25/26 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season Thread

[Mark H.]

8 hours ago, Booch said:

for the league to sponsor 1 beat reporter per team to the Grey Cup...would be a mere pittance and drop in the hat

They should actually do that regardless if not for a major publication, but young up and coming reporters in each city to get a chance to promote both themselves and the league....yearly.

I sure money is not an issue, and really if they approached some corporate businesses and said we looking to do a program as such, would you like to be a part of it and inject some funds...win win all around...positive exposure for all involved and a tax write of for the Company being part of it

The legue has failed on several areas in the 2020's to promote and get exposure with the archaic buffoon's who are running things....They need fresh thinkers and new minds that know what the current landscapes are

If their own organizations don't even want to send them, who's going to publish the articles? 

[SpeedFlex27]

10 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

If they're own organizations don't even want to send them, who's going to publish the articles? 

True, just because the CFL pays for a beat writer to come doesn't mean the writer's paper will publish any stories. 

[Tracker]

47 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Not that I know of. 

How old are you?

If you can remember dinosaurs, you are old.

[Brandon]

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Not that I know of. 

How old are you?

44 years old.    I'd be at the "young" end of the scale when it comes to people who are a fan of the CFL itself.   

[Goalie]

CFL needs players who are marketable. Surely there’s some interesting personalities in the league. They should get them all together. 1 guy each team and remake we are the world but make it we are the cfl. That would get some views. 

[SpeedFlex27]

9 hours ago, Tracker said:

If you can remember dinosaurs, you are old.

I was there for the Big Bang. Quite the fireworks display. Tough to find a seat in the black void.

[Mark H.]

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I was there for the Big Bang. Quite the fireworks display. Tough to find a seat in the black void.

The first prokaryotes finding each other - was life changing 

[Brandon]

6 hours ago, Goalie said:

CFL needs players who are marketable. Surely there’s some interesting personalities in the league. They should get them all together. 1 guy each team and remake we are the world but make it we are the cfl. That would get some views. 

The Blue can dress Jake Thomas up like Homer and do skits where everyone on this board is Grimes being baffled at how JT still has his job.  

[bigg jay]

32 minutes ago, Brandon said:

The Blue can dress Jake Thomas up like Homer and do skits where everyone on this board is Grimes being baffled at how JT still has his job.  

I heard the Bombers had a contest to redo the jerseys and JT won by adding racing stripes to the helmets. MOS was quite impressed.

[rebusrankin]

1 hour ago, Brandon said:

The Blue can dress Jake Thomas up like Homer and do skits where everyone on this board is Grimes being baffled at how JT still has his job.  

JT is everything that's wrong with the Bombers. On any other team, he'd have been cut long ago.

[HardCoreBlue]

33 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

JT is everything that's wrong with the Bombers. On any other team, he'd have been cut long ago.

People can laugh all they want at this with a wave of their hand but this is bang on.

Obviously it does not mean that our 39th best player who plays nose is the main reason for our downturn. It's silly and misguided to interpret it that way.

Don't think specific player, think mindset and approach using a specific example. E.g., roster management, recruiting, playcalling, loyalty versus onfield performance etc etc etc.

MOS has confirmed all of this needs improvement/course correction to get us back to the top.

 

Edited 5 hours ago by HardCoreBlue

[Noeller]

It is EXTREMELY hyperbolic to say that Jake Thomas is EVERYTHING that's wrong with this team....

The only issue with Jake the past two years is that they gave him Prime Doug Brown snaps. Used sparingly, it would have been fine and far less glaring. He just doesn't have that much juice anymore. 

Going forward, if much prefer to see Cam Lawson and Tanner Schmeckel if we're going to carry NI DL...

Edited 5 hours ago by Noeller

[bigg jay]

5 minutes ago, Noeller said:

It is EXTREMELY hyperbolic to say that Jake Thomas is EVERYTHING that's wrong with this team....

The only issue with Jake the past two years is that they gave him Prime Doug Brown snaps. Used sparingly, it would have been fine and far less glaring. He just doesn't have that much juice anymore. 

Going forward, if much prefer to see Cam Lawson and Tanner Schmeckel if we're going to carry NI DL...

How much juice did he have in 2018 when we tried to walk away from him? The fact that it's now 2025 and we're still talking about him and he's still playing that kind of a role, is a huge fail for this team.

[HardCoreBlue]

9 minutes ago, Noeller said:

It is EXTREMELY hyperbolic to say that Jake Thomas is EVERYTHING that's wrong with this team....

The only issue with Jake the past two years is that they gave him Prime Doug Brown snaps. Used sparingly, it would have been fine and far less glaring. He just doesn't have that much juice anymore. 

Going forward, if much prefer to see Cam Lawson and Tanner Schmeckel if we're going to carry NI DL...

That's because you're misinterpreting the statement.

[17to85]

18 minutes ago, Noeller said:

The only issue with Jake the past two years is that they gave him Prime Doug Brown snaps

But that highlights the biggest issue with the team... poor roster usage and management. 

[Goalie]

Jake isn’t the biggest issue with the team as kolo and some others probably factor more into crap play on the field but yes he’s the example of poor roster management. Was it 2018 he was cut? 7 years later he’s starting. That’s just ****** up. 

[Noeller]

He's absolutely an example of using the roster poorly but it's wildly unfair to make him the whipping boy. 

[Goalie]

But here’s the thing. And I’m not but kinda am comparing things. But talent level is just completely different. The Cleveland browns selected DT Mason Graham. DE Myles Garrett is gonna set the single season sack record this year. 
 

Seems like the ends are more effective when playing with better talent. Shocker. Willie or Vaughters prob would have been better playing beside a Doug brown but they played beside Jake. 

Edited 3 hours ago by Goalie

[17to85]

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

He's absolutely an example of using the roster poorly but it's wildly unfair to make him the whipping boy. 

How about the poster boy then?

[Bigblue204]

I'm currently re-watching the 2019 GC game. And JT was pretty effective, even blowing up Banks on a sweep. But he also had tremendous help around him. 

Side note - Suitor kept complementing Collaros on a few passes that were very clearly badly thrown. lol. Lawler and Demski both had at least a step on their defender on a corner route and both had to stop and come back to an underthrown ball and make great catches. Which just drives home the fact that Collaros has only ever been as good as the guys around him in his time here.

[HardCoreBlue]

48 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

How about the poster boy then?

Well used example by chucklefucks like me who can't let go of it?

Sorry too long, let's go with poster boy.

[Brandon]

3 hours ago, bigg jay said:

How much juice did he have in 2018 when we tried to walk away from him? The fact that it's now 2025 and we're still talking about him and he's still playing that kind of a role, is a huge fail for this team.

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, Bigblue204 said:

I'm currently re-watching the 2019 GC game. And JT was pretty effective, even blowing up Banks on a sweep. But he also had tremendous help around him. 

Side note - Suitor kept complementing Collaros on a few passes that were very clearly badly thrown. lol. Lawler and Demski both had at least a step on their defender on a corner route and both had to stop and come back to an underthrown ball and make great catches. Which just drives home the fact that Collaros has only ever been as good as the guys around him in his time here.

He was a very good rotational piece in his time. But yes, every one playing beside guys like stove, drake, prime wj/jj was gonna shine. 

 Sad that iirc stove still hasn't turned 30. And his career is basically a season and a half of utter dominance. Hasn't seen the field since 21 here. He was such a monster when he came back from injury in that stretch run. 

Really crazy to think that JJ, Stove, and Kongbo all peaked here in 21 at a pretty young age. Then WJ and Jake drag them selves on and on playing as a shell of their former self. 

[17to85]

Stove was so good and it is such a shame injuries derailed him like that. You hate to see it.

[SpeedFlex27]

3 hours ago, Noeller said:

He's absolutely an example of using the roster poorly but it's wildly unfair to make him the whipping boy. 

Well, he is. Thomas on the roster starting is THE BIGGEST fail of this this organization. You may not like the criticism of O'Shea but if Osh wants to get everyone's attention to prove he's changed then releasing Thomas needs to be done. Thomas is the face of this team's country club memberships. Ain't happening.