gbill2004 Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Chatting with Penton and he speculated that McCullough might be an option for the Bombers at MLB. He started 10 games last season for the Riders after recovering from a triceps injury. He's also a NI. Downside is that he's 34 years old. Could really help with the ratio though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 He may be a stop-gap measure for 1 or 2 seasons. Steady if not spectacular, but its kinda hard for me to visualize some age 34 to be nearly "washed up". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Perfect Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 I'd rather go with a rook and have him take his lumps and be ready to be a big time player (hopefully) around the same time the team as a whole is ready to compete with the league's elite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacquie Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 McCollough is still trying to decide whether he's going to play this season or retire. As well, he's not an FA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbill2004 Posted May 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 @PentonKirk: @garrettbillan1 @Snivealive75 Not a free agent, but doesn't look like he wants to play in Sask anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.O.A.B. Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Shomari and McCollough I think will be a good package. Shomari played MLB in CIS so he's not new to the position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 That would be interesting... can't see it happening, but you never know. We would need to draft a pretty good linebacker to back him up considering we don't really have anyone that can play that role right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueandgold Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Shomari and McCollough I think will be a good package. Shomari played MLB in CIS so he's not new to the position. I hope you're kidding. I'd rather beg Labbe to come out of retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuranBoldenRules Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Shomari and McCollough I think will be a good package. Shomari played MLB in CIS so he's not new to the position. Shomari played rush end in CIS, and was great. The Riders tried to convert him into a linebacker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 At 34, McCullough would provide some much needed leadership on defense. I'd take him. Trouble is, if he isn't a FA then we have to give up something to get him & that may not be a wise thing to do. I don't want us trading prospects or young players for a guy in his mid 30's. rebusrankin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Do we actually need more 'leadership' - we have Banks, Alexander, Randle, Vega pretty much locked in... Suber, Sears are still in the mix Here's a crazy idea, how about Terrell Parker for MLB... Doublezero and BattleLevel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Well okay then. a 34 year old who has never played full time? Maybe as a rotational guy who can rotate to fill a spot in the ratio with some of our other Canadians, but if we're going to give him his first full time gig in his 11 year career as our starting MLB, we may as well just start talking about who we want first overall in the 2015 draft. EDIT: misread some stats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbill2004 Posted May 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Once healthy he started 10 games at MLB for last years Grey Cup Champions. Just sayin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Once healthy he started 10 games at MLB for last years Grey Cup Champions. Just sayin... He apparently did really well but they also took him out of the game and replaced him with an import on roughly half the snaps. We don't have the luxury of doing that unless we're rotating Canucks all over the place, which I suppose we'll have to do anyways. I'd personally rather see us use a rotation of guys like Newman, Muamba and Thomas and stick with an every down work horse MLB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.O.A.B. Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 trade scenario: Our #2 + #26 for BC's #5 + #14 + Elimimian or Bighill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doublezero Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Do we actually need more 'leadership' - we have Banks, Alexander, Randle, Vega pretty much locked in... Suber, Sears are still in the mix Here's a crazy idea, how about Terrell Parker for MLB... If he is healthy Terrell Parker could be it. He looked good last year before he got nicked. Seems he has been working very hard offseason to rehab and come back in perfect shape and 100% healthy. I sure like what I saw of him fleetingly last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 trade scenario: Our #2 + #26 for BC's #5 + #14 + Elimimian or Bighill We could probably get Lulay thrown into that deal as well. sweep the leg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 trade scenario: Our #2 + #26 for BC's #5 + #14 + Elimimian or Bighill Did Wally retire? Tough to see him making a deal like that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardCoreBlue Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Once healthy he started 10 games at MLB for last years Grey Cup Champions. Just sayin... He apparently did really well but they also took him out of the game and replaced him with an import on roughly half the snaps. We don't have the luxury of doing that unless we're rotating Canucks all over the place, which I suppose we'll have to do anyways. I'd personally rather see us use a rotation of guys like Newman, Muamba and Thomas and stick with an every down work horse MLB If I had my way, I'd minimize the use of rotation schemes but if I had to choose, I'd pick the middle linebacker spot(s) as my guy(s) who never leaves the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goalie Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 A general observation to be made here is that it seems like Etch is kind of causing some issues in terms of the players he wants. I mean, it seems maybe he was the reason McRath was let go, not saying McRath was anything huge but, It seems maybe ETCH is having too much of a say. We have so many DB'S under contract? why? yet not many LBs any more. Seems stupid. Perhaps the best thing to do is eliminate the problem here and fire etcheverry now and actually have a somewhat conventional CFL defence instead of something that probably isn't sustainable long term. Fire Etch now. Solves our MLB problem cuz McRath would probably still be that guy if ETCH wasn't here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Who do you replace Etch with 3 weeks before training camp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 A general observation to be made here is that it seems like Etch is kind of causing some issues in terms of the players he wants. I mean, it seems maybe he was the reason McRath was let go, not saying McRath was anything huge but, It seems maybe ETCH is having too much of a say. We have so many DB'S under contract? why? yet not many LBs any more. Seems stupid. Perhaps the best thing to do is eliminate the problem here and fire etcheverry now and actually have a somewhat conventional CFL defence instead of something that probably isn't sustainable long term. Fire Etch now. Solves our MLB problem cuz McRath would probably still be that guy if ETCH wasn't here. This doesn't make any sense. I don't like Etcheverry either, but if you're asking the guy to put a good defense on the field, he sure as hell should be able to make sure he gets the players he wants to do that. And you said yourself you're not assuming McRath was going to be anything special, so this just sounds to me like a reach in order to cast more doubt on Etcheverry. blitzmore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dee Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Solves our MLB problem cuz McRath would probably still be that guy if ETCH wasn't here. What if it is just the fact that McRath didn't perform well at the mini-camp in Florida? If you don't have faith in Etch…that's fine, but at least have faith in O'Shea who, by his demeanour, is not going to stand by and watch his defence be putrid. blitzmore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 While we're at it, can we blame the worst winter in over a century on Etcheverry as well? Mr Dee and blitzmore 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 I hate that we hired Etchevary.... Would rather Greg Marshall for pete sakes... Kavis looks like the King of defence to me right now... Should of went with Kavis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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