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Shechnikov breaks the ice. First Jets’ goal on 55 shots against Vejmelka this year.

Kevin Sawyer and Sara Orlesky in COVID protocol.

Sadly, Trump is not the real problem. He is the “useful idiot” who the Republican establishment only needs as the rallying figurehead for the brainwashed masses who vote for “him”. Like Cheney running things when Bush 2 was the puppet President, there will be a smarter, more corrupt puppet master behind the scenes who will call the shots and more quietly destroy democracy. If they can compete with Putin and his attempt to take down the USA through chaos.

I totally agree with that assessment. Some figure that in a league of nine teams, you can tear down and re-build more quickly, and will take that flash in the pan approach. But I am enjoying the sustained success of the Walters approach much more for sure (it helps to stomach that mindset when the long drought is over and we have more patience as fans).

That’s where I was going. Would certainly be a great rebuttal to #1990.

The unintentional hilarity of the Simpsons clip is that their defence is getting torched by Springfield, so the defence quits en masse mid-game to go try their luck in the CFL with the Blue Bombers - as if there were in any holes in our defence last year they would be a replacement for. One of the greatest defensive units in CFL history.

Not a bad track record for a horrible GM though. As AGM and GM in Winnipeg got us to two Grey Cups in 2001 and 2007, arguably two we should have won (if “fumble machine” Roberts doesn’t drop the Kevin Glenn handoff), as GM in Sask 2 more Grey Cups and one win in 2010 and 2013. And although rare, one does not need to be a former player to be a success in management.

Useless stat of the day: Bombers are in rare air with their current possession of the Grey Cup. Due to the pandemic and the repeat, they will be in possession of the Cup for 1093 consecutive days by the time the next Grey Cup is held in Sask. That ties them for the 5th longest streak in CFL history going back to 1909. Only 7 teams in total have ever held the Cup for more than 1,000 consecutive days. 1. Hamilton Tigers - 1842 days between 1915-20 (1 Cup, held possession through World War I and league dispute in 1919) 2. Edmonton Eskimos - 1827 days between 1978-83 (5 Cups) 3T. Queens University - 1100 days between 1922-25 (3 Cups) 3T. Edmonton Eskimos - 1100 days between 1954-57 (3 Cups) 5T. University of Toronto - 1093 days between 1909-12 (3 Cups) 5T. Winnipeg Blue Bombers - 1093 days days between 2019-22 (active streak, 2 Cups) 7. Toronto Argonauts - 1092 days between 1945-48 (3 Cups) FYI the Saskatchewan Roughriders have had the Cup in their possession for 1454 days total in their entire existence. They also have the longest gap in possessing the Cup at 20529 days between their inception in 1910 and their first Cup in 1966. The second longest drought was 11322 days for the Toronto Argonauts between 1952-83. The Bombers recent streak from 1990-2019 covered 10591 days.

Given the profits that one championship generated for the Province and the team, it was arguably worth it to take the setback for a few years. https://www.google.com/amp/s/leaderpost.com/sports/roughriders/football/roughriders-crack-43-million-in-gross-revenues-for-2013-14/wcm/6a0209aa-a10b-448b-b7ac-2e252c0a5150/amp/ As for the earlier salary cap, it was in place but teams flagrantly ignored it. Taman was on Bob Irving’s coach’s show and I called in and asked why he didn’t violate the cap, given the almost non-existent penalties for going over. He responded “believe me, I wish I could. Lyle won’t let me”. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/sports/salary-cap-bypassed-or-ignored-by-cfl/article25425105/

Bold statement considering Murphy has never even been a GM.

So I missed this story in December, but Devin Nunes is now officially gone: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/12/06/gop-rep-devin-nunes-resigns-from-congress-to-become-ceo-of-trumps-media-company.html And Marjorie Taylor Greene has been permanently yanked from Twitter for COVID misinformation: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6302175

So with all the lousy news in the world of late, this is a great ray of sunshine: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/02/sports/hockey/canucks-cancer-manager-fan.html

His approach of trading draft picks for players was controversial for some, but it did rebuild a terrible team faster than expected. He felt a known commodity was better than an unproven draft choice that they might lose to free agency anyway once they developed him. Long term it meant the club had trouble maintaining a consistent stable contender, but short term it built a good team from a bad one and brought in key pieces.

Do you really put this incident on par with his past stuff? Stupidity is returning a punt touchdown backwards for the last twenty yards because you want to be a hot dog. Refusing to enter a game and tearing off your jersey then gesturing to an entire stadium borders on the irrational. And the irrational stuff has increased since that hit in 2018. But you think it’s just him being stupid and not something anyone should be concerned about?

That’s pretty rich coming from the leader of the “fire Maurice, cut Wheeler, put Scheifele on the 4th line” club almost every game for the last 3 years running.

BREAKING NEWS: The Blue Bombers will be changing their uniforms and will be modelled after the Miami Dolphins. Still better than these ones:

So has Antonio Brown shifted from “selfish player” and “clown show” to “mentally troubled person we should be concerned for”?

Best use of a fan I’ve seen since this.

And one from yesterday: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nfl.com/_amp/former-cowboys-player-nfl-head-coach-dan-reeves-passes-away-at-77

How much does Montreal handcuff itself by insisting on. French speaking coach or GM?

With less depth. Worst Bomber-Rider take since “the Fajardo crossbar pass cost them a Grey Cup”.

Waiting for posts to be pulled so the fire is put out before it starts. 😁 And where is Whiteout when we need a fresh perspective on this topic? But to bring this back to football, and big signings, do we target any big free agents, or just try to keep our current team as intact as possible. Lucky Whitehead would be an interesting grab, and his appearance at the West Final certainly meant something, no? But could we afford him without losing a key piece elsewhere. Would be a huge replacement for maybe Darvin Adams.

Well spotted. Reruns ad nauseum on CKND at 10:00 pm Monday to Friday back in the 1980’s.

Hey, to each his own, if he wants to use, it’s legal, but on top of his DUI arrest this past season, this does raise a bit of a red flag for me. JMO.

Appreciate that. Thanks.