BigBlue

The CFL teams have already gamed the spirit and intent of the expansion draft by not resigning most of their Free Agents … so Ottawa is losing out big time Do you think the Commish is coming back at them with "moral-suasion" to even things up? The complete lack of activity prior to the trade deadline suggests this…. its just contrary to a GMs nature to not optimize before a deadline. Does this seem right or am I just howling in the wind here?

talk about hijacking my topic

The trading deadline prior to the Ottawa expansion draft is upon us. Obviously by design or not everyone has waited for the last minute to wheel and deal. Does Walters give up draft picks to get proven Canadians or a QB? Is there a QB sweepstakes prize for a Calgary QB …. or does Huffer choose to loose 1 QB and keep 2? Is he happy to keep 2 extra Canadians instead off what must be an expensive 3rd QB? Is this a time to trade for a Canadian lineman or a NI safety for middle round draft pocks? Is there anybody good enough to give up our first rounder? Will we have any bidding wars develop? Opportunity is knocking ….. what should we do?

Well what we have had for management in the last two decades has been futility and the bottom line cause for our failure as a team

Much as I hate to say this .... this type of governance works quite well in Rider-Ville and seems to be the difference between a well run football club and what we have been experiencing here in Winnipeg Our board resembles a self serving old boys club filled with cronyism .... and I don't know what could be worse than that for us

I suggest the Bombers go to a fan elected Board of Governors for our beloved Big Blue: 1. Hold elections once a year for 4 board members 2. Each season ticket holder has 1 vote .... no one else has any votes 3. Term is 3 years 4. 12 elected Governors in all (so the board is completely turned over every 3 years) 5. Nominations for elections come from both the club and the general public. 6. No successive terms of office i.e. no re-elections to a 2nd term ... must sit out for at least 3 years before being nominated again 7. The board (through change in its constitution) must become more transparent with many of its affairs especially and including a detailed budget. Would you like to see a community elected BOD over the Blue Bombers?

What I see as different is that the Saskatchewan BOD is elected by the fans (hint: "community": team) once a year rotatinmg all the board over time .. 1/3 of the board changes each year I think our board is nothing but a cronie old boys club ... we have to change our governace

because they are community based and there is nothing to envy about the Eskimos

I wouldn't mind seeing Hamilton winning on the "worst to first" theme. On te other hand if the Riders win the cup, it will be two years in a row that the host city also won the thing .... a major statistical anomaly relative to history

As much as the Riders are our most traditional rival, I have to give them my begrudging respect. How exactly did they end up with the best O-line in the league and we the worst? Why were they able to develop a decent starting QB and we couldn't? How come each year they have a realistic chance of getting to the Grey Cup and for us its nearly always a distant hope? We are both community owned teams so I tend to compare our club with theirs. Is the difference our board of detractors er I mean directors and their board? What else could it be besides senior management?

I hear his company Pinnacle is having all kinds of profitability issues for a number of years .... nonetheless I love Wade Miller at the controls

I see Khari as a Pinball Clemons type of leader ... and I believe we need that smiling positivity more than anything

... one Buchko and Burke is at least two, no? We aren't paying Buchko. And as of right now, we're not paying Burke to sit on his ass either. How do you know we are not paying Buchko?

Now can he fire Burke?

Lets look at Hufnagel's perspective on his QBs re th Ottawa draft: If he does not trade a QB then he keeps either Glenn or Tate and either one is good enough as # 2 and an alternative as BLM goes through growing pains … he also gets to keep 2 more highly rated extra NIs If Huffer trades 1 QB for a draft pick, then Ottawa takes the other QB and BLM has nothing to back him up So why would he trade a QB? If the Bombers want a Calgary QB the price might higher than we expect It may be our only way to acquire a QB may be through FA

fits in with offer to Walby old boys club right?

Khari Jones HC ... Doug Hocking DC .... source wesr coast athletes

Pretty sure Ottawa will take Kevin Glenn in the expansion draft.Glenn is a FA ... why would they?Glenn is NOT a free agent. Ron Burgundy says NO!!!I think Burris and Glenn are good interim qbs for them. Ottawa will have much qb depth no matter what way they go then the Blue has had in the last many years. How can we find out for sure about whose contracts are about to expire? For whatever reason it's not made public. We just find out through various news articles, etc. So Burgundy has the goods then?

Pretty sure Ottawa will take Kevin Glenn in the expansion draft.Glenn is a FA ... why would they?Glenn is NOT a free agent. Ron Burgundy says NO!!! I think Burris and Glenn are good interim qbs for them. Ottawa will have much qb depth no matter what way they go then the Blue has had in the last many years. How can we find out for sure about whose contracts are about to expire?

Pretty sure Ottawa will take Kevin Glenn in the expansion draft. Glenn is a FA ... why would they?

So there is no need to dump a QB to the Blue because Ottawa isn't going to select any QB IN THE EXPANSION DRAFT ... NOT EVEN TATE HAVING TATE ISN'T WORTH THE SALARY CAP ROOM HE TAKES UP AND / OR A 3RD ROUND DRAFT PICK?

Willy and Demarco are free agents, Burris is a free agent and I would imagine Hamilton will use that to protect Dan LF, Bo Levi will be protected by Calgary and I'm pretty sure Nichols is also a FA I can't ever remember so many QBs all FA at once …. doesn't give Ottawa much to pick from especially if we trade for Tate

Nichols is likely not even on Ottawa's radar. Willy is a free agent and Levi (as in Bo Levi?) and LeFevour will be protected. Well if Willy is a Free agent, then the pre-draft choices to trade for probably come down to Tate or Nichols I would use a 3rd rounder for either one If Ottawa is not interested in either of those two, then they take their cheque book to the Feb 15 FA scramble like the rest of us Anybody know how to check who is scheduled to become a FA?

Ottawa has said they won't pick Fa's but they might do one like Collloras or Muamba just for negotiating rights till Feb 15 .... so who are not FA's? I am guessing the non-FA number two QBs available are: Nichols Montreal's other two (besides Smith who they will protect I believe) Marsh or Neiswander Hamilton's scat back QB LeFevour Willie Either Tate or Levi DeMarco So who is worth trading for and with how big a draft pick?

Will Kyle Walters get fleeced when he tries to trade for a QB before the expansion draft in December? He has made 3 trades so far: 1. Wall & our 2nd pick for Neufeld & a 2015 pick 2. Pierce for Foster 3. Woodson for Parenteau How did he do with these 3? Is he a skilled negotiator or was he just making some noise at Wade Miller's behest? Would he trade our #2 overall pick (Ottawa has the #1) for BLM, Tate or Willie or someone else?