Jesse

Doesn't he have to be on the roster? There's no one else.

No one is saying otherwise, lol. Of course it's Lawler's fault. The current issue is an immigration issue. A person does not get to decide how long the justice system takes. A player does hire an agent to know these details. The Bombers should have also looked into this before signing him - because it is a teams responsibility to do their due diligence on incoming players. You're just arguing semantics at this point. Literally no one has tried to absolve Lawler of anything.

100% what I would do.

Well, that's not true. It existed the second he made his guilty plea. Now, you may be able to argue that he could have dealt with the immigration issue sooner, but there' no way to know that for sure, This may just be how long it has taken.

First part for sure, he was definitely under the assumption that he was going to start. Now, how it went from that to him leaving the team. That's all speculation.

When are game previews for the upcoming game going up? Day before the game? Pre-game on the day of?

I'm not slagging the guy. We don't know anything but hearsay so nothing is definite one way or the other. I'm just discussing out loud the things that are being said by Kongbo, BC players, and media. That said, there were some rumours about Kongbo being unsatisfied with playing time while he was here. And one of the things about Winnipeg's locker room and the whole FIFO mentality is, you don't hear about the drama. They keep it in house. It doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

I get what you're saying, but it is separate. He plead guilty and will have a punishment for that. And honestly, if you read articles and not just headlines it is always mentioned that it is due to the DUI. I don't see anyone sugarcoating this.

I personally don't think it's that strong of an opinion. I know many of us will defend the Bombers organization to the death, but people make mistakes, and being that no one involved has any of the experience you just pointed out, it was probably an easy thing to overlook.

I think everyone involved played a role. I'm sure this could have been resolved earlier, it's probably Lawler and his lawyer who delayed it so he could play uninterrupted last season. He pled guilty 2 months ago, and both player and team seem to have been caught by this unaware. It seems like it could have been addressed immediately following the guilty plea. At the very least, the team didn't do the proper due diligence, imo.

Farhan reported that Kongbo didn't react well to finding out he wasn't starting - said a bunch of stuff to other players and coaches. I don't know guys, I kind of believe that.

And they probably deserved a bit of a hit job for this one.

Kevin Brown.

Bryan Burnham chimed in too

I mean, obviously, lol.

BLM would still need to get it out there. Rose is still good to bring one back.

#holmseason

Yeah, not a good sign when they trade the players calling out guys instead of the ones who are doggin' it.

Kongbo coming in hot!

I have not heard/seen one reference to Schoen this whole TC. Could have not shown up for all I know.

DT said he was suited up.

#1 was used in short order (I didn't like it at the time - huge Charlie fan). #85 should be out of use - that's a best player of all time player. I personally don't care if they use #33. I think I'd feel differently if he was with us for his whole career.

We likely can't afford the contract. Might be an opportunity for a deadline deal tho....

Haba may be that guy and I'll spend the rest of the year singing his praises. And I'm the biggest Kyrie fan in the world. Thought he'd be DPOY last year. Incredibly disappointed that he's not ready yet.

I think we've mostly been complaining about the recruiting effort, however. I don't really care about adding Sankey if Bighill gets hurt. I would have enjoyed seeing a young player on a minimum deal pushing Clements of the roster or rotating in with the Jeff's.