Ed Tait piece from Monday practice says Dressler returns this week, but still no Johnny Adams. Also, Trent Corney and Bruce Johnson questionable for this week, while Randle sat out yesterday but should be good to go Thursday (took a vet day)......

Curious what happens if Johnson comes out (maybe a good thing, depending on back-up...)

Edited July 6, 20169 yr by Noeller

Ignore that last post... The mobile version was being weird and not letting me post properly. 

Couple things in response to this thread... That Berry-era OL was awesome and made better by Glenn quick release attack. 

Also, having said all that, I would really love to go back and watch some games from 07. Man that was a special team... 

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

Ignore that last post... The mobile version was being weird and not letting me post properly. 

Couple things in response to this thread... That Berry-era OL was awesome and made better by Glenn quick release attack. 

Also, having said all that, I would really love to go back and watch some games from 07. Man that was a special team... 

Lets not get carried away...

2008 was a miserable first half - Blink couldn't get past LOS, Glenn was getting beat up pretty good

 

again, tho, compared to late 90s-2005, and 2009-now.........it was a real good OL.

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

again, tho, compared to late 90s-2005, and 2009-now.........it was a real good OL.

Still think your a little too hard on the early 2000s... Mudge, Sheridan and Elowonibi were good

KJs shoulder begs to differ.... 

20 minutes ago, Noeller said:

KJs shoulder begs to differ.... 

The line in 2000 and 2001 was OK but they got old and poor in a hurry and by 02 and 03 they were getting khari killed

****, the dropoff with Big Mo Elewonibi was brutal.....when he started falling off, it was right off a cliff.

I like in 2002 we were scoring TD so fast that he would go down after extra points letting the d rest as the trainers attended to him

Dave Mudge might be the best OL we have had in 15 years.

22 hours ago, Noeller said:

Ignore that last post... The mobile version was being weird and not letting me post properly. 

Couple things in response to this thread... That Berry-era OL was awesome and made better by Glenn quick release attack. 

Also, having said all that, I would really love to go back and watch some games from 07. Man that was a special team... 

It was a decent team, but teams were beginning to clue in on their scheme - chickens came home roost in '08

Taman "developmental" plan came home to roost in 2008......somewhat like the Riders in 2015...

2 hours ago, do or die said:

Taman "developmental" plan came home to roost in 2008......somewhat like the Riders in 2015...

Blame Taman... sigh.

After the Joe Smith trade, that was a team on a roll...  If you give Taman and Berry another season, we're not in the mess we are now... his 2008 draft was actually really good.

4 hours ago, Floyd said:

Blame Taman... sigh.

After the Joe Smith trade, that was a team on a roll...  If you give Taman and Berry another season, we're not in the mess we are now... his 2008 draft was actually really good.

If they hadn't been so thoroughly picked apart by Ricky Ray in the east semi-final, that team might have survived another year.  But they were and they didn't.

Dumb front loaded contracts to declining vets, various import recruiting fails, and  no #1 CDN draft pick for 7 straight years...... we are talking about the same GM, right?

People are still pining for this guy?    Good grief.   

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Atomic said:

If they hadn't been so thoroughly picked apart by Ricky Ray in the east semi-final, that team might have survived another year.  But they were and they didn't.

Lord Lyle wanted to give his buddy Mike Kelly a job plain and simple. 

8 hours ago, do or die said:

Taman "developmental" plan came home to roost in 2008......somewhat like the Riders in 2015...

I'm pretty Milt Stegall was still getting paid against our cap for another season or two after he retired. Just awful.

On 7/10/2016 at 11:56 PM, Noeller said:

Ignore that last post... The mobile version was being weird and not letting me post properly. 

Couple things in response to this thread... That Berry-era OL was awesome and made better by Glenn quick release attack. 

Also, having said all that, I would really love to go back and watch some games from 07. Man that was a special team... 

A couple games that I remember from that season...

 

AND OF COURSE....

 

 

5 hours ago, Blueandgold said:

Lord Lyle wanted to give his buddy Mike Kelly a job plain and simple. 

Yup. Berry was a marked man but he didn't help his own cause very much. Kelly has to be one of the worst hires as HC in 'Bomber history- right up there with Reinbold and Zaleski.

13 hours ago, do or die said:

Taman "developmental" plan came home to roost in 2008......somewhat like the Riders in 2015...

You can make the same argument that Taman's 2007 Bomber team was similar to his 2013 Sask team... Taman would be a hero around here if that 2007 game went differently... doesn't make his strategy any better, however... 

6 hours ago, Blueandgold said:

I'm pretty Milt Stegall was still getting paid against our cap for another season or two after he retired. Just awful.

No win situation... Taman would have been crucified if Stegall was cut for cap management...

 

13 minutes ago, Floyd said:

No win situation... Taman would have been crucified if Stegall was cut for cap management...

 

Taman didn't invent this salary dodge and it was probably his best/only option for a cash-poor team- Bauer threw nickels around like manhole (sorry, personhole) covers.

7 hours ago, Blueandgold said:

I'm pretty Milt Stegall was still getting paid against our cap for another season or two after he retired. Just awful.

If Milt Stegall was collecting lifetime royalties every time a bomber scored a TD I wouldn't care. The man provided so much entertainment for us fans he can beat me up and steal my wallet and I'll thank him for the honour. 

Milt says he is still being paid by the Bombers

1 hour ago, tracker said:

Taman didn't invent this salary dodge and it was probably his best/only option for a cash-poor team- Bauer threw nickels around like manhole (sorry, personhole) covers.

It's actually horrible cap management and nothing to do with being a cash poor team. I'm not complaining about Milt Stegall getting 250K or whatever it was. I'm complaining about those payments being differed against the 2009, 2010 salary caps. That's absolutely god awful salary cap management and exactly what screwed the Riders over last year.