Mike

So in summation, you actually didn't bother to read what I wrote.

No, I equate years experience with years experience which is what you were commenting on.

I could find quite a few ways to criticize our coaching staff but I'm not sure that a lack of CFL experience would be one of them. On offense, our OC has 5 years experience as a CFL OC, our WR coach has 3 years as a CFL WR coach and our short list for OL coach includes very experienced candidates. On the defensive side of the ball, our DC has 6 years experience as a CFL DC, our DB coach has 4 years as a CFL DB coach and our DL coach has 2 years as a CFL DL coach. That's quite a bit of experience for those positions. The least experience comes on ST, where our HC has a good amount of experience.

Best comparison in terms of career that I can think of off the top of my head is Herman Moore.

Mike Scheper to coach the D-Line, Nelson Martin to coach the DBs. No LB coach, OL coach or QB coach announced yet ... which leads me to believe that's probably where the hold up has been terms of announcing names.

2007 - 2nd in the league in receiving yards and touchdowns 2008 - missed 3 games, still went over 1000 yards and only finished 13th because it was one of the craziest passing years in recent memory 2009 - down year ... the forgotten year 2010 - 2nd in the league in receiving yards and touchdowns (1300+ yards) 2011 - 7th in the league in receiving yards, 3rd in touchdowns 2012 - 8th in the league in receiving yards 8th in the league or better in an 8 team league does NOT equate to a "perfect 3rd option" Edwards was an elite receiver. One of the league's best for a period of 6-7 years. And considering who he had tossing him the rock for the majority of the time, it's even more impressive.

Wow. Ricky Schmitt signs in BC.

Every time he tweets out OLLY OLLY OXENFREEEEEEEEEE I assume he's on bath salts.

The new jerseys are disgusting. They completely overthought the process and should've followed suit with the whole "old is new again" thing that has taken over recently. Classic, simple, clean. That's how they should have went with it. The current product looks like what happens when a designer gets angry after you take his glue gun and bedazzling kit away. Too many lines, colored trims and other nonsense just for the sake of being new. Home jersey - royal blue, white numbers, gold trim. Away jersey - white, royal blue numbers, gold trim.

I could never figure out why Calgary let that guy go. It would be like BC giving us Eliminian.That was a time when the Stamps were one step from a bankruptcy & were badly managed & coached. However we got West it was for virtually a song & he helped us win 3 Grey Cups. But he was a great player in Calgary before he came to the Bombers. We picked up linebacker Frank Robinson virtually the same way from the Riders. We gave up virtually nothing for him. Either Robson or Murphy, whoever was GM a the time fleeced the Stamps & Riders for those players. Oh yeah, THEN... we picked up linebacker Delbert Fowler from the Als for nothing.... Amazing.. Oddly enough, the only reason they picked up Robinson was because Fowler refused to report to the team when they acquired them. They had sent their starting NI LB to Montreal for Fowler but had a giant hole when he didn't report so they brought in Robinson then Fowler reported a couple weeks later. Yeah, could be as that was nearly 30 years ago. I do know Fowler got here in 1985 but Robinson arrived in 1984. That linebacker corps got even better when Greg Battle got here in 1988. That Bomber defense from 1984 thru 1990 was damned good. Fowler was here in 1984. I have this book I just bought, it's all about the 1984 championship season (written in late 1984/early 1985) and it talks all about the Fowler trade and his holdout leading to the signing of Robinson. The Bombers were slated to start the year with non-import Ken Ciancone at LB, then they traded him to Montreal for Fowler on June 23 but Fowler didn't report for about a week so they went out and signed Robinson. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19840629&id=iEYwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rKUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4194,3494644 Article in here talks about it too.

I could never figure out why Calgary let that guy go. It would be like BC giving us Eliminian. That was a time when the Stamps were one step from a bankruptcy & were badly managed & coached. However we got West it was for virtually a song & he helped us win 3 Grey Cups. But he was a great player in Calgary before he came to the Bombers. We picked up linebacker Frank Robinson virtually the same way from the Riders. We gave up virtually nothing for him. Either Robson or Murphy, whoever was GM a the time fleeced the Stamps & Riders for those players. Oh yeah, THEN... we picked up linebacker Delbert Fowler from the Als for nothing.... Amazing.. Oddly enough, the only reason they picked up Robinson was because Fowler refused to report to the team when they acquired them. They had sent their starting NI LB to Montreal for Fowler but had a giant hole when he didn't report so they brought in Robinson then Fowler reported a couple weeks later.

As an Oregon fan, I'm hoping that serial killer lumberjack can do some good and hack down the hot mess that Stanford uses for their mascot.

True. But jumping over Ike Charlton wasn't. Neither was jumping over Shea Emry. Or Rey Williams.

Lumbering is an interesting way to describe a guy that has become famous for jumping over defenders to avoid tackles.

Don't get me wrong, I think Lavoie is one hell of a player and I'm aware of how Trestman used him in 2012 but even then, he was a tight end. He showed potential, but he's nowhere close to a top NI receiver in this league. Even if he wasn't coming off an ankle injury and back surgery that held him out almost an entire year, he'd be a wait-and-see type guy. Even more so now.

lol "On paper" he's a fullback, but he's definitely a receiver and in your estimation, one of the best in the league. Everyone would know that as long as they'd watched some Alouette games recently, right. I'm assuming you're referring to the 6 games he played last year where he recorded a grand total of 6 catches, all of them stemming from routes he ran out of the backfield as a fullback.

I really like Korey Banks.

... which probably means nothing to you. ... Until you read that he is a 23 year old Canadian who started with the Argonauts as an intern two years ago.

Mike Sims-Walker just doesn't seem like a guy who is going to be here. I don't know what it is, it just seems like a weird situation altogether and with his health concerns and the fact that he seems like a completely strange dude (he reminds me of Joe Smith) I just don't see him back.

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What I'm personally most interested in is OL analysis. You're one of the only people I've seen on this forum who can actually give in-depth analysis on individual linemen.

I really wanna see what Kenny Tate can do and I'm hoping we find a spot for Parker, but I certainly won't say no to McCune for a year.

I think you pencil Sears in at the corner over Markett ... for now. Also, I would assume Greg Peach will probably be a guy who gets cut. I'd expect McAdoo or Griggs to take that spot come week 1.

Totally agree re: Kelly

Except Austin didn't come back until he was HC and GM. Didn't he turn down the Riders when they offered him the HC position a couple years ago? Truly nit picking, Jacquie. Do you think every NCAA coach won't come up here unless they are both a HC & GM? I think we need to remember these guys are individuals. There is no consistent pattern to how any of this works.