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Ontarians too.

if only it worked on the basis of who's turn it is... ...i'd have seen the Stanley Cup go down Bay Street by now at least once...

so... as to the OP here... i'm going to leave this thread as is until Tuesday Night... ...at that point i'll ask a mod to delete all posts except the 8 review/previews... (so if the Authors care to do any amendments or beautifying, you have until then) ...then we start working on a consensus for the order of the standings and win-loss records.

i think Elliot is going to be Wally's next pupil to bloom under his tutelage... then trigger a FA bidding war. (which, if it happens, could make things very interesting at 315 Chancellor Matheson Rd.

i'm not sold on the Stamps being back either. that might just be from my particular standpoint (since we pretty much handled them all three times we met them and the one time they were close, it took a 450 yard, record breaking return game by Taylor to even make it close)... but mainly i think it's because in the Grey Cup, Coach Jones exposed them as the one dimensional team that they were. once you take away Cornish (as we did, 3 times), they just don't have a viable "plan B"... ...i think that Huf and Dave **** have major work to do to avoid all 7 teams employing that (winning) strategy against them.

you click the multi-quote tab on every post you was to reply to... it looks like that ^^

check out Ploen giving the ol' huck 'n buck! love it!

you don't think he'll get Harris or Ray?

i respect your opinion (and iso's), but i see that as accepting excuses. i gave 3 examples of where a GM who is a better people-person and salesman (they didn't hang the reputation of Barker the used car salesman for nothing) got a better result. situations and people are always different, but looking back at Khalif Mitchell's 8 minute interview vowing never to report, he wanted a release, he wanted to pursue his NFL opportunities, he wanted to be traded to the team of his choosing... and yet Barker brought him in and it never went to an arbitrator. don't tell me Williams isn't easier to deal with than Mitchell...

right, but here's the thing: having a contract to hold him to is leverage. Austin had some and used it wrong. Barker had very little but played it perfectly. as for Williams not wanting to play there at all, well, that's Austin's job to persuade him to do so, isn't it? Khalif Mitchell didn't want any part of coming to Toronto and was adamant that he wouldn't... but Barker played that right. he called him every day and tried to accommodate his desire to play in Calgary (which didn't happen since Huf hates Toronto) while gently asserting to the press that he expects players to honour their contracts to the Argos... and worked on the situation and now Mitchell is in camp. closers close.

Glad you mentioned that, buddy. Excellent examples of my principle: When the Chads contracts were up, Barker actually was in a weaker bargaining position than Austin is. Both Owens and Kackert had contract offers from the NFL (both Jets iirc) and were free to go. But Barker closed them on inking deals with the Boatmen... and the rest is GC history. Closers close. Everyone else makes excuses why they didn't close.

i wonder if Freddie Harris' yellow goatee at 1:06 was a rookie hazing? edit: and the ball on the hockey stick was pretty righteous.

either Williams closes the Cats: "i'm not reporting. you may as well release me." or the Cats close Williams: "we won't release you this season, so you may as well get a big payday instead of sit, then we'll release you and wish you all the best"

Have offered him more money, more CFL money isnt what he's after, he wants out. Cant play the nice cop when he doesnt want to be here. i don't think "nice cop" was ever put on the table in the first place. but i wasn't in the room or on the conference call so we'll never know. all i know is that closers close. and Austin didn't close his deal.

true... they might claim a gem off waivers... like Bloi Dei Dorzon

yup. the only person he's obligated to look out for is himself. he has one shot in his life to play for hundreds of thousands or maybe even millions. sucks that he likely won't trust them enough to sign a new 1+1 with a "gentleman's agreement" to release him. Hamilton misplayed this situation, imo. the new GM coming in (Austin) could have played "good cop" and offered him Chad Owens type money and promised a release (if he still wanted one) after one season... but instead he circled the wagons and dug in. iron fist is fine... but you should wear a velvet glove over it.

what? like lying about his mods (that he was so grateful to for running the site that he abandoned and let turn into $h!t) being welcome back... when he'd already delete-banned their butts outta there? hopefully this holier-than-thou post isn't an example of what you have to offer... #thetruthshallsetyoufree

behave.

now you're talking!

just Hefney? heck... if you aren't going to make a serious offer fuhgedaboudit... the price for Ray was set at: 1 QB, 1 Kicker and a draft pick.

i see that we've de-valued the word "guru" somewhat...

if Mack could do that, i'd be impressed.

the point is though, if a GM is shopping a veteran, it's unlikely he'll be keeping him. anyway, how certain are we that Hefney is in the doghouse?

if you were an opposing GM and Mack called you (lol, yeah right) to trade Hefney, would you give up an asset, or just wait for his inevitable release?

that's just it though... unless he tries to play somewhere else, he ain't breaking his contract.