You know, that feeling we had with Brian Clark, Richard Karikari, Greg Carr, and Marcellus Bowman where we were given every reason to believe a signing was coming soon and time kept on dragging on and on with new news until a press release came out from a different team saying they had signed the player in question?

Not that losing out on Henry would be a crushing blow with Willy still due to hit free agency, but it would still suck in terms of optics for the same thing to repeat itself.

 

That's exactly the point.

Should we have paid that price for the chance to maybe win a few more games?

In conjuction with signing a few free agents and some improvement in the coaching staff and the younger players to win a few more games, sure.  You do what you have to do to create a winning culture in the organization that will ultimately lead to better things, like the Grey Cup. 

 

I would also think the cap rises this year with the new TV contract.  $400,000 might be roughly the same percentage of the new cap as $350, 000 would be under the old cap.

 

 

There's some assumptions you're making there involving having H. Burris and ultimately leading to a Grey Cup.

 

You could take the rest of what you say "signing a few free agents and some improvement in the coaching staff and the younger players" and "create a winning culture in the organization" and come to the same conclusion.

 

That's exactly the point.

Should we have paid that price for the chance to maybe win a few more games?

In conjuction with signing a few free agents and some improvement in the coaching staff and the younger players to win a few more games, sure.  You do what you have to do to create a winning culture in the organization that will ultimately lead to better things, like the Grey Cup. 

 

I would also think the cap rises this year with the new TV contract.  $400,000 might be roughly the same percentage of the new cap as $350, 000 would be under the old cap.

 

 

Which free agents?

 

Everyone says just sign some free agents...who?

oh man pay a 39 year old qb who was just dropped by his previous team for an unproven guy that much money.... man I hope this blows up in Ottawas face just like the Printers thing did in Hamilton.

I most definitely agree with this statement!

If the was a Most Outstanding Agent award Hank's just won it.

If the was a Most Outstanding Agent award Hank's just won it.

 

Give him the Rocky Butler Award, presented again by Marcel Desjardins.

 

 

@PentonKirk: Just landed in Ottawa to hear from source #RedBlacks paying Burris way over 400K and #Bombers weren't in ball park.

Well this should shut people up. I give Walters credit for not overpaying Burris. Who would've thought Gary Lawless would actually write a good article(his one about not overpaying Burris yesterday).

Maybe the Bombers and the Lawman had an inkling about Burris signing with Ottawa.

 

His agent stopped returning our calls on the weekend so yah, they knew he was negotiating with another team over us.

 

If the was a Most Outstanding Agent award Hank's just won it.

 

Give him the Rocky Butler Award, presented again by Marcel Desjardins.

 

or DJ Flick, or Chris Getzlaf or Wayne Smith or...