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Herdman at no 2 makes no sense his combine numbers were not great....

Food for thought from the hockey news......... The notion of tearing things down completely and being bad for a few years and rebuilding into a powerhouse sounds really sexy to a lot of fans and fantasy hockey players, but Holland has a really good point here. Think about it. If the recipe for building a Stanley Cup contender were simply a matter of being bad for an extended period of time and accumulating high draft picks, why are the Arizona Coyotes still one of the worst teams in the NHL? Why did it take the Columbus Blue Jackets 15 years to build a contending team? Why are the Winnipeg Jets and Carolina Hurricanes still perennially missing the playoffs? The Washington Capitals have Alex Ovechkin, but haven’t been out of the first round of the playoffs. (Chevy....ouch!)

Uhhh no but what's the point of playing someone who ain't gonna be here next year and sitting out young players? We know what Thorburn can't do already....everybody but Maurice it seems.

Word out of Saskatchewan is that there was only supposed to be 22 people in that room....the curse strikes again.

Hammy is pretty desperate. Already rumbles that they will grab him if available. In the end I'll leave it to Walters and the scouts...

Whew at least we get to still see Thorburn play....hopefully he gets some pp time in if Laine can't go...

Nice synopsis ? Tait also listed the best all time records for some of the results...interesting that none of the players that topped the combine results made an impact in the CFL.

You know you have a hell of a time reading between the lines...Walter's has stated how tough the draft has become.Yes players have shaken lose but how many teams passed over players because they weren't sure,only to be picked by a team that could afford to waste a pick....the facts no matter how you twist it is that a huge component of where a player is drafted is based on if a player can stick in the NFL.

That makes things hard to predict. You can do all your research… that’s the tough part of our draft. Not only are you evaluating whether they are good enough to play in our league, you are also then evaluating whether they are going to come, what their interest is, and when are you going to see them. “You see it all the time where you draft a kid and he never plays a down for you.” Direct quote from Kyle Walter's. Yes it's all made up....

OK once again read what Walter's has stated....how many player fell in the draft because teams were not sure if they would come to the CFL...how many were drafted later on as a throw away. This is not made up despite your repeated head in the sand stats.

Well it's related to the draft and the difficulty teams are having tracking which top Cdn will even dress in the CFL....and the price they pay when they do...if you read Walter's article this is not going away.How you fix it without some type of change in ratio flexibility is the question. Hopefully most posters are right and this isn't a big problem.

Well let's see...you have a league that doesnt make a bunch paying out more for players who are guaranteed positions and a much smaller pool to draw from ...it's not rocket surgery...?

The only problem with that is that a team like Calgary (stacked with Cdns)will take a flyer on a top rated Cdn who may not end up here in a later round if there is an additional draft. But these are definitely steps in the right direction.

Hmmm when your required to have a minimum number of Cdns on your team I think your still have to play them no? Just opens up where they have to play to give teams more flexibility. Any way somethings gonna have to give because the CFL draft is killing teams chances for a fair rebuild when there is so much uncertainty over whether a top Cdn will ever play in the CFL. It's become a total crapshoot. And even if he ends up here in 2 or 3 years you lose the really good ones to free agency....

Well I think the point is we have to start be critical of weak coaching and possibly a weak Gm. If Chevy rewards PM with a multi year contract after this type of year where is the accountability? If he does should not Chevy be accountable as well if PM fails?

Cause it's the CFL??? Doesn't mean they have to start no matter what though does it? Read what our own Bombers Gm has to say about the draft. It's very tough on CFL teams to do this balancing act...

Can't bring in Hutch can't take a timeout....great period. 2 more years of this...Woo-hoo!

Well finally we have some independent reviews in......http://www.tsn.ca/talent/yost-the-jets-are-this-season-s-biggest-disappointment-1.698157

Well IC Khari one playoff in 6 years ain't exactly a ringing endorsement in most hockey circles....

Or wideside receiver....

Well I'm not ready to quit on Hellenbuyck his defense is brutal at times.He could of used a decent vet goalie to help him out too...I remember Johnathon Quick having a tough up and down couple of years.. goalies you have to be patient with...but throwing him to the wolves rests on Chevy and Pomo..

Yea and the year after that too...hell sign Pomo to a 3 year extension ...y not we got time to burn in the peg...

You can add in if Chevy resigns Maurice to a multi year contract this off-season then he should follow if Maurice fails.But it won't happen cause Chipman has stated in public that he thinks Chevy is a genius....besides winning an AHL cup what has he won to warrant that thinking is a head scratcher. ? He is great at being patient I will give him that.

Seen way too many former NFL Qbs crash and burn here...and Vince doesn't look in great shape at all. Have to say if he looks good in TC might sell some tickets but if he doesn't it's gonna be a tough year if they force Young in to start....but it will be fun to watch ethier way.??

Not that there is anything wrong with that....??