For minor off-season Bomber news.  Any significant stories or news that are likely to generate significant discussion may have their own thread created.

Going to try going with the two threads again for the off season.    One for Bomber news, one for CFL news.   These threads should be used for general / minor day to day news, tweets, etc.  A catch all for tidbits that people want to share to keep everyone up to date on the goings and comings of the league.

Any news, tweets, and signings that is likely to generate significant discussion may have their own threads created.

Any word on Nevis? 

Micha Johnson would plug up the middle quite nicely. Wasn’t he the DT that pretty well had his way with the Olineman(Chung?)trying to block him in the Weatern Final

1 minute ago, Doublezero said:

I suppose but it seems like with the numbers being tossed around they might have kept Sukh Chung for a similar amount.

I asked TBurg the same question.... How much would you have overpaid Chungh to keep him. 

If he said, he needed BC $ plus $10k? $20k? $30k? 

With Bighill and Jefferson you would have 2 of the top 5 defensive players in the league.

Jefferson + Micah Johnson would be glorious

Demski's back. 

 

That's a nice surprise. He's versatile and homegrown. Hopefully he can stay healthy.

1 minute ago, JCon said:

Demski's back. 

Meh ~ I cringe every time he touches the ball that he's going to put it on the turf and watch while an opponent scoops it.

1 minute ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

That's a nice surprise. He's versatile and homegrown. Hopefully he can stay healthy.

I'm more concerned about his ball control than his health tbh.

2 minutes ago, Doublezero said:

Meh ~ I cringe every time he touches the ball that he's going to put it on the turf and watch while an opponent scoops it.

He had three fumbles last year, which ain't good, but, prior to that, he only had a couple for his whole career. I think he has 5 in his career? 

Demski had three fumbles in 2018. Three. One more than the league's best tailback. Maybe you've heard of him...?

1 minute ago, blue_gold_84 said:

Demski had three fumbles in 2018. Three. One more than the league's best tailback. Maybe you've heard of him...?

How many touches did he have?

5 minutes ago, JCon said:

He had three fumbles last year, which ain't good, but, prior to that, he only had a couple for his whole career. I think he has 5 in his career? 

He also had several mishandled catches that popped into the hands of waiting DBs. Inexcusable when you consider the balls are coming from Nichols who doesn't exactly throw rockets.

Edited February 12, 20196 yr by Doublezero

Just now, Doublezero said:

He also had several mishandled catches that popped into the hands of waiting DBs.

But, I thought we were blaming Nichols for those? 

1 minute ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

How many touches did he have?

91 on offense, 26 on special teams. (http://cflstats.ca/player/8148/nic-demski)

Does he need to improve his N-S movement and ball security? Yes. Do fans need to cringe whenever he touches the ball? Hell nah.

What about Adams Washington at WR then have Wolitarsky Demski and FA pick up in the slots.

7 minutes ago, JCon said:

I asked TBurg the same question.... How much would you have overpaid Chungh to keep him. 

If he said, he needed BC $ plus $10k? $20k? $30k? 

It's a specific question without a specific answer because neither of us know what the two offers were. We don't know if BC offered more or less than we did although I assume it was more. We don't know how much was up front. We don't even know if money was the deciding factor. I'm on record as saying I'd have 'overpaid' a young NI all star to keep him and I stick by that assessment.

As for Demski... I'm happy we don't have to replace another NI starter but I hope we didn't give him much of a salary bump as he was already being over paid for his contributions IMO.

I was ok with us moving on from Demski but having another quality Canadian threat in our arsenal is never a bad thing. I’m hoping he could continue to even get more touches in the backfield so he can take some of the load off from Harris. 

1 minute ago, TBURGESS said:

It's a specific question without a specific answer because neither of us know what the two offers were. We don't know if BC offered more or less than we did although I assume it was more. We don't know how much was up front. We don't even know if money was the deciding factor. I'm on record as saying I'd have 'overpaid' a young NI all star to keep him and I stick by that assessment.

As for Demski... I'm happy we don't have to replace another NI starter but I hope we didn't give him much of a salary bump as he was already being over paid for his contributions IMO.

Really, speculation on a forum?? Good god, call the police. 

 

I'm asking you - if Chungh said, I'll stay but only if you match the BC offer and add $10k? $20k? $30k? At what point are you out. 

Let's say BC offered $200k. 

Go...

Demski draws a huge "meh" from me, hopefully Lapo and O'Shea realize that Wolitarsky is the better player and feature him more.

Demski is a good player,  I wouldn't crap on him he's a good signing. 

I'm curious to see if Dressler goes back to Saskatchewan...

30 minutes ago, JCon said:

Really, speculation on a forum?? Good god, call the police. 

 

I'm asking you - if Chungh said, I'll stay but only if you match the BC offer and add $10k? $20k? $30k? At what point are you out. 

Let's say BC offered $200k. 

Go...

The twitter report I saw said the Bombers offered $200K and BC was going to offer upwards of $250K. EDIT: At least Chungh's camp was asking for $250K, and since he signed with BC, although I don't have definitive proof, I'm guessing they came close to his asking price if he signed that quickly.

Edited February 12, 20196 yr by TrueBlue4ever

B Alexander up next on 1290 for those interested... 

1 minute ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

The twitter report I saw said the Bombers offered $200K and BC was going to offer upwards of $250K.

That's what I saw. So, start at $250k. Should we have done that?