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

Looks like Dunk was right (big surprise) as Montreal will announce Popp is out as head coach.

In other news, BC signed Terrell Sinkfield today. That scares me.

And Jacques Chapdelaine is the interim coach in Montreal hahaha

 

1 minute ago, Mike said:

And Jacques Chapdelaine is the interim coach in Montreal hahaha

He is bilingual, can't think of any other reason.

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In other news, BC signed Terrell Sinkfield today. That scares me.

As if they need another speedy receiver.

You know who needed that exact kind of receiver?

The Bombers..

Popp fires himself, soon to be replaced ... with himself

2 minutes ago, IC Khari said:

Popp fires himself, soon to be replaced ... with himself

He does that well.

Just now, FrostyWinnipeg said:

He does that well.

He's almost as good as Trump with campaign managers LOL

Should have went hard after Sinkfield....Sure could have used him...error on Walters, who hasn't made that many this year...Oh well I guess we fly with what we have and pray we don't take anymore nics in the receiving corps....B.C. get's a good one and a lot tougher..crap.

1 minute ago, Stickem said:

Should have went hard after Sinkfield....Sure could have used him...error on Walters, who hasn't made that many this year...Oh well I guess we fly with what we have and pray we don't take anymore nics in the receiving corps....B.C. get's a good one and a lot tougher..crap.

I don't know whether or not we can make that assumption..

Maybe we did try..

3 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

I don't know whether or not we can make that assumption..

Maybe we did try..

Agreed... I hope we went after him ... may have been too expensive and we bailed... Guess my biggest beef is that a team we are in tight competition with signed him and got better... 

Who does sinkfield replace though? I honestly thought he would end up in SSK or CGY. BC seems to be pretty set at REC.

51 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

I don't know whether or not we can make that assumption..

Maybe we did try..

Or maybe Sinkfield ruled out Winnipeg as an option which would make this a non-starter for Walters. 

Popp leaves a mess on the field and heads up to his ivory tower

1 hour ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Or maybe Sinkfield ruled out Winnipeg as an option which would make this a non-starter for Walters. 

What you say?....the Bombers on the rise and you know we're going to be in the thick of things...His loss I guess when the Bombers move on in the playoffs and B.C. is sitting on the sidelines...heh heh

4 hours 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?

I don't for a second believe the league would have stopped the cheating as soon as they did if Bo Levi hadn't spilled the beans.

I assume they fined him because they finally had to penalize their golden goose. 

They even dropped Dunk from their site to appease those morons.

To answer your question, I believe the league will do their very best to not penalize the Rider's any more than the bare minimum to make it look like they're being fair. Do you really think that 2013 roster was only $18000 (or whatever they pretended) over the cap?

 

 

2 hours ago, Mike said:

And Jacques Chapdelaine is the interim coach in Montreal hahaha

Who else aside from Reed could of filled the spot?  

 

5 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Who else aside from Reed could of filled the spot?  

 

*could HAVE..........and Noel Thorpe was the consensus pick....(with some talk of Calvillo or Kavis)

I'm not surprised Popp has stepped down... but I am surprised the replacement is Chaps and not Reed...

Also, I am not looking forward to going against Arceneaux, Burnham, Sinkfield on the same team...

5 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Who else aside from Reed could of filled the spot?  

 

Thorpe

2 minutes ago, bearpants said:

I'm not surprised Popp has stepped down... but I am surprised the replacement is Chaps and not Reed...

Also, I am not looking forward to going against Arceneaux, Burnham, Sinkfield on the same team...

Randle, Heath, Johnny!

BRING IT ON!!!!!!

5 minutes ago, Noeller said:

*could HAVE..........and Noel Thorpe was the consensus pick....(with some talk of Calvillo or Kavis)

Wow my brain is definitely not functioning..  (I have a 3 week old baby at home).....   Thorpe is the obvious choice duh!!

I wonder if Thorpe bolts to Edmonton to replace Maas and Benevides?  

 

was some talk on Twitter recently that Thorpe might be tired of the gong show and look to leave for greener pastures as soon as the season is (mercifully?) over...

1 minute ago, Noeller said:

was some talk on Twitter recently that Thorpe might be tired of the gong show and look to leave for greener pastures as soon as the season is (mercifully?) over...

Didn't he try to leave last year?

1 minute ago, JCon said:

Didn't he try to leave last year?

yep...was a contract issue....but he'd be a coaching "FA" this off-season, I believe.