Colin Unger

I do believe that he had to sign off on it yes. Ultimately the way Oshea's contract was prioritized over Walters.. Yes i think O'Shea would have to be in agreement on those type of decisions.

As much as some of us don't agree with the decision on Woli... I feel like he was a guy who Oshea connected with well. I think its a decent enough sign that Oshea had it in him to let go a few of his warriors even a guy like Woli who still has more to give on the field. He should have been able to let go some other warriors before they had nothing left to give. I hope this is a sign that he's learning.

It seems like the Bombers are still not aware of it. ------------------------------------------------------------- Is it possible that Winnipeg is wanting to leave some roster spots open for new cheaper recruits and see what they have in camp but this time saving more cap space to add whatever they need during the season. In the past we've basically needed to wait for injuries and maybe add a piece or 2 late in the season. There is always good talent available during the season in the CFL.

This signing reeks of the bombers thinking Wilson might be back before training camp. Probably didn’t require much of a signing bonus like Dunbar would have.

Is it possible that someone else like Miller or Lapo were offered the job and there was a long period of the bombers trying to talk them into it before eventually giving up and hiring Hogan.

What i mean by that is having a first time defensive co-ordinator while keeping an experience defensive co-ordinator as a part of the group for him to potentially lean on. In this case we have a first time offensive co-ordinator and on his staff is an experience offensive co-ordinator. I'm not sure i understand your point in terms of the scheme and philosophy. Are you suggesting that Hogan won't be coming up with the offensive scheme?

We did it last year on defence and it worked out well They were laughed at more for being publicly rejected by and bunch of candidates.

So we basically ended up with an heir and a spare.

That’s the best picture of Hogan they could come up with.

Correct me If I’m wrong but isn’t Lawson still with the team? He’d be an upgrade to the dline over high volume Thomas. I’m not sure how we are downgraded since we didn’t lose anyone good and we added Vaughters and a health Lawson. We need to find some rookies who are better than the previous crop.

So the strategy seems to be to wait until other teams are done and then pick through what’s left over?

Why break the bank for Lawler when he’s always hurt or got something going on and there’s such a glut of available receivers on the market.

https://3downnation.com/2025/02/03/former-cfl-all-star-diontae-spencer-interested-in-return-to-canada-after-five-year-nfl-run/ No shortage of options for us to add another receiver. I like Spencer as he’s a natural wide receiver and he’s got the versatility to help us in the return game as well.

Is Jamaal Parker not the obvious replacement for Ford? Or maybe Parker replaces Ford and Bonds replaces Ford. i don’t see how we are in a position to rely on import rookies to fix all kinds of problems.

I'm not sure that any of those options are obviously better than Dolegala.

Have we given up on re-signing Dobsen?

A trade war could be good for the cfl in one regard. All things Canadian may be a lot more fashionable this season then in seasons past. Is Doug Ford still planning to cut off the power?

Schoen is back on a 1 year deal https://www.bluebombers.com/2025/02/01/blue-bombers-re-sign-two-time-all-cfl-receiver-dalton-schoen/

I preferred ICQ.

Any interest in Alexander Hollins who was just released by BC?

I think the savings on going from Woli to a rookie is more like 40k as the rookie minimum is 70k until 2027 when it becomes 75k.

The rumor that the Riders are prepared to offer Schoen a huge pay rise to lure him away from Winnipeg surprises me. I would have naturally assumed that Schoen would be in line for a pay decrease after missing basically the whole season and also dealing with injuries that rendered him useless in the Grey Cup ect the year before. I wonder if Eugene Lewis would follow Dillon Mitchell and Jarius Jackson to Winnipeg?

Sell me on Jackson?

Mike Miller seems like the obvious choice for the OC job. He's been an offensive co-ordinator in the NFL and CFL. He's been a defensive co-ordinator in college (not necessary but speaks to his overall experience). And recently he's helped develop successful QB's in Toronto as their QB coaching while working under probably the best offensive mind in the league right now.