With fingers crossed

 

 

6 hours ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

Here’s my criticism of your stance. You ***** when he “hides on his cave” and says nothing, and then you ***** when he comes out and says something. You are pre-dispositioned to take anything he says or doesn’t say, does or doesn’t do, in a negative light. You have no objectivity when it comes to him and it has come off as some personal vendetta. You have even bitched about him wearing scarves, for God’s sake, when that is completely irrelevant. You expect him to have a massive plan laid out For CFL perfection when we are seeing that this pandemic has flummoxed governments around the world in their responses. Sweden goes with herd immunity, did not work. Canada did early lockdown amid huge criticism about crippling the economy, and yet here we are now in a huge second wave. Ambrosie was in a no-win situation in a league that needs fans to make a profit, and he along with the owners (who are really the ones pulling the strings, as it always has been) decided not playing was the course to take to protect the players and society. Now we get news that shows they are at least planning a re-boot, and you jump all over it as being useless. But if they did not say anything you’d whine (as you already have done repeatedly on this board) that he is not saying anything to the fans who have the absolute RIGHT to full disclosure (news flash, we don’t). Hey, if you have all the answers and see the way out of this, especially a way that has zero fans and no vaccines but can sustain the league financially, please enlighten us, and run for commissioner yourself (or better yet become a politician, since they don’t have the answers either). NHL owners pitched for the season to shut down in some quarters too as they would lose less money that way, so this is not just a CFL problem. 

I don't get paid to make the CFL plans to play. He does. And so do the individual teams. Ambrosie ghosted US... the fans for months & continues to do so. He came out for a day this week announcing a schedule. Well, good for him. All dependent upon people being in the stands & a vaccine so there is no plan.

I don't trust anything Ambrosie says. If the CFL has no money then tell us as we deserve to know. How will 2021 be different thatn 2020 financially so a season can go ahead. Don't string the fans & players along for the next 6 months. Have the courage to stand in the glare of media lights & tell us it doesn't look good for 2021. Don't get our hopes up just to inevitably hear bad news. To me he's a bad used car salesman & most fans know this by now. He has lost most of his credibility. Scarf or no scarf. 

Edited November 21, 20205 yr by SpeedFlex27

2 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

And they may have some of those ideas in the drawing room already. I just don’t see the point in putting out an idea that can be dead in a month or two.

 I would be in favour of the Feds putting up a certain amount of money per home game to coincide with some home attendance, but once again, who’s to say at this point? It would be along the lines of paying bars and such a certain amount to stay closed and avoid the risks. 

One way or another, the Feds are going to pay for it so you might as well try to keep some businesses alive.

 

 

Well they don't have to say what they're doing, but a simple statement of "we have some ideas if things are still in a dicey situation" 

Given how spectacularly they dropped the ball in 2020 you can see why it seems like there is no faith.

Sweet..

 

1 hour ago, Mr Dee said:

Sweet..

 

Hamilton also gets the first pick! Nothing like the champs and the runner ups snagging top three picks!

The Edmonton Football Team says it has a shortlist of seven candidates for its new name.

Elk, Evergreens, Evergolds, Eclipse, Elkhounds, Eagles and Elements are listed as possibilities on an online survey released Monday.

The CFL team dropped the name Eskimos last year. It followed a similar decision by the NFL’s Washington team as pressure mounts on teams to eliminate racist or stereotypical names.

 

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/edmonton-football-team-asks-fans-to-vote-on-7-possible-names-1.5299846

I've got one more: The Edmonton Excrement

11 minutes ago, Doublezero said:

The Edmonton Football Team says it has a shortlist of seven candidates for its new name.

Elk, Evergreens, Evergolds, Eclipse, Elkhounds, Eagles and Elements are listed as possibilities on an online survey released Monday.

The CFL team dropped the name Eskimos last year. It followed a similar decision by the NFL’s Washington team as pressure mounts on teams to eliminate racist or stereotypical names.

 

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/edmonton-football-team-asks-fans-to-vote-on-7-possible-names-1.5299846

I've got one more: The Edmonton Excrement

Good god those names suck. I don’t like any of them.

2 minutes ago, Blueandgold said:

Good god those names suck. I don’t like any of them.

Looks like Eagles is getting most votes so far .... Excrement is not an option. Which is too bad because if it were, we could stack the vote. I bet even alot of Sask and Calgary fans would be on board.

What was wrong with Schmoes????

Eagles is dumb and over used. I like and voted for Elk as my top choice. Elkhounds second. 

I like the Elkhounds. You can play Mr. Burns "Release the Hounds," as they take the field lol.

the ones I really don't like are the lacross -type names... "Extreme" and **** like that. 

 

Edited February 8, 20214 yr by TrueBlue4ever

First thing, in my opinion. Empire should have been the name. They found a way to say that wasn't politically correct too right?

 

Elk would be far off 2nd

Should have been Empire. Whatever mental gymnastics led them to believe the evergreens evergolds elements would be better... eagles? Really? Are you a bland community club soccer team?

21 minutes ago, MOBomberFan said:

Should have been Empire. Whatever mental gymnastics led them to believe the evergreens evergolds elements would be better... eagles? Really? Are you a bland community club soccer team?

Gotta keep up with trends...this is a league where teams are named after their colours...and larks.

I hope they go with “elements” because then you could have all sorts of fun with that. Because like the element hydrogen they are full of hot air, like zirconium they have an overinflated and phony sense of value, and like sulfur they stink. 

To be really safe in this day of constant whining over nothing...to be totally politically correct the name has to be the Edmonton Blanks....

23 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

I hope they go with “elements” because then you could have all sorts of fun with that. Because like the element hydrogen they are full of hot air, like zirconium they have an overinflated and phony sense of value, and like sulfur they stink. 

I still like my original suggestion: Edmonton Extensional .  I can't quite put my finger on why it works, though.

go back to the good old days....Edmonton Edmontons.......

 

Just now, JCon said:

 

It's cases like this where I need a love emoji/reaction thing for this post.... this is nothing but great news.

14 hours ago, MOBomberFan said:

Should have been Empire. Whatever mental gymnastics led them to believe the evergreens evergolds elements would be better... eagles? Really? Are you a bland community club soccer team?

Edmonton Eaglefangs! It's badass!

18 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Edmonton Eaglefangs! It's badass!

So are we at a point where it is possible to put together a projected line up and feel good about it?

Why does the name have to start with an E? So they don't have to change the decal on their helmets?

The reality is, that a renaming starts and ends with Greengolds. It's an homage to every Albertans' favorite place...Ottawa.

Edited February 11, 20214 yr by Pete Catan's Ghost