Mike

What's your point?

There are starters and there are backups on every team, the Bombers included. The starters have earned the right to be called starters and the backups hope to earn that right. The starters and the backups know who they are. The opposing coaches know who they are. Everyone who watches tonight's game will know who they are. It's no big secret that the coach has to protect. To me calling everyone starters is the same as giving everyone a participation ribbon in grade school. Then I would venture a guess that you didn't interpret the point of his comment properly.

You know, for a doctor, I'm surprised you haven't been able to diagnose that the horse you're beating is dead already.

This right here tells me that no matter what, even if we have a perfect head coach, you won't like him. Because a perfect coach won't tell you what you want to hear in public. What you're failing to acknowledge is that there's a difference between "saying nice things" and "saying nice things *in public*" ... he's a no nonsense type coach by all accounts, if you trust the players he has coached in past and present. But in the public eye, when everything needs to be cool, calm, collected and balanced? He's not going to give the media anything to run with. And that's how it should be. But you'll never acknowledge it because you can't get 100% guaranteed confirmation that he ISN'T like that in the locker room, despite every single account telling you that he isn't.

greatest first post of all time.

Not to beat a dead horse (although I'd love to)... but isn't that what a leader SHOULD be doing? cc: Tim Burke Nope. Being Suzy sunshine doesn't win games or influence people. A comment like this tells me you either have a bad memory or you never played sports.

Turner 38th Moore 33rd

I did... how could you not??? I had a hell of a time getting under the cap Until I fiddled around with a few things, I had about 30k left over.

Thinking Cornell and Howard.

Anyone actually spend all their money?

Out of those 50 from 2013, I count 21 who won't be on the list this year without even factoring in ability.

He was a divisional all star last year, keep in mind. The league is pretty thin on ESTABLISHED stars right now, it's a very transitional time for the CFL.

I bet we have ... 4 players make the top 50. Will Ford, Bryant Turner, Nick Moore and I bet they sneak Drew Willy in there too.

Ask Alex Hall what kind of leader he thinks Tim Burke is.

What's the point of a 2 man reserve if they can't play? I've never understood that. Me neither, but I'm sure there's a bizarre reason behind it.

Be honest in the locker room. Take the bullet in public.

I'm guessing the two man reserve is Cornell and Howard.

FTFY ... that's what he meant.

For some of us, the first depth chart of the year IS porn.

If I saw Tim Burke in public, I'd probably ask him if he thinks I should get my money back for having to watch him crap the bed for an entire season. Then he'd probably look at me like this. or this or this and then I'd probably stare at him for about 30 seconds. and then look at him like this.

lol 6 middle linebackers. "middle linebackers"

What?

Any news about OL Scott Mitchell ? A former 1st overall can't be that bad. How bad is his knee injury ? Maybe we should sign and 6-game him too ? I don't think he can even pass a physical. There are degrees of healthy. Hinse is probably healthy enough to pass a physical to be on a roster, just not to play. Mitchell is not, same with Jamel Richardson.

It doesn't matter if it's your fault or not. If you were in charge and you're speaking in public, it was your fault. If a QB throws an interception, it doesn't matter why. On record for the public, it was his fault. Same thing applies to Burke. Then again why is anyone surprised? Burke never accepted responsibility for anything.

I would prefer to get Peach over Hinse based on potential alone, but Hinse is exactly the type of signing we need to make. Experienced offensive linemen with the right passport.