Okay, so the off season officially begins now that the Grey Cup is over. Lots of topics for discussion in the months to come with the Bombers & the League. A new CBA needs to be negotiated sooner rather than later.  Will there be an eventual agreement or a lockout? How much will the salary cap go up? Randy Ambrosie is on record that wants the cap to significantly go up so that is a positive.  Will Bo Levi Mitchell sign with an NFL or perhaps another CFL team? What about Mike Reilly & Trevor Harris who are also free agents? There's a new start up league called the  AAFL & there are legit concerns that it'll draw star CFL players away or hamper free agent signings with CFL teams. Coaching changes in BC & Toronto. The continuing evolving story of the expansion Halifax Schooners & possible exhibition games in Mexico. 

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12 minutes ago, gcn11 said:

Imo, the best course of action for the Riders would be to secure a starting QB and build around that. It would be a disaster for this coming year for sure, but in this league you gotta have a QB. They don't have a Chris Jones defence to rely on, although Riderfans would have you believe their defence won't miss a beat, and really there isn't a ton of talent on that team that hasn't already walked away. Might as well throw some serious dollars at a QB and begin a rebuild. The Riders don't believe they need one, but they really do. Chris Jones was a fantastic HC, but terrible GM. He got more out of that group than anyone could have expected. If they don't get a QB they are a 6 win team this year and will be until they find one. Get one this year and start rebuilding around him and their might be hope for next year.

I think he is a really good DC...Average at best HC...and a horrible GM....not sure about the President of Operations part, but based on all the stuff they got caight doing the first 2 years, and the place they are in now...I'd say he was bad at that too.

Rebuild for sure, and if they don't land a Reilly..BLM...or even a Harris they are royaly screwed. Franklin...Jennings..Glenn??...just won't get it done there, especially with their best reciever gone, no slam dunk Roosevalt signs there and zero Canadian depth on offence. 

Aging Hughes on defense who dissappeared last 3rd of season, losing Evougan..possibly Jefferson, and still need to address their o-line even though most there think it's awesome because they gave up less sacks than us (which means diddly when you break it down) So a lot of work needs to be done there....and doing it with a rookie HC and GM as well as a fresh face DC..well growing pains will occur...which we can attest to in our first few years of this new regime and rebuild

On ‎2019‎-‎02‎-‎03 at 3:24 PM, SpeedFlex27 said:

"Where's Roddy gone?"

That shirt looks a lot more like your colors than ours. This guy is probably from Steinbach

5 minutes ago, Ripper said:

That shirt looks a lot more like your colors than ours. This guy is probably from Steinbach

Selkirk, we make fun of Selkirk around here.

2 minutes ago, MOBomberFan said:

Selkirk, we make fun of Selkirk around here.

Ok.  Sorry.

52 minutes ago, Ripper said:

That shirt looks a lot more like your colors than ours. This guy is probably from Steinbach

Yeah but the hat is a give away.....looks green to me  LOL

1 hour ago, MOBomberFan said:

Selkirk, we make fun of Selkirk around here.

No, no, no. Steinbach is way easier to make fun of. For example- do you know that having sex while standing up is illegal in Steinbach? 'Cause it might lead to dancing.

or you know, both places are equally deserving of ridicule. 

1 minute ago, 17to85 said:

or you know, both places are equally deserving of ridicule. 

Oh please... Go tend to your swamp, Ashern.... 

37 minutes ago, Tracker said:

No, no, no. Steinbach is way easier to make fun of. For example- do you know that having sex while standing up is illegal in Steinbach? 'Cause it might lead to dancing.

Ha - the movie 'Footloose' always comes to mind when I drive past the Steinbach sign

10 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Oh please... Go tend to your swamp, Ashern.... 

Were you humming The Deliverance theme when typing that? Should have been. Ashern....it's where Saskatchewan people go on vacation.

5 minutes ago, gcn11 said:

Were you humming The Deliverance theme when typing that? Should have been. Ashern....it's where Saskatchewan people go on vacation.

Ain't no Riverton, that's for sure

23 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Oh please... Go tend to your swamp, Ashern.... 

Hey, better than Lundar. 

12 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Hey, better than Lundar. 

My brother-in-law tells me that Fraserwood is the real place to be in the Interlake.

34 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Ain't no Riverton, that's for sure

 

1 minute ago, nate007 said:

My brother-in-law tells me that Fraserwood is the real place to be in the Interlake.

 

He's clearly never been to Gunton!

3 hours ago, Ripper said:

That shirt looks a lot more like your colors than ours. This guy is probably from Steinbach

I look nothing like that

52 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Hey, better than Lundar. 

I thought they were the same place?

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I predict that Ambrosie will go down as another epic CFL Commish fail...

Spending lots of $$ on his world tour - on a league that needs to build its grassroots support first...

Knowing I have an unhealthy hate-on for the Leafs, here's unrealistically hoping for five years of mediocrity play from Matthews.  

3 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Knowing I have an unhealthy hate-on for the Leafs, here's unrealistically hoping for five years of mediocrity play from Matthews.  

Oops wrong thread. Sorry mods.

4 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Oops wrong thread. Sorry mods.

There's never a wrong thread for hating on the Leafs. 

 

1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

Hey, better than Lundar. 

I dunno man. Lundar has a Chicken Chef. 

3 minutes ago, Goalie said:

I dunno man. Lundar has a Chicken Chef. 

so does Ashern, I believe....

Just now, Goalie said:

I dunno man. Lundar has a Chicken Chef. 

There's a Chicken Chef in Ashern too.

 

1 hour ago, gcn11 said:

I thought they were the same place?

No see they have a big goose, Ashern has a big Sharptail Grouse