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It’s not clear if Foketi is injured or has simply not reported, but Bombers coach Mike O’Shea said the team has been in contact with him and he has been placed on the veteran exempt list. That means the team can replace him on the roster without giving up his rights.

“He’ll stay there for a little bit,” O’Shea said. “When news changes, I’ll give you another update.”

 

https://winnipegsun.com/sports/football/cfl/winnipeg-bluebombers/harris-itching-to-get-fully-back-into-action-but-understands-why-bombers-keeping-him-out

So it looks like Foketi is still on the team for now. It appears to be different from the Thompkins situation.

6 hours ago, Floyd said:

Oh sorry to wake you...  

If I had to guess, they're probably just tired of having to clean up all this **** time and time again.

6 minutes ago, Mike said:

If I had to guess, they're probably just tired of having to clean up all this **** time and time again.

Honestly the thread was fine until yogi torpedoed it - there’s literally been no cleaning up required for the entire winter...

4 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Honestly the thread was fine until yogi torpedoed it - there’s literally been no cleaning up required for the entire winter...

If you truly believe that second part, you’re really out to lunch on how much effort these volunteers have been making.

I really shouldn’t even have a staff tag anymore because I rarely have the time to post, let alone do anything else, but reading the logs and whatnot, I’d venture a pretty well educated guess that this winter was easily the busiest and most frustrating period of time moderators have seen on this forum. 

3 minutes ago, Mike said:

If you truly believe that second part, you’re really out to lunch on how much effort these volunteers have been making.

I really shouldn’t even have a staff tag anymore because I rarely have the time to post, let alone do anything else, but reading the logs and whatnot, I’d venture a pretty well educated guess that this winter was easily the busiest and most frustrating period of time moderators have seen on this forum. 

Guess I didn’t notice all the turmoil... was reading football posts mostly

Just now, Floyd said:

Guess I didn’t notice all the turmoil... was reading football posts mostly

Then yeah, you probably would never have noticed 99% of it.

Things seem to be going off the rails lately around here....

1 minute ago, Mike said:

Then yeah, you probably would never have noticed 99% of it.

The general forum does seem quieter these days with a couple posters missing.  I assume the ban hammer finally came down (at least temporarily).

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3 minutes ago, Mike said:

Then yeah, you probably would never have noticed 99% of it.

makes no sense why I would notice it now... anyway blah blah who cares

8 minutes ago, sweep the leg said:

Go spend some time in the politics thread...

Let me move back into my parents basement first...

I didn't come around much during the offseason so I accept responsibility for things going off the rails. The yard was missing its big dog.

22 hours ago, Atomic said:

I didn't come around much during the offseason so I accept responsibility for things going off the rails. The yard was missing its big dog.

If it ain't one thread....its simply another.

😄

 

On 2019-05-27 at 3:52 PM, Floyd said:

Honestly the thread was fine until yogi torpedoed it - there’s literally been no cleaning up required for the entire winter...

You have not been in the political threads I see...

Edited May 28, 20196 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

On 2019-05-27 at 4:03 PM, Floyd said:

Guess I didn’t notice all the turmoil... was reading football posts mostly

You can chalk that one up to our awesome volunteer mods.

I wonder when we can expect an update on foketi. 

with these new rules too...couldn't he conceivably be dressed as the 6th olineman now..3 years with Bombers, so whoever went down on the line national or Import he can step in for

16 minutes ago, Booch said:

with these new rules too...couldn't he conceivably be dressed as the 6th olineman now..3 years with Bombers, so whoever went down on the line national or Import he can step in for

I don't believe that rule is in place just yet. Next year I believe...if not the year after.

4 hours ago, Booch said:

with these new rules too...couldn't he conceivably be dressed as the 6th olineman now..3 years with Bombers, so whoever went down on the line national or Import he can step in for

I'd hope they'd have a number of games guys would have had to play, not just sit on reserve or PR for 3 years.

So can we assume that he's not coming back?

He has retired according to the press release on the cuts etc. 

Freedom 25.

I'll be sure to wave to him when our luxury sailboats pass each other out on the Pacific.

 

9 minutes ago, Brandon said:

So can we assume that he's not coming back?

It would be safe to assume that whatever the reason was for him needing to step away from football, he doesn't expect it to change any time soon, if ever.  As a backup import tackle playing in the CFL he held onto employment far longer than most.