Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

[Noeller]

6 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Ottawa's football operations and organization in general is ******.  You're not going to see anyone going there as a coach or player without a huge amount of upfront money.

Wait for some stories to drop this off-season about major financial issues with OSEG centered on the Redblacks and Landsdowne.  OSEG is barely interested in running the football team and they don't have the cash flow to run a CFL team.

They'll be going to the City of Ottawa cap in hand if the city does not approve the "Landsdowne 2.0" proposal on Nov 7.

Brutal to read this... Hate to see them fold up yet again.

[Noeller]

OMG... You guys.... I think we signed Brian Ah Yat's son.........

 

 

 

[wbbfan]

10 minutes ago, Noeller said:

OMG... You guys.... I think we signed Brian Ah Yat's son.........

 

 

 

yep, that’s his kid. Crazy isn’t it?

Not the most amazing arm talent, but boy he had a lot of success throwing on the roll out/scramble and he has run option packs successfully 

[bigg jay]

29 minutes ago, Noeller said:

OMG... You guys.... I think we signed Brian Ah Yat's son.........

 

 

 

Not signed, just added to our neg list.

[Noeller]

2 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

Not signed, just added to our neg list.

Yes sorry... Good clarification. I was excited. This would be absolutely incredible. 

[Rich]

8 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Yes sorry... Good clarification. I was excited. This would be absolutely incredible. 

Is this exciting?  Or does this make anyone else feel old?  👴

[Noeller]

4 minutes ago, Rich said:

Is this exciting?  Or does this make anyone else feel old?  👴

Still 2001 to me, damn it....

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, Rich said:

Is this exciting?  Or does this make anyone else feel old?  👴

ooolllddd. I have scars that have older bruises than that kid. 

 

[Noeller]

... And the Bombers season continues in Montreal next week....

[Super Duper Negatron]

3 hours ago, Noeller said:

OMG... You guys.... I think we signed Brian Ah Yat's son.........

 

 

 

Whelp, I'm old as **** apparently 

[HardCoreBlue]

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

... And the Bombers season continues in Montreal next week....

Time for a three win winning streak.

[Noeller]

1 hour ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Time for a three win winning streak.

Make it a 5 game streak and I'd be in....

[HardCoreBlue]

11 hours ago, Noeller said:

Make it a 5 game streak and I'd be in....

Riiiiiight. Math hard.

[White Out]

I looked at flights to Montreal direct from Sydney. 1400 dollars. Did we lose a war?

Edited Sunday at 08:48 PM by White Out

[Goalie]

2 hours ago, White Out said:

I looked at flights to Montreal direct from Sydney. 1400 dollars. Did we lose a war?

I thought wow what a deal from Australia then realized that’s Nova Scotia. That’s crazy pricey. 

[bigg jay]

12 minutes ago, Goalie said:

I thought wow what a deal from Australia then realized that’s Nova Scotia. That’s crazy pricey. 

That's because it's fairly last minute.  The same flight 3 weeks ago was under $600 (same as if you are looking to go a month from now).  Also doesn't help that the only option from there seems to be Air Canada so they can charge whatever without worrying about competition.

[wbbfan]

13 minutes ago, Goalie said:

I thought wow what a deal from Australia then realized that’s Nova Scotia. That’s crazy pricey. 

They really nail you now for notice less than 2 weeks. I flew business class, indirect winnipeg to north carolina and back this time last year on a weeks notice. almost 4k. 

For two months this year my company had a price limit on trips of 500 us total expense. I told the senior manager who told me that I couldn’t go any place out side of driving range then. 2 weeks out,  cheapest flights to toronto/montreal run 450. odd time might get one 350-400 but it’s rare. Bc is usually 650. 

[White Out]

40 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

That's because it's fairly last minute.  The same flight 3 weeks ago was under $600 (same as if you are looking to go a month from now).  Also doesn't help that the only option from there seems to be Air Canada so they can charge whatever without worrying about competition.

600 for a direct flight thats around 2.5 hours is still insane.

[JuranBoldenRules]

2 hours ago, bigg jay said:

That's because it's fairly last minute.  The same flight 3 weeks ago was under $600 (same as if you are looking to go a month from now).  Also doesn't help that the only option from there seems to be Air Canada so they can charge whatever without worrying about competition.

And there's near zero demand for the flight.  Surprised it exists honestly.

[Mark H.]

I was going to make a direct flight to Montreal from the old Netley airport...no one answered the phone...

[GCn20]

On 2025-10-24 at 5:24 PM, rebusrankin said:

I'm not happy with Walters either but do you realistically see us getting a quality GM choice who gets handicapped by not getting to pick the head coach?

Yes, i do expect that the GM job of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers would be a very coveted position. We are now the financial model franchise of this league, are thought of as a team committed to winning, and even though you might have to inherit a HC that can be remedied after a season if it doesn't work out.  There are a few current GMs who would not bat an eye at inheriting MOS. Despite the opinions expressed here on this fan site, he is very well respected around this league.

Edited 19 hours ago by GCn20

[SpeedFlex27]

14 hours ago, GCn20 said:

Yes, i do expect that the GM job of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers would be a very coveted position. We are now the financial model franchise of this league, are thought of as a team committed to winning, and even though you might have to inherit a HC that can be remedied after a season if it doesn't work out.  There are a few current GMs who would not bat an eye at inheriting MOS. Despite the opinions expressed here on this fan site, he is very well respected around this league.

You & I don't agree on much but I agree with this. I get the feeling at this point in his life, Kyle Walters would be very happy taking an AD job with a U Sport university in Southern Ontario.