about time to start this thread, and we'll give the first word to Our Man Tait: 
 

 

1 hour ago, GCn20 said:

A great guy to have both on and off the field. How the Riders ever lowballed him is beyond me.

Just a prime example of the difference with the two organizations, and why one is where it is now, and the other wallowing around where it is currently...

1 hour ago, GCn20 said:

A great guy to have both on and off the field. How the Riders ever lowballed him is beyond me.

Don't you know what a privilege it is to play for the Riders?  Willie is fortunate that he didn't have to pay them for that honour! 😂 

1 hour ago, Booch said:

Just a prime example of the difference with the two organizations, and why one is where it is now, and the other wallowing around where it is currently...

No doubt. Jeremy O'Day just doesn't have a clue....but hey...Corey Mace and Marc Mueller's rocket ship offence that doesn't throw beyond 4 yards will fix all the talent deficiencies they have. 

1 hour ago, bigg jay said:

Don't you know what a privilege it is to play for the Riders?  Willie is fortunate that he didn't have to pay them for that honour! 😂 

According to Riderfans, he's a slacker who takes games off regularly.

5 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:

According to Riderfans, he's a slacker who takes games off regularly.

I think Stronson is in fact Jeremy O’Day. It would explain so much. 

59 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

No doubt. Jeremy O'Day just doesn't have a clue....but hey...Corey Mace and Marc Mueller's rocket ship offence that doesn't throw beyond 4 yards will fix all the talent deficiencies they have. 

Trevor Harris has never piloted a rocket ship...what makes Mueller think a breaking down 38 yr old QB, coming off a significant knee/leg injury i all of a sudden going to morph into this rocketship style QB?....thats just so comical, and more just pandering to the toothless masses there trying to sell them a nice pipe dream

4 minutes ago, Booch said:

Trevor Harris has never piloted a rocket ship...what makes Mueller think a breaking down 38 yr old QB, coming off a significant knee/leg injury i all of a sudden going to morph into this rocketship style QB?....thats just so comical, and more just pandering to the toothless masses there trying to sell them a nice pipe dream

Harris 'a rocket ship type qb.'.....LOL.....shouldn't they be after MBT as their no 1.....He's more the extratrestrial type....waiting for the aliens to take him for a ride Mueller over there has it all wrong.............................Seriously , Harris was always just competent in my estimation....how he can become young again and a 'blast into space' kinda guy is going to be quite a feat....

15 minutes ago, Booch said:

Trevor Harris has never piloted a rocket ship...what makes Mueller think a breaking down 38 yr old QB, coming off a significant knee/leg injury i all of a sudden going to morph into this rocketship style QB?....thats just so comical, and more just pandering to the toothless masses there trying to sell them a nice pipe dream

What's even funnier is that for the first 8 games while Mueller was running his rocket ship last year, I don't think Maier attempted a pass beyond 8 yards. Maybe that's an exaggeration, but I do know in like 3 games preceding Mueller's demotion Maier had not attempted any passes beyond that. It's not like it was poor pass pro related either, Calgary has a pretty strong OL. It was just baffling to watch.

54 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:

According to Riderfans, he's a slacker who takes games off regularly.

According to Riderfans Mace was the only candidate they truly considered even though we now know he got the job by default really after Milanovich and Buck both withdrew. Rider Stronson pretends not to be, but is the biggest O'Day apologist out there. When Dickenson was hired as HC he was touting it as a master stroke pulled off by the Riders because at least 2 other teams were about to offer him their HCing job. lmao. You can't make up stuff funnier than that.

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Just now, GCn20 said:

What's even funnier is that for the first 8 games while Mueller was running his rocket ship last year, I don't think Maier attempted a pass beyond 8 yards. Maybe that's an exaggeration, but I do know in like 3 games preceding Mueller's demotion Maier had not attempted any passes beyond that. It's not like it was poor pass pro related either, Calgary has a pretty strong OL. It was just baffling to watch.

So Harris is going to be an 'astro' realllllly short game type qb.....What a start

4 minutes ago, Stickem said:

So Harris is going to be an 'astro' realllllly short game type qb.....What a start

Realistically this is probably the only way he doesn't get injured, but it's not going to be a rocket ship unless they find the next generational YAC guy. When you hire an OC that makes Lapo look like a big risk taker it's going to be a tough slog.

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they don't even have a legit #1 style receiver on their roster either...every rocket ship needs at minimum 1 guy like that...

4 minutes ago, Booch said:

they don't even have a legit #1 style receiver on their roster either...every rocket ship needs at minimum 1 guy like that...

Bane can stretch a field a bit, but it doesn't matter if all he runs is check downs. They had Begelton in Calgary last year and the guy didn't produce a thing until Mueller got demoted then he was on fire after. It just can't be understated how poorly he ran his offence in Calgary last year with far superior talent than what he will have now. If I was a Rider fan right now I would be really scratching my head at this hire, but they seem thrilled with it.

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When does the 2023 season officially end for salary cap purposes? If we have money left on the cap, which would surprise me, when can we re-sign people and frontload their bonus into 2023? 

5 minutes ago, JCon said:

When does the 2023 season officially end for salary cap purposes? If we have money left on the cap, which would surprise me, when can we re-sign people and frontload their bonus into 2023? 

Everything seems to end December 31st.

If we want to hand out some 2023 bonuses, gotta be in the next few weeks. 

If I remember correctly they did like a 12 days of Christmas with the announcement of a new signing each day as we approached year end. I expected there to be a couple more by now after Willie early in the week.

6 hours ago, GCn20 said:

Bane can stretch a field a bit, but it doesn't matter if all he runs is check downs. They had Begelton in Calgary last year and the guy didn't produce a thing until Mueller got demoted then he was on fire after. It just can't be understated how poorly he ran his offence in Calgary last year with far superior talent than what he will have now. If I was a Rider fan right now I would be really scratching my head at this hire, but they seem thrilled with it.

It's a name hire. Somehow thinking the magic of the past will somehow transfer to the present.

WTF is this? Burn them all!  https://www.thebomberstore.com/2023-western-division-championship-tee.html

32 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

WTF is this? Burn them all!  https://www.thebomberstore.com/2023-western-division-championship-tee.html

that is disgusting...... do not celebrate 2nd place. 

1 minute ago, Noeller said:

that is disgusting...... do not celebrate 2nd place. 

We printed them after winning the West. As we've done before. 

 

Just now, JCon said:

We printed them after winning the West. As we've done before. 

 

which is also gross... do not celebrate second place. 

Just now, Noeller said:

which is also gross... do not celebrate second place. 

Let's close the store. No point in selling anything Bombers related as it would just promote a second place team. 

That's like having tees that say, "Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2023. Grey Cup Finalists." No thanks. 

I just can't imagine anyone buying a West Division champs shirt. Reminds me of this:  

 

4 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

I just can't imagine anyone buying a West Division champs shirt. Reminds me of this:  

 

It is 150% this..... so gross and tacky. 

5 hours ago, GCn20 said:

What's even funnier is that for the first 8 games while Mueller was running his rocket ship last year, I don't think Maier attempted a pass beyond 8 yards. Maybe that's an exaggeration, but I do know in like 3 games preceding Mueller's demotion Maier had not attempted any passes beyond that. It's not like it was poor pass pro related either, Calgary has a pretty strong OL. It was just baffling to watch.

According to Riderfans Mace was the only candidate they truly considered even though we now know he got the job by default really after Milanovich and Buck both withdrew. Rider Stronson pretends not to be, but is the biggest O'Day apologist out there. When Dickenson was hired as HC he was touting it as a master stroke pulled off by the Riders because at least 2 other teams were about to offer him their HCing job. lmao. You can't make up stuff funnier than that.

Yup. And speaking of the Riders lowballing people this is exactly what happened. Buck withdrew as he was not offered nearly what he had expected.