First time in 29 years where the off season is a not a time to be bemoaning a missed Grey Cup- how sweet it is.

 

Figured we can park all Blue Bomber going ons for this off-season here in this thread.

 

Starting with this:

 

 

 

Let's get this guy Locked up for the foreseeable future...

Edited December 2, 20196 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

19 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

Both DB's are annoying as **** as far as I'm concerned. Pretty sure Brown just likes to hear himself talk. Or as he would say..."I do enjoy the sound produced when I force air out of my lungs and over my vocal chords then eventually out of my mouth. They seem to form a solid base which can be relied upon when trying to communicate with another human being who is equally interested in the topic I'm discussing."

I basically am only saying Bauming will share up to the second Twitter news, so I get that at least if I'm listening on the way there.

1 hour ago, Geebrr said:

I basically am only saying Bauming will share up to the second Twitter news, so I get that at least if I'm listening on the way there.

Yes, he regurgitates Twitter news. 

If only we could free Walby of Westwood and Bauming, life would be good. 

Bombers twitter #ForTheW... as usual!

50 minutes ago, JCon said:

Yes, he regurgitates Twitter news. 

If only we could free Walby of Westwood and Bauming, life would be good. 

As long as someone is regurgitating it.

15 minutes ago, bearpants said:

Bombers twitter #ForTheW... as usual!

So ridiculous that we open on the road 

3 hours ago, Noeller said:

yikes...they don't let you do the "it's funny that you might be gay" jokes anymore.....

Wasn't it Wheeler and Hal that would call Coach Don Matthew's hotel at 7am and wake him up? 

23 minutes ago, Floyd said:

So ridiculous that we open on the road 

I feel like its always a good idea to kick the regular season off with the defending champion at home against the previous years challenger. Works great in virtually any sport. 

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

DB97 does use too many big words where something more conversational would suffice, but he's a PHENOMENAL analyst for the broadcast and a quality co-host as well. He's still young enough to be in tune with the guys on the field and knows what's going on in the room. He's also just a good dude...someone you could sit and have a beer with (tho I believe he prefers scotch), which is crucial. 

Love his writing and radio work. I dont know how TSN hasnt scooped him up yet tbh. But Ill be very happy if he stays here in a similar role for the long term. 

1 minute ago, WinnipegGordo said:

Wasn't it Wheeler and Hal that would call Coach Don Matthew's hotel at 7am and wake him up? 

I want to say it was BJ and hal in the era before wheeler went to power 97. Ace burpee did a lot of shenanigans like that too back then. 

1 minute ago, wbbfan said:

Love his writing and radio work. I dont know how TSN hasnt scooped him up yet tbh. But Ill be very happy if he stays here in a similar role for the long term. 

He was with TSN T.O. but he wanted to stay in Wpg, I believe. Yes, TSN Wpg could probably offer him a bunch of money to go across teh street, but I really think he's happy with OB. He does well...

2 hours ago, Geebrr said:

I basically am only saying Bauming will share up to the second Twitter news, so I get that at least if I'm listening on the way there.

Bauming and Hamilton also make an effort to follow the team closely. Bauming is more in tune with what's going on with the Bombers than Irving. I like listening to Bob but he talks about the team in generalities while Bauming knows more about the current status of players, etc.

4 minutes ago, WinnipegGordo said:

Bauming and Hamilton also make an effort to follow the team closely. Bauming is more in tune with what's going on with the Bombers than Irving. I like listening to Bob but he talks about the team in generalities while Bauming knows more about the current status of players, etc.

Agree with that

12 minutes ago, WinnipegGordo said:

Bauming is more in tune with what's going on with the Bombers than Irving

This is 100% false. Nobody is more "in tune" than Irving. In fact, several times in the past couple years, he has broken major stories a day before info became public. I'm certain that, as the house broadcaster, he's given scoops before anyone else. 

4 minutes ago, Noeller said:

This is 100% false. Nobody is more "in tune" than Irving. In fact, several times in the past couple years, he has broken major stories a day before info became public. I'm certain that, as the house broadcaster, he's given scoops before anyone else. 

When was the last time that Irving was the first to report the salary of any player?

2 minutes ago, WinnipegGordo said:

When was the last time that Irving was the first to report the salary of any player?

I declare the first reporter to announce the Derek Walker signing the bestest of all WPG reporters

8 minutes ago, WinnipegGordo said:

When was the last time that Irving was the first to report the salary of any player?

So because Irving doesn't tweet salary numbers, he's not connected? There's so many things wrong with your line of thinking...

9 minutes ago, Dirty30 said:

I declare the first reporter to announce the Derek Walker signing the bestest of all WPG reporters

Perhaps a walk-a-thon to come up to his salary requests..

1 minute ago, Mr Dee said:

Perhaps a walk-a-thon to come up to his salary requests..

Free slurpees

3 hours ago, JCon said:

Sweet Jesus I could live 1000 lives and never get tired of watching that Thiadric Hansen hit! The other angle is even better, he lifts the Hamilton blocker like 3 feet into the air and launches him like a freaking torpedo into the returner. Why do my shorts get tighter every time I watch that clip?!?!?

Edited February 27, 20205 yr by Bubba Zanetti

Got to remember scoops rarely come from the teams it’s usually the agent that slips that info out.

Another thing that's important, the greatest reporters don't give out all the info they have. You build credibility and trust with the organization by keeping a lot of things under your hat. Being in a rush to be the first guy to give out info you're not supposed to (injury and money stuff) is a quick way to getting yourself blackballed by the team. 

When the team has exciting stuff coming and they wanna leak info, the first guy they'll go to is the guy they trust. 

Bauming on the radio comes off as a guy who reads forums and bases his rumours off of them.

He's not terrible but imo Irving is way more in tune with the on field product.

That Hansen hit is basically the Coles notes of the 2019 Grey Cup. What an absolute dink punching that game was.

Edited February 27, 20205 yr by Super Duper Negatron

Remember when the Bombers won the ******* 2019 Grey Cup?

 

Got to help carry the grey cup out of a vehicle and into the store, not sure how to insert pictures from a phone to the chat.