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The whole thing is quite understandable, really. The Riders are so bad at math that they cannot even tell the difference between 12 and 13, so numbers higher than that really addle them.

Yet somehow, they are still in the game.

Esks should still be able to comfortably walk all over Montreal. The Als are hurting and wracked with internal problems. Ain't nobody happy there.

I think the proper penalty would be a loss of salary cap double what the Riders spent off the books. And that ought to be applied this year.

The 'lack of talent" argument goes only do far. O'Shea has made a lot of mistakes in assessing and using talent, choosing subordinates and managing the team on-field that his future should be far from certain here.

That sounds painful.

I also feel for Ripper and most Rider fans. The team we love and follow can`t win every game, or even compete in every game, but real fans want their team to conduct itself with fair play and dignity. The Murphy/Jones cabal is not only failing to win, it is opening the Riders to ridicule and condemnation. Those of us who still wake up screaming from nightmares of the debacles of the Mike Kelly regime know your frustration, anger and pain. And yours is just beginning.

Both teams are so much changed that its hard to guess who looks better on paper or on the field. Its a crapshoot, but we ought to be competitive.

Bass is improving game by game I would trade him for Mulumba in a heartbeat.

The Rider defence of "well, everyone does it" is laughable. Try that in traffic court the next time you get tagged for speeding.

You don't have to "hire" them....there are other ways to slip money to these players. Still, is a crime not a crime if it is done only a few times as opposed to many times? Whose hands are clean, and does the degree of cheating determine if it is cheating or not?

Houses of ill repute no doubt.

Awfully decent of them to take in the homeless and indigent.

Ummmm. our choices for GM and head coaches, not to mention assistant coaches haven`t been beyond questioning for while, either.

Some people will go to any lengths....

Kent Austin??? A sense of ha-ha??? CFL's Kent Austin???

But group dynamics are group dynamics everywhere.

He may not measure up down there......

I do not think it is that simple. In military Command School, if an officer or NCO screws up so badly that the troops stop respecting him/her, that person is moved out soonest possible. Command presence means that the subordinates execute without thinking or over-thinking their assignments. If they do not believe that they are not being directed in such as way as to give the best chance of success, they start free-lancing or hesitating, and things go rapidly downhill from there. You may have had such a boss who was neither trusted nor respected.

This scenario is the best one that Willy can hope for, short of Nichols blowing a tire and Willy coming out of his coma to light up the scoreboard. However, if Willy has lost the confidence of the team, I'm not sure if he can get it back.

The NFL scouting report describes Foketi as loaded with potential and a sleeper but in need of coaching and experience.

Not that unusual. CJOB is the house organ of the Bombers and their only claim to relevance over 1290 radio. If they get into bad-mouthing the Bombers, suddenly they would find their phone calls not being returned and players becoming loath to talk to them.

And the Offensive Coordinator in 2015 when the team was sucking so badly was....?

I believe that you are not portraying the debate accurately. Those who question Willy's value are not a lynch mob- the question is any backup quarterback worth $400,000 per year, and could that money be best used to strengthen the team elsewhere?

That is an assumption that Willy is better than a .200 quarterback with his teammates still having some confidence in him. If we can't get better than .250 with Davis or Bennett, we should be bringing QB prospects in.