So ahead of the team nominees announcements this week, any thoughts as to who you would choose, and who should advance and win?

My picks:

MOP

BC - Bryan Burnham, Cal - Reggie Begelton, Edm - Trevor Harris (even with 5 games missed), Sask - Cody Fajardo, Wpg - Andrew Harris (will get through the Winnipeg vote despite the suspension)

Ham - Brandon Banks, Tor - McLeod Bethel-Thompson edges out S.J. Green, Ott - Dominique Rhymes, Mtl - Vernon Adams Jr.

Fajardo (sorry 17to85, he will get it) vs. Banks in the finals, Banks takes the prize

MODP

BC - Garry Peters, Cal - Tre Roberson, Edm - Vontae Diggs, Sask - Charleston Hughes, Wpg - Willie Jefferson (although Winston Rose would be a decent candidate in other years)

Ham - Simoni Lawrence (although Ja'Gared Davis is a strong candidate too), Tor - Abdul Kanneh, Ott - Anthony Cioffi, Mtl - John Bowman (lifetime achievement award)

Whomever of Roberson, Hughes and Jefferson (my choice by a hair) comes out of the west beats Lawrence in the final vote

MOC

BC - Lemar Durant, Cal - Cory Greenwood, Edm - Kwaku Boateng, Sask - Cameron Judge, Wpg - Andrew Harris

Ham - Ted Laurent (name recognition over Tunde Adeleke's stats), Tor - Cleyon Laing, Ott - Brad Sinopoli (despite a really down year), Mtl - Henoc Muamba

If Harris survives the PED vote of conscience, he is a lock to win. If not Judge vs. Laing (barely over Muamba) and give it to the 'Rider.

MOOL

How the hell should I know? It won't be a Lion, that's for sure. Bombers are probably in good given their rushing dominance.

MOR

I'll defer to 3downnation and their assessment:

https://3downnation.com/2019/10/18/each-teams-top-three-candidates-for-most-outstanding-rookie/

I think Lawler may edge out Exume for the Bombers given his late season success, but the finals is likely Holley of Calgary vs. Acklin of Hamilton. Unless the Stamps finish 3rd in the west, I see Holley being the vote.

MOST

BC - Sergio Castillo, Edm - Sean Whyte, Cal - Terry Williams, Sask - Jon Ryan, Wpg - Janarion Grant

Ham - Frankie Williams, Tor - Chris Rainey, Ott - Richie Leone, Mtl - Boris Bede

Grant was the best for the time he played, but with only 11 games and few kick returns, I sense he will not make the final cut. It will be Williams vs. Williams with Frankie taking the win (and shout out to Chris Rainey for a strong 3rd place finish)

 

4 minutes ago, AKAChip said:

If Simoni Lawrence were on the Bombers and Andrew Harris were on the Ticats, what would be your reaction to all this? Likely general indifference, no? Lawrence is a dirtbag, but it’s still not on the same level as testing positive for PEDs. 

No. It’s worse.

3 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

Same penalty sure. Same thing? Nope.

The media didn't make up their own rules. They just followed the rules that are in place and came to a decision you don't like.

Harris was eligible and had a far superior season. They decided he wasn't eligible. That's making up their own rules.

And, yes, same thing because it's penalized the same. 

1 hour ago, mfranc said:

For sure.  Avoid potential problems like this for the league.

This type of move would be good, but considering its media based voting I very much doubt it will happen. Baseball has needed it far more, and for far longer in the HoF voting etc. And basketball the voting for awards actually impacts how much guys can earn with out over sight or rules. 

I think the answer 

28 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

MLB you can't participate in the playoffs and are ineligible for awards

But the Hof and other such media award votes are a hot mess. 

As some one pointed out (note it was jpan85) on the previous page, it should be in the hands of each teams HC to nominate the award winners. 

1 hour ago, J5V said:

Just, wow! After we win the Grey Cup, or maybe just before or even during, maybe Andrew Harris can give a "shove it" speech to the Winnipeg media a la Henry Burris.

Imagine if we won the GC, with out a single seasonal award winner? Or if harris was the MOP/MOC in the grey cup game?

14 minutes ago, AKAChip said:

If Simoni Lawrence were on the Bombers and Andrew Harris were on the Ticats, what would be your reaction to all this? Likely general indifference, no? Lawrence is a dirtbag, but it’s still not on the same level as testing positive for PEDs. 

Weve been in this position before. And personally I liked Brandon dyson (as dirty a player as this league has ever seen) and kyries hebert. Im not against the guys who play on the edge and some times go over it. Should those guys be eligible for awards, even if they have rough spots during the season? If you allow them to continue to play, and they excel you gotta give it to them imo. So yes, I would give simoni lawrence east MODP, and maybe the leagues MODP.  

Edited October 30, 20196 yr by wbbfan

2 minutes ago, JCon said:

Harris was eligible and had a far superior season. They decided he wasn't eligible. That's making up their own rules.

And, yes, same thing because it's penalized the same. 

Honestly, I feel like the winnipeg football media need to suffer some backlash. Theyve been allowed to slide too far for too long. The extreme laziness of reporting in TC, practice, following up on injured players, and now this. 

Its well past time for them to stop being lazy sock puppets. 

1 minute ago, JCon said:

Harris was eligible and had a far superior season. They decided he wasn't eligible. That's making up their own rules.

And, yes, same thing because it's penalized the same. 

Nope. They decided that testing positive for PED's meant he wasn't worthy of getting their nomination for MOP and MOC. It's as valid a decision as deciding that testing positive for PED's and taking the 2 game suspension doesn't matter when it comes to nominations for MOP and MOC. 

Penalized the same doesn't equal the same thing and you know it or at least should know it. It's a false equivalency.

7 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Honestly, I feel like the winnipeg football media need to suffer some backlash. Theyve been allowed to slide too far for too long. The extreme laziness of reporting in TC, practice, following up on injured players, and now this. 

Its well past time for them to stop being lazy sock puppets. 

They have been super lazy. Most of them are not even on the beat any more. 

I asked, many of them, what's up with Gray? Is he practising? With which team? Etc. I finally got a response a week-and-half after and it was just forwarding me a tweet from a junior reporter (possibly an intern). And this during the peak time during the season. 

 

Edited October 30, 20196 yr by JCon

1 minute ago, TBURGESS said:

Nope. They decided that testing positive for PED's meant he wasn't worthy of getting their nomination for MOP and MOC. It's as valid a decision as deciding that testing positive for PED's and taking the 2 game suspension doesn't matter when it comes to nominations for MOP and MOC. 

Penalized the same doesn't equal the same thing and you know it or at least should know it. It's a false equivalency.

This is worst excuse yet. 

It's up to them to decide who the Most Outstanding Canadian Bomber was and they decided it was Miller because they disqualified Harris.

So, they didn't like that he was still eligible, so they made up their own rule. 

2 minutes ago, JCon said:

They have been super lazy. Most of them are not even on the beat any more. 

I asked, many of them, what's up with Gray? Is he practising? With which team? Etc. I finally got a response a week-and-half after and it was just forwarding me a tweet from a junior reporter (possibly a intern). And this during the peak time during the season. 

 

100% back in the day we used to get practice reports, and in depth TC break downs of who looked good made plays etc. 

What a joke. An update on gray would be big, and olivera.  

2 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

Nope. They decided that testing positive for PED's meant he wasn't worthy of getting their nomination for MOP and MOC. It's as valid a decision as deciding that testing positive for PED's and taking the 2 game suspension doesn't matter when it comes to nominations for MOP and MOC. 

Penalized the same doesn't equal the same thing and you know it or at least should know it. It's a false equivalency.

If the rules were clear...

But,

these media personnel are basing it on subjective opinions which unfortunately, carry higher consequences than our personal opinions. 

Character doesn’t count? Andrew Harris and Simoni Lawrence. One gets through, the other doesn’t? You can defend that?

 

Charleston Hughes plead guilty to DUI in April. But he gets the team award. 

Good thing he didn't kill someone. 

always worth your click, our boy Tait.......

https://www.bluebombers.com/2019/10/30/andrews-leader-team-player-awards-nominations-met-controversy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

of note: Can't blame Friesen......it was Jeff Hamilton (along with the aforementioned Wyman and Bauming) that threw Harris under the bus......

Actually, that spark has morphed into more of a raging inferno, as Andrew Harris was completely shut out following voting conducted by the local chapter of The Football Reporters of Canada – Bob Irving of CJOB, Jeff Hamilton of The Free Press, The Sun’s Ted Wyman and Darrin Bauming of TSN 1290 – along with Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea.

Bottom line we know that many members of the media have a very self important attitude, like they are the ones who decide what is right and wrong. 

This is just another example of this. You also see it all the time in the NHL too where people will not give the awards to players on shitty teams because of the arbitrary have to make the playoffs mentality. 

Media needs to come to grips with the fact that they aren't the only ones who are knowledgeable about sports and their opinions are really dime a dozen in this day and age.  

3 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

their opinions are really dime a dozen in this day and age.  

And they probably should be behind a paywall.

The media shouldn't set the rules, not their job, its the job of the league. As far as I'm concerned **** Hamilton, Wyman and Bauming. I hope all of the Bombers refuse to speak with them. Moreover hope those Asswipes realize their days are numbered, MSM is dead.

Last thing the Bombers need are distractions before their play off game.   

And I don't care who wins the awards..... to me anything that is voted on to pick a winner is the same as figure skating.  Nice to watch but hardly worth arguing over.

This is obviously a horrendous decision and a fireable offence for the joke of reporters we have. I have to imagine Ed Tait would’ve voted for Harris if he still had a vote. 
 

On the positive side, something like this can bring a team together and provide some unity as we head towards the playoffs. 

So they just happened to settle on Miller for MOC? That seems like colluding to make sure Harris didn't win Hamilton and Wyman had their articles ready to go to get reads, clicks and retweets Total scam by these assholes to help them in their jobs No wonder people don't trust the MSM. Honestly our local guys stink as journalists. Sites like The Athletic are miles ahead

fwiw, in his media availability, Willie Jefferson also indicated that he is representing Harris for MOP. This team will rally behind this, you better believe. 

Now I can actually understand Miller getting the MOC nod if people decided that Harris was out of the running. As I outlined in a previous post, Demski at 690 yards from scrimmage is probably the most notable Canadian player. Wolitarsky didn't get the touches to stand out, Certainly wasn't going to come from the defensive canadian and the only OL to stay healthy all year was couture. Outside of Harris the strength of this teams Canadians is the depth rather than a couple really stand out players. So process of elimination the Media who have the attention spans of an ADHD squirrel would naturally go towards the guy climbing all time special teams tackles charts.  

1 hour ago, Mr Dee said:

If the rules were clear...

But,

these media personnel are basing it on subjective opinions which unfortunately, carry higher consequences than our personal opinions. 

Character doesn’t count? Andrew Harris and Simoni Lawrence. One gets through, the other doesn’t? You can defend that?

 

Every opinion is subjective. 3 out of 5 opinions disagree with yours and the general consensus of the Bomber fan forums.

It's not about character, it's about testing positive for a PED. I'm not defending Lawrence and I wouldn't have voted for him if I had a vote because of his suspension.

If Harris has contract incentives for being most outstanding Canadian, I hope the organization steps up and pays that incentive regardless.   Players around the league will know we support our players. 

45 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

Every opinion is subjective. 3 out of 5 opinions disagree with yours and the general consensus of the Bomber fan forums.

Hey, I’m pretty sure that’s what I said. And that’s why we’re complaining

And really, not about character? It definitely should be taken under consideration.

9 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

Hey, I’m pretty sure that’s what I said. And that’s why we’re complaining

And really, not about character? It definitely should be taken under consideration.

And if it is taken into account, it has to be done evenly. 

I like Bauming because he seems to have a real interest in the CFL,  however on the radio at times he sounds really fake and cliché....    Sadly when it comes to Bomber coverage Westwood seems to be the most genuine.