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

 

7 minutes ago, JCon said:

It's a recruiting tool. So, GOM does, the Gov't Reporting Entities do, etc. 

Yup, Stefansson spent over $100k on a recruitment trip to the Philippines that landed a whopping 23 new employees.  Dropping a few bucks on Forbes to make GOM seem like a good place to work, would be nothing.

Getting kinda late in the work day to announce a signing. Sad and perplexed face. 

Edited January 26, 20242 yr by Goalie

Just now, Goalie said:

Getting kinda late in the work day to announce a signing. Sad and perplexed face. 

We better fight amongst ourselves. 

24 Free agents left:

Dakota Prukop (A)
Brady Oliveira (N)
Rasheed Bailey (A)
Janarion Grant (A)
Greg McCrae (A)
Brendan O'Leary-Orange (N)
Dalton Schoen (A)
Geoff Gray (N)
Jermarcus Hardrick (A)
Chris Kolankowski (N)

Thiadric Hansen (G)
Jackson Jeffcoat (A)
Jake Thomas (N)
Ricky Walker (A)
Jesse Briggs (N)
Malik Clements (A)
Shayne Gauthier (N)
Brandon Alexander (A)
Alden Darby Jr. (A)
Kerfalla Exumé (N)
Nick Hallett (N)
Demerio Houston (A)
Winston Rose (A)
Sergio Castillo (A)

Edited January 26, 20242 yr by WinnipegGordo

1 hour ago, JCon said:

We better fight amongst ourselves. 

Edited January 26, 20242 yr by Wanna-B-Fanboy

^^ 

17to85 rolls up his sleeves and cracks his knuckles...

21 minutes ago, WinnipegGordo said:

24 Free agents left:

Dakota Prukop (A)
Brady Oliveira (N)
Rasheed Bailey (A)
Janarion Grant (A)
Greg McCrae (A)
Brendan O'Leary-Orange (N)
Dalton Schoen (A)
Geoff Gray (N)
Jermarcus Hardrick (A)
Chris Kolankowski (N)

Thiadric Hansen (G)
Jackson Jeffcoat (A)
Jake Thomas (N)
Ricky Walker (A)
Jesse Briggs (N)
Malik Clements (A)
Shayne Gauthier (N)
Brandon Alexander (A)
Alden Darby Jr. (A)
Kerfalla Exumé (N)
Nick Hallett (N)
Demerio Houston (A)
Winston Rose (A)
Sergio Castillo (A)

Blue Italic's...guys we should focus on.....Black bold....If price is right....and prove they still got it......rest....a nice parting gift....I exclude BO in the thought he is gonna have too high a price....I guess I will include him as a if price is right

 

Edited January 26, 20242 yr by Booch

3 hours ago, Noeller said:

^^ 

17to85 rolls up his sleeves and cracks his knuckles...

I wonder if we could get Lapo back in some capacity? 

Edited January 27, 20242 yr by JCon

1 hour ago, Wanna-B-Fanboy said:

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

^^ 

17to85 rolls up his sleeves and cracks his knuckles...

I’ve thought about digging up fatjartoes career play off numbers to add to the break down of zachs play off games here, but I’m afraid I’d die from the vomiting. 

3 hours ago, wbbfan said:

I’ve thought about digging up fatjartoes career play off numbers to add to the break down of zachs play off games here, but I’m afraid I’d die from the vomiting. 

A shame we have to live with forever....as the famous meme says, "... I will never recover from this..."

6 hours ago, Fatty Liver said:

Cutting Liegghio showed how serious O'Shea is about having a reliable FG kicker who can perform when the chips are down, it's a huge priority for this team and Castillo delivered.  Despite all the ratio implications it causes, I think they easily retain Castillo and work around the ratio once again, since there doesn't appear to be a Natl. FG kicker lined up to challenge him.  

We have to re-sign Castillo, first.

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

We have to re-sign Castillo, first.

Probably no other team looking for an Import FG kicker, 6 out of 9 employ a Natl.  Bede and Faithful being the exceptions.

9 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:

Probably no other team looking for an Import FG kicker, 6 out of 9 employ a Natl.  Bede and Faithful being the exceptions.

Maybe he'll sign with one of the 3 Texas based UFL teams.

3 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:

24 Free agents left:

Dakota Prukop (A)
Brady Oliveira (N)
Rasheed Bailey (A)
Janarion Grant (A)
Greg McCrae (A)
Brendan O'Leary-Orange (N)
Dalton Schoen (A)
Geoff Gray (N)
Jermarcus Hardrick (A)
Chris Kolankowski (N)

Thiadric Hansen (G)
Jackson Jeffcoat (A)
Jake Thomas (N)
Ricky Walker (A)
Jesse Briggs (N)
Malik Clements (A)
Shayne Gauthier (N)
Brandon Alexander (A)
Alden Darby Jr. (A)
Kerfalla Exumé (N)
Nick Hallett (N)
Demerio Houston (A)
Winston Rose (A)
Sergio Castillo (A)

Feeling like there's going to be quite a bit of turnover. Wouldn't be shocked if only 6-8 of these guys are back when camp starts

3 minutes ago, bluedawg said:

Feeling like there's going to be quite a bit of turnover. Wouldn't be shocked if only 6-8 of these guys are back when camp starts

I'm surprised the list hasnt been whittled down a bit with retirements and player releases.

The team for example said that Darby wont be back so why not just release him now?

 

What's y'alls top 3 list of Bomber pending free agents you'd be most surprised if the team brought back?

Mine:

1. Demerio Houston

2. Dakota Prukop

3. Ricky Walker

Also my sota hot take is that the team is going to move on from MULTIPLE all star, core players because of $$$

13 minutes ago, bluedawg said:

What's y'alls top 3 list of Bomber pending free agents you'd be most surprised if the team brought back?

Mine:

1. Demerio Houston

2. Dakota Prukop

3. Ricky Walker

Also my sota hot take is that the team is going to move on from MULTIPLE all star, core players because of $$$

1. Kolonkowski 

2. Darby 

3. Rose 

4. Prukop 

5. Thomas 

6  Houston - will want to much money 

7 Castillo - honestly I’ll bet we draft a couple. Start looking up draft eligibile guys. 

Jackson will be converting to kicker so says Osh. Mike Osh.

Edited January 27, 20242 yr by Goalie

For me, Sergio might be the most important FA we have remaining...

46 minutes ago, Goalie said:

1. Kolonkowski 

2. Darby 

3. Rose 

4. Prukop 

5. Thomas 

6  Houston - will want to much money 

7 Castillo - honestly I’ll bet we draft a couple. Start looking up draft eligibile guys. 

Jackson will be converting to kicker so says Osh. Mike Osh.

Darby is already done. Bombers said they're not bringing him back. 

5 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

10 hours ago, JCon said:

Darby is already done. Bombers said they're not bringing him back. 

It was pretty obvious when he lost his job halfway into the year. 

I'd be surprised if Kolo, Houston and maybe Thomas are brought back.

I'm currently worried we lose Brady and Dalton.

I wish the CFL published salary info like every other pro league.

Top 3 surprises if brought back. 
1. Kolo

2. Walker

3. Houston 

Most important FA besides Dalton/Brady, to me it’s Jeffcoat. At full health he’s even more dominant than Willie. 

Even with the 10-15 games we get out of him now, it’s a different D when he’s on the field. 

16 hours ago, Wanna-B-Fanboy said:

What this photo isn't telling us is that the guy with the cup of halucinating beverage, actually escaped from the psychiatric ward in the building behind him....