Too soon?  Too many truly painful Grey Cup losses have taken the sting out of yesterday's loss already.

Time to look forward while we cope with the recent disappointment.  

Who do we keep?  Who do we let go?  Who do we go after?

Someone was going to start this thread at some point.

19 hours ago, Stickem said:

Mack Heron especially.....the little guy was tar and feathered because he had someone smoking  marijuana at a party at his apartment on Henderson Highway....He was tried and convicted by that sob and sent packing....Mack was a star for the team at the time and deserved a better fate ....Ruoff also left because of a joint being smoked....Sounds kind of an over reach by the standards held even in those days ....especially when you think of what goes on these days with regard to recreational mj

Heron and Jim Thorpe were foul-mouthed ghetto archetypes who brought that attitude with them to Winnipeg and their public interactions. Ruoff was a different case altogether. His issue was not that he smoked up but that it became public knowledge.

15 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I was part the original crew that worked at Bonanza. We opened in November 1973. I was in Grade 12. Winnipeggers loved the place. Man, were we busy!!!

Man we used to love going to the all you could eat deep fried shrimp days on weekends.  The servers would just walk around with baskets of deep fried shrimp and we would just have them dump out the baskets onto our plates.  But we had to make sure we left room for the all you could eat soft serve ice cream.  Never be a place like that again.

We lost because Collaros wasn't 100%. Didn't we?

2 hours ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

We lost because Collaros wasn't 100%. Didn't we?

That’s the biggest part of it. Though our front 6 was key in the two wins and invisible in the loss. In 21 Biggie kyrie and Willy combined for 13 tackles and a pick. Jake added 4 tackles and a sack stove had 4 tackles and 2 sacks. Sayles and jeffcoat had good games the rest of our front 6 didn’t. 

2 hours ago, wbbfan said:

That’s the biggest part of it. Though our front 6 was key in the two wins and invisible in the loss. In 21 Biggie kyrie and Willy combined for 13 tackles and a pick. Jake added 4 tackles and a sack stove had 4 tackles and 2 sacks. Sayles and jeffcoat had good games the rest of our front 6 didn’t. 

Except for that missed block that literally cost us at the end of the game.... 

4 hours ago, wbbfan said:

That’s the biggest part of it. Though our front 6 was key in the two wins and invisible in the loss. In 21 Biggie kyrie and Willy combined for 13 tackles and a pick. Jake added 4 tackles and a sack stove had 4 tackles and 2 sacks. Sayles and jeffcoat had good games the rest of our front 6 didn’t. 

man if we could only get Stove back...

26 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

man if we could only get Stove back...

Stove is finished. We might have the new one in camp with OBG.

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

Except for that missed block that literally cost us at the end of the game.... 

on the defensive front he had a good game lol. On teams well least he’s got legs to take the fall for him. 

9 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

Man we used to love going to the all you could eat deep fried shrimp days on weekends.  The servers would just walk around with baskets of deep fried shrimp and we would just have them dump out the baskets onto our plates.  But we had to make sure we left room for the all you could eat soft serve ice cream.  Never be a place like that again.

I was bussing tables on a very busy Saturday night. I did one table too many & my tub was overflowing & really heavy. My hands were a little greasy from all the work. I started for the kitchen but I knew I'd never make it. I dropped that heavy bus tub right in the middle of the dining area. The restaurant was loud with people eating & carrying on. The whole place went quiet & then people started talking again. I cleaned up the mess absolutely mortified. Then I got hauled into the manager's office where he tore a strip off me for breaking dishes. What a bad night that was. Never did that again.

9 hours ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

We lost because Collaros wasn't 100%. Didn't we?

No, because our kicker had the yips & shanked a FG line drive which was blocked. 

14 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

Statistically, Castillo missed converts at a higher percentage. 

I agree on that extra point though. He missed it. 

You can manipulate stats to suit any situation or idea. Bottom line is he missed & that's the bottom line. He wasn't good enough. We all knew he was the weak link on this team & he proved us right. 

11 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

You can manipulate stats to suit any situation or idea. Bottom line is he missed & that's the bottom line. He wasn't good enough. We all knew he was the weak link on this team & he proved us right. 

That's not what I'm arguing. Someone was complaining about legs missed converts throughout the year while saying Castillo is better. Statistically speaking that isn't the case. There's no manipulation needed. They are close, but Legs was better as hard as that is to believe. 

11 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

No, because our kicker had the yips & shanked a FG line drive which was blocked. 

Wrong

He definitely didn't shank anything. I have watched the replay dozens and dozens of times (kept rewinding....) the kick was up enough, was starting left and would have drifted back right (it was windy) but Sayles missed a block and a guy got through pretty cleanly and got his hand on the ball as it was taking lift off... 

30 minutes ago, Noeller said:

He definitely didn't shank anything. I have watched the replay dozens and dozens of times (kept rewinding....) the kick was up enough, was starting left and would have drifted back right (it was windy) but Sayles missed a block and a guy got through pretty cleanly and got his hand on the ball as it was taking lift off... 

and a 47 yarder is by no means automatic for any kicker. 
 

our d should’ve been able to stop the Kelly drive. Two big runs easy pass completions. The whole game was a big under performance from us in all aspects. We should’ve smashed the argos. 

https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/05/07/blue-bombers-add-eight-to-roster/

All 2023 draft picks are under contract now.

Just now, bigg jay said:

https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/05/07/blue-bombers-add-eight-to-roster/

All 2023 draft picks are under contract now.

 

 

Just now, Noeller said:

 

 

That’s awesome and a couple more imp arms! Fantastic!

https://www.semoball.com/story/2909875.html

Jones is a 5 year starter which is rare though not against super high competition. 

6'3" 215lbs... Seems like a big solid kid. Now let's see how he handles a defense. 

14 minutes ago, Noeller said:

6'3" 215lbs... Seems like a big solid kid. Now let's see how he handles a defense. 

And 6’3 220 and mobile. Both seem like camp arms tbh. Not that they don’t have arm talent or up side. Neither looks like a blue chip prospect. Under rated qbs tend to over achieve but if one of our nl qbs comes available I expect any of our 3 rookie imp qbs to be given an apple and a road map. 

I think they are looking for a short yardage qb more than anything. 

Not surprised we are signing alot of prospects on the eve of training camp.  The CFL is now kind of the final opportunity for some players to play this season who were holding out for an NFL contract.  If they don't sign now and an NFL deal doesn't come through they'll be sitting out until January at the earliest without money coming in. I would expect there to be a trend that many cfl recruits sign closer to the start of camp then before the xfl usfl. 

Jaidrian Taylor looks like an exciting prospect, although I fear that by saying this I have cursed his chances.

18 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I was bussing tables on a very busy Saturday night. I did one table too many & my tub was overflowing & really heavy. My hands were a little greasy from all the work. I started for the kitchen but I knew I'd never make it. I dropped that heavy bus tub right in the middle of the dining area. The restaurant was loud with people eating & carrying on. The whole place went quiet & then people started talking again. I cleaned up the mess absolutely mortified. Then I got hauled into the manager's office where he tore a strip off me for breaking dishes. What a bad night that was. Never did that again.

Did he threaten to dock your $3.25 per hr. wage?

3 hours ago, Noeller said:

 

 

Callis is an interesting QB prospect- seems to have the arm, legs and intelligence to prosper in the CFL.