25/26 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season Thread

[Goalie]

1 hour ago, captaincanuck12 said:

The cynic in me says these interviews are just formalities and Hogan has already been verbally guaranteed his OC job back.

You don’t interview guys for a position if it’s not open. 
 

what’s up with Toronto tho. 

Osh thanks but no thanks

steinhauer thanks but no thanks 

mace thanks but no thanks  

 

what’s going on there  

 

Edited Monday at 09:30 PM by Goalie

[17to85]

20 minutes ago, Goalie said:

You don’t interview guys for a position if it’s not open. 
 

what’s up with Toronto tho. 

Osh thanks but no thanks

steinhauer thanks but no thanks 

mace thanks but no thanks  

 

what’s going on there  

 

All have similar or higher jobs they don't want to leave....

[Bubba Zanetti]

18 hours ago, johnzo said:

Would love to see Justin Hardy here.  Dude is a legit #1, makes plays all over the field, has had three straight 1000 yard years. 

His 2023 season had Terrance Edwards energy ... he hit 1k with rookie Dustin Crum, bad Nick Arbuckle, brokedown Jeremiah Masoli and Tyree Adams as his QBs.

A bit long in the tooth though.

[Bigblue204]

24 minutes ago, Goalie said:

You don’t interview guys for a position if it’s not open. 
 

what’s up with Toronto tho. 

Osh thanks but no thanks

steinhauer thanks but no thanks 

mace thanks but no thanks  

 

what’s going on there  

 

Why would any of those guys leave? I don't blame TO for asking...but they were all long shots...maybe MOS wasn't. But the other two? Why would they want to leave?

[SpeedFlex27]

2 hours ago, Goalie said:

You don’t interview guys for a position if it’s not open. 
 

what’s up with Toronto tho. 

Osh thanks but no thanks

steinhauer thanks but no thanks 

mace thanks but no thanks  

 

what’s going on there  

 

Why would Corey Mace leave the Riders to go to that dumpster fire in Toronto? It's idiotic for them even to ask yet they did. What an embarrassing phone call that must have been for Pinball...."Please come back. Pleeeeze!!!"

Mace would have to be crazy to leave what he has in Regina. The problem seems to be two or 3 fold. One, is being on the road virtually all season next year & just 6 home games. Then there's the lack of committment to make the team better by MLSE. Then having Pinball & Murphy there & having to answer to them.

If MLSE was serious, they'd fire or reassign Pinball & Murphy. Let someone else come in & have total control of football operations. Murphy is a ****** & seems that a lot of CFL people don't like him which is why he isn't a CFL GM by now.

Murphy had a fistfight with Hamilton fans a few years back & was indefinitely suspended. Then after Murphy returned to the Argos, he dismissed the sexual harrassment by Kelly.  Murphy even blamed the woman involved for making it all public & "opening up a can of worms" for Kelly & the Argos. Pinball knew about the sxexual harrassment as well & did nothing. Both should have been fired. Pinball & Murphy's involvement in the day to day operations is really interfering in the hiring of a new GM/HC. To the point the Argos will hire someone so low on the totem pole that he will grind the Argos into the ground.

 

Edited yesterday at 12:27 AM by SpeedFlex27

[captaincanuck12]

https://winnipegsun.com/sports/football/cfl/winnipeg-bluebombers/looking-new-offensive-coordinator

Thank God!! Could this mean that MOS is learning???

[Mark H.]

Winner of two of the last 3 Grey Cups...'seems' to be a dumpster fire.

[bigg jay]

13 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

If MLSE was serious, they'd fire or reassign Pinball & Murphy. Let someone else come in & have total control of football operations. Murphy is a ****** & seems that a lot of CFL people don't like him which is why he isn't a CFL GM by now.

Murphy had a fistfight with Hamilton fans a few years back & was indefinitely suspended. Then after Murphy returned to the Argos, he dismissed the sexual harrassment by Kelly.  Murphy even blamed the woman involved for making it all public & "opening up a can of worms" for Kelly & the Argos. Pinball knew about the sxexual harrassment as well & did nothing. Both should have been fired. Pinball & Murphy's involvement in the day to day operations is really interfering in the hiring of a new GM/HC. To the point the Argos will hire someone so low on the totem pole that he will grind the Argos into the ground.

 

Apparently Dinwiddie wanted Murphy gone & the Argo's said no so he left.  I can't imagine sticking with a known piece of s**t like that to the detriment of your franchise - luckily for MLSE, nobody in Toronto will notice.

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Dinwiddie took his two Grey Cup rings to Ottawa, where he will act as head coach and general manager of the Redblacks. He didn’t necessarily want the GM title in Toronto, but he did want more control over personnel. And he wanted John Murphy out as player personnel chief. The Argos said no to that and it played a significant role in Dinwiddie heading to Ottawa.

Family comes first as Mike O'Shea spurns Argonauts | Toronto Sun

 

[rebusrankin]

Why would you stand up for a turd like Murphy?

[HardCoreBlue]

19 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

"This one game, against Hamilton...who were the GC favorites at the time...I had that Offence clicking like a well oiled machine"

It's too bad that Hogan just didn't take this game tape, press play, and tell his players while pointing at it 'do that i'll be in my office' to prep for the next games.

[Tracker]

3 hours ago, bigg jay said:

Apparently Dinwiddie wanted Murphy gone & the Argo's said no so he left.  I can't imagine sticking with a known piece of s**t like that to the detriment of your franchise - luckily for MLSE, nobody in Toronto will notice.

Family comes first as Mike O'Shea spurns Argonauts | Toronto Sun

 

Oh, if only we had signed Dinwiddie first.....

[SpeedFlex27]

10 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Why would you stand up for a turd like Murphy?

He's always been like that. Stories of him being a shithead in Calgary over a decade. Hufnagel finally got rid of him. 

[Goalie]

7 hours ago, Tracker said:

Oh, if only we had signed Dinwiddie first.....

I’m not sure I’d have given him gm and head coach duties. This could blow up in ottawas face pretty quickly. Great coach but unknown gm. Sometimes wearing both hats backfires. Seems like in the cfl when a guy is both coach and gm, it fails. Chris Jones  comes to mind in the recent era. Now if we go back 20 years it’s different but it’s not 20 years ago. 

Edited 13 hours ago by Goalie

[Noeller]

So Harvard Media, which owns several media outlets in Sask and AB (including Riders broadcast partner 620 CKRM) has purchased 3 Down Nation. Not sure exactly what this means, but the press release talking about how well respected 3DNs writers are made me LOL...

[SpeedFlex27]

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

So Harvard Media, which owns several media outlets in Sask and AB (including Riders broadcast partner 620 CKRM) has purchased 3 Down Nation. Not sure exactly what this means, but the press release talking about how well respected 3DNs writers are made me LOL...

Respected? We have a dozen posters here who would do as good or better than the guys at 3DN. 

3 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Respected? We have a dozen posters here who would do as good or better than the guys at 3DN. 

The 2 real idiots over there are Ryan who covers the Stamps & Joel Gasson covering the Riders.

[SpeedFlex27]

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

So Harvard Media, which owns several media outlets in Sask and AB (including Riders broadcast partner 620 CKRM) has purchased 3 Down Nation. Not sure exactly what this means, but the press release talking about how well respected 3DNs writers are made me LOL...

Maybe they'll flush out the **** they have now & replace them with actual journalists.

[Mark H.]

28 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Respected? We have a dozen posters here who would do as good or better than the guys at 3DN. 

Then quite frankly they should. There'd be hardly an CFL news, without that site.

[bigg jay]

23 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

Then quite frankly they should. There'd be hardly an CFL news, without that site.

Yeah I rag on them as much as anybody but they do a better job of covering the CFL than the "real" media.  They are great for news but their opinion pieces are not usually worth reading.

[Mark H.]

8 hours ago, bigg jay said:

Yeah I rag on them as much as anybody but they do a better job of covering the CFL than the "real" media.  They are great for news but their opinion pieces are not usually worth reading.

There isn't a lot of CFL opinion that's worth reading. Tait is good, although only for one team. Costabile on cfl.ca is decent, but the rest of that site is slim pickings. The only other writer who comes to mind Zurkowsky in Montreal. 

[bigg jay]

https://3downnation.com/2025/11/26/3downnations-top-50-pending-2026-cfl-free-agents/

Anyone got KW's email?  Need to send him this so he can start a shopping list. 😂

[Goalie]

13 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

https://3downnation.com/2025/11/26/3downnations-top-50-pending-2026-cfl-free-agents/

Anyone got KW's email?  Need to send him this so he can start a shopping list. 😂

Man. Hutchings on the DL. Demski and Brady. Emelius (why not 3 cdn starting receivers with Pokey and another dude, ideally rookie I think there or sterns. 
 

unfortunately I think lots will be signed b4 “FA Frenzy” lol. Couple interesting OL tackles also but believe Broxton actually signed a new deal no. 
 

this is interesting about Kramdi. 
 

25) DB Redha Kramdi, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

The Université de Montréal product is a ratio-breaker at strong-side linebacker, though he’s also capable of playing safety and filling several key roles on special teams. Kramdi is consistently praised by his teammates and coaches as essentially an extra coach on the field given how much film study he’s done dating back to his time in U Sports. 
 

id bring him back at the right price. Smart versatile leader. Canadian. 

Edited 18 minutes ago by Goalie