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Congrats -- sincerely wish he'd have been able to get his ring in 2007. Shame he never got the opportunity to play in that GC.

I was wondering who'd be this years player the fans love to complain about. Hecht is winning the 'Sam Hurl' award this year for sure.

I really don't care what Rider fans post on their board, nor do most people on this site. What matters here is what you bring and post on this board. Do you think coming to a Bomber website and making claims of collusion in favour of the Bombers from the CFL commissioner would get any reaction other then the one you were getting? I'm pretty sure you knew exactly what you were doing here and got exactly the reaction you wanted. Then feign innocence and saying it is odd when you get "jumped on". In fact, coming from a Rider fan I would say it borders on trolling and would probably get a Bomber fan suspended for posting an equivalent post on Riderfans. Ambrosie couldn't pass this in a vacuum. Commissioner isn't a dictator. All clubs, or at least the majority, had to agree to it. And if you read the articles of the time, it was clear that there was a sort of arms race going on between clubs and coaching staffs that was outpacing league revenues and wasn't sustainable. Here is an article on who decided on the cap, a little insight on how they came to it, and a clear explanation that Winnipeg wasn't the only team unaffected. In fact, Winnipeg isn't even mentioned in that area of the article. https://nationalpost.com/sports/cfl-implementing-new-operations-cap-before-next-season Does it suck for Saskatchewan that this was implemented? Sure. But in a league that has a history of shooting itself in the foot, has a long history of teams having to either be taken over by the league or saved by benefactors who don't care about losing money, is it a surprise that a cap like this is put into place to keep the league viable and more teams from going under? Or the more likely scenario that this was put in to pre-empt the players pointing to all the money available that teams were spending and should be available to players prior to CBA negotiations.

I like it better when you’re not dumb

Everyone seems to be giving the Riders the benefit of the doubt. Sure Collaros was absolute garbage last year, continuing his downward spiral to sub-mediocrity, but... Sure Jones was the linchpin that kept their defense organized but... Sure their offense looked like hot garbage but... Sure their best receivers left but... Sure their best two defensive players left but they picked up a couple of old guys, so... Sure they dumped a very good positional punter but picked up an old NFL punter, so... Sure their offensive line was old and tired last year and now they're older and broken but... But nothing. So what. They're going to be really bad this year. Hamilton by 20 points.

And Mennonites are forbidden to have sex while standing- it might lead to dancing. There has been a Chlamydia outbreak in the bible belt around Winkler. Its going from Dyck to Dyck without Reimer Freisen. .....I'm here all week.

Don't forget the Goldeye's, Oakland Raiders and Greenbay Packers who play in Winnipeg too.....

Kuale asks why he was left off the target list. Macho Harris is also wondering what else he had to not do. Oh and Roc Carmichel says why not me?

At the end of the season I think we will be asking what the Hecht happend at our Safety position.

You can hate the Bombers all you like, and you should. We all certainly hate the Riders. But hate us for legitimate reasons. Georgraphical reasons or your grandparents taught you from a young age you should always hate the Bombers or you think our players are whiners or we signed players that you used to like when they played on your team. All that stuff is fine, it just greatly undermines your credibility when you make up some crazy conspiracy theory that has literally zero chance of being true. Imagine the commissioner of the CFL favoring the freaking Winnipeg Blue Bombers of all teams. You think a guy works his whole life, plays professional football, becomes a successful businessman so he can become the commission of the CFL and rule in such a way that benefits his hometown team? Give me a freaking break. This is all so stupid.

Makes this game a whole lot more interesting. You'll see the build up and get some Winnipeg time on the show. Fun.

Four things, 1. He was cut by the Riders last year. 2. He's 5'-9", a full 7" shorter than Loffler. 3. He's slow. 4. Remember Hurl?

I considered using different name when I opened account here. I thought screw it, might as well just be me. Makes it easier if people hate me, that way they don't have to hate 2 people.

What’s Kevin Eiben up to these days anyway? Screw that guy. Congrats, KG! Hell of a career. Not a HOFer in my books.. but that’s OK.

Fixed that for you.

Not too bad - 4 guys in the top ten on TSN 2019 CFL 50 players. 1 Stamp 1 Rider 1 Lion 3 Ticats 10) Stanley Bryant Jr 7) Willie Jefferson 5) Andrew Harris 3) Adam Bighill https://3downnation.com/2019/06/11/2019-tsn-top-50-cfl-players-list/

He'll be back. Needs that Halifax jersey to round out the set once they join as an expansion franchise.

Its Ambroise’s fault and the Bombers have something to do with this.

I strongly suspect the Rider store is the only retail shop in Saskatchewan

So the bombers have sane management and that makes the commish a bomber backer? Maybe don't over spend on a prick like Jones and the coaching cap isn't a problem.

I see a very different picture of Kyrie Wilson. Put it this way, I’ll be surprised if he’s the starter by the end of the season. And I would argue that O’Shea had no intention of giving anyone else the job. He was going to be the starter at WIL barring injury or total catastrophe. That’s how O’Shea operates for better for for worse.

ohh.. I still hate him though because he is a rider fan. just to make that clear.

Have to rephrase. I have 4 and my son in law is right beside us and he has 2. I shouldn't have said I have 6, I should have said we have 6. But yes 4 tickets and a parking pass is well over 3k

Good - Darrin Bauming reports: O’Shea clarifies on Brandon Alexander — had an equipment issue today. #Bombers

he had played for every team in the league, nothing more to do. Thanks KG for the memories, 2007 was a wonderful year.

Probably should have its own thread.

surprising because I was certain that someone would air lift him in as an emergency at some point in the season. Perhaps that's still a plan?

Als and Argos all day, and I'm not even blinking on it....

Jones has been in Wpg. since 2014 and is now among the longest serving Bombers, not sure why he should require any more seasoning. I'm hoping the reason he's under Hecht is injury related.

I strongly suspect that this year there has been more Raptors merchandise sold than Rider gear. As for Ambroise secretly plotting to become Commish only so that he can help the Blue Bombers and citing the coaching cap as proof, well that is just tinfoil hat, batshit crazy talk.

FaKe NeWs!!11!!!

Hello, yes, I have a question about all the empty seats at Mosaic....

The best thing about this is Regina didn't get it.

Hecht is a concern. Biggest flaw in our D last season was Loffler’s lack of range and struggle to pick the right route to get on top of in match coverages. Haven’t seen Hecht play a lot of DB since his early days in Calgary but I definitely feel like he’s a substantial downgrade on an already weak spot. But it’s pretty clear that we’re all in on pass rush and I think that’s a good idea in this era of pass interference pretty much negating any attempt to cover anyway.

I'm just excited that the CFL season is hours away and more excited to have the echos of b*tching and moaning coming from a province over.

I don't know why people take things so seriously. I'm very serious about my Riders but its just a game. I have more important things in my life than the Riders. Family, kids, work.

This is Rod Pedersen level of conspiracy....

I'm not gonna say he was GREAT but he was more than capable when he played for JSK last year at the end of the season and did not look out of place at all. I think he's going to shine next to Bighill. He'll be in on a crazy amount of tackles...

A player that should be re-classified under this rule is Boris Bede the Als kicker, born in France but played for Laval from 2011 to 2014.

There’s a difference between being concerned about starting a very weak player and saying that it’s going to be the difference between wins and losses. Hecht is a bad player. Period. It’s concerning both that this seemed to be plan A going into this season and that in the coaches eyes, no one could unseat him. I want the Bombers to be as good a team as possible and Hecht will struggle badly.

Cactus: That BC player Mee-fee Cola....how do you say it? Bob Irving: Meffi Koloamatangi. Cactus: Right, Murphy Koala-mangy. Iirving: No, Koloamatangi. Cactus: Right, ColourmyTV, that it? Irving: No, it’s a tricky one for sure. I practiced all week on that one. Let’s just call him Meffi, Jack. Cactus: Well, suffice to say, Mr. Murphy Jack made an impact on today’s game... And then he’d call him Jack Murphy every time after that.

There is a weird element on this board hoping this event fails, and it is really confusing. As a big fan of both leagues who likes the CFL more, it is cringy.

This is interesting and makes sense too. TSN: If an American player or Global player decides to go to a U Sports school and play football for at least 3 years, and graduates, they will count as a Canadian in that draft.

The roster was basically set before camp started. Ain't that right Bennett. Bennett?

For spot duty, Wilson was always close to the action and was in on several tackles last year. Good cutoff, good pursuit seems to know his assignments. Even in preseason this year, he was among the top tacklers. Positioned last year to play more until Bighill came to town and now has emerged as the leading candidate to keep his position.

Oh Joy - a slower shorter Sam Hurl!

A solid centre who has never played centre in a meaningful game. "Solid" might be a little strong.