32 minutes ago, TrueBlue said:

If that was the case, which it isn't, there would be no way that he'd be able to get in front of cameras and mics again this season.  

Yet we announced today media can have full access to him tomorrow following practice. 

I appreciate these contributions to the site... 

Dont get me wrong. I really like Westerman, and really sad his out for the season.

But since he's gone does this mean lesser penalties for the Bombers?

6 hours ago, Floyd said:

Not a great idea to keep pointing out that sports reporters are now redundant 

Unless, you are actually redundant......

Just now, do or die said:

Unless, you are actually redundant......

 

6 hours ago, bryan35 said:

Ya stick Hurl on the end.

I wonder how much quickness and penetration Medlock would give us at DE.

This probably has nothing to do with the injury but.....on Sunday at the fan appreciation day. We were just approaching the table that Westerman and Nichols was at. We were about 3 ppl away from the table when Westerman got up and was talking to one of the volunteers and seemed a bit dazed and said he wasn't feeling well. He grabbed his stuff and headed for the locker room. Was he at practice yesterday or today? Could these be concussion symptoms or something else? Don't want to speculate and hope it's not a concussion. 

On twitter he is using the hashtag positivevibesonly so it leads me to believe that whatever it is.. Its serious. 

I dont want to speculate but i hope its not some sort of illness.

9 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Can anybody name a story where Friessen beat out anybody on the critical stuff?

Last year he went after the CFL's drug policy. Problem is he went on and on about it for a couple of months that it all became white noise after a while. 

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11 hours ago, Albertabomberguy said:

You are onto something...maybe it's me being a little bit of negative nancy but it seems like there's a lot more to this injury.  I guess we will find out more in the next few days but I feel like this injury isn't football related.  Westerman can't speak on a specific play during the game that he got injured on and the team has nothing to lose by reporting what his injury is if he's done for the year.  It seems like they are keeping it quiet out of respect for westerman 

Are you suggesting it might be some kind of illness?

16 hours ago, Goalie said:

They never do. 

yeah I realize that, just thinking that since he's out for the year, what the harm?

9 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

I wonder how much quickness and penetration Medlock would give us at DE.

Don't bring your fantasies into this forum.

44 minutes ago, tracker said:

Don't bring your fantasies into this forum.

Seems to me more and more like it's a health issue, not an injury.

Just strange. 

Christ, I hope he's back for a playoff run.

Guys, while I realize that speculating on things is what we do here, it might be better in this case to not do that.  We don't need to feed the rumour millwhen it comes to someone's well being.  He's injured somehow and he won't be back this season.  That's ultimately all we need to know.  Get better soon Jamaal.

I don't normally do this, but wow......the most epic butthurt of all time........

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/blue-bombers-run-fake-plays-off-the-field-too-446207423.html

Some days, a column idea grabs you by the throat.

Other days, a lot of column ideas grab you by the throat.

This was the second kind of day:

It was hard not to laugh this week at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers touting their big website "exclusive" on the news defensive end Jamaal Westerman was done for the season.

Barely an hour after head coach Mike O’Shea told reporters Tuesday — with a straight face — that it still wasn’t clear how serious Westerman’s injury was or even if it was upper body or lower body, the club announced on its website that Westerman was done for the season via an "exclusive" that included quotes from Westerman, who was declared off limits to the real reporters on Tuesday because he was injured.

Now, I suppose it’s possible that in the space of one hour, the club fully diagnosed Westerman’s injury, confirmed it was season-ending, interviewed the player and then wrote a pseudo-story and posted it on its website.

But more likely, O’Shea already knew exactly what was wrong with Westerman and that he was done for the season even as he was claiming the opposite to reporters, presumably to preserve his team’s big "exclusive" an hour later.

And so it goes in an age when pro sports teams everywhere are increasingly trying to pass off team propaganda as news — and massage any bad news with their own spin before they let the legit reporters take over.

Fake reporters doing fake news — available at a team website near you.

Paul Wiecek essentially calls Mike O'Shea two-faced and suggests that former co-worker Ed Tait is a phony reporter that writes sham articles in the span of a few sentences. What a dink.

6 minutes ago, MOBomberFan said:

Paul Wiecek essentially calls Mike O'Shea two-faced and suggests that former co-worker Ed Tait is a phony reporter that writes sham articles in the span of a few sentences. What a dink.

Plus O'Shea wears shorts! Can you even imagine what kind of shitty person he is?

Yet another reason for me not to read a failing newspaper. 

Wiecek should just go away. It's not journalism if every article is some sort of personal vendetta.

Wiecek:

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And so it goes in an age when pro sports teams everywhere are increasingly trying to pass off team propaganda as news — and massage any bad news with their own spin before they let the legit reporters take over.

Fake reporters doing fake news — available at a team website near you.

I strong believe Wiecek has the bolded words mixed up.

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