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#Bombers have released international running back Nic Grigsby.

 

I want to see how Grigsby does in Hamilton. Lets say, for a moment, he signs there, and lets say, if he does, he runs for 150 yards on 20 carries and is OPOTW. What then? What will happen? 

For the bombers sake, and fans, here an elsewhere - I hope he doesn't sign on somewhere else. That would do more damage to this club than any tweet or twisted quote from a Wpg media type could ever do

 

Even if there's an opening in Hamilton, I'm not sure Grigsby will get to it.

Cant rule it out but hard to imagine him coming here. Two RBs on the PR already and Madu is close to coming back.

I think Montreal is a more likely destination, if there is any destination for Grigsby.  Whittaker is on the 6 game IR and the're down to Sutton..

 

Chad Simpson was extremely overrated.

Agreed completely. Ability to have a big game now and again, but underwhelming overall IMO.

 

 

Really, I'd take his 6.0 average from 2012

 

Whitaker 4.5

Allen 5.4

Harris 5.3

Cornish 7.7

 

Other than Cornish, he'd be near the top.

Grigsby was ok, although I admit I was hoping for an upgrade in the off-season. However this just makes him looks selfish. Don't want guys like that.

 

I can't agree with what he did either but just the other day O'Shea scoffed at changes because he was trying to build something and not tear it down. There were better ways to handle this situation than having a player quit on you because of playing time, time which he had earned throughout the season. There is a big difference between losing your job to the next guy because he out performed you then to lose it for really no reason at all. Both players could and should have been on the roster splitting touches and may the best man win. Just very bush league that it even had to come to this.

Wait! The Bombers had a closed practice? What about the tax payers? Would some please think of the tax payers!!!!

And don't get me started on the RCMP closing practice, don't they know the tax payers paid for that stadium? Aren't they a federal agency funded by the tax payers too? My mind is blown that they would be so inconsiderate.

 

To all my fans I love all the support and they backed me into a corner! That I had know other choice! Only they can answer that!

 

What is that supposed to mean? I would love to hear an explanation from the Bombers.

 

The master of gooder Inglish.

 

Grigsby was ok, although I admit I was hoping for an upgrade in the off-season. However this just makes him looks selfish. Don't want guys like that.

 

I can't agree with what he did either but just the other day O'Shea scoffed at changes because he was trying to build something and not tear it down. There were better ways to handle this situation than having a player quit on you because of playing time, time which he had earned throughout the season. There is a big difference between losing your job to the next guy because he out performed you then to lose it for really no reason at all. Both players could and should have been on the roster splitting touches and may the best man win. Just very bush league that it even had to come to this.

 

And there are guys who would accept the demotion, continue to work hard, be positive & do whatever it takes to help their team win.Maybe they're not  happy but they are true professionals. Not quit with 3 games left & still with a chance to make the playoffs. The guy is a selfish loser. Glad he's gone. We had a whole  team of these guys last year. 

The one and only reason the media is so gung-ho about talking to assistants... is because they were told they can't...

You ever listen to Irving on the pre-game shows?  Tossing puffball questions to different members of the coaching staff was his bread and butter until this year. 

 

The one and only reason the media is so gung-ho about talking to assistants... is because they were told they can't...

You ever listen to Irving on the pre-game shows?  Tossing puffball questions to different members of the coaching staff was his bread and butter until this year. 

 

Bob is a fan no question. But Knuckles is still great.

If grigsby signed elsewhere and had a good first game with that team, I'd probably be like yeah he did that here week 1 also, let's see if he can do it again and then he probably wouldn't be able to do it again. Honestly, Don't think it would mean anything if he signed elsewhere and had 1 good game, Problem with Grigsby here tho was he couldn't break that one tackle in the backfield, does that change elsewhere? It didn't change here, people can blame olines all they want and schemes and all that stuff but if you can't run through a leg tackle on one team, what makes anyone think he could do it on another team. 

Heard this discussion awhile ago on the CJOB pre-game show.  They were talking about how Grigsby was having a lot of success early-mid season as an outlet receiver until other teams caught onto it  and after that he was basically shut down.  I think the stats. back this up, ever since Labour day Grigsby has not caught a lot of balls.

 

Grigsby was ok, although I admit I was hoping for an upgrade in the off-season. However this just makes him looks selfish. Don't want guys like that.

 

I can't agree with what he did either but just the other day O'Shea scoffed at changes because he was trying to build something and not tear it down. There were better ways to handle this situation than having a player quit on you because of playing time, time which he had earned throughout the season. There is a big difference between losing your job to the next guy because he out performed you then to lose it for really no reason at all. Both players could and should have been on the roster splitting touches and may the best man win. Just very bush league that it even had to come to this.

 

The other day was like 2 weeks ago dude. The team is in a losing streak, change needed to be made. They made a change, a change most people wanted to see. You wanna keep doing the same thing over and over? It seems MOS is damned if he do, damned if he don't with some of you... people beg for change, we get it then people ***** about that change. It's crazy really. 

Cal Murphy never got rid of anyone unless he had a real replacement lined up. For all you cheerleaders that are applauding Grigsby's released who is the true replacement?

Give your head a shake! Who cares? the guy didn't want to be here and wasn't going to play this week...what part of that don't you understand?

My real only problem with the release is we get nothing out of it and we still have to pay him since it was after the period of time where we owe the full contract.  I believe we could have traded Grigsby for at least a fourth round pick with some team.  It looks like Hamilton is definitely interested in him and he will do well there with the better offensive line.  They also have a chance at the Grey Cup this year considering they are leading the East right now.  Even a low draft pick is better than nothing that is my only disappointment with the release of a player who has potential and we have to admit Grigsby still is leading the league in a lot of factors.  Yes he's an import, but he is still worth at least a fourth round pick or the ability to trade up. 

 

Grigsby and one of our fourth's for someone's third or something along those lines.

Heard this discussion awhile ago on the CJOB pre-game show.  They were talking about how Grigsby was having a lot of success early-mid season as an outlet receiver until other teams caught onto it  and after that he was basically shut down.  I think the stats. back this up, ever since Labour day Grigsby has not caught a lot of balls.

 

With an effective running game and more threats in the long to mid-range passing game...this would not have been possible.  It's clear that teams are keying on sweeps, hitches, outlet throws et. al.  Basically anything where the QB gets rid of the ball quickly.  Early in the season plays like that were going for first downs and even touchdowns (eg. Denmark in BC).  Those options have been taken away and the Bombers can't really respond with anything because they can't consistently give the QB enough time. 

Grigsby is a rookie and unless there was a significant change in the CBA rookies can be released and not be paid. As for the delusion of trading him people seem to thing that people like Watson, Swiston, Grigsby, January and a host of others have value as trade paid. Why? They are not worth a box of tape.

January would have value but he's one guy we need to keep around. The only guys on the OL I want back next year are January, Greaves & Goosen. Neufeld is always hurt so if he comes back that's okay. If he doesn't who cares? No big loss.

January would have value but he's one guy we need to keep around. The only guys on the OL I want back next year are January, Greaves & Goosen. Neufeld is always hurt so if he comes back that's okay. If he doesn't who cares? No big loss.

January has been horrific this year and has zero trade value at this point in time.

 

January would have value but he's one guy we need to keep around. The only guys on the OL I want back next year are January, Greaves & Goosen. Neufeld is always hurt so if he comes back that's okay. If he doesn't who cares? No big loss.

January has been horrific this year and has zero trade value at this point in time.

 

I don't think he's even been close to horrific. Others have but not him.

 

January would have value but he's one guy we need to keep around. The only guys on the OL I want back next year are January, Greaves & Goosen. Neufeld is always hurt so if he comes back that's okay. If he doesn't who cares? No big loss.

January has been horrific this year and has zero trade value at this point in time.

 

I've read/heard that he's been injured for most of the season though. He's been pretty good the last few seasons, so I believe there must be something up for him to be so bad this year.

Grigsby is a rookie and unless there was a significant change in the CBA rookies can be released and not be paid. As for the delusion of trading him people seem to thing that people like Watson, Swiston, Grigsby, January and a host of others have value as trade paid. Why? They are not worth a box of tape.

 

That's another good point, most rookies are smart enough to shut up and eat their corn flakes, happy in the fact that they're getting paid to play football.  Better yet if the coach asks you not to play but you're still getting paid.

Stupid sense of entitlement. 

Janvier's back is totally jagged...not sure if it's a "permanent" thing or something he can rehab in the offseason...

Not sure how accurate this is considering it's Friesen, but admittedly an interesting read if true....

 

 

BY PAUL FRIESEN, WINNIPEG SUN

FIRST POSTED: 

 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014 09:19 PM CDT 

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014 09:46 PM CDT

 

Running back Nic Grigsby hadn’t done anything significant in weeks.

As impressed as I was with the CFL rookie’s elusiveness early in the season, he’d become easier to tackle than a Grade 2 math problem by the time he walked out on his team, Wednesday.

Apparently, he also carries the attitude of a Grade 2 student.

To recap, here’s what happened at school on Wednesday morning, as related by the principal.

“I brought him into the office to explain to him what his role was going to be this week,” head coach Mike O’Shea said. “And he asked to be released.”

Grigsby’s role, for the second straight week, was to study and work his tail off during the week, then sharpen pencils at the back of the class while everybody else got to go out and play on Saturday.

Not pleasant, no. But it’s one of the realities of pro sport. You don’t perform, you don’t play.

Of course, the way the Bombers have been performing, nobody should be playing when the Calgary Stampeders come to town, Saturday, other than maybe the entire practice roster and the ball boys.

Maybe Grigsby feels he’s been unfairly singled out.

I’m not sure Earl Campbell could gain 50 yards behind the O-line the Bombers are fielding these days.

Grigsby’s replacement, Paris Cotton, managed just 31 in Monday’s slaughter in Edmonton, continuing the same old trend for the worst running team in the CFL.

Yet, O’Shea wants to see Cotton again.

So Grigsby took his league-leading nine touchdowns and went home, leaving only some rag-tag tweets rife with spelling errors in response.

The Bombers won’t miss Grigsby that much on the field. Hell, they lost five in a row with him in the lineup, a streak that grew by one in Edmonton.

They’ll miss him even less in the locker-room.

I’m told the 25-year-old was a cancer, someone whose attitude has been a problem for a while. An outsider from the start of training camp whose personality didn’t fit with the team.

Grigsby shot out of the blocks this season, with 100-plus yards rushing in his debut.

But over the last several weeks his performance went into the tank — where it joined his attitude.

Word out of the locker-room is Grigsby questioned the coaching and debated game plans. Good for him, you might say.

But that’s a game for fans and media to play.

I’m told Grigsby also took to blaming his teammates, particularly his offensive line, for his decline in production.

While there may be more than a shred of truth in that, Grigsby’s inability to take any responsibility is what had teammates fed up with him, despite what many said publicly upon his release, Wednesday.

A message he posted on Twitter earlier this week says it all:

“It takes 11 other players for a RB to be successful... let me know if you can find one RB that can run 1 vs 12?” Grigsby (@Nic_Grigsby5) tweeted on Monday, a message he’s since deleted

The guy had averaged just 40 yards per game over his last three. More often than not, the first player to hit him brought him down, one of the true tests of a running back, who’s supposed to make people miss.

I don’t know that Grigsby quit on plays, but he certainly quit on his teammates, Wednesday.

“The word quit can be a harsh word,” O’Shea said. “Blame, quit — all those words I tend to stay away from. But he was given an option and he chose to leave.”

What does this say about the Bombers?

The optics aren’t good: a team is outscored 37-0 in one of the worst halves of football in its history and its starting running back for the majority of the season walks out two days later.

Put those two together and it spells Q-U-I-T.

“I guarantee you this team hasn’t thrown in the towel,”Johnny Sears said. “One person’s situation or decision doesn’t reflect on the whole team. We expect to win Saturday... and (I’m) not saying it to be politically correct.

“But you go in there and ask some guys right now: we plan on winning, because we have to.”

Actually, that was last week’s lesson plan.

School is all but over for this bunch. There’s only the math left to be done.

And one other thing.

We’ll find out if Nic Grigsby, the quitter, is alone.

paul.friesen@sunmedia.ca

Twitter: @friesensunmedia