Fatty Liver
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3 minutes ago, Pete said:
I do think Sterns has a good upside. Very quick and showed elusiveness. Comparable could be mtrl's Snead. (this signing looks like a safety net in case Schoen isnt ready at start of season)
Rather they signed ex-Elks Hergy Mayala or Kyran Moore, both bring more ability than Sterns, but both have been injury prone throughout their careers.
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2 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:
O'Shea reporting in from "Parts Unknown", isn't that the name of a village in Newfoundland?
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1 minute ago, 17to85 said:
Yeah but didn't 3 of the. Go to the team that hired the assistant gm from winnipeg? Hardly an unbiased source there. He presumably had a role in getting those guys to winnipeg and is bringing them in based on familiarity. I'd have liked having most of them back for camp competition, but let's be honest those guys didn't move the needle enough on the DL last season. They are replaceable.
Yep, Fox had the opportunity to impress and he didn't do much with it, both Woods and Adams showed more than he did.
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3 minutes ago, bigg jay said:
Makes me wonder if they regret cutting Woli now? No getting him back since he wasn't a pending FA but that extra room could have made the difference in keeping him or letting him go (assuming salary was the reason for that move).
Cutting Woli. is exactly what many people want them to do every year, once they had Clercius up to speed, they moved on to the younger and cheaper player. There was no justification to ask Woli to stick around as a backup, so they set him free so he could find a new team to extend his career. Win/win it worked out for both sides.
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3 minutes ago, GCn20 said:
I find it pretty hard to believe that the GMs did not know that this would at least be a possibility. It appears to me that a couple of them rolled the dice that there would be a big jump, and most would not risk it. I could be out to lunch on that but the math around this FA adds up that way.
They had their winter meeting about a month ago, I'm sure it was discussed.
So league revenues increased substantially last season, despite sucky attendance in most locations? Was that due to gambling revenue or what?
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1 minute ago, bearpants said:
Smith at 230 is excessive... but I would've had zero issue with that Ceresna deal... outside of Zach and Brady, we don't really have any one who has a "crazy" contract right now (arguably Kramdi).... and Brady is living up to his...
Not sure where the extra $400k is going, it appears they're spending less than they did last season.
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Video of Jay Person, looks like a super fast edge rusher.
Listed at 233 lbs. and at LB on the Bomber roster, on the small size for a DE.
- rebusrankin, Noeller and Piggy 1
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11 minutes ago, wbbfan said:
It would seem we made the active choice of him over bourgoin, Jackson, Marty, lapo etc.
I’m really interested to see what kind of offence he runs.
Buck took Bourgoin with him, if he wanted Hogan he probably would have taken him instead.
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15 minutes ago, Pete said:
Re Hogan hiring... why did this take months, when all along OShea was gonna go with the Bomber vet again.
(timing strategy is likely to distract us on the lack of impact free agent signings)
Wonder where Hogan is getting his playbook from, hopefully Jackson brings his with him
7 minutes ago, Mike said:Bombers sign Josh Hagerty, seems like a decent ST add
Decent size, 6'3" 200 lbs. could be a Safety or just another ST head-banger.
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32 minutes ago, Atomic said:
Hogan is a risky hire but by all accounts he's a solid guy with a great work ethic. Now we'll see if he can run an offence. I like that they've brought in Jarious for some experience to lean on.
Maybe Hogan is the coach that will occasionally put 2 RB's on the field at the same time, Logan and Brady with a side of Demski could do some serious damage.
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2 hours ago, Booch said:
pretty much.....Not sure how/where we addressed the dline...If Vaughters is it...man we got schooled in FA....Nothing left now unless you wanna go Woody Barron...Oakman...Lanier....that Albright in Sask is intruiging but other than that now just a collection of scrubs...hope to hell this new scouting staff has it's game face on....as we need some legit talent that can play
AC Leonard is still available, let him juice if need be. A combo of Willie, AC and Vaughters with a bunch of stubby guys in between doesn't offer much for the future, but adding 2 strong pass rushers would take the focus off Willie and get them through this year.
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9 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:
Osh will never let that happen. If Fatboi had military experience he'd be lining up for us at age 75
Rumour has it O'Shea's gone on a bender, he's run off to follow Great Big Sea tour the Maritimes.
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54 minutes ago, Mike said:
Yeah, I heard the same thing earlier today. Not surprising, but it hurts a bit. I do hope we pivot to Hatcher or Geno.
2022, the year Lawler played for the Elks the Bombers did well, Schoen was an unknown rookie plus they had Demski, Woli, Bailey and Ellingson for half the season. Now they have Schoen, Demski, Mitchell, Clercius and Wheatfall with the fair chance Pokey shows up within a couple of months. Don't think they have reason to spend big dollar on a receiver if his name is not Lawler, for sure Zach would be very happy to have him back along with Schoen.
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2 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:
Once again. FA hasn't started
What do yah mean? Hervey's already shut down the lights and gone to bed.
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37 minutes ago, sweep the leg said:
Gavin Cobb is coming back to MB
Fantastic! He's a good punt returner and could turn into a decent receiver if he could mimic Dressler.
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Just now, GCn20 said:
Nah...he has his sms structure and it's his job to build the roster. He's got the SMS to spend how he sees fit. Doesn't need Wad's permission on who to sign.
Before he made Brady the highest paid RB in CFL history by a large margin, he probably checked in with his 2 co-pilots to see if they were onboard with the proposition. Logically he would have thought not to pay him because it far exceeded his RB budget, and most on here would have agreed with that decision. Wade may have seen it differently, considering his main objective is to fill the stands with butts and sell booze.
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2 minutes ago, GCn20 said:
Not sure, but Walters did say that the cash for both Lawler/Schoen only opened up last minute and that it was not plan A.
I think it was Wade giving him permission to go off script.
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2 minutes ago, GCn20 said:
Last year he only blew the wad on O after a couple guys turned us down.
Who was that? I don't remember him making offers to other team's FA's, he was handcuffed trying to re-sign his own.
Amazingly stupid, Rourke earns $200k more than Zach but now costs the Lions less in SMS!
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42 minutes ago, GCn20 said:
I think that Walters meticulously plans each offseason as well as he can. There are so many variables, moving parts, and things beyond his control that to not have multiple plans for the offseason would guarantee he would have lost his job in very short order. Are you suggesting that he take a fly by the seat of his pants approach?
It looks like Walters is returning to his positional balanced budget this off-season, especially if he doesn't bid high on Lawler again. Last year he threw fiscal responsibility out the window when he blew his wad on 3 offensive players and let other useful players slip away due to lack of funds. The balanced approach gives him the financial ability to participate in FA once again even if he can't be one of the big spenders, as long as he's prepared to make the hard cuts rationally when and where they need to be made.
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