Paul Friesen reporting he is taking a job outside of football.

I wonder if a quality IMP REC might shake loose in Sask, what with the glut they have over there...

1 minute ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

First choice being McDuffie but I don't see him being cut by Dallas based on his return abilities.  Wait for the Riders to cut a receiver or better yet send Neufeld home for a receiver (not Owens) and one of their first round picks.

Yeah, I think McDuffie will be there until he drops a return, which won't happen until at least August. (Because that's what seems to happen, not because I expect him to fail)

3 minutes ago, Noeller said:

he was making a LOT more than that....closer to 200k....

Might be a blessing in disguise if true.

I was hoping he would come back and earn every bit of his salary (he showed well down the stretch)...but we have an assortment of riches at the receiver position, even without him.  Not to mention that we're starting to find our own import players more often as our scouting database continues to improve.

I wonder if the Bombers knew about this when they went hard at Denny?

13 minutes ago, Noeller said:

he was making a LOT more than that....closer to 200k....

I heard it was closer to 300k. Seriously though...two tweets by CFL insiders at the time of his signing had him making 118k and 140k respectively. He was nowhere near 200k.

8 minutes ago, BBlink said:

Might be a blessing in disguise if true.

I was hoping he would come back and earn every bit of his salary (he showed well down the stretch)...but we have an assortment of riches at the receiver position, even without him.  Not to mention that we're starting to find our own import players more often as our scouting database continues to improve.

I wonder if the Bombers knew about this when they went hard at Denny?

I think they knew about this when they signed Stafford.

11 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I wonder if a quality IMP REC might shake loose in Sask, what with the glut they have over there...

I think the way Jones signs high profile players only to cut them later that the odds of that are high. My guess would be Collins being the odd man out.

Just now, gcn11 said:

I think they knew about this when they signed Stafford.

Which makes the Denmark delay puzzling. They got him in the end but there's always the risk.

1 minute ago, gcn11 said:

I heard it was closer to 300k. Seriously though...two tweets by CFL insiders at the time of his signing had him making 118k and 140k respectively. He was nowhere near 200k.

I remember reading 185k...

Just now, gcn11 said:

I think the way Jones signs high profile players only to cut them later that the odds of that are high. My guess would be Collins being the odd man out.

We should be so lucky...

Just now, Noeller said:

I remember reading 185k...

I think you are not remembering correctly. I will try find the tweets for you.

On September 1st, 2016 Penton reported in the Sun that Smith's salary had a base of 62k. I can't imagine any scenario where we would have given him a further 120k in bonuses. I think the 118k sounds about right.

6 minutes ago, gcn11 said:

I heard it was closer to 300k. Seriously though...two tweets by CFL insiders at the time of his signing had him making 118k and 140k respectively. He was nowhere near 200k.

$140 is the number I remember. $200k for a guy coming off one decent season would be crazy.

3 minutes ago, sweep the leg said:

$140 is the number I remember. $200k for a guy coming off one decent season would be crazy.

In fairness, I said "closer to 200k" (than $120k).....now, I may have Smith/Dressler contracts mixed up, but I could swear it was north of 150k, for sure...

3 minutes ago, sweep the leg said:

$140 is the number I remember. $200k for a guy coming off one decent season would be crazy.

I agree. Especially with his injury history. I'm not sure who reported the 185k but I saw 3 different numbers and none of them come close to 200k.

Just now, Noeller said:

In fairness, I said "closer to 200k" (than $120k).....now, I may have Smith/Dressler contracts mixed up, but I could swear it was north of 150k, for sure...

Dressler got 175k, perhaps that is what you are thinking of.

1 minute ago, Noeller said:

In fairness, I said "closer to 200k" (than $120k).....now, I may have Smith/Dressler contracts mixed up, but I could swear it was north of 150k, for sure...

Well get your **** together then...

Ryan Smith

 

✔ @ryguy_4

Thank you to everyone! Retirement statement:

Good luck to him. Hard to blame a guy in this situation. Hopefully it frees some $ up for elsewhere. Glad we still have Adams/Dressler/Denny/Stafford and hey, maybe this is the year we scout a quality import reciever.

Worst pre-April Fool's day joke ever..

Tough year for Smith. Finally gets going in the last game of the year. Too bad for us, but we have some other good options.

Best of luck to him. 

57 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I wondered about Gurley myself. Wish Smith the best but the timing kinda sucks. If it is job related, not health related (which I doubt with his concussion problems last season) & he knew he had to make a choice I just wish he let the Bombers know a month & a half ago as there were some pretty good receivers available then we could have pursued. Having said that, he still has to look after himself first so he made the best decision for him & his family.

How do you know this job offer didn't just come in this week??

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

he was making a LOT more than that....closer to 200k....

i don't think so. Off the top of my head 135K sounds in tune with Smith, 170K for dress 

 

Edit i see this was all mentioned a so nothing to see here...

Edited March 31, 20178 yr by Taynted_Fayth

32 minutes ago, sweep the leg said:

Well get your **** together then...

It's Friday, Noeller's been in the rye for hours already

14 minutes ago, bearpants said:

How do you know this job offer didn't just come in this week??

I wonder where the job opportunity is?   Wpg., Sask, N.D. ....anyone know where he spent his off-season working?

Edited March 31, 20178 yr by Throw Long Bannatyne

Good luck to Smith in the future....I'll always remember that Velcro catch and his spunky attitude...He hasn't mentioned anything 'health wise' for his decision but I'm guessing it had a lot to do with concussion.. A job in finance has it's own headaches but nothing compared to the ones you can suffer in football....Best of luck in the money game Ryan.