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That's a good point actually. Dunn was one for sure, Was zach anderson another? Outside of those 2 guys though, I don't think there was anyone else and Anderson might not have even started the first game. Markett? nah, he didn't start.

Not a fan of hard liquor at all however i will say this about scotch. It's fricking fantastic. At a wedding social at the fort gary hotel about a year ago me and several friends decided lets drink some scotch, straight at that, no mix no nothing. The first one was pretty harsh but the 5th one went down a whole lot easier

I think people are tired of career politicians running things, i think we see new blood across the board, from mayor (bowman) to new city councillors. I think the masses are tired of the same old same old. Judy is a career politician and i feel that people don't want that.

Oh good. A 35 year old Korey Banks and an MLB who no one else wanted. what about randle? willy? moore? newman? eventhough he is hurt. Unless a starting qb, starting cb and starting receiver isn't good enough. Can i ask you an honest question? What exactly did you expect from this regime in one off season? for them to completely over haul the team? Cuz i don't think that was likely, our main issue is our lack of non import depth, that can't and won't be fixed any time soon, that will take time through drafting. Do you think Winnipeg was high on the list of free agent destinations? We were the joke of the league last season, it's going to take some time to get rid of that reputation. You don't lose that reputation over a few months, it's going to take a few years. We were 3-15 last season, most free agents in every sport wont sign with a team that Sucked. We sucked. It sucks that we sucked but, before going and writing this new group off, should probably give them a chance first. None of those excuses matter when it comes to import competition, talking rookies, not veteran CFL free agents. 99% of the time they have no say in where they end up in the CFL if they decide to pursue the CFL, they could care less about the history of the Blue Bombers. This is the worst competition among import spots I can remember since Taman ended up running the show solo after Ritchie was fired, basically the only solid competition was at DB, and Maher was a good option too. Import scouting and procurement is something a front office can really control, whereas the non-import issue is a longer term solution of drafting and developing. Hopefully some of the rookie imports who made the team show us a little more when the games count. People can say what they will about Joe Macks failings but the man did know how to bring in some rookie talent. I completely agree with that. Mack was solid in finding several import talents for the team, several of which are still here. What he lacked seemed to be the ability to make trades, didn't seem to value veterans that much, never was that active in free agency. People can say a lot of bad stuff about MACK but i don't think anyone can really question his ability to find import talent. He would make a great regional scout. Just wasn't a very good GM. Just one example of many, everyone on here seems to be wild about Ian, well Ian Wild was a mack find. Who is our best dline talent? turner,anderson,vega? mack mack mack. Denmark is very good, mack again. Suber? Sears? Washington? Once again, the return of the mack.

did we though? Calgarys starters got a significant amount of time, most if not all of the fist half, just like ours. and we were missing our number 1 receiver in moore, our best canadian receiver in watson, ford didn't play, sears didn't play. It's not like we brought all our starters either.

I'll just say this, Let's just watch the tsn preview show first, whoever TSN picks to be good won't be.

Id strongly suggest that bowman is the leading candidate right now and with katz not seeking re-election, bowman is the guy the business community will get behind, part of the reason sammy isn't seeking re-election is because the business community is supporting bowman. Bowman should win this easily. I like the guy too. New blood. Keith McCullough @keithsportsnews Katz saw writing on wall. He had lost the support of business community to Bowman. Watch for Bowman vs Judy showdown this fall.

I agree with this, I wasn't thrilled with the kuale signing either. But i guess it's not easy finding MLB's out there. Hopefully one or 2 is brought on to the PR because i don't see Kuale being the long term solution, short term? debatable. Wonder what it would take to get bighill or elimimian out of BC. probably more then we are willing to give up but i'd love to see Bighill here especially. Ian Wild looks very capable. The solution might very well be in-house. I'm really name about him too. He shows up all the time in good plays and moves around well. oh i see what you did there, very nice.

did we though? Calgarys starters got a significant amount of time, most if not all of the fist half, just like ours.

yeah, the one plus i could think of was it allows our nicked up players to heal a bit more.

Has to happen when you have an odd number of teams. We drew the short stray this year. oh yes, 9 teams now. My mistake, totally forgot that. Really need to get another team out east to even that out a wee bit.

I think you see 10 or 11 new guys brought in to the PR, browning is one of them. The rest, i'm willing to bet they will be 1. cuts from other teams or 2. street free agents, preferably a couple DL, LB's and Receivers. Wouldn't shock me if a guy like aisho or everett end up on the PR either. O'shea basically said that the guys who were released will not be a part of the practice roster. Some of these guys are pretty old actually, older than i thought. It makes sense that they wouldn't accept a spot on the developmental roster.

Not sure that was Friesen. It definitely sounds like Joe Pascucci listening to it again. http://bluebombers.com/video/index/id/97525 it was pascucci for sure. The question i thought that was really just stupid was the "what keeps you up at night" one. Then the guy went on to try and justify the question. Who was that moron? was it wicek? which guy is bauming also? I've come to really like that guy. I'm not even sure friesen was there, i don't recall hearing him at all actually.

Oh good. A 35 year old Korey Banks and an MLB who no one else wanted. People often say you can't buy leadership. We did, for a late round draft pick. Maybe no one else wanted to pay for him, but I guarantee you a few teams were waiting at the door if he were to be released. A late round draft pick? kito poblah but really, is that much of a loss?

I agree with this, I wasn't thrilled with the kuale signing either. But i guess it's not easy finding MLB's out there. Hopefully one or 2 is brought on to the PR because i don't see Kuale being the long term solution, short term? debatable. Wonder what it would take to get bighill or elimimian out of BC. probably more then we are willing to give up but i'd love to see Bighill here especially. Ian Wild looks very capable. The solution might very well be in-house. good point actually. I like wild, he's got a motor and he doesn't stop. Really like what he brings.

Just watching the press conference and this is tough to watch, these questions are embarrassing. Hey Mike, what about emailing the bombers and asking them if they would prefer to take some fans questions instead because this is just brutal.

Twenty seven year old Rusty Johnson, an NFL veteran who was a late cut of the New York Giants a few weeks ago. Johnson was brought in after a week of training camp. so not much really then.

Well, I am not talking about our players that came into the league via a different team... not talking about the free-agent CFL vets (Nat'l or Int'l) we signed... and certainly not about the Nat'l players we drafted.... I am talking about the Int'l players scouted and recruited by the current scouting department. With all the bravado that we hear and read from the media (like the one we read from FreeP this morning)... showing up this kind of list is surely underwhelming. I'm curious how you can judge this based on 2 pre-season games. Obviously the coaches liked what they saw in several of them. Why not give them a chance to show what they can do when the bullets are flying for real before basically writing them off. If they aren't good, they won't be here. The guys they kept obviously showed something. Why can't we just trust that the people in charge know what they are doing? As much as i respect your guys opinions on here, you are some smart knowledgeable fans, Why do you always question everything the team does? I like playing Armchair GM too but, you can't be that naive that you actually think you know more then the people who do this for a living.

I agree with this, I wasn't thrilled with the kuale signing either. But i guess it's not easy finding MLB's out there. Hopefully one or 2 is brought on to the PR because i don't see Kuale being the long term solution, short term? debatable. Wonder what it would take to get bighill or elimimian out of BC. probably more then we are willing to give up but i'd love to see Bighill here especially.

Oh good. A 35 year old Korey Banks and an MLB who no one else wanted. what about randle? willy? moore? newman? eventhough he is hurt. Unless a starting qb, starting cb and starting receiver isn't good enough. Those other guys didn't fit into my argument. lol

Oh good. A 35 year old Korey Banks and an MLB who no one else wanted. what about randle? willy? moore? newman? eventhough he is hurt. Unless a starting qb, starting cb and starting receiver isn't good enough. Can i ask you an honest question? What exactly did you expect from this regime in one off season? for them to completely over haul the team? Cuz i don't think that was likely, our main issue is our lack of non import depth, that can't and won't be fixed any time soon, that will take time through drafting. Do you think Winnipeg was high on the list of free agent destinations? We were the joke of the league last season, it's going to take some time to get rid of that reputation. You don't lose that reputation over a few months, it's going to take a few years. We were 3-15 last season, most free agents in every sport wont sign with a team that Sucked. We sucked. It sucks that we sucked but, before going and writing this new group off, should probably give them a chance first.

I agree. we actually did something this off season that we haven't done in a long time and that is sign a bunch of free agents or trade for a bunch of guys who were going to be free agents. Upgrades for sure at certain spots. Little underwhelming but... all in all, we don't really know what we got with the "rookies" until we see them play in a meaningful game, may seem underwhelming now but, if a couple of them step up when given that opportunity too, then all concern should go away.

Did we kind of draw the short straw in the pre-season? seems weird to me that we basically finished up before some teams even played their first games. Has this ever been the case before in the history of the CFL where you have a team playing their second pre-season game vs a team who is just playing their first? did we ask for this? or was it given to us? What's the story on this, does anybody know why we played 2 games before someteams even played one game?

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Gotta admit when i keep seeing his twitter handle, i wonder is that kolton browning? or is it the figure skater kurt browning. Noticed that Ridley is high on this guy though and seems to think he fits the CFL game. Rids seems to know his stuff quite well, if he's high on the guy, that has to be a good sign.