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They can agree to terms but the current team will still have 48 hours at the end of the tampering window to try & get a deal done.  No deal is official until FA starts.

I'm something of a bright-sider myself.
Getting to 4 Grey Cups is an accomplishment in itself. Winning 2 out of 4 ain't bad either. But winning sure does feel better than losing...
When people get critical of the Blue it helps to remember they likely suffered through the drought same as the rest of us, and they simply want what is best for the team, the best for winning football games. I'm sure some guys especially fear regression because they don't have another 30 years on this Earth to wait for another championship.
Expecting an all-star at every position is silly, but wanting/wishing for upgrades, especially from some of our older and less dominant pieces (Kola, Jake) isn't. I get the disappointment.
We all remember what it's like to be a bottom feeder, none of us want to experience anything close to that again any time soon... hence the creeping concern...
Thank goodness we have the staff we do... they led us out of the wastes to the promised land, now we are navigating being victims of our own success, but if anyone can do it in today's CFL it's KW and co.
 
TL:DR: Koombaya, praise the trinity

Maybe I'm drunk ( I am) but anyone else think the jake Thomas signing is 1000% for character and character alone. Dude knows what it's like to be a blue bomber.
To me it's interesting that we applaud this organization for having character guys, yet now when we sign character it's upsetting.
4 grey cups in a row guys. We can have our oshea roster doubts. Let's trust Walter's to do his job.
If Walter's says Thomas adds value.. I'm behind him
4 GREY CUPS in a row. 2 plays away from winning 4 straight. Man I get the resentment, I do. But Thomas was signed for a reason. Maybe a reason we don't understand yet. We've been given no reason to over analyze yet.. this ain't previous regimens..
My first 28 years of life on this earth we didn't win a grey cup. Now we've been there 4x straight and it seems like a good portion of this board is ready to jump ship like it never happened. I get that we need to be critical but let's reserve that until we haven't made a grey cup lol. Seriously. We were in the conversation to be the worst pro franchise in sports. Everyone hold their horses. These guys know what they are doing
We have people on this website ( and I mean this respectfully) who think they know better than the management who has brought us to where we are now.
- and to those people who know better. Where are your grey cup rings and why aren't you coaching pro football? It's easy to be critical like friesen when you ain't making the calls..
To winning a grey cup that dodged us for 29 years... shessh man. Do we not remember where we were just a few years ago?

Real Celebrity Jeopardy Sean Connery stuff there....#analbumcover....lol
 

Show me on the doll where Mike O’Shea hurt you. 

Bombers signed defensive tackle Kenneth Randall today. He was cut in training camp in 2022. Interesting that they would bring him back.

There is no long in the tooth in Bomberland we may just go straight to dentures...😆😉

There is no long in the tooth in Bomberland we may just go straight to dentures...😆😉

There is no long in the tooth in Bomberland we may just go straight to dentures...😆😉

There is no long in the tooth in Bomberland we may just go straight to dentures...😆😉

Not worth a 1st and a conditional 3rd round pick. Will be closer to Hayes than to Stastny. At least people will stop crying for a trade, so that's a positive.

Nope has done jack **** for their pp,no where near adding Stastny. More like when we added Hayes..soft player, cap hit my ass, brutal trade imo....hope I'm wrong.

Yuck. 
 

Yeah fits Bettman 's vision of another add to get National American TV as well,can't blame em ,it's all about the bucks.

4 more years!

I, for one, have no problems with how O'Day GMs the Riders. 

Miller made 95k last year. 
He did get more, but not nearly enough. Walker was seldom off the field as well. I think Lawson is going to break out in a big way this year 

I wasn’t arguing it’s a bad deal. I was making a point that people get worked up about these high numbers but they really have no idea just how many guys on our team are making those kind of dollars (way more than they think)

Bombers have signed this guy, according to the CFL transactions page:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keytaon_Thompson
 

I can't think of a single instance where a championship calibre team reset the market for any position. There is a reason for that, it's a desperation move. If BO wants to reset the market it will almost certainly have to be on a crap team. If the Bombers pay a RB 200k I would be shocked and quite disappointed frankly.

Carey is a good back likely, has decent wear left, but he’s gonna be 32 this year. He probably gets a contract, but I doubt he goes into camp as a no1 or gets much money. 
 It was talked about with Dru but not with Brady. The cfl is pretty set on starting RBs right now. It might really hurt Brady’s draw in free agency. The best shot he has is if some team decides to flip ratio despite having a really good back. Toronto maybe?

Awww man, one of our better players on D, back in the day.

Barriere looks to be the spittin' image of V.A., pocket passer with good mobility and a good arm, not much for rolling out or throwing on the run though, he likes to be planted.  He has the talent but whether he can learn to adjust his game or read the field at all remains to be seen, it only took V.A. 6 years to establish himself as a starter.
 

Longtime Stamps Left tackle Bruce Covernton passed away two days ago in his sleep. Apparently, he had a massive heart attack. He was only 57 years of age.
I knew Bruce as he coached with me at Centennial High School in 2008 here in Calgary.
Covernton was born in Morris, MB. After Covernton played HS football in Winnipeg, he attended Weber State & then was drafted by the Stamps in 1992. He played LT for them from 1992-98. Covernton was named the CFL's Western Division ROTY. Covernton was a CFL West Division All Star in 1993 & 94. He was named an All Canadian at Left Tackle in 1994. He was a two time Grey Cup Champion in 1992 & 98.
Upon retiring, Bruce took up permanent residence here. He was an entrepreneur & was active in local charities in Calgary. He founded a company that imported coffee from Columbia. Then Covernton bought a personnel staffing company & it was very successful. He was quite a character & will be missed.

You probably missed a whole episode of Matlock typing that all up, you old fart
 
(just kidding)