Sorry but I don't like the total silence coming out of Bomberville, but that's just me; I like action and news  like all of you.  Yes we've extended a contract or two and we are distributing the year-end money before the 2018 salary cap  comes in.

But what are the deep thinkers in our organization planning to do?

 I hope they are not thinking status quo; that never seems to work out well. Unless we are dedicated to making sharp improvements here and there, I believe we atrophy from last year.  

After the 2017 NFL cuts were made did we bring in any linebackers for a sniff? I saw other prospects up here but maybe I missed something.

We have got to fix what's broken and I think somehow management must know more than we do ... we are good prognosticators with our comments on this site but I would like management to show us up. 

We are not hearing a lot of news out of the Calgary and Edmonton football clubs so maybe our Blue Bombers are an elite club now (as we join those two in their silence). 

But man I hate twiddling my thumbs as I wait to see what our local gurus are going to do. No news is bad news, say the bored ...  Well at least were not coming off seasons like Ottawa Hamilton and Montréal had.

So maybe I should be grateful for our club and its management.

 

1 minute ago, Floyd said:

Demski, Lafrance, Coates, Wolitarsky, Thera-Plamondon, Henry is depth...  Baines is like a Jordan Reaves project.

Thera-Plamondon is a long snapper masquerading as a receiver and Henry couldn't make it out of rookie camp last year. Baines may not be great or even good, but he's better depth than either of those guys. Though I am certain you know nothing about any of those three.

1 hour ago, AKAChip said:

Thera-Plamondon is a long snapper masquerading as a receiver and Henry couldn't make it out of rookie camp last year. Baines may not be great or even good, but he's better depth than either of those guys. Though I am certain you know nothing about any of those three.

Bazinga!

Hey!  If we can get this thread to 10 pages, then maybe Muamba will sig--

(nevermind)

3 hours ago, AKAChip said:

Thera-Plamondon is a long snapper masquerading as a receiver and Henry couldn't make it out of rookie camp last year. Baines may not be great or even good, but he's better depth than either of those guys. Though I am certain you know nothing about any of those three.

So you bash me and then claim that an injured Tylor Henry 'couldn't make it out of camp' ?  Or that Baines is better than either of them while pointing out that at least T-P is a long snapper.

Typical.  Pot calling the kettle black... while acting superior.

1 hour ago, Floyd said:

So you bash me and then claim that an injured Tylor Henry 'couldn't make it out of camp' ?  Or that Baines is better than either of them while pointing out that at least T-P is a long snapper.

Typical.  Pot calling the kettle black... while acting superior.

If you are calling a long snapper "depth" at receiver, I don't know what to tell you. 

So what do you think? Just an update on the first couple of days of FA or a big announcement? 

When they scheduled the media availability Muamba wasn’t available.  Probably just general free agency presser.

13 hours ago, Floyd said:

  Baines is like a Jordan Reaves project.

Why do you think that? Baines tore it up in college. Reaves was a basketball player trying to learn how to play football.

48 minutes ago, sweep the leg said:

Why do you think that? Baines tore it up in college. Reaves was a basketball player trying to learn how to play football.

True.  Baines averaged 123 yards and a TD per game in his last season with the Gee-Gees.  He was a legit Canadian college star receiver.

11 hours ago, johnzo said:

Hey!  If we can get this thread to 10 pages, then maybe Muamba will sig--

(nevermind)

According to the Bomber site, Demski has 10.

9 hours ago, AKAChip said:

If you are calling a long snapper "depth" at receiver, I don't know what to tell you. 

I’m calling Coates and wolitarski depth behind demski and lafrance.  The rest of these guys - except maybe T-P are fighting to be the first phone call to rejoin the practice roster.

2 hours ago, sweep the leg said:

Why do you think that? Baines tore it up in college. Reaves was a basketball player trying to learn how to play football.

Neither were drafted - both were projects... anyway lots of debate over a guy who probably won’t make it to camp

2 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Neither were drafted - both were projects... anyway lots of debate over a guy who probably won’t make it to camp

Baines?  He'll make it to camp.  If we plan to start 2 Canadian receivers we'll need the depth.  Right now it looks like Demski, Coates, Wolitarsky, and Baines will hold those four spots with Henry, Thera-Plamondon, and any draft picks fighting for a spot.

Volume on the Walters FA presser is terrible.

So it sounds like the Bombers are interested in Henoc (of course they are...) but figure they'd have to shed a pile of salary to make happen. The agent isn't even taking offers yet. Still figuring out what he wants to do. Hopefully not a crazy process like The Tour.... 

5 minutes ago, Noeller said:

So it sounds like the Bombers are interested in Henoc (of course they are...) but figure they'd have to shed a pile of salary to make happen. The agent isn't even taking offers yet. Still figuring out what he wants to do. Hopefully not a crazy process like The Tour.... 

If Henoc (or his agent) is going to be doing any of the silliness like the tour, or if it's going to cause us to have to shed salary in order to sign him, I'd be in favour of looking at someone like Woods.  I'm thinking that they already have a plan for the ratio so it's not like we absolutely need a Canadian MLB.  If we can get him for a reasonable price though, then sure, why not?

Sounds like Henoc still has his awful agent working for him. I wonder why he hasn’t caught on that signing for the most money he possibly can and milking every dollar out of a club is what makes him the first guy cut every offseason.

I don't think it needs to be a pile...he never said that...He hinted that the current SMS would need to be adjusted...

Just now, Mike said:

Sounds like Henoc still has his awful agent working for him. I wonder why he hasn’t caught on that signing for the most money he possibly can and milking every dollar out of a club is what makes him the first guy cut every offseason.

Is that Hardaway? Man, that guy..... Not helping the kids reputation... 

yeah...his agent's advice is not doing him any longterm favors...time to re-think their strategy

Won't be easy to squeeze money from teams after everyone has already dropped a lot on the first few days of free agency.   

4 minutes ago, Booch said:

I don't think it needs to be a pile...he never said that...He hinted that the current SMS would need to be adjusted...

To me, the outgoing player would have to be Ian Wild.

I would think so...we have adequate national back-ups..Fenner..Leggett..Fogg have SAM covered...and I think Jones is really gonna impress and take Knox's spot...so odd man out be Wild...possibly Flanders and we use Baumen in his spot

2 minutes ago, Booch said:

I would think so...we have adequate national back-ups..Fenner..Leggett..Fogg have SAM covered...and I think Jones is really gonna impress and take Knox's spot...so odd man out be Wild...possibly Flanders and we use Baumen in his spot

Cutting two good foot soldiers to sign a mercenary sounds like a bad decision imo, I can't see O'Shea going for this.

i agree....but those would be options