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2 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:
Yes. We need that alpha target, game on the line, makes the big catch. Demski is a great player, Wilson is a very good player but we need someone to replace what we lost in Lawler. Austin Mac is that guy.
Ya Mack is the make a big play on the ball down field guy. Would be a good fit with ZC
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22 minutes ago, Bubba Zanetti said:
I'd be happy bringing in one of Rhymes, Hardy, or White. Overpaying? Depends on the market. None of those guys are going to get Lawler money.
Sounds like Hardy re-signed in Ottawa unfortunately.
Rhymes would fit the need for a big outside receiver. I like what I've seen from Robustelli from Sask too. He could be ready to break out.
Mack now available too
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3 minutes ago, Mike said:
This is so childish. You’re talking about his career like your feelings on the topic have any relevance.
No kidding. The guy is 23 years old. One opportunity down south could be life changing money. He hasn't said a negative word about the CFL or the Bombers and he's just exhausting his options.
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I think they are worried that Sergio punting would affect his kicking.
Almost no one does all three jobs any more.
- Bigblue204, Noeller and coach17
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11 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
Yep, the litmus test will be free agency. If he does well, I'll change my tune. Until then, nope. Bringing Thomas & Hogan back as coaches is a big red flag for me.
Osh hires the assistant coaches
9 minutes ago, Blue In BC said:Not sure about Logan. His SMS was reported at $107K. Obviously if Vaval comes back then we're looking for a PR player as injury insurance and development on an ELC. Saving $26K on Logan not a big deal but we don't know if he's asking for more either. There will always be DB's, receivers looking to win a spot that includes depth as a returner.
Logan showed nothing at returner last year. Don’t see a need to pay him at all.
No real need for a backup American RB on the roster, better to find a DB or WR that can return if Vaval signs down south
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56 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
Teams are using up what's left of the cap money from this season before January 1st. I'm hoping we still have some money left over for players we'd like back & not given to deadweight veterans who shouldn't be here. I'd like to see Sergio Castillo back for sure. But this is Kyle Walters our GM we're talking about. He's just as likely to sign him as to let him walk.
I have no idea what this means. Walters is just as likely to sign someone or let them walk? Every GM signs some guys and lets some walk. That’s how it works
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25 minutes ago, Booch said:
anyway you slice it...an upgrade and we can only benefit from his hire...Hopefully he realizes he has a feature back to ride, as he tends to neglect the run and force the passing game, and based on BO comments I'm sure he would not have signed here yet...if at all if he didnt get some input and or re-assurance that Condell is gonna use him as the focal point of his offence...He was likely agreed as OC before BO...and Demski signed
Can't discount that he knows Zach too.
Hell maybe he'll bring Hardy with him as a bonus
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1 minute ago, Captain Blue said:
Condell is a pretty solid hire I think. He crafted some very good offenses in Hamilton previously. Clear upgrade at OC.
Agree. Whether he is great or not he's a huge upgrade on Hogan. He'll at least have implemented a full CFL playbook.
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4 hours ago, bigg jay said:
Interesting that it's a lateral move and not a promotion.
Hamilton doesn't list a GM, so maybe it is even with the same title name?
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8 minutes ago, Booch said:
Thing is...we dont really need a Canadian starter at SAM especially when we can getter production with an American...and for cheaper....I agree with your point tho about locking up top Canadians...and ones where they give you more value...at SAM...thats not one
Lawson can technically fill the lone Canadian spot we could need on defense if we go RB...2 RECIEVER...3 Oline guys again, tho with Shay and Smith let them take the Will and go a DT with Bailey as a rotate or a new draft pick/Canadian FA and designate 2 on defence...actually use the Nationalized American for his allotted snaps and run 3 Import olineman or 4 import receivers
Should roll with 2 Cdns on D with a rotation of Lawson, Shay, Smith, Kramdi, with Bailey as a global too.
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22 minutes ago, GCn20 said:
No there really is not. Supply and demand dictate salary not number of touches. Business 101
Where the hell do you think demand comes from for a football player? How could that not be tied to number of touches and impact on the game?
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26 minutes ago, M.Silverback said:
I'm a broken record about this but RB's are about 7th to 9th in terms of average salary paid by position in the NFL due to availability of replacement level talent and overall impact. Why are we going against a trend run by much smarter and wealthier football organizations? Don't tell me it's because he's Canadian. Yes Canadians get a premium in terms of salary, but a smart team should still be paying that premium at the impact positions based on the bigger, smarter NFL - Dline; WR's; all star OL; QB's if you have a unicorn Canadian star (hopefully we might). This was a decision to appease the fans who value the local community impact over good cap management.
It's because he's Canadian
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3 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:
Any other RB's getting 290K? Nope, not even close.
Any other receivers getting 270K? Yup.
To be fair there are 45 starting receivers and 9 starting RBs.
About 18 starting Cdn receivers, vs really just 1 starting Cdn RB.
Cdns get paid in the CFL
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If the team is paying Brady this much then they need to lean into an offense focused through him and take advantage of having a Cdn RB by playing another American on offense. Either go three American Olineman or play 4 American receivers. No need to trot out a crappy Cdn centre/guard or Cdn receiver that is no threat to do anything.
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28 minutes ago, bigg jay said:
Yup, athletes and officials have seen a huge increase in that sort of thing as betting has become a more mainstream part of sports.
Ya it's just gross. Way too much integration of sports and gambling now.
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15 hours ago, Noeller said:
This is insane.... Who in Toronto cares enough about the Argos to do this???
Wouldn’t be surprised if it was tied to gambling. Lots of stories of athletes getting threats because some ******* missed his parlay.
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50 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
One only has to look at how Osh is handling Hogan. He knows the guy has a lot of shortcomings as a coach. That he isn't ready even after a year under fire as OC. He knows the players aren't happy either but that doesn't seem to matter to him.
The season for us ended 5 weeks ago. Other teams have announced coaching changes. Here we are still dicking around with the question of whether Hogan will be back or not & not a word fom our hea coach. My gut feeling is the longer this goes on, the chances of Osh keeping him as OC increases. If he was going to change OC, I believe we'd have known it by now. So, Osh says he needs to change the way he coaches but in the end, nothing seems to have changed.
Truth is you have no idea whether the team made the decision to move on from Hogan or not but ALL indications are that they have by actively interviewing other people for the job. Some arbitrary deadline you make up in your head doesn't mean anything.
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14 minutes ago, bigg jay said:
He talks about it again this year with his newest contract.
He talks about it but there's no number in that article.
Doesn't want to be top 3, so all the means is less than $600K.
Big difference between $450K and $590K
25/26 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season Thread
in Blue Bomber Discussion
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Mack is over 6 feet no?
https://www.cfl.ca/players/austin-mack/167550/