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You're right. The cap wouldn't likely change so the SMS would remain the same. What we would end up with is better players for the same money.

Unfortunately how many homegrown players stay with the same team anymore? We draft ,develop then they usually take off as a free agent for bigger bucks...it's almost like we guarantee a certain amont of Cdn players will get the big bucks (relatively speaking) plus the NFL is now competing in the draft for the best Cdn something is gotta give....

Reducing the number of NI's by one or two a  team wouldn't do anything to hurt the development of NI's. The best NI's get an NFL shot anyway, Most college ball players, NI or not, will never make either the CFL or the NFL. That doesn't stop them from playing at university or college or juniors. 
Reducing the number of NI's doesn't mean changing the CFL rules to match the NFL or losing the Canadian identity of the league. It just means less guaranteed jobs for NI's. Teams could always choose to carry more NI's if the NI players are as good and as cheap as the imports they replace.
There's no such thing as a hundred years of the same number of NI's. The number of NI's has changed before and it will likely change again. The rules change almost yearly these days and it's the rules that make the CFL special.
Changing the ratio would make running a CFL team less expensive and would allow us to watch better players playing our game.

It will come down to.....how many non playoff years can he last? 

The one "played youth over veteran" they could say is goaltending and again, its a red herring designed to deflect from the coaching.  "Well if they had played Pavs all season instead of hanging the kid out to dry...".  Except Pavs coming up proved he's the 3rd best out of 3 goalies the Jets have.  So again, the decision to go with youth wasnt about taking a step back to develop...it was about playing the best players.
Unless they argument also is that Wheeler, Toby, Buff, Perreault, Little & Thorburn are all negative contributors to leadership, then the "youth" argument doesnt hold water.  Its an excuse to protect a lousy coach.  "Helle is young" is an excuse to protect Wade Flaherty who has made every single goalie we have ever had WORSE when they get to the NHL.  Habs through three goalie coaches while Price was developing to find the right fit.  They didnt say "Price sucks, the coach is great".  It was "Price is our guy, lets find the right coach to bring the most out of him."
Anything short of cleaning house of Maurice, Huddy and Flaherty this off-season should put the target squarely on Chevy moving forward.

Stafford on pp1 who really just pass the puck around for a minute or so and do nothing.  
Thorburn on the PK. 
Coaching is just pathetic 

Are you sure he's not saving him from Stuart and Chiarot?

Uhhh no the Ottawa player jammed Hellenbuyck into the net....should not of even been reviewed....

I just don't know how they can sell an extension for PM now. They would need to do something in the off-season to justify that this isn't PM's fault...who would take Buff at 7.5 a season?

I just don't know how they can sell an extension for PM now. They would need to do something in the off-season to justify that this isn't PM's fault...who would take Buff at 7.5 a season?

Disagree. FGs aren't normally tried from 61 yards so I don't believe the coach would have been questioned if he gambled. Thirty six seconds left on 3rd & 4 you go for it. If you don't make it then okay you tried the most logical & statistically highest percentage attempt which is to gamble & not kick. if this was the last play then yes you try the FG. That wasn't the time to do that. O'Shea should have put more faith in his offense to get that first down,

two rolls of tape?  A jock-strap?  I am curious what the Jets would have to pay a team to take that guy.

Oh man do we dare to dream about having the same guy running the team for nearly a decade? When was the last time that happened? I am less sold on Walters than some but the guy stepped up this season compared to last, let's see how it continues to progress because we've gone through the learning curve with these guys, let's keep them when they're poised to be good quality people. 

I still think the Refs screwed up the review because the whistle had clearly been blown before the fumble....which happens all the time when forward progress has been stopped and they are all jumping in there..the play was dead.

Well I gotta give u credit u don't give up....long as he is in and we win it's all good in my book.?

You know one thing that isn't discussed when it comes to Nichols is how little playing time as a starter he has had.Due to injuries and then being behind Reilly. If he is inconsistent I think given time and experience he is only going to get better in this area. At least let's give him a full year as a starter.?

You know one thing that isn't discussed when it comes to Nichols is how little playing time as a starter he has had.Due to injuries and then being behind Reilly. If he is inconsistent I think given time and experience he is only going to get better in this area. At least let's give him a full year as a starter.?

This is what worries me ,I don't like trading Willy before we saw what he could do in front of a decent oline. I wish him well but hope he doesn't come back to haunt us..

This may be the end of a great career. The injuries are piling up and the bounce-back just isn't there any more. The league is the poorer for the loss of such a warrior.

It's a jersey. It is what it is. Whatever. If football jerseys get your undies in a bunch.... there's really very little that wouldn't 

Don't think that anybody would be surprised to find out that Trouba wants out, not everybody wants to play for the Jets and the voices are get louder, still training camp is around the corner and i don't want this to drag out and become a thing, if he truly wants out Chevy knows and will make the right trade for the organization. 

I can't believe this debate is still ongoing.  No team in their right mind is cutting their only experienced backup QB in the middle of the season, regardless of salary.  That's just pure stupidity.  Won't happen.

Yup he definitely thinks he is top 2 most definitely ,too bad he hasn't proved it.And it's no rumour he bailed Gary Roberts camp. Give this guy a long term contract where he can float is a big time gamble. Just an opinion but the guy is looking for Buff like dollars and has done jack **** in this league. I give you guys one thing though if his talent going forward is as big as his ego he will be a star...?

The difference between the protection has been night and day since the extra import slot has been used on the o-line.
Nichols has earned the starting job and nice long leash to go with it, but anyone who doesn't realize Willy was in a brutal situation with immediate pressure on him every play is out to lunch.

Never understood why once we have QB depth, people are in such a hurry to dispose of it.
Look down the line right now at the 6 playoff teams.
The backup quarterbacks, without Willy in the equation, would shake down like this:
Kilgore, Burris, Masoli, Tate, Lulay, Dominique Davis
... other than Kilgore, would anyone be in a worse position than us come playoff time?
I feel bad for Willy, honestly. It's sad how people have turned on him.