As per Gary Lawless

 

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/bombers/CEO-Buchko-recommending-Bombers-fire-GM-Joe-Mack-218868281.html

So you admit that you basically just pulled your last post out of your ass?

 

oh no.  He knows that Barker was speaking in secret code.  It's just so obvious.

So if Mack is getting fired, does the board immediatly remove his ability to make moves?

are you and Higgins secret lovers or something? 

 

Not that there's anything wrong with that....

Nah, just beating the drum. Saw the guy's work first hand here in Calgary. When I see some of the names people are throwing out with no experience, I just shake my head as we have gone down the same road so may times before & we're still lost as a team.

U 2 can have a nice day

Crap. Hope (if true) that Higgins is the next GM. He brings a lot to the table and is a classy guy to boot.

 

Part of me wishes the BOD turn the tables on Botchko and turf him instead of Mack though  

U 2 can have a nice day

 

You too, chief.

well here's something.... what is the GM hears the rumours he's being fired and decided to go out in the blaze of sour grapes and starts gutting the roster just for spite? I don't believe he'd do that, but it's the risks you take when you leak **** like that. 

I think if he did that it would probably prevent him working somewhere else as football is a closed community & word gets around. Plus mack has been a football man his entire working life so why jeopardize a life's work? EVERYBODY has been fired in football. They all get it. Close the door one place & open it somewhere else.

Crap. Hope (if true) that Higgins is the next GM. He brings a lot to the table and is a classy guy to boot.

 

Part of me wishes the BOD turn the tables on Botchko and turf him instead of Mack though

 

That would be such a "Blue Bombers" thing to do.  Leak to the press that a guy is getting fired, then fire his boss instead.

At times like this, I wish we were privately owned....

Hope you're right. He's my first choice. 

 

Even though he's not as "sexy" a choice as some of the others, we really need some stability and experience in the big chair. 

 

Your "misses the sidelines" is a bit of a red flag to me -- I hope he's smart enough to hire an O-minded coach and then focus on finding players, not meddling on the field. 

 

Stability and experience would serve the Bombers so good right now...

 

I'd like our next GM to be someone who has been a part of the CFL landscape for years.  To have the connections to bring in the best coaches.  To know the game well enough to know if it is your QB that is the problem, your OL, your coaching, etc.  To know my competition and the market well enough to be able to enter into a trade to get guys that can help us, rather than avoiding trades like a dirty word. 

 

Higgins is my #1 choice, and Database is #2 right now.  Not that Mike Murphy couldn't be great... but because I'd err on the side of a longtime CFL guy with connections and knowledge from across the league... to replace a longtime NFL guy (Mack) who seemingly didn't foster those relationships.

Side discussion but when can we get a new board?

I'd prefer Mark Chipman just buy the team and fire all the BOD

If Higgins was interested in Ottawa, Regina 2 years ago and WPG 3 years ago, I'd say we can get him.

 

http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/11/23/exclusive-cfl-director-of-officiating-tom-higgins-wants-to-be-ottawa-teams-gm

 

http://globalnews.ca/news/1785/tom-higgins-interested-in-roughriders-vacant-gm-position/

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2010/01/04/sp-cfl-bluebombers-higgins.html?ref=rss

 

I say also that the timing is right because we have the possible opportunity to trade for a QB and it appears that no one will trade with Mack.

one thing is for certain, the next GM is walking into a hell of a lot better situation than Mack walked into in terms of the roster.

Not necessarily. Simpson, Matthews, and Hall are all FA this off season

Muamba as well

Mike Murphy works for the Dolphins who have been one of the biggest importer of talent from CFL.

I guess there's no classy way to stab somebody in the back. so ,yeah, I'm calling it classless. Shame on who's behind this.

My guess is that the board is still divided on Joe Mack, and the member who leaked this news wants him gone.  It's going to be pretty hard to vote to keep Mack after this.

Muamba as well

 

does he have any other siblings that can't play for sheeit that we can overpay for just to keep him around?

does he have any other siblings that can't play for sheeit that we can overpay for just to keep him around?

Trade Muamba brothers to Montreal for Edem and a first round pick next draft. The Bombers are in a position where they cannot replace Cauchy without pissing off Henoc.

Jones is loyal to no one but himself.

And you know that how?

Muamba as well

 

Damn, I thought he'd been extended  

Trade Muamba brothers to Calgary for Edem and a first round pick next draft. The Bombers are in a position where they cannot replace Cauchy without pissing off Henoc.

 

Might be hard to get Edem out of Calgary when he's in Montreal .. ;-)

And you know that how?

The way he left the Stamps. Argos were fined for tampering such that it was.

does he have any other siblings that can't play for sheeit that we can overpay for just to keep him around?

 

does he have any other siblings that can't play for sheeit that we can overpay for just to keep him around?

 

Actually yes

Actually yes

 

Tomorrow's paper: In an effort to save his job and fix the QB position, Joe Mack has signed QB Mrs. Muamba to a three-year, $300,000 a year contract. 

 

"We're hopeful that with Buck Pierce's guidance and Gary Crowton's dynamic scheming that she will flourish in our system," said Mack.