Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

[Noeller]

So what's the deal with Oak Park... Do they just go out and recruit the best of the best? Like they look for already great football players and then pay them to go to school there or something...? Or is Dakota actually a factory with good coaching ...

Edited Saturday at 02:57 AM by Noeller

[rebusrankin]

9 minutes ago, Noeller said:

So what's the deal with Dakota HS... Do they just go out and recruit the best of the best? Like they look for already great football players and then pay them to go to school there or something...? Or is Dakota actually a factory with good coaching ...

Got to ask, why the ask about Dakota High School?

[Noeller]

5 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Got to ask, why the ask about Dakota High School?

Oak Park.... Same same.

[rebusrankin]

Dakota does have a really good program. Back to back champs if I recall correctly.  I know they draw kids from all over St Vital. Can't so I know they recruit but I hear rumours.

Oak Park, I know pulled in kids from all over Pembina Trails back in the day.

[Brandon]

I know I shouldn't but I'm already looking ahead for next season (with the assumption that this season is a write off).   

I'm going to assume next season Hogan is gone and we either bring in someone from the outside or Jarious is promoted.   

I'm done with Zach being our QB,  we are stuck with a huge contract next season and I can't believe he will improve after 2 terrible seasons in a row.   Strev also isn't the answer.

With all that being said... if possible would you straight up trade Zach for Chad Kelly?   Coming off an injury, the off field issues,  and Toronto appears to have moved on from him.  Outside of MBT , Tre Ford,  and several fringe back ups... I don't see anyone that we could grab and start immediately.     

He's on his last year of his contract and a much higher upside then starting Zach for another season.    Outside of complaining about him being a sex pest,   I would think that's the best player we could get.  

 

[sweep the leg]

On 2025-10-10 at 9:58 PM, rebusrankin said:

Dakota does have a really good program. Back to back champs if I recall correctly.  I know they draw kids from all over St Vital. Can't so I know they recruit but I hear rumours.

Oak Park, I know pulled in kids from all over Pembina Trails back in the day.

Dakota gets pretty much every good player from the Southeast part of the city. The Mustangs recruit players as kids, who then go to Dakota.

[JuranBoldenRules]

2 hours ago, sweep the leg said:

Dakota gets pretty much every good player from the Southeast part of the city. The Mustangs recruit players as kids, who then go to Dakota.

Wade Miller is really pushing co-op’s to get French Immersion schools attached to English schools so like Windsor Park can eat into Dakota’s ability to pull all the players.

Oak Park and Dakota have a huge advantage on all the WSD, RETSD schools plus rural schools in WHSFL who obviously have very limited catchment to draw from.

[Goalie]

And people thought Strev was bad vs Hamilton. Justin Fields with the NY Jets had minus 10 net passing yards against Denver. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Goalie

[rebusrankin]

51 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Wade Miller is really pushing co-op’s to get French Immersion schools attached to English schools so like Windsor Park can eat into Dakota’s ability to pull all the players.

Oak Park and Dakota have a huge advantage on all the WSD, RETSD schools plus rural schools in WHSFL who obviously have very limited catchment to draw from.

I get the advantage Dakota has, since they were the only LRSD school with a team before Windsor Park added their's this year, with Beliveau being able to have their kids play there. Oak Park however while dual track has Massey which is also dual track in their area and that's been a good program too. As for the rest of LRSD, I'm not sure where else you add a team, I mean possibly Glenlawn but there's no french high school nearby.