Arash Madani ‏@ArashMadani  8m8 minutes ago

Per @JDunk12: Esks, Riders talking trade. EDM wants No. 1 pick Josiah St. John AND a first for QB James Franklin. SSK, coherently, declined.

Ed Hervey vs. Chris Jones is going to be a real thing to keep your eye on over the coming weeks and months.

To reach for two first round picks, including No. 1 overall, in return for a back-up QB with a handful of pro starts is... hilarious, really

45 minutes ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

Dunk looks like he's been using homer's makeup gun

Women aren't going to like being shot in the face

7 minutes ago, Atomic said:

Women aren't going to like being shot in the face

Not going to touch that one. Nope.

13 minutes ago, Atomic said:

Women aren't going to like being shot in the face

They'll like what I tell them to like

7 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

They'll like what I tell them to like

All set for a life of solitary contemplation, are you?

1 hour ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

Dunk looks like he's been using homer's makeup gun

Looks like Dunk had it set to wh*re.

I think everyone understands Pederson's firing. He went full on crazy--drunk-uncle this year. 

Firing Dunk was a mistake. It's not like CFL.ca provides a lot of great content. You've got team puff pieces and then scouting content. Now all you've got is puff pieces. Dunk also was a good reporter. The CFL made a mistake on this one.

I've invented this toilet for watching Bomber games in the basement.  Because going upstairs to poop is the hardest thing in the world.

7 hours ago, tracker said:

As I understand it, the Riders are up against the cap, so handing out buckets of money is probably not an option. And then he would have to put up with Jones, and if Muamba has any self-respect, that would not go well. But crazier things have happened and having a Canadian star middle linebacker would be very tempting to some- enough to do some creative financing.

Now fielding the finest team that money can buy!

 

Someone should take that make-up gun and give that hayseed Pedersen a blast in the arse...Glad he's turfed...He'll do alright in Saskabush though....Dunk was doing a good job...Don't understand punting him BUT we can still get his stuff...good thing.

Article is Popp out in MTL but the way its written is that Reed is out. Suspect Popp.

http://3downnation.com/2016/09/17/alouettes-players-told-popp-head-coach

 

22 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Article is Popp out in MTL but the way its written is that Reed is out. Suspect Popp.

http://3downnation.com/2016/09/17/alouettes-players-told-popp-head-coach

 

Sounds pretty dire. Popp needs to go back doing what he does best.

Well, Reed says Popp not going anywhere. Looks like the reporter got it 100% wrong.

http://www.tsn.ca/reed-denies-reports-popp-stepping-down-as-als-head-coach-1.568825

Edited September 18, 20169 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

Hmmm...maybe another reason Justin Dunk is no longer writing for the CFL

Or maybe we should wait and see what happens.

4 minutes ago, blitzmore said:

Hmmm...maybe another reason Justin Dunk is no longer writing for the CFL

The timing of this makes me suspect that he may have been purposely fed bad info.

On ‎9‎/‎16‎/‎2016 at 0:56 PM, tracker said:

If I were the Bombers, I would give him a decent offer but not spend a lot of back-and-forth time with his agent. He would instantly make Hurl expendable.

He can rot. Get a real job Henoc.

On ‎16‎/‎09‎/‎2016 at 3:02 PM, tracker said:

As I understand it, the Riders are up against the cap, so handing out buckets of money is probably not an option. And then he would have to put up with Jones, and if Muamba has any self-respect, that would not go well. But crazier things have happened and having a Canadian star middle linebacker would be very tempting to some- enough to do some creative financing.

Can you provide a link to back up that statement?  The riders are in good cap shape. Labatte and Best's salary are off books for almost the whole season. Go ahead and bash the riders all you want but try to be accurate.  

2 minutes ago, Ripper said:

Can you provide a link to back up that statement?  The riders are in good cap shape. Labatte and Best's salary are off books for almost the whole season. Go ahead and bash the riders all you want but try to be accurate.  

It all depends on how their contracts were structured, and given on what we know about Taman and Jones, I'd say that its a fairly good bet that a lot of the salary for guys like Best and LaBatte was more in the form of bonuses and less in the form of salary.

6 minutes ago, Blueandgold said:

It all depends on how their contracts were structured, and given on what we know about Taman and Jones, I'd say that its a fairly good bet that a lot of the salary for guys like Best and LaBatte was more in the form of bonuses and less in the form of salary.

So you got nothing either. Murphy has said many times in interviews that we are in good shape. Is he lying? I don't know, but until I hear otherwise other than fans opinions, I guess I'll believe him.

7 minutes ago, Blueandgold said:

It all depends on how their contracts were structured, and given on what we know about Taman and Jones, I'd say that its a fairly good bet that a lot of the salary for guys like Best and LaBatte was more in the form of bonuses and less in the form of salary.

Certainly a strong possibility. Also factor in cap penalties, signing bonuses paid to retirees, and the salaries for Best & Labatte's replacements, and a lot of those saving could be gone.

18 minutes ago, Ripper said:

Can you provide a link to back up that statement?  The riders are in good cap shape. Labatte and Best's salary are off books for almost the whole season. Go ahead and bash the riders all you want but try to be accurate.  

Now those two big-ticket items are off the books, but before? Can you honestly tell me that all those taxi-squad players the Riders have been hiding, feeding, housing and paying are not going to count against the cap?

9 minutes ago, tracker said:

Now those two big-ticket items are off the books, but before? Can you honestly tell me that all those taxi-squad players the Riders have been hiding, feeding, housing and paying are not going to count against the cap?

That was the 26k they took off our cap for the year that went with the 60k fine. I think that's how it went down

3 minutes ago, Ripper said:

That was the 26k they took off our cap for the year that went with the 60k fine. I think that's how it went down

But the Riders will still have to declare the money they spent on the taxi squad, so when you add all the costs together, that has to exceed $100,000 by a good bit.

Traded for a neg list player.

4 minutes ago, tracker said:

But the Riders will still have to declare the money they spent on the taxi squad, so when you add all the costs together, that has to exceed $100,000 by a good bit.

Again, I do not know this but believe the 26k was the amount of having the players here, that's why it was deducted. Definitely a possibility that more fall out is coming from the incident. I hope not, this year has been painful enough.  Congrats on the big win this week guys.