

I thought I heard how his deal was broken up that he is due a bonus in Jan though technically his contract is done, but not official until February in the Free Agency sense..now did he structure it that way to help the team out for 2019 for signing other player, which I think is the actual thing to be honest, so knowing how this regime works..they will not burn him and cut his butt to save that sms cash. That is what leads me to believe he will be re-signed/restructured going into 2020 based on a few things Oshea said.

We will be coming back to 2020 with Nichols and Streveler to start the season..and I am fine with that, but pretty sure it will be determined in TC who the starter will be to start the season...Don't want Arbuckle here...too unproven and we just saw what that lack of experience did to Evans, who I think is a better QB than Arbuckle Masoli is already 32 to start 2020...coming off an injury and will be new to our system and players and I would bank on Nichols injury allowing him to be ready for camp at 100 percent before Masoli. I think the bigger key for our QB situation is who will be calling the shots and designing the in game schemes at OC.

Yeah I think, and would be fine from within...we seemed to reach another level when Hall was absent...then reach another when he came back..perhaps there was a collaboration of what Young and Younger did with Hall's system and we got what we got...Alexander's position switch and Maston Taylor additions as well as Jone's emergence allowed us to do some different things as well, which can't be understated

If Hall decides to retire...where do you think we look...Pretty sure team will ask him back...and I am all for that...nobody seems to be focusing on that

yup...sure glad we have our kicker locked up