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From the FreeP: They aren’t marquee names, but they could be important pieces in the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ rebuild. The club announced today the signing of Canadian safety Dan West, who had become a free agent earlier this week, and import wide receiver Antonio Robinson. West (6-2, 201, Bishop’s) has suited up for 27 games over the past two seasons after signing as a free agent in 2012 with the Bombers, primarily as a special-teams player. Robinson (6-3, 195, Nicholls State) was a versatile college player, pulling 47 receptions for 992 yards and 10 TDs, rushing 24 times for 249 yards and two majors while also returning kicks. He spent the 2010 and 2011 seasons with the Green Bay Packers on their practice squad, then joined the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League in 2012, and the New Orleans VooDoo of the Arena Football League in 2013. Dan West is a ho-hum, but Robinson sounds interesting...

I have never understood the thinking that went into naming a rookie head coach a GM as well. It seems to me that stepping up from being an assistant or junior coach to being a head coach is hard enough without adding the responsibilities of being a GM as well. I remember Jeff Reinbold being interviewed halfway through his first miserable season and he was almost begging for the GM role to be delegated to someone else. I'm not sure that would have saved his bacon, but it sure didn't help him at all. I felt sorry for him- he didn't set out to be a disaster but that's the way it turned out.

I don't see that much difference between Lavertu and Goosen, so either way, we ought to be in good shape to draft a starter who is a center. This is no small hole to fill, and even if Morley is serviceable at center, he is still just a stop-gap. If I may suggest: Mack has taken up enough time and space here. He was a dreadful GM, so let him fade into obscurity.

That would be more than we could hope for. Goosen certainly has the size and aggressiveness, and if he has the intelligence to call the blocking schemes, we ought to be set for a decade or so.

Looking at the schedule, I think we can realistically be at .500 come August. I think that .500 is the mark which will keep the fan hopes alive, but the scary comparison will be how we are doing VS Ottawa.

We need to revisit this thread August 1st. I am not sure we are going to like what we see at that point.

the Peter Principle in action once again. weird that all 3 of these guys on our 2014 staff (Burke, Creehan, Daley) all proved their inability at superior positions in Winnipeg... Its a hat trick of incompetence!

Willy's confidence is the last thing he needs to worry about being crushed- his body would be first.

Barring a major development, the effectiveness of the O-line looks like it will all hang on Neufeld and Pencer. Not the news I was hoping for.

I gave them a B- we had the problems of QB, Canuck O-linemen, linebackers and starting Canadians. We now have a credible QB, actually a poorer O-line (unless Neufeld and Pencer blossom), no improvement in linebacking (would have loved to see Butler here) and somewhat better Canadian talent. The story may not be done, though, so the final grade ought to wait a bit.

Sorenson was a journeyman O-lineman, and not that hard to replace, but damn, we need a stud NI O-lineman. The free agent picking look awful slim right now so I hope that Pencer and/or Neufeld will step up, Walters pulls a rabbit out of a hat or we can score a starter in the draft. Don't like our odds, though.

I hope we are not so desperate for linebackers that we are looking at a rapidly aging player who was only barely good enough last year.

That is a ridiculous argument. Im not going to paint any religious group with one brush but ANY person, Catholic or otherwise who still thinks people choose to be Gay are fools. Its like the people who still think the Earth is flat. They really believe it and no amount of evidence will convince them. because they are fools. Also your attempt at humour as it relates to Michael Jackson is off point. of course you would stoop to trying to draw a comparison between gays and pedophilia but actually any look at the history of Michael Jackson would tell you 1) he actually did suffer from a skin disease that lightened his skin 2) he was not a pedophile and there was never any evidence that would actually hold up in court to prove otherwise. But tha'ts another topic. The vast majority of pedophiles are heterosexual.

Butler, no doubt. But if we're out on him (as I suspect we are) then I would have to say the guys I'd really like to see us take a shot at would be Ted Laurent (when/if he starts listening to CFL offers), Swayze Waters and Jock Sanders. Would he really be the biggest impact remaining FA for the Bombers if Graig Newman is ready to start, as some are saying? One would think Butler's impact would be lessened by the presence of Newman and Sofa already here and startable (although Sofa might not be the best safety on the Rifles). I heard we're bringing an import safety in too, I think his name is Chester Field or something like that. Sofa, so good.

You're right. There is no difference between judging people on their character, personality, judgement and poor management/writing and judging people based solely on elements of their humanity that they don't control like gender, race and sexuality.You can have sex changes, change your outward appearance and you can choose your sexual preferences at any time. Your points are invalid.Lots of people took personal shots at Kelly. How many fat jokes were cracked about Lawless. What Roberts and his personal life decisions we mocked in the past. Maybe he couldn't help chasing big girls and smoking all the time. in your world these people didn't choose to be the way they are. Hearty LOL at 'choosing sexual preferences.' Too funny. If we really have choice about our sexual orientation, you may want to remember back to the moment when you sat down and thought, " Gee. I like lady junk and guy junk equally, but I choose to like female naughty bits". That is, if you are male.

Homophobia is, by all reports, a BIG thing in the NFL, NBA and MLB, so it wouldn't be a big stretch to see Sam get drafted in late rounds and decide to come to CFL in order to make his rep and force the NFL to notice him. It happened to Doug Flutie, Warren Moon and other players who did not fit the NFL profile. The US of A is a very regressive place in many instances. All you need do is get off the interstates in Alabama or Mississippi and visit some of the small towns.

Women and men both have been known to sneak peeks at the scantily clad or nude bodies of others- not necessarily in sexual interest but in curiosity. It's human nature- the first thing we notice when seeing someone new come into our field of view is their gender. Its hard-wired in.

But Sochi took 50 billion dollars.... making our team's cap number look like a drop in the bucket Now, if Taman had had 50 billion dolllars.......he could have afforded to do his writing at Quizno's instead of Subway.

An imminent announcement expected about Bourke re-signing with the Larks. A swing and a miss (again). Sad, but not surprising.

You may not be aware that in armed forces in some countries, men and women shower together without them falling to the floor in writhing heaps.

The resentment on Glenn's part as reported would seem to be accurate. This would be a very good argument against bring Glenn back to the 'Peg- it sure seems like Willy was promised the starting job and parachuting Glenn in here would mean that Willy would be "disgruntled" And I used to think that "disgruntled" was a term used to describe a retired pig.

Wow. If Glenn is PO'd now, he is going to be worse as time goes on. DesJardins is off to a baaad start, and unless he can flip Glenn real quickly to a team who will let him be a starter (and he has earned that), he is going to get hosed in a deal. The only real situations that Glenn would fit well into are Montreal and maybe BC.

He must think that he is so devastatingly attractive sexually that he couldn't be resisted. Life must be difficult with all those guys and gals hitting on him.

Stupid is as stupid does. I've been around long enough to remember when blacks were excluded from playing certain positions on football teams and were not even considered for coaching or management because they were "not smart enough". The same bigots who feel that God has franchised them to discriminate against one group or another are the same ones who would have been stoning infidels in the streets not that long ago.

I like his size and if I recall, he's a pretty good DB. You can't coach height.