WPG. Own thread coming soon.

CAL . How much do you tinker if at all? But somethin aint right here

EDM. Lots of room for improvement.  Reilly another year older

SSK. Canadas team has lots of FAs, Carter leaving. Huge question marks at QB

BC. Lots of smoke but less flame than grease fire in MTL. Whole new coaching staff at least

TOR. Turning point to build on or just a nice story like OTT last year?

HAM. Soap opera . Key FAs looming. Collaros. Manziel thing.

OTT.  Trending down

MTL. Grease fire until further notice.

1 minute ago, JCon said:

It's a CFL issue. The players will just stop coming. The ones we want, at least.

The players they want havent been coming for years tho. This isnt new. Its the CFL... Its always been an issue. 

If certain players wont come then i guess good luck to them trying to get to the NFL. 

7 minutes ago, JCon said:

I think they want the opportunity to jet if they get an offer from the NFL. Football life is so short and they want the chance to make real money if they can. The commish needs to balance the needs of the CFL with the realities of where it fits in against the NFL. The commish also needs to look at how the XFL, if it actually gets off the ground, may affect recruiting to the CFL.

It's sort of hard to figure out the impact of vapor.

2 hours ago, Goalie said:

Its just a whining cycle of constant greed. 

 

CFL players are greedy?

That is nonsense.

1 hour ago, WBBFanWest said:

It's sort of hard to figure out the impact of vapor.

Edited February 7, 20187 yr by Floyd

3 hours ago, JCon said:

I think they want the opportunity to jet if they get an offer from the NFL. Football life is so short and they want the chance to make real money if they can. The commish needs to balance the needs of the CFL with the realities of where it fits in against the NFL. The commish also needs to look at how the XFL, if it actually gets off the ground, may affect recruiting to the CFL.

Yeah, I think a player should be able to go to the NFL if he gets the opportunity and his CFL team simply retains his rights for the option year. That seems like a win-win to me, and probably the only solution going forward. I can't see minimum salaries going up in some significant way any time soon.

We can  cross Spencer off the Bombers wish list.

https://www.cfl.ca/2018/02/07/redblacks-sign-extensions-spencer-macmillan/

looks like Carter was caught with a solid ounce

https://www.tsn.ca/riders-carter-caught-with-more-than-30-grams-of-marijuana-1.991175

Devon Bailey re-signs in Saskatchewan...!!  Looking good for Demski as a bomber

4 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Devon Bailey re-signs in Saskatchewan...!!  Looking good for Demski as a bomber

My thought as well. Still not celebrating until its official. #RememberRichardKarikari

That's one potential MLB off the board.

 

3 minutes ago, Dr. Blue said:

That's one potential MLB off the board.

 

That could have been a cheap option but should not have been our prime target, IMO.

Only MLB left I'd look at is Larry Dean... and I'm not sure he's an upgrade on JSK

Adam Konar has got to be our primary target right now...

1 minute ago, Floyd said:

Only MLB left I'd look at is Larry Dean... and I'm not sure he's an upgrade on JSK

Adam Konar has got to be our primary target right now...

If he makes it to FA, for sure.

Isn't Taylor Reed a pending free agent?

10 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Only MLB left I'd look at is Larry Dean... and I'm not sure he's an upgrade on JSK

Adam Konar has got to be our primary target right now...

Ill take Larry Dean anytime

4 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

Isn't Taylor Reed a pending free agent?

Yeah but I've never been a huge fan of his game - but I wouldn't be upset if he was a bomber, still a massive upgrade over Hurl...

46 minutes ago, Dr. Blue said:

That's one potential MLB off the board.

 

That's OK, Sam Hurl is still out there. 

2 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

That's OK, Sam Hurl is still out there. 

?Hurl

4 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

That's OK, Sam Hurl is still out there. 

Dont hurt my feelings

Didn't want Sherrit so not a big deal

Dean was always the prime pick I think...and just coming into his own..A unity with Dean and JSK and Leggitt with Wild rotating in would make good sense to me and allow us to be a lot more aggressive on defense and dithch the role the MLB played lately...

 

Just now, Booch said:

Didn't want Sherrit so not a big deal

Dean was always the prime pick I think...and just coming into his own..A unity with Dean and JSK and Leggitt with Wild rotating in would make good sense to me and allow us to be a lot more aggressive on defense and dithch the role the MLB played lately...

 

Thoughts on Konar?

Still young and relatively unproven but has the skill and potential.

I guess depends on where we are wanting to go with the ratio and also...do we have an adequate back-up who could step in if he goes down without messing with ratio...or leaving us weak

Best bet is to land the stud import..and have guys on roster we could shuffle and move if he got hurt..I would have no problem with JSK sliding into the middle and Wild filling his spot..as opposed to a lesser talented back-up canadian role player having to step in.

Hopefully where our ratio is headed that maybe by next year we are going 4 nationals on the oline and basically only needing Loffler as the National on defense...

4 minutes ago, Booch said:

Still young and relatively unproven but has the skill and potential.

I guess depends on where we are wanting to go with the ratio and also...do we have an adequate back-up who could step in if he goes down without messing with ratio...or leaving us weak

Best bet is to land the stud import..and have guys on roster we could shuffle and move if he got hurt..I would have no problem with JSK sliding into the middle and Wild filling his spot..as opposed to a lesser talented back-up canadian role player having to step in.

Hopefully where our ratio is headed that maybe by next year we are going 4 nationals on the oline and basically only needing Loffler as the National on defense...

So which OL would you sign then?  Comfortable with Neufeld/Couture?

My gut says keep Bond - sign Demski and Lafrance - I know thats not the plan though...

2 OL,  RB, 2 REC, S, DE/DT rotation

This morning Bauming was talking about Dean and Reed being the primary guys the Blue may go after....

8 minutes ago, Floyd said:

So which OL would you sign then?  Comfortable with Neufeld/Couture?

My gut says keep Bond - sign Demski and Lafrance - I know thats not the plan though...

2 OL,  RB, 2 REC, S, DE/DT rotation

Can we trust the injury bug stays away from Demski tho...I think Neufeld has got a bad rap for injuries up to 2015...since then he has been good tho albeit it in limited play, but sometimes **** just happens and you cant escape an injury...

As for the 4 olineman...I guess you see what 2019 brings in terms of guys available and how goes performed this year. If Neufeld stays upright and plays well...Couture shows he is starter material or a solid 6th..Spooner keeps developing and say Gray is back, or we drafted another stud...you may have the depth right there to go 4 Nationals without even dipping into the free agent pool.

If we go Bond this year tho...we sacrifice either Westerman and or Heath this year, and my mind tells me the absence of Bond leaves us stronger as a team than without one or both of Heath/wESTERMAN