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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.

I tweeted out to Ferguson to get him to explain the definition of the stat. No response so far. Best I can figure from the numbers he did put out and the QBs listed, based on the game stats, is that a “big time throw” was a pass completion of over 45 yards in the regular season, and a pass completion of over 35 yards in the playoffs. Not sure why he’d change the criteria for the playoffs other than to get Masoli added to the list (he had a 36 yard completion in the Grey Cup game, his longest of the post season - which was a swing pass that had 36 YAC yards and is much more a receiver play rather than a “big time pass”). By the way, Collaros was not considered “big time” since his longest completion was “only” 34 yards in the playoffs. So really still not much context to the stat. Doesn’t take into account the success rate of those long passes (Fajardo or Reilly who throw up the long 50/50 balls may have more overall completions but a lower completion rate than a Collaros who picks his spots). Collaros had only 4 completions of over 45 yards in the regular season, but on passes over 20 yards (according to the CFL record book, which used 20+ yards as it’s “big play” metric) he had the most completions, touchdowns, and highest efficiency rating (a ridiculous 152.8) in the entire league. So the cutoff point is totally subjective too. Of course, Ferguson could not even be bothered to explain any of this.

Absolutely this. Move them back to the 45 or 50 to be on the extreme edge of a makeable field goal if the team can’t move the ball, and any losses via a sack or other great defensive play are now magnified. And keep the two point requirement on the convert as well. But give each team one possession. The Falcons-Patriots OT in the Super Bowl where the Falcon offence never even got a sniff because they lost a coin toss was the worst possible way to end a game

I would try to comment, but some of my posts have been pulled recently. Not sure why, I guess too contrarian or because of some perceived snark towards the poster (which fine if that violates the forum rules, but I hope it’s not a standard just applied to me and is also considered for those who take shots at my posts from time to time. I’m a big boy and don’t mind a little back and forth, but if I am going to be targeted, I will give it back, and hope if bans occur it is not just on me because i don’t post “Riders can suck a bag of dicks” enough and it upsets people). As for the INT, it was a great play, I don’t know if I would instantly crown it as the best play ever. That’s the ultimate bar to clear. I disagree that Nichols was part of the overall greatness with a deflection to Rose. He simply tried to pick it off and whiffed. Rose had the ball come to him off that miss, and couldn’t corral it, but had the wherewithal to bat it to Wilson on the second attempt. That is worthy of “all time great” discussion, no doubt. Wilson was tracking to the ball, as all players are taught to do. He had a pretty easy pick but give him credit for putting himself in that spot. Someone said it was better than Mike Gray’s pick in ‘88 because he was “right place right time”, I would classify Wilson as exactly the same. I give full credit to the team for making the play, and it probably is in my top 3 “all time great Bomber plays” right now because of the circumstance of it being overtime and game-clinching and the Rose scoop, and may move up to number one in years to come once it grows in importance with age. Just not yet. As for the whole Marshall Ferguson thing, I am with Nolby and say “who cares?” It doesn’t make it any sweeter for me, and I am not feeling slighted because the writers are not bending over backwards to lavish praise on the Bombers, The ring for the club and the Grey Cup Champion cap I get to wear everywhere is all the validation I need And I am not trying to pick a fight here. That’s why I let it go originally and did not comment. I just disagree with the characterization of “most athletic play ever seen by all players involved”. Nothing more. But since you seem (?) bothered by my emoji and want to drag me In to an explanation, there it is. Hopefully this post won’t get pulled as attacking you, or if I get called contrarian or insufferable or the worst or whatever else, I’ll be given fair chance to respond and not get it yanked again. Or that the posts going after me get the same editorial treatment (personally I hope not, would hate to see Riderfan censorship for opposing opinions become the norm, and I really respect the mods for the way they don’t overpolice things as it is now).

So they are postponing games in Winnipeg until the pandemic restrictions end on the 11th, and they are postponing the Calgary game. But they are still crossing the border into the US for Vegas and Phoenix. So is the shutdown really for COVID or is it the economics of playing In an empty arena?

Unless O’Shea and Walters feel he has move to give, and have more insight than the fans do.

That stat might upgrade from “useless” to “meaningless” if Ferguson actually defined what a “big time pass” was. Given where Collaros ranked, just seems like more valuation for the LaPo ball control/protection offensive scheme Buck inherited and expanded on. 😁