25/26 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season Thread

[Bigblue204]

Yeah Schultz gotta plenty of thank yous and was honored pretty heavily. 

[GCn20]

3 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

No, not a single thank you. Typical of TSN. They did the same thing to Chris Schultz. He just never existed. As far as Barker goes, Shallow insight?? Out of touch opinions??? He's the Argo GM now so his opinions count for a lot. What did you actually expect, a Rhodes Scholar?? What does Daviss Sanchez bring to the group on the panel?? Absolutely nothing. 

And who got rewarded instead of being fired for doing such a lousy job??? Kyle Walters. It's not the Canadian Mafia naymore. It's a plush country club. Where no one is accountable & they'll all have a job as long as Wade Miller is in charge. Absolutely no accountability. What in the world has Walters done to rate three more years? 

I am in agreement on Walters performance. He has overseen a massive talent decline since 2021. I wanted him gone this offseason as well and am not particlularly happy he is back. That being said, he's who we got, and from 2013-2020 he did a pretty decent job. He needs to get back to that and I will be happy. If he repeats the same failures as the past few years we are in trouble.

I am hoping the Canadian mafia got a big dose of reality this season and enter this offseason understanding that the work needs to be put in, and that we must utilize all potential advantages in order to win. Walters can't sit back and not be active this offseason, must make tough decisions on players even if it pisses MOS off, and MOS must be willing to utilize the naturalized import rule, and say goodbye to some of the guys he has favored for too long. If we do that we can start climbing up the hill again....maybe even rapidly. It seems to me that they got too comfortable and forgot that winning is more than running it back.

Edited Tuesday at 05:16 PM by GCn20

[pw13]

46 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

Yeah Schultz gotta plenty of thank yous and was honored pretty heavily. 

Yes, after he died. But I don't recall a word being said about him after he stopped appearing on the broadcasts, same as for Dunigan. Maybe I'm wrong. Broadcasters don't typically pay tribute to people they part ways with. If the individual retires and wants it announced as such, I could see it. But if the departure is at the behest of the network (as might have been the case with Dunigan and Schultz, for all we know), the network is simply going to move on without comment.

    

[Noeller]

 

[rebusrankin]

Wonder how much Cody got.

[Booch]

1 hour ago, GCn20 said:

I am in agreement on Walters performance. He has overseen a massive talent decline since 2021. I wanted him gone this offseason as well and am not particlularly happy he is back. That being said, he's who we got, and from 2013-2020 he did a pretty decent job. He needs to get back to that and I will be happy. If he repeats the same failures as the past few years we are in trouble.

I am hoping the Canadian mafia got a big dose of reality this season and enter this offseason understanding that the work needs to be put in, and that we must utilize all potential advantages in order to win. Walters can't sit back and not be active this offseason, must make tough decisions on players even if it pisses MOS off, and MOS must be willing to utilize the naturalized import rule, and say goodbye to some of the guys he has favored for too long. If we do that we can start climbing up the hill again....maybe even rapidly. It seems to me that they got too comfortable and forgot that winning is more than running it back.

I actually couldnt agree more..The boot to the plums the Three got was well needed to kick start things

The bolded part....if done...and done right I dont think we even see a hiccup and are right back at the top next yr...sadly if this was the mantra since the end of 2023...we probably win 2024 and were back last yr

Biggest off-season for us in a decade...lets hope we get it right...

Edited Tuesday at 07:08 PM by Booch

[GCn20]

1 hour ago, Booch said:

I actually couldnt agree more..The boot to the plums the Three got was well needed to kick start things

The bolded part....if done...and done right I dont think we even see a hiccup and are right back at the top next yr...sadly if this was the mantra since the end of 2023...we probably win 2024 and were back last yr

Biggest off-season for us in a decade...lets hope we get it right...

Biggest offseason in a decade was last offseason and they screwed it up pretty badly, this is the most urgent offseason in a decade though, and I really hope they understand that.

[SpeedFlex27]

6 hours ago, Sard said:

Pretty sure they talked about Chris Schultz quite extensively because he passed away between seasons.  They also still talk about him sometimes when they are talking about Purolator Tackle Hunger.

They only talked about Schultz after he passed away. When he was sick for the entire year he was gone, they left an empty chair Never explained why. Never mentioned Schultz once all season. Then the next season, he joined the Argos radio crew where he worked until he died. Only then, did TSN acknowlege Schultz. 

4 hours ago, GCn20 said:

I am in agreement on Walters performance. He has overseen a massive talent decline since 2021. I wanted him gone this offseason as well and am not particlularly happy he is back. That being said, he's who we got, and from 2013-2020 he did a pretty decent job. He needs to get back to that and I will be happy. If he repeats the same failures as the past few years we are in trouble.

I am hoping the Canadian mafia got a big dose of reality this season and enter this offseason understanding that the work needs to be put in, and that we must utilize all potential advantages in order to win. Walters can't sit back and not be active this offseason, must make tough decisions on players even if it pisses MOS off, and MOS must be willing to utilize the naturalized import rule, and say goodbye to some of the guys he has favored for too long. If we do that we can start climbing up the hill again....maybe even rapidly. It seems to me that they got too comfortable and forgot that winning is more than running it back.

Hear! Hear!!

[Brandon]

[SpeedFlex27]

On 2025-12-09 at 7:41 AM, Sard said:

Pretty sure they talked about Chris Schultz quite extensively because he passed away between seasons.  They also still talk about him sometimes when they are talking about Purolator Tackle Hunger.

They mentioned Schultz aftyer he died. The year that he was on the panel & missed the season they did to Schultz what they did to Dunigan. His name was never mentioned. 

[bigg jay]

Hamilton Tiger-Cats sign QB Bo Levi Mitchell to two-year contract extension - 3DownNation

 

[rebusrankin]

Hopefully Bo got a raise to at least $600,000.

[Booch]

31 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

Hamilton Tiger-Cats sign QB Bo Levi Mitchell to two-year contract extension - 3DownNation

 

2 yrs.....didnt expect that...

[Bubba Zanetti]

5 minutes ago, Booch said:

2 yrs.....didnt expect that...

The older QB's like Bo and Harris seem to be aging like fine wine. Our old QB is aging like homogenized milk poured into a Betamax machine thats been left in the New Delhi heat during Diwali.

[HardCoreBlue]

7 minutes ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

The older QB's like Bo and Harris seem to be aging like fine wine. Our old QB is aging like homogenized milk poured into a Betamax machine thats been left in the New Delhi heat during Diwali.

This sentence was a tough read. 

[Booch]

12 minutes ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

The older QB's like Bo and Harris seem to be aging like fine wine. Our old QB is aging like homogenized milk poured into a Betamax machine thats been left in the New Delhi heat during Diwali.

Yeah our fine wine is now degraded into vinegar

[JuranBoldenRules]

21 minutes ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

The older QB's like Bo and Harris seem to be aging like fine wine. Our old QB is aging like homogenized milk poured into a Betamax machine thats been left in the New Delhi heat during Diwali.

BLM was horrendous in the 2nd half of last season.  If anyone else in that division has a healthy QB the majority of the season Hamilton is probably 3rd or 4th place.

[blue85gold]

1 minute ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

BLM was horrendous in the 2nd half of last season.  If anyone else in that division has a healthy QB the majority of the season Hamilton is probably 3rd or 4th place.

His plan of chuck it up for Lawler got figured out

[wbbfan]

59 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Hopefully Bo got a raise to at least $600,000.

Idk what to expect with Qbs money. If Brady is going to get 250-300k, and many non-QB get low-end QB money, will Rourke be he new normal? 

[bigg jay]

37 minutes ago, Booch said:

2 yrs.....didnt expect that...

Yup, it seemed like he's been considering retirement after the last few seasons so a 2 year deal was not what I expected either.  

[HardCoreBlue]

3 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

Yup, it seemed like he's been considering retirement after the last few seasons so a 2 year deal was not what I expected either.  

Maybe some teams are following the NHL tendency to sign players to multi year contracts knowing they ain’t going to receive services rendered for the latter years of said contract. In other words I got a good year left in me but you need to pay me for two.

[wbbfan]

Just now, HardCoreBlue said:

Maybe some teams are following the NHL tendency to sign players to multi year contracts knowing they ain’t going to receive services rendered for the latter years of said contract. In other words I got a good year left in me but you need to pay me for two.

That has become so prominent across North American sports these days. NFL teams, especially with QBs carry dead years on the back of contracts in order to stretch out the term and pay more, knowing they will end up eating it. We see the same in MLB and the NBA, where if a guy has 2-3 good years left, you have to pay 5-6 to get those from him. 

 I wonder if it's going to wind up better for him or the cats. Is it bonus/guaranteed money he will walk with if he retires after next year? Or is it just a lock in that if he decides to play the 2nd year that he will get paid what he wants for it. 

In the CFL, I could see having a guy like that sit the final year on a 6-game and get his base without hitting the cap. 

[wbbfan]

I think if the CFL got the top QBs to pay up to a million bucks, it'd be great for the league. 

As it is, we can't get the backups to shake loose from the NFL anymore. No fringe NFL QBs come here for a chance to play anymore, especially if they got good NIL money in college. 

We can't rely on just hitting the lotto, as a league, to fix our QB talent issue. Great QB play, is the easiest way to grow the league as well. 

[GCn20]

1 hour ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

The older QB's like Bo and Harris seem to be aging like fine wine. Our old QB is aging like homogenized milk poured into a Betamax machine thats been left in the New Delhi heat during Diwali.

Bo and Harris looked equally as washed two years ago. That gives me hope. Like any other QB on the planet ZC will go as far as his supporting cast allows. Bo and Harris's "resurgence" is entirely because their respective teams surrounded them with talent and protection.

[17to85]

Bo got his shoulder healthier and Harris stayed healthy this past season... neither one ever relied on their athleticism as much as collaros. That's the #1 problem here.